DISTRICT 8

Training days

During the first day of training, Tulle didn’t feel comfortable speaking to anyone. He wasn’t just out of his comfort space, but the tribute wasn’t used to being watched like everyone was being watched by the gamemakers. He chose to work at the weapons station first. 

 

Tulle picked up a throwing knife and decided that it was going to be a weapon he would become familiar with before going into the games. He spent half of the time available for training using the throwing knives, wasting his energy by throwing the knives as hard as he could, just to see if he could really do damage to the targets. He decided to eat alone during lunch that day, keeping his head down and not looking at anyone.

 

On the second day, Tulle chose a different station to work with and found the plant-matching station. He wasn’t any good while trying to identify the plants, but didn’t want to waste all of his time at the station and spent no more than an hour there. After that, the tribute chose to work at the fire-making station. Tulle knew how to make small fires from what he had back in District Eight, but learning to use wood or stones was a different situation. He caught on rather well though, finding that setting fires with rocks and sticks were easy. 

 

However, Tulle only spent an hour there as well before returning to the plant-matching station due to deciding that he wanted to give it another try.

 

After the allotted tie ended, Tulle decided to sit with his district partner, not liking having to sit alone during lunch. He did, however, choose to only speak with her.

 

On the last day of training, Tulle returned to the weapons station and immediately started working with the throwing knives again. He spent an hour and a half working with the knives, then decided to choose another weapon he thought he could be useful with and picked out a spear. 

 

The tribute practiced throwing the spear similar to how he threw his knives, not concerning himself with close combat because that would be something he would worry about during the games. Tulle spent the rest of the time in training practicing with his second chosen weapon. 

 

He spent lunch again sitting next to his district partner, unable to bring himself to be social with anyone. It wasn’t anything personal, but that didn’t matter.

 

Private session

Tulle was relieved when it was his turn to go in front of the gamemakers, so much in fact, that he no longer felt nervous when he entered the Training Center. The only strange thing was that there were no other tributes in the room.

 

The tribute acknowledged the gamemakers with an awkward glance as he made his way over to the weapons stations. He felt there was nothing that would impress them more than what he had learned to do - since he was no career. Tulle chose to show the gamemakers how well (he hoped) his skill with the knives was, and gathered a few to throw.

 

Tulle took his place a decent distance away from the targets that were provided and thew one knife after the other, making sure to take his time in between since there was no rush. Afterward, he shot the gamemakers another weird glance and hurried to leave the Training Center.