Nathan Adams, no Wayne, no Sol, no Bennet, no... It's Nathan Audi

My heart works on tearing it's way out of my chest as they call Estrella's name. "Good luck," I tell her with a faint smile. She looked stunning, not like it wasn't something I expected. Finally the time came for me to enter the stage. Estrella was dismissed and I found myself making my way to the stage. I had to think of something. There was no way I was bringing up my score. 4 was a bit lower then I hoped it to be, but I couldn't blame them.Half the time the were laughing as I vomited from the multiple rebounds to the gut, on top of the fact that I dropped the training sword [i]four[i] times. "God after noon Caesar! How are you tonight?" I ask finding my way, almost blindly to my seat. I had a hard time greeting a man so kindly when he would laugh as I bleed out on the arena floor.

"I'm doing very well Nathan, how about yourself, you a bit nervous for your big night up on stage?"

A slight smile find its way to my lips as Caesar asks the question. "A nit doesn't begin to describe it," I say with a laugh. this might be easier then I thought. despite my mentor not giving me any advice, I'd tell the truth on thinks I didn't care if the world heard, and lie on the more private things. It was simple... or it was supposed to be. Now that I was on stage everything seemed to slip from my lips instead of giving me time to think about it.

I smile encouragingly, "You'll do fine, don't worry Nathan" I ensure him. "So, what do you think of your fellow tributes this year?" I ask, getting right into a good question.

I remember Asher said for us to get anywhere I needed to be likable. "Some of them, I'm terrified of, and the rest of them, I want to to die in someone else's hands. I don't think I'll be much of an aggressor, but I'll fight when needed." It was true but strange for me. I usually threw the first punch.

I smile knowingly, thinking of how this kid would get in fights more willingly in the arena. "Very honorable" I say, playing it to his advantage.

"Thank you Caesar!" I say smiling. Maybe this man wasn't so bad after all. was still a bit angry with Estrella, but she meant well and he lie would help us both. "So what do you think of my competitors?" I ask. It was a bit of a dirty trick. Now I was forcing him to pick favorites, and possibly, he'll give me some information about my competitors that I didn't know.

I laugh, "I can't really say much about them for you" I tell him. "But then, I can say its a tough group you're going in with"

"Now I feel confident about my survival!" I say teasingly towards Caesar. That didn't work like I thought it would, but now I had somewhere to go from. Every second counted on us getting sponsors, but Estrella did an ok job. I smile a bit to let him know I wasn't serious, Caesar, assuming he had the power to bet, was a potential sponsor.