Writer Games | Death Wish & 51

Task Six: Children Will Listen /QF

Careful the things you say
Wishes are children.
Careful the path you take
Wishes come true, not free.

Throughout the arena,  there is not a soul that is smiling. By this point, most alliances are  decimated or have suffered loss. Still, they turn towards the sky, this  one action a ritual at this point throughout their Games.

Ada Huxley [2], Angora Baste, Collier Flint, Macey Arson.

Edgar, Epona and  Marbella stand in the palace courtyard, putting together their supplies  with a satisfied sort of look to their face. While nobody can say the  Careers have been particular productive, but they are alive and there's  something to be commended for that. Cas didn't join them back after the  last day, but they don't seem to care much. Little do they know that  he's currently patrolling the North end of the woods, trying to sneak up  on them.

Kairos is currently at  the other end of the castle, making his way out through the West gate,  which would lead him to the section of the forest where Aster and Wesley  are also camped in their separate places. Nate and Rhea are in the  distant South, while Aya travels the North alone, lugging along Ada's  lost supplies.

And then the gas comes.

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Congratulations to our quarterfinalists!

District Two, Edgar Phasear (AKA-ANONYMOUS)
District Two, Epona Jericho (katniss-everdeen) [3]
District Four, Marbella Doré (FindingCallum)
District Five, Nathaniel Morrison (TheDarkHorse) [8]
District Seven, Cas Bosco (RedTears) [9]
District Nine, Aster Wheatleigh (theravensdiadem) [5]
District Nine, Rhea Martinez-Rye (josie-tee)
District Ten, Wesley Redding (EverydayAwkwardness)
District Twelve, Aya Brandley (SilverAndGoldfish) [4]
Capitol, Kairos Quinn (ElfOfResilience)

YOUR TASK IS:
-  This is the hallucination task. A gas has been released throughout the  arena which shows you a vision of your wish going wrong in the most  possible way. Straightforward, but have fun with it.

KILLS: Three ballots. Seven of you go up for votes, with five of those seven dying. That's right. Half of you are leaving this task.

WORD LIMIT: 1,750 words.

DUE DATE: Friday, July 10th at 10 PM BST.

THE TWIST: That's  right, there's a twist. With your entry and ballots, I want a list of  the nine tributes that aren't your own ranked first to last. This will  not be public and may potentially be for nothing but my curiosity, but  if you fail to send it, you will go up for votes immediately regardless  of your ranking.