Part 3, Chapter 24:
"The music swells and I recognize the brilliance of it. As the notes overlap, they complement one another, forming a lovely, unearthly harmony."
Katniss still always in game mode, with her strategy of "let's hang onto the berries because Cato's stupid as hell", which admittedly makes sense if Foxface fell for the trap. Plus strategy of when and where to face Cato, and being nice to Peeta because she's been kind of a b**** to him most of the day. On the plus side, turns out that Peeta's really good at nature in terms of camouflage, but also in terms of starting a fire. They go back to the cave because Peeta's still somewhat of a little b**** himself, although I'll cut him some slack since he's taken a ton of damage himself...actually, you know what? F*** that. Peeta's taken about equal damage with Katniss and she's practically carrying the team at this point. Katniss > Peeta for sure.
But they prepare for the final battle, and I agree with Crimson that it's a lot like the torch walk that they used to do in Survivor (seriously, I HATE how they've gotten rid of that and of the intro...why do you want us to forget the players you f***ing cast?) As a tribute, I'll do a torch walk of my own:
District 3 Girl: Probably weak and nerdy.
District 4 Boy: Don't know how he got taken out...if I had to guess, I'd wager it was Thresh's doing.
District 5 Boy: Nothing special.
District 6 Boy: Lot of male fodder.
District 6 Girl: District 6 didn't do too well this year.
District 7 Boy: Meh.
District 7 Girl: I would say Johanna is heartbroken...but she's probably not.
District 8 Boy: Go design some clothes or something.
District 9 Boy: Took a knife meant for Katniss. She's still alive because of you.
District 9 Girl: Nine is the most forgettable district.
District 10 Girl: Didn't have a gimpy leg, so not important.
District 8 Girl: Peeta's first kill, maybe? Given how bad he feels about Foxface, he probably didn't ACTUALLY kill her.
Glimmer: So hilariously incompetent. It's a damn shame she went so early, especially over some of the cannon fodder.
District 4 Girl: Way to be the least important Career.
District 10 Boy: Seriously, why give him a defining trait if you're just gonna kill him?
District 3 Boy: Really smart with the mines, but Cato's a damn lunatic and he didn't run fast enough.
Rue: So much better than Prim. Such a senseless death. ;_;
District 1 Boy: You killed a main character and didn't even get a name in the book. Way to fail.
Clove: My favorite psychopathic tribute. Far superior to Cato's muscle-headedness. At least she went out with a bang.
Thresh: Off-screen death, so lame. He was a nice enough guy though. He wasn't a dick about the games. He just wanted to survive and if it meant killing, then so be it.
Foxface: Smartest tribute, according to Katniss. And she lasted so long for someone without a kill to her name (Only player who doesn't have a documented kill of some kind to make the final seven.)
Anyway, Cato shows up, because let's be honest, when you have the final three doing a torch walk together, SOMEONE is bound to realize "Hey, we're supposed to kill each other". And he's got body armor to use against Katniss' bow, which kinda sucks, because that's FAR more advantageous than some medicine for Peeta. I mean, Katniss should've gotten SOMETHING for herself in the bag, like arrows or something. Sidenote, not sure why I thought of this...but I hope for her sake that Katniss didn't have her period during the game, because that would just be the worst thing ever. Ugh. But yeah, Cato shows up, but he's running, so the final battle isn't QUITE started yet...not with him at least.
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