A/N: Okay, okay, so I shouldn't be starting another SYOT. I know I did this with Yardsticks and the Youngest Among Us, but I swear I am not abandoning the Youngest Among Us! Honestly I'm too invested with my characters to do that. What can I say, I love my little twelve-year-old babies who almost all of will die soon?

Anyway, I decided to write a little prologue because why not? Other victors are interesting, right? At least probably more interesting than the Head Gamemaker talking about the Quell twist with the president. (also I don't know who the current President is or the Head Gamemaker, so we're going with this.)

I'm being purposefully vague about the last Quarter Quell in this prologue. Don't want to give out any spoilers.

Also, I'm probably not going to do the Reapings for a while. I want to get at least done with the Youngest Among Us reapings before I get into that. More info at the end of the chapter.

Legacy Albuquerque, Capitol Citizen

"I really can't wait to see what the Quell twist is this year," I say into the phone. "They're always so unique—it feels like an honor to be alive, in the prime of my life, during a Quarter Quell."

"Totally," my sister, Novelty, agrees. "What do you think it will be?"

"I don't know," I reply honestly. "I don't know if anything can top the last Quarter Quell. I thought twelve-year-olds would be boring, but they really followed through."

If I could see Novelty, I'm sure she would be nodding her perfect blonde head.

On the other end of the line, I can hear Novelty's young daughter, Livia, asking her mother for something. "Just a second, Livi, I'm on the phone with your aunt."

I titter quietly, wishing for possibly the thousandth time that I had kids. I've wanted them for years, ever since I was a little girl, but I've never found the right man. Novelty, on the other hand, tied the knot with her husband ten years ago. Livia was born a year later, then came Cantilena, and then Alistair. Novelty's obsession with having kids used to make me jealous—now, I spend so much time around her children that it feels almost like they're mine, too.

"I'm hoping for something different," Novelty says, shushing her daughter. "Something no one would ever expect. I'm friends with the Head Gamemaker, you know, but he hasn't said a word. It's infuriating!" She pauses. "What's the point of having friends in high places if I don't benefit from it?"

I roll my eyes. "Callum is probably under an oath to not tell until the Twist announcement. Speaking of which—it will be on any second. I better go."

"Alright. Bye, Legacy." Novelty hangs up, no doubt going to round her kids for the quell announcement. I sigh, slipping my phone into the pocket of my dress and heading for the couch.

My apartment is nothing special, not by Capitol standards anyway. There are some nice floor-to-ceiling windows, though, which let plenty of light into my living room.

I settle on the couch with a martini, sipping my drink as I wait for the T.V. to turn on. Novelty actually got tickets to go see the announcement in person. She, of course, didn't invite me to come along. Oh, well, I'll just have to show her I can go have fun without her and her stupid husband. Besides, that party tonight I'm going to… I know of a few attractive, single men going there, so maybe tonight won't be so bad.

Parties are big in the Capitol around Hunger Games time, and the Quarter Quell is even better. I was barely four when the 150th Games happened, so I didn't exactly go to a whole lot of parties. But I am determined to milk this Quell for everything it is worth. I am going to party so hard, try to get a boyfriend, probably end up dumping that boyfriend, and get another one. It's going to be epic.

Novelty says I'm being childish and immature. She says I'm too old to being going through boyfriends so quickly, while she already has settled down and had a whole crop of children. Well, I'm twenty-nine, I can do whatever I want. Besides, who's going to stop me?

The T.V. clicks on, the face of President Renius appearing on the screen, in all his sandy-blonde glory. I don't think there is a single woman (probably some men, too) who hasn't looked at President Ezra Renius and wished they were together. What can I say? He's quite the looker.

He steps up the podium, and the cheering of the Capitol, my sister and her perfect little family somewhere in the crowd, goes silent. He clears his throat. "On the twenty-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that they chose to initiate violence, each District had to hold an election to see which tribute would enter the arena. On the fiftieth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen killed, the Districts had to reap twice as many tributes. On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that they brought this upon themselves, every tribute had to be a volunteer.

"On the one-hundredth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the wealthiest were not exempt from violence, the tributes will only be Reaped from children who have never taken tesserae. On the one-hundredth and twenty-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that the fight left many children parent-less, all the Reaped children will be orphans.

"On the one-hundredth and fiftieth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the youngest among us were killed in the dark days, all tributes in the arena will be twelve-years-olds."

President Renius takes a small white card, handed to him by a young boy, also dressed in white, and opens it ceremoniously.

"On the one-hundredth and seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the most vile people were involved in the fighting, all tributes in the arena will be convicted murderers."

Basically, the Quell twist is that only convicted murderers can be Reaped. (you probably got that, but just making sure.) You might be asking 'but what if all the convicted murderers got the death sentence for killing?' Well, in this Panem, I guess there isn't a death sentence. They probably just get life long prison sentences.

Also: the tributes can be any age between 12 and 42. I don't imagine there will be too many twelve-year-old murderers, but I figured I'd leave it open.

I'm not doing Reapings. Instead, hence the title, the Reapings will be replaced with a 'letter' the murderer has 'written' to the person(s) they've murdered. It will hopefully make the Reapings go a lot faster. They won't be done in District order. I made that mistake with the Youngest Among Us, so that's going out the window now. (please note: the tributes didn't actually write these letters. I'm just using it as a way to speed the reapings along)

You can submit through review! I'm looking at you, Anna. ;)

THERE ARE NO RESERVATIONS. With the Youngest Among Us, I've had trouble getting reservations in , so I'm just not going to do them this time around.

You can submit four tributes! And please, please, please, make some bloodbaths. If I don't have enough bloodbath tributes, I'm going to just have to start killing some. I don't want to do that, you don't want to read that, it will just make it easier for everyone.

And: there are no volunteers! It is Reaped tributes only!

Here's the form: (it's also on my profile)

Name:

Age: (12-42)

District:

Appearance: (you can give a faceclaim or just an appearance, it doesn't matter to me)

Personality:

Backstory:

Family:

Friends:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Reaction to Being Reaped:

Token:

Allies?

Weapon of Choice:

Interview Angle:

Training Score:

Bloodbath Strategy:

Games Strategy:

Preferred Death:

Preferred Placement: (please note: this is pretty much a guideline to me. If you say 1st, the character obviously shouldn't get 1st, then they won't. It's up to me to decide who should get first and who shouldn't)

OPTIONAL STUFF:

Chariot Outfit:

Interview Outfit:

Theme Song:

STUFF PRETAINING TO THE TWIST:

Who have they murdered: (they may not know the names of their victim(s). That's okay)

How many have they murdered:

How do they feel about it:

Will they kill again?

How long ago did they kill:

Was there a reason for them to kill?

Anything else:

I know it's pretty long, but please do be detailed! If there's something missing, I will end up making it up, and I don't want to have to do that.

There will probably be a few more prologues with good ol' Legacy and Novelty. The Reapings will most likely start once the games actually begin the Youngest Among Us, but I might start them earlier. We'll see.

Please do consider submitting!