Romani caught in an arena.

Chapter 9.

Aye, so I finally finished this chapter:3 Took me long enough, because iv'e been quite busy, so yeah, sorry. Also, I dedicated it to Inkfacekami. She's a good friend of mine, and she's got a new book called Element. It's brilliant so far! I also know that she's been working seriously hard on it, and she's made paintings for her characters and everything, and they are amazing:3  Also, she helped me a bit with this chapter, with scores and stuff like that. Anyways, Enjoy le chapter! :D

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"Really? You're really sure you're in this?" Jeez. He keeps asking over and over, just to make sure, like he thinks I would pull out.

"You actually think this is a good idea? I mean, I know it is, but I didn't think that you would. I didn't think they would convince you. It's for the best though. I mean, more chance of one of us surviving, or one of us winning.You understand what i'm trying to say, right?" Tryst says this with a smile. 

"Yeah, I do think it's a good idea, and yeah, I get what you're saying". And then I walk away. Time for lunch, I think. Yeah, no, definitely time for lunch. I need some food. Didn't really eat last night, as usual. God dammit Romani, you need to eat. You need to keep your strength up, and keep the energy flowing. Only a couple of days until the games begin. I need to get quite a bit of food in me, gain energy. But, when i get into the arena, hunger might soon take over. I could be a bit used to that, but not a lot.

****Next day in training****

Last day of training. Well, morning. The morning is going to be full of training, and then in the afternoon we would have our private sessions. I'm a bit worried, what if I haven't got enough training and skills for me to get a good score? I hope I have. Well, a good score means more chance of a sponsor. Sponsors look out for the people with the best scores. And it's not just me now, i'm in an alliance with 9 other people. A lot of people. This could mean some high scores, and therefore, more sponsors. This could be good. 

Now what could I try this morning? I need to work on my spear throwing, so I might head there. I walk over, and see Mowii also heading towards the spear station. Probably wants to talk or something. I don't know, i'm not used to friends. I wasn't really the person for friends back in the district. 

"Hey, so making your spear skills better, huh?" She emphases the word, better. Something about her makes me not want to trust her, but I already agreed to be in this alliance. I can't just say right now that I don't trust her, because i'm stuck in this alliance. I'm stuck now. I can't just escape this, because I will be known for the one that can't be trusted. I will be known for the one who left an alliance, just because one person makes me feel weary. I honestly don't like Mowii. But, i'm stuck, and nothing can help. If I leave now, no one will trust me. Not even Tryst. 

"Trying out the spears again, huh?" She emphases the word, again. To be perfectly honest, I don't know why, but I don't like it. 

"Oh, Erm, yeah. Just trying to make my skills a bit better. You know, have something good enough to show later on in the private sessions. Everyone needs something, so I guess spears is my good thing". I try not to make eye contact. I think she feels that I don't particularly trust her. Somethings just not right. I don't want to try and trust her. If she is one of the people in charge of this alliance, then it means I might not be able to trust the whole thing at all. 

 "Heh. Yeah, I guess so. I mean, it's not like you have much else. Keep working on your skills then, good luck." The way she said, good luck, also gave off a bad sense to it. Was she actually wishing me good luck? Or was she just saying it, for an act? Making it look like she cared, but really, the emphases shows she doesn't. She doesn't really care at all. Mind you, can you blame her? She's a tribute from District 1. Not surprising she shows no feelings in these games. Probably cannot wait to kill me.