⚒ 007 | audio

[rocked]

I am the female tribute for District 2 in the 74th Hunger Games.

[And she sounds so, so pleased at that-- almost giddy, but she's reigning herself in to sound more poised. She has her constructed, public face that she'll put on for the TV interview before the Games, and she's practicing it here.]

We arrived in the Capitol this morning. It's amazing-- seeing it on TV doesn't even come close to preparing you for the real thing. I can't describe it. We rode in chariots through cheering crowds... and District 2's outfits were excellent; we were dressed in gold armor. Everyone cheered the hardest for District 12 because their stylists did some fancy trick with fire, but we looked the most powerful.

I didn't think I'd be able to come here again, because my computer is at home-- but the community followed me. I found this small phone in my pocket, and no one else seemed to notice that I have it. I'll leave it behind when I go into the arena, but it might appear again.

We'll go in in five days. I hope you'll all wish me well.

Comments

[twobloomsup]

Heehee! It's watching out for you, it looks like.

[rocked]

It can't do anything for me in the arena.

[twobloomsup]

But it does help everywhere else, right?

[...gdit stan]

[rocked]

Well, I don't know about that.

Stanley iz gud moteevationaal speeker

[twobloomsup]

Hee! Don't worry about that, the community means well.

[Pause, as he remembers the zombie mall.]

Well, most of the time.

[rocked]

[Clove doesn't really believe that.]

Even with the viruses?

[twobloomsup]

Even with the things that can go wrong, we can still talk to and visit each other.

[rocked]

I don't visit people.

[twobloomsup]

[beat]

Oh.

[That caught him off guard.]

[rocked]

I like my world. I don't have to leave it all the time.

[twobloomsup]

That's very, good!

[And now he's recovering.]