As the sun sinks below the horizon, the temperature seems to rise, rather than plummet. It's almost too hot to sleep. 

~~~

Ravenwillow wasn't really sure what to do, since he had no needs to fulfill and already had lots of prey stocked up for later. He didn't want to sleep either because of the heat, so he went exploring, and simply wandered around his area. He didn't find anything new. 

Troutdip was so bothered by the gnawing feeling in his stomach that he felt too weak to do anything, and fell asleep despite the raised temperature. Unfortunately, Troutdip would not open his eyes again. As time slipped away, so did his life. Troutdip perished from starvation. 

A wolf howls. Troutdip is dead! 

Nectarsting stretched out her paws, wishing she had any water to both cool her down and relieve her parched throat. Despite her discomfort, she managed to fall asleep. 

Snowpatch finally bit into the water packet she'd been carrying around, since she no longer had access to a water source after traveling the day before. Driven a little mad by starvation, Snowpatch spent the night traveling again, continuing north. However, she didn't even make it past WindClan territory before her legs gave out, having no energy to work her muscles. No energy to work her brain, either. She lay there for a little while, weak and breathing hard, before finally her consciousness fled.

A wolf howls. Snowpatch is dead! 

Waspthorn was tired and curled up at the base of a tree, slipping into an uneasy sleep, his thoughts a little scrambled by the heat. 

~~~

The night air seems to crackle with anticipation. The endgame is approaching, and it won't be pretty. There were 2 deaths this chapter. 

It could be a trick of the light, or the unusually hot temperature getting to the tributes, but the stars seem to arrange themselves to form the images of the recently deceased. 

Troutdip

Snowpatch