The crowds chittered and chattered, a multicoloured audience all staring at the bright empty stage. There were cameras strategically placed so as to not block any high paying views, but still capturing what was sure to be a monumental moment. Around the country citizens were glued to their television screens, either by the same excitement lighting up the crowd here in the Capitol, or by law.

There were rumours abound that something special was happening this year. Something different. Tickets for this event had cost astronomical amounts, but anybody who was anybody needed to be here live. History was being made tonight.

The lights over the audience dimmed as the stage lights brightened, and the crowd went wild. Out came the dashing, new, young President Coriolanus Snow. At the ripe age of 26 he was a dreamboat, the Capitol's idol. He'd been elected some 2 years prior after the mysterious death of his predecessor that no one really wanted to look into too closely. There'd been some talk of ending the Hunger Games after its creator had passed away, but under President Snow's rule they'd been more successful than ever.

With a grin he lightly tapped his microphone, gathering their adoring attention and their silence.

"My wonderful people, thank you for joining me on this grandiose occasion." Whether he was addressing his fellow Capitolites, or the district citizens far away was unclear. He readjusted the cards in front of him "This year marks the 25th anniversary since the end of our civil war, the horrible war that nearly tore our beautiful country apart. As a reminder to never repeat these mistakes my mentor began the Hunger Games so that every year the districts would pay the ultimate price with the lives of their children. But we are not without mercy! We allow the strongest, the smartest, and the most worthy of them to go home ever the richer and without ever wanting for anything again!"

At this the crowd cheered, caught up in the charisma of their President's speech. They were proud of their merciful leader, allowing the traitorous districts this chance. They should be thankful for this charity afforded to them; it was far more than they deserved.

"However!" he continued, and a hush fell over the audience once more "On this 25th anniversary we will have a special Hunger Games, a reminder to the districts of all the atrocities committed during the rebellion."

The people remained silent as a young girl came onto the stage, holding a small wooden box. Delicately the president selected the first envelope closest to him, labeled with a 25. He peeled open the envelope, taking out a small slip of paper.

Everyone, even those in the districts, listened with rapt attention "As a reminder!" he began, reading the paper "That it is the fault of the districts that we now have the Hunger Games, for their uprising 25 years ago, and that it is their fault their children die each year; in place of a traditional reaping for this special occasion the citizens of each district will instead vote for who they wish to enter the games."

As the reality sunk in the silence only lasted a few more seconds before the crowd erupted into cheers. Capitol citizens embraced and laughed at the sheer drama this year would present. In the districts parents cried, clutching their children tight to their chests. Some knew they were already doomed, some clung to the faint hope that they would have a chance. Others had no idea the fate that awaited them. Somewhere, amongst the potential tributes, sat a soon to be Victor.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" President Coriolanus Snow cried over the cheering crowds with a grin "I present to you, our very first Quarter Quell!"

Hey my dudes! I saw a lot of really cool SYOT out there and thought I'd make my own! I decided to do the first quarter quell because the concept seemed really interesting me and I think it would produce really interesting tributes. Below I've put the form that I'd like filled out, and it will also be posted on my profile along with the list of tributes. A couple guidelines for applying.

1) Tributes will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. In the event multiple tributes are submitted for the same district too close together I will select whichever I like best. I will inform the unselected tribute owner that they have not been picked, and will offer to move them to a free district.

2) A maximum of 4 tributes per author. Feel free to do less, but please no more than 4. I want to give everyone a chance to participate.

3) Please create balanced characters. Is a career tribute going to kick ass? Yes. Is a district 12 tribute going to have a hard time? Yes. But make it interesting! No one is going to be 100% perfect, and no one is going to be 100% useless. There's a strength and a weakness section on the form for a reason.

4) Give me details. I'm not saying you need to write a full-length novel, but the more you give me the more accurately I can portray your characters.

5) Remember your district. Please don't give your characters skills they realistically wouldn't have in that district without a really good reason.

6) You may reserve up to 2 spaces, for up to 4 days. If I don't receive the character for the reserved space within four days of me receiving the reservation, I will delete the reservation and open the spot again. Sorry if this seems tight but I don't want someone grabbing a bunch of spaces and then never submitting their characters keeping this fic in limbo. If you need an extension on a reservation please DM me and we can talk about it. I'm really reasonable and probably willing to extend it, I just don't want anyone making a reservation and then forgetting about it.

Please remember that I really do want to write this fic and am very excited to do so! I'm also absolutely willing to bend any of these rules (except the first one) if you talk to me first. I'll take OCs, Self-Inserts, and even real characters so long as the form is filled out. Anything goes! Feel free to post your filled out forms in the comments for me.

Edit: Go me, I forgot to put personality and token on the form. Oops! If you've already submitted a character, or your form is nearly done and you don't want to edit it that's fine, I'll just go off everything else on there. I've edited the current form here and on my profile to include it so if you're seeing this form for the first time please include it, it will make it much easier for me. Thank you!

Edit Edit: Thank you Annabeth Pie for pointing out I didn't have age on the form, jfc apparently I'm a little scatterbrained today sorry.

Form:

Reminder, please read the rules before filling out the form!

Name:

Age:

Gender:

District:

Appearance:

Personality:

Backstory:

Family:

Friends:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Token:

Why were they voted in?

Reaction to being reaped:

Preferred weapon:

Training days strategy:

Would they try to get allies?

What kind of people would they ally with?

Interview angle:

Bloodbath strategy:

Long term game strategy:

Can your tribute swim?

How did they learn how to swim?

Anything else?