Running from Death [Finished]

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“You can’t take guard duty like that. Here,” Iris reaches into her pack to take out her t-shirt. “Put this on under your jacket to keep warm, and I’ll trade those socks for my gloves. There. Now you can keep watch in a semi-respectable fashion.” She says. I'm not so sure at first. I mean, they are her items, but then I finally give in and agree. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I see something silvery. I turn a bit, and see a silver parachute descending from the sky. My mouth drops. We rush to the parachute and look to see what is in store for us today. It reminds me of opening gifts on Christmas, waiting to see what mystery is inside. The silver parachute contains four long birch boards, a throwing knife, and a blanket. I smile a huge smile and laugh with happiness. Iris spins me in a circle and we continue laughing. We both carry the items and bring them inside our shelter. I know we are going to use the birch boards as skiis, so I'm glad we have those, and I know the throwing knife will probably come in handy, and the blanket too, especially.

We both decide to get to work in the morning, and I agree to stay on guard. I insist that Iris uses the blanket. I promise her I'm fine with the t-shirt, gloves, and earmuffs and she needs to use it. Besides, her mentor sent it. Once she is asleep, I stay up, staring into the cold darkness of the night, listening to the noises. Time passes and I start to wonder where the other tributes are. I hadn't seen the faces in the sky on the first night. I had missed it. For a fact, I know Ralph is dead, and Senia. I'm also pretty sure Dalton is gone. I had saw him at the bloodbath, but never after that. I can only wonder, is Colton alive? I hope so. I quietly exit the shelter and sit underneath the stars for a bit. There's so many things I start to wonder, but I try to erase them from my mind. I do, and I reenter the shelter again.

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I relive Ruby after awhile, and take on Gaurd Duty. I still can't belive we were so preocupied last night as to have missed the Anthem. I had only caught the second bit of it, just in time to see that Colton was alive.

I had to be on top of my game, I couldn't miss it again. I'd heard six cannons yesterday, but I'm still not sure there weren't more deaths, and who the people were.

These thoughts depress me, so I go outside for a bit and dig. I dig four molds into the ground, and then I go back into the shelter and sit silently, watching what I can see of the sky.

Sometime early in the morning Flash trudges up to our shelter. He's in a Frisky mood and overjoyed to see us. (Ruby in particular). I know it's early, but with Flash her to gaurd Ruby I decide to go on out.

I know what I want to do, so I get started. First, I get to the task of chopping some sturdy sapplings down with the hatchet. Once I get the trunks cleared of branches I cut it up into segments a bit less then a foot in length. Then I sharpen them untill I've got precisely twenty one stakes. I cut down more sapplings, this time making them longer. I also sharpen these, turning them into spears. I make six of them.

I sit back and yawn, satisfied with my work. The day hasn't yet dawned, and I've got quite the arsenol of weapons.

I decide to add a few more weapons for the list before returning to camp. First, I find a large tree limb. I lop it off, and then thin one and down untill it fits easily in my hand. It's a little awkward, but still makes quite a nice club. I only make the one though, because it's rather tiring.

Having this done, I walk back to camp.
I check the molds I made, they have frozen solid overnight. They'll work just fine.

It's time to get to work on the skis, now while we still have plently of time before daybreak, but I'm going to need a lot of help with this.

I roll my shoulders back and enter the shelter. "Ruby." I say gently, shaking her awake. "Time to get up. We have ski making to do."

Over the next few hours we pour boiling water onto the skis, and then mold the softened skis into the right shapes. While we wait for them to harden we build poles to go with them, and then finally Ruby figures out a way to attatch some small sticks to the base of the ski poles to replace the usualy round bit that goes there. Ruby is so smart, I couldn't have figured out how to drill all those holes and bend the nails just right to get them to work.

Once the skis are molded we colect pine sap and boil it in a pot. Then I coat the skis with it while Ruby attatches straps for our feet to the skis.

Once they cool they're ready for use.

I've some experience with skis from back home, so I show Ruby how they work. After a little work we both set off, Flash at our heels, into the tundra in search of some kind of deer to hunt. We take the precaution of bringing all our supplies with us in our backpacks.