Child's Play: The Forty-Third Hunger Games

Chapter 30

Thanks to my formatting, it was unclear that those variables were used to compute the final scores. I took what I was given since this time it's especially risky to inflate your Tribute's score, what with votes.

Shui: 3

Mati, Weft, Keison, Atro: 4

Randy, Lisette, Maple: 5

Hemi, Barron: 6

Scott, Volvo, Splinter, Orland, Zaley: 7

Brenna, Hosanna, Scarlett: 8

Icarus, Ember, Tullia, Alex: 9

Blake, Steven: 10

Keison Walker

I didn't do very well in the private sessions. I knew I blew it even while I was doing it, but it was too late to pull myself back up. It was like a bad dream where everything happened in slow motion and I couldn't move.

There was no use dwelling on it. I went back to my room and found an envelope on my bed. When I saw who it was from, I tore it open and flung myse