User blog comment:Blissfully Mine/Summer's User Games!/@comment-5985856-20131231031544

Julia sits in the dimly lit waiting room, absentmindedly biting the nail on her right thumb as she waits for her private training session to begin. She hears the door to the training room open and close, and she glances up, watching as the district 2 male exits. "Julia, District 3," the automated voice says. Julia takes a deep breath and stands up. Being in one of the first few districts, she should be glad that she's getting this over with quickly, but even though she tries to look confident, her insides twist with anxiety, and she slowly walks inside.

Once she enters, she looks up at the Gamemakers. They don't really seem that interested in what she has to offer; she's from District 3, not exactly the "coolest" district, so to speak - and they just saw the Careers perform, too. Julia takes a deep breath and makes her way over to the rack of swords and takes two, gripping them tightly in her sweaty palms. She walks to where the dummies are. She chooses one to begin with, and looks at her target for a few seconds before she swings her swords. She misses clearly and loses her balance, stumbling forward and falling onto the ground. She hears some of the Gamemakers snicker, and she scowls up at them. She was now even more determined to prove them wrong - she wasn't going to leave today without making even the smallest impression on the Gamemakers.

She inhales slowly; then exhales, before picking herself up and going for a different dummy. This time, both of her swords come in at the neck; not hard enough, but she still has some time. She wields them again - because she tried again and again several times and attempted to push her impatience down, she is finally able to slice through the dummy's neck, and she watches as its head tumbles to the ground and rolls towards the Gamemakers. Julia reaches down and picks it up, holding it high for the Gamemakers to see, then throws it back down before turning and exiting.