Task Seven: The Fallen

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5. District 4 Male: Kanai Lathan

He was a boy who had dodged death, fought for a loving family that never slipped his mind. Yet he had grown tired, sapped of energy by unceasing trials. Kanai had tested power and wandered to his boundaries, even meddled in the thirst to kill near the end of his journey. The boy from a hopeful district, cheering him on as the number of tributes diminished to a precious five, wandered quietly through his house of creaking floorboards and nostalgia. Yet as the house took flight, a wardrobe barrelled towards him. Kadie's mutt glanced through the window just before the boy was crushed.

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4. District 5 Female: Rosella Van Carter

She'd always relied on knowledge the intellectuality she possessed- far beyond compare. But, in the end, Rosella Van Carter fell prey to simple apparitions. The house of her childhood, littered with books and memories, lifted into the air, and she dashed to the window, curious as always. She sought knowledge, awareness of what was happening. From the winds of a tornado formed people the girl longed to interact with once more, shadows of the past that reached out to her. For the first time, reality abandoned Rosella, and she knew not the difference between fact and fiction. She reached out, only to topple.

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