Tribute Trials - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Reaper Ash - D11M

I instantly dart my eyes and attention towards Lucy as soon as she puts her hands on Treech's dead body.  What is she doing? I holler out some curses at her as I hurry down the stands. The coward runs away instantly into the tunnels and released Treech's body. I drag his corpse neatly next to the girl from 3's body. Shortly after, I tore off a piece of the huge Panem flag, not caring about what anybody thinks of me, and covered Treech's corpse with the piece of the flag. The moment I reach the wall of the stands, I hear the other remaining tribute scream out loud, to alert me. What could possibly be her plan? Then, once I saw her with one of the flags that used to be laid on the morgue, my anger took over my mind. Where are her manners, her respect for the fallen?! I charge down the steep stands towards the impolite tribute, only for her to disappear into the stands once more. I feel like I'm losing my mind, becoming slower every second. I grow angry for no reason, but my mind tries to come up with an excuse. My throat is dry like a desert, with no moisture... but no- I can't drink water, for some reason. Whenever I try... I go insane...

Then again, Lucy takes a ripped off flag piece, but runs away with it this time. I chase after the flag that she placed, which happened to be in the center of the amphitheater. I attempt to run after her, to end her with my pitchfork, but every step grows heavier. My head releases a painful ringing sound, I need water. Eventually, I stumble upon my puddle of water. I slurp it all up until barely any remain, but my throat isn't letting the water enter my body. I CANT DO THIS. I throw up all of the water in my mouth onto the ground and painfully make my way towards the tribute morgue. I drag myself next to Treech, knowing that I'll be the next dead one in line. I try to take the remaining flag pieces and cover myself, but everything goes dark before I can.

Placement: 2nd