Chapter 4 - Training

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"In just a few weeks, 25 of you will be dead, I'm looking forward to seeing the skills you will show, or develop, well tributes good luck!" Rubius Dalton (Victor of the 86th) said before dismissing us to the stations of our choice.

Laura and I both grabbed an Axe and started practicing fighting with it, we also studied edible plants and bugs, climbing was already easy for me because we Newsies climbed trees as a form of entertainment, on weekends, Laura had to practice more climbing, so while she was practicing I learned how to start a fire, and practiced sword fighting with Adonis.

During the next few days, Laura and I practiced a lot of skills, like throwing axes, throwing knives, camouflage, building traps, and breathing for longer periods underwater.

During lunchtime of each day, a brand new thing is added so alliances can discuss with each other more easily, without constantly standing in the training center huddled together.

The many alliances this year were.

D1 + D2, + D4 
D3 + D5
D7F + D7M
D6F + D9 + D10
D8 + D12 + D14

Individual Assessments were up next, and each tribute went one at a time as usual, when I entered I threw axes, I threw knives, and I cut off a few dummies' heads. And then left after Rubius dismissed me.

Later that night we would get our training scores.

Sapphire: 10
Adonis: 9
Cassandra: 9
Paladin: 10
Talia: 8
Nano: 7
Ruby: 7
Bait: 9
Genesis: 9 
Tripp: 6
Alissa: 6
Rhode: 2
Laura: 7
Hickory: 8 
Juliet: 4
Virago: 8
Cookie: 6
Silo: 9
Avis: 4
Stephen: 7 
Berry: 6
Pico: 10
Celina: 3
Jasper: 5
Thyme: 8
Viktor: 5

I was happy with my training score, and Laura was too, Asha and Theodosia were over the moon with joy about our scores, but I must mention, that Rhode had gotten a two, apparently, Rhode had tripped and knocked himself out after he demonstrated his camouflage, and had to carried into Gaul Hospital to treat him because he might have had a concussion, he woke a few hours ago, and the first thing he asked for was morphling... Yeah, I think that kid hurt himself on purpose to get morphling. So Rubius had decreased his score to punish him, from 4 to 2...

Everyone else just showed off some great skills, Sapphire used an Axe, Adonis used Archery, Paladin, and Cassandra used swordmanship. The pair of tributes from 4 used tridents, hooks, and spears.

Nano, Talia, Gen, and Tripp, all used some form of electronic skill or knowledge on survival tactics.

Alissa used camouflage but didn't do a Rhode, Laura did the same as me, but had less accuracy, so got a lower one than mine.

8 showed knife skills, and skill with fabric.
9 showed skills of sickles.
10 skills were swordsmanship and axe usage.

11 and 14 skills were the same as 9.

12's skills were knife skills and fixing up wounds. 


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