Chapter 1:

Seiken Riser, Head Gamemaker, The Capitol

"Mr. Riser!" I heard a faint voice call as a woman, short brown hair, with over the top red lipstick and vibrant pink eyeliner runs over to me, file papers scattered in her hands. She runs over and politely grabs a chair and sits.

She's the lowest rank in the Gamemaker career, being the one to edit the video shown to the tributes before the two, helpless souls from each district get reaped and sent to an arena to probably die.

The woman pulls herself together and begins to speak. "Mr. Riser, we need to start plans for making the arena!" she says, mashing all the words together so I could barely hear a word she said. I absorb the 'words' she has just said as she places a sheet with three arena names and a short, vague description of them.

In my short glance, I can get the feel of the three arenas. One's set on an island, filled with luscious foods and water sources but each island has a grotesque twist. The next labeled "2" is an arena set in an abandoned city with only a minimal amount of sources. The final one seemed to be a normal arena that would, at the end, be flooded and the person that can survive the longest underwater survives.

I thought of that one as boring because all the tributes would just drown to death in the finale, not fight and make a dramatic ending. The only arena that I thought could keep alliances together but still be dangerous and have dramatic fighting scenes was the abandoned city.

"Abandoned City!" I boldly announced, dropping a seal of approval on the 'Seal If Wanted' section below the description. She gave a quick nod of thanks and bolted out of the room, snatching the law paper from the desk, with her other scattered, unorganized papers and hurried off in the crowd of people in the hallway, disappearing in seconds.

I sat back in my office chair, leaning back, making a creak! sound as I did it. I pondered about the tributes, the arena, the Bloodbath, but most importantly, the winner.

Aisya Meyers, District 1 Escort, The Capitol:

I've been waiting my whole life for this moment. The most luxurious and powerful district, District 1, had now been mine to reap from. My skin tingled in excitement, my heart throbbed in nervousness, and my stomach felt like it was going to churn out of anxiety. I held myself together and sighed.

Tomorrow was the Reaping ceremony, my favorite day to watch from my childhood to my escorthood, I would now be the one reaping these tributes and giving them tips, talking to them, and sending them off before one would most-likely come out as a victor.

I remember my days in District 11, the agricultural district for fruits and vegetables. I remember looking out at the plains and meadows, watching the children and adults work constantly in the beaming sun, day and night. They had faces of sadness and despair like a loved one had just died.

I sit back in my fuzzy, but scratchy chair, covering myself in the chair's 'fur' and getting up to sweep the hairs off. The hairs flew away like birds on their first mission away from the nest and I gave a quick laugh before absorbing myself in another chair not as comfortable, but made it easier so I wouldn't constantly have to get up because of the chair's 'fur.'

I take a sip of the fresh, clean water that was on a side table between the two chairs and place it back down on the coaster. I hear the announcement that the escorts, mentors, and Gamemakers should go to bed so they can get up extra early for the Reaping. It startles me but I reluctantly oblige, heading towards my designated, temporary bedroom.

I worry about the tributes, the games, and the victor's. Will the victors be mine?, I don't know. But can I influence that, yes I can, and that's what kept me up all night.

Thanks for reading! I finally got this SYOT out that I've been really urging to get out. Please submit your tributes and here's some info regarding the Games:

Please keep tributes realistic

Volunteers, as usual, are allowed

Reaping Ages are still 12-18

Career Districts are still 1, 2, and 4

Please make sure to not send more than 2 tributes (maybe three) as I want as many people as possible to participate

You can reserve a tribute for 24 hours. Try not to though (it might increase the chance of your tribute becoming a bloodbath tribute) just saying..

Reserved and taken tributes will be in my bio so check there before posting and sending a tribute

Here's the tribute form. PM this to me and you'll have your tribute spot guaranteed

Name:

Age:

District:

Gender:

Sexuality:

Reaction to Getting Reaped/Why did they volunteer:

Liking of the Hunger Games in general:

Family:

Friends:

Goodbyes:

Training Strategy:

Training Score:

District Token:

Bloodbath Strategy:

Arena Strategy:

Finale Strategy:

Why They Should Win?:

PM this to me and you'll guarantee your spot. As always good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor

PS: Other chapters will be longer so don't worry!