Ashes and Kindling {Pollux + Sage}

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Sage Scarborough

Fire-making seemed like it would be a significantly more helpful skill than some of the other stations, in Sage's opinion. He wasn't sure what exactly pulled him towards it, but it also looked like it would be something enjoyable for him. Sage had always liked learning new skills, and when it was something that could potentially save his life, he was all for it. The one thing he really hoped for with this, aside from that he wouldn't make a fool of himself, though was that his bad luck wouldn't interfere. The boy had always had terrible luck, and knowing what usually happened, he wouldn't have been surprised if he accidentally lit something on fire that wasn't meant to be, like the cuff of his sleeve. Therefore, he took at least one precaution, rolling up both of the sleeves of his shirt.

Sage got what he needed in order to construct his fire, and went over next to another tribute that was over there, deciding that he'd observe what they were doing. He attempted to built his fire, though the sticks kept falling down when he tried to put them into the shape of a teepee. Therefore, he allowed the sticks and kindling to just lie on top of one another, and attempted to light it. He was given neither matches nor flint, since the idea of the station was to teach him to build and light fires without assistance. That made this much more difficult for him. Regardless, he persevered and kept trying to make so much as a spark.

After a while of trying, Sage wanted to give up. Instead of doing that, though, he looked at the tribute next to him. He recognized the tribute as Pollux, one of the District Five tributes. Maybe he could ask them for help.

Would they even help someone they don't know, though? wondered Sage. Regardless of whether or not he thought he'd get any help out of asking, he spoke up.

"Hey, could you show me how to do that?" he inquired.

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POLLUX CREE

 Training, Day 2

       Day 2 of training. Our alliance decided to split up and try different things. I decided to go to the fire-making station to test what to I can do with fire-making. I got their, and I was by myself. I did pretty good on my first try, I got it lit in under 3 minutes, which I think was pretty good for my first try. After about 20 minutes of doing about 4 ways of making fires, the scrawny boy from 12, I think his name is like Sand, or sage, I think his name was, came over. When he started it was kind of pathetic, but I felt for him, because I was like him when I was younger. He couldn't even stack the wood, which tempted me to laugh out loud.

"Hey, could you show me how to do that?" he said.

     I raised my eyebrow at him and smacked my lips. "Ok... Well what do you want to learn first, guy from district twelve?"

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Sage Scarborough

Pollux spoke up in response to Sage, and to his surprise, she was willing to help him.

"Ok... Well what do you want to learn first, guy from district twelve?"

Guy from Twelve he thought to himself, haha, maybe I should introduce myself.

"Well," he began, "Do you think you could help me stack the wood like that? I can't seem to get it to stay. It keeps falling, was his request. The 'guy from Twelve' then decided to share his name.

"Oh, and I'm Sage, by the way. You're Pollux, right? District Five?" He spoke, informing her of his name and confirming that he was calling her the right thing. He didn't want to have the wrong name when he was talking to someone.

Sage awaited her assistance, and was glad that she was willing to help him. It really was relieving to see that not everyone here aside from his allies wanted him to fail miserably. Maybe he'd made a friend outside of Affron and- did he consider his other allies friends? Most likely. After all, they had agreed not to kill him, which was likely as close as he'd get to a friend in the Hunger Games.

"Thanks for helping me. I appreciate it. Most people just seem to ignore me." A small smile crossed Sage's skinny face.

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