Looking down at the small drop, I know I need to make my fall as safe as possible. I pull my backpack off of my shoulders and place it under my bottom, the, cloning the the side of the drop, the slide down. It's bumpy, but my backpack is so bi I can safely nestle inside of its "walls."
As I make my wa to the bottom, time seems to slow down. I'm thinking about Hade, and how I'm doing this for her, and Cinn as well. Cinn probably didn't want to see me ever again, but who knew? Admitting that I like her wa probably a mistake. I had been so stupid!
Finally I slide off of the side and gently hit the ground, my back completely covered by my backpack. A few small pebbles collide with the backpack, but even if it wasn't behind me, I wouldn't be injured by their small impact.
I stand up, shakily at first, and regain my strength and stare ahead. There was another contestant. I wouldn't kill her, for I wasn't into that stuff, but I had 5 good knives to spare. No! I had to stop thinking like that. I seemed inhuman. I had plenty of things to survive. I didn't need to kill another human being to obtain my goal. I almost make myself known to her, but I'm not sure if she would kill me or not. I had to let her know I didn't want to kill her, and I hope she would think the same. If not, I had two knives, which I had pulled out if my backpack. I wouldn't use them unless it was completely nessicary, and right now, it wasn't.
"Hey! I'm Jokk, District 5. I'm not going to kill you, all right? I swear." My voice isn't loud, for I know all about avalanches. It is almost a whisper, just loud enough for the girl--Firefly?-- to hear me.