Trinket is almost asleep at the commentators desk. It's been a fairly uneventful day since the initial cornucopia bloodbath, and dusk came and went with no further action. Despite this, Flickerman still seems to be just as upbeat and jovial as always.
"...and we'll be reaching midnight here in about an hour, folks. A quick recap; we've seen the players scatter all around the arena since that initial fight, with very few meeting one another. In fact, the few who have seem to have teamed up! Districts 11 and 12 are, of course, still holding the Cornucopia together."
"Quite right, Caesar!" Effie wakes herself up enough to take her cue, "An unlikely pairing of tributes, Judy from 5 and Ted Cruz from 7, were earlier chased away from the Cornucopia by this group. They chose to team up rather than fight! They're still stranded in the open grasslands though, so they're going to need to find shelter if they want any rest at all tonight."
"And of course, the pair of careers are still lurking on the edge of the forest, near the cornucopia. Perhaps waiting for their chance to get revenge on 11 and 12 for Susan's death? We'll have to wait and-"
Effie suddenly jumps in, squeaking excitedly and pointing at one of the feeds. "We have action!"
"Well, that's a quick lesson in where to set up camp. Never sleep out in the open!" Caesar chuckles. Effie is sitting there in shock, having never seen anyone move as fast as Bill had there. Poor Scruff never stood a chance.
"And it seems everything's happening at once now!"
"River had a solid idea sleeping in that tree, but it seems Leon had the same plan? Has he seen her? He's climbing and... Yes, yes, he's seen her! And she's still fast asleep!"
Both of the commentators fall silent as they watch the event unfold on the feeds, Leon climbing closer and closer to the sleeping Song. He's so silent that both of them jump when they hear the sudden crack, and watch him fall.
"Oh my gosh!"
Caesar once again lets out his patented laugh. "Well, that certainly seems to have woken River, but it would seem that the threat to her has been dealt with."
Effie jumps in again as Caesar tilts his head, listening to his earpiece. "Well, it's high time we go to this chase..."
"No time! There's bigger happenings elsewhere!"
"It seems Grouch and Rust chose this as their moment to strike! And Oaki's spotted them! But he's not waking the others. What's going on here? Is he... talking them down?"
Trinket gasps. "Why yes! He's keeping his distance but they seem to be talking. And what's this now?"
The commentators watch in amazement as Oaki enters the Cornucopia, the two careers looking on with interest. And Caesar winces as all three of the sleeping tributes are quickly eliminated.
"I think that might be a betrayal for the history books."
“As exciting as that last one was, it appears another exciting moment might be happening!” Trinket says as the camera moves into Cave of Regigigas. Viewers can see Hercule Poirot from District 5 sleeping just inside, clearly using the cave to shield himself from the rain, but approaching from the lower corner is Zod from District 7 who has a knife and an evil looking smile on his face as he approaches.
“Oh wow, are we going to get another death?!” Flickerman states as his eyes are glued to the screen.
Zod clearly has the intent to kill as the screen shows him walking up to Hercule. Just as he raises the knife Poirot sits up a bit and cowers, but then both seem to pause as the sound of...goats?...starts to rumble from deep within the cave.
Before either can react, the camera begins to tremble as a large amount of goats swarms both of the tributes.
Neither commentator says anything until the goats finally run out of the cave in retreat. As the dust settles, one of the tributes stands up, while the other remains motionless on the ground.
It’s just then that a cannon sounds as Zod’s face lights up on the screen.
“A...pack of...wild goats...just trampled Zod to death...this truly is a unique arena this year.” Flickerman says a bit flabbergasted.
Before doing anything else, Poirot carefully reaches for an envelope which the camera zooms in on, with the words “Sponsor: Goat Safari” scrawled on the front. As he opens the letter, the camera reads:
“Do not die Hercule” and is signed by Dr. Kawazu Flim Gallagher.
“It appears a last minute sponsor has decided to give Poirot a 2nd chance in these games, will he be able to rise to the occasion?” Trinket says after taking a minute to digest. “In the meantime, let’s honor the tributes we have lost today.”