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❝𝕚 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕...❞

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𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 :: 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈,, 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔

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THE CAPITOL
THE TRAINING CENTRE

JULIUS AND ELISE were the last pair to enter the training centre and boy, were they not happy about it. The other tributes merely spared a glance at the two before returning to their training.

"I can't believe you." Elise snaps, rolling her eyes.

Julius stares at Elise and throws his hands up in frustration, "How the fuck is this my fault?! You're the one who slept in."

"Yeah so you wake me up. You don't just sit around and wait." Elise retorts, shaking her head, "For fuck's sake, you're so stupid."

Julius opens his mouth to say something but Elise cuts him off, "Whatever. Shut up and leave me alone."

"Gladly." Julius mumbles, watching as Elise storms off to the other side of the centre. He doesn't even notice that he's staring until Elise looks back and they gaze into eachother's eyes for a moment before simultaneously looking away.

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Pierre pinches the bridge of his nose, letting out a long sigh. All he wanted to do was practice his knife throwing but now he's gone back to helping Chase with his second attempt to talk to Katniss.

"Chase, listen. You're great and all but you're seriously killing me right now. Just go over, man. It's not that hard." He huffs, twirling a knife between his fingers.

"I know but I can't just go over." Chase mutters, looking over at Katniss nervously before looking back at Pierre.

"Why not?"

"Because."

"Because what, Chase?"

"...Just because."

"Oh my god, you're a damn nightmare, I swear." Pierre mumbles under his breath. He glances at Saffron who's standing by the spears, "Saffron, get over here!"

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Saffron puts the spear she was holding back on the rack and walks to Pierre and Chase, "Yeah, what's up?"

"You deal with Mr. Loverboy here because I'm done with him." Pierre waves his hand in the air and steps away from them.

"Um, okay.." Saffron blinks, confusion evident on her face before she turns to Chase, "Katniss, right?"

Chase looks at Saffron like she has three heads, "Uh no, I'm Chase."

"Oh yeah no, I know that. I meant, like, you like Katniss?"

"Oh," Chase nods, "Yeah."

Saffron is silent for a few minutes, thinking of how Chase could approach Katniss or get her to approach him. The bright smile that creeps onto her face and the twinkle in her eyes is enough for Chase to know Saffron has an idea.

"Okay, I've got it."

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Catlin stays close to Finnick, watching him practice with his trident. She has zero interest in interacting with any of the tributes that aren't Finnick.

Finnick chuckles as he sees Catlin still right by his side, "Dolphin, go train with someone."

Catlin shakes her head, "No."

Finnick rolls his eyes and sets his trident aside. He places his hands on Catlin's shoulders and starts to push her forward, "Go bother someone else."

"No, Finnick. Just stop." Catlin says stubbornly, standing her ground.

Finnick gives Catlin another push with a amused look on his face, "I won't talk to you until you go train with someone else."

"Seriously?" Catlin groans as Finnick nods, "Alright fine!"

Catlin goes for the first person she sees. She walks straight over to Chase and Saffron, interrupting their conversation.

"You," She grumbles, pointing at Chase, "You're training with me. Now."

"Wait but-"

"Whatever it is, I don't care. Come on." She mutters, grabbing Chase's wrist and pulling him with her.

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Sichou makes a beeline for the archery station. Her eyes scan through the range of bows, looking for the strongest one. Sichou grabs it, along with a few arrows, as soon as she lays her eyes on it.

She ignores the trainer, Tax, and immediately starts to shoot at the standing targets. The targets were far too easy for Sichou, she was landing each and every shot with no difficulty.

This doesn't go unnoticed by Tax, who then begins to launch fake birds into the air. Once again, Sichou has little to no problems with hitting every single one of them even as the number increases each second.

As the last bird hits the ground, the sound of enthusiastic clapping meets Sichou's ears. Her head snaps in the direction of the sound and she sees that most of the victors had stopped training to watch her.

Sichou's eyes land on the person who's clapping and scowls as she sees who it is. Her. Saffron slowly stops her applause when she spots the death glare Sichou is giving her. The sixteen year old gives her an awkward smile then walks away with Pierre, going back to training.

The rest of the victors stay for a bit longer. Their expressions range from ones of loathing, jealousy and awe. Katniss stares at Sichou with her jaw clenched, clearly feeling threatened by her talent with a bow and arrow.

Johanna smirks, having enjoyed the show Sichou had put on. The two make eye contact right as Johanna is turning to leave and she winks at Sichou.

Johanna adjusts her grip on her axe as she walks away, "That's my girl." She mumbles, smiling to herself.

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a/n ::
hii! another bit of a short chapter. i'm pretty sure there's a lot of mistakes and repetition of words in this but it's two am here so i have an excuse– as always, if you see any mistakes, let me know! i know the ocs didn't really get equal amounts of time in this chapter so i'll try even it out better in the future, i promise! also, if you haven't finished the questions in the couples chapter they're due this sunday <3.

xx, izzy

ocs mentioned {in order} ::

julius bardin {Izzy246girl}

elise blake {vantaecious}

pierre rubenstein {-greyhearts}

chase heart {Biggirl568}

saffron delphine {xrosegoldqnx}

catlin maxford {Biggirl568}

sichou wong {Izzy246girl}