Prologue I

Euterpe Avantius, Head Gamemaker

5 months before the reapings:

Euterpe balances a pencil on her finger as she swings her head back and forth with her eyes closed. She has no clue what to do. The Hunger Games have been going on for about 150 years now. Every time she thinks about that number her entire body shivers. People have expectations. They want something amazing this year to celebrate the 7th Quarter Quell and Euterpe can't seem to think of anything. How she hates this constant state of agony that she has been in for the past two weeks now. Her whole career she has had to impress people over and over again. It is so easy to judge her just because of her age and because of the way she looks with her two pink pigtails swaying back and forth and her rather short stature, however, once people start to fathom that she's actually amazing at what she does, which is making people's lives a living hell in the arena, they ask for her help again and again and again. She has been Head Gamemaker for 3 glorious years now and she's been the youngest Gamemaker ever in over 40 years. Every Game she had created so far was just as memorable and amazing as the other.

The 147th Games, where Euterpe created a tower which the tributes had to keep ascending because otherwise, they would be annihilated by the pool of acid that kept rising higher and higher, was so much fun to design. It was a unique twist which skyrocketed her career.

The 148th Games, where she designed an arena made of floating islands, interconnected through bridges which the tributes could cross to get to the adjacent Islands, was also a blast. It was fun watching the tributes get lost in the maze of Islands and struggle to find their way around.

The 149th Games, where she took inspiration from the mines of District 12. It was an arena made of dark tunnels and passages. It was the most brutal arena she had created during her 3 years. The arena was rather small but also extremely confusing and the tributes only had pickaxes and shovels to kill each other with. It was a lot of fun as always

"Hey, Zephyr! Got any Ideas, my friend? "Euterpe calls over to her Assistant Gamemaker. Zephyr had been working here in the office before Euterpe stepped up as Head Gamemaker. He's an amazing designer and created some of the most fascinating and deadly creatures for the Games. He's also really great at coming up with twists. Well, usually.

"Hey, Euterpe! Guess what? No, I haven't had a sudden breakthrough and yes, I'm just as stuck like you, so how about you let me focus and stop annoying me "He shouts at her. Euterpe hates it when Zephyr acts like that. He's always been jealous of her and her position.

"Aww, you still mad because I'm young and successful and you're what? 60-years-old and still Assistant Gamemaker?" She laughs.

Zephyr rolls his eyes as Charmain Vox, Master of Ceremonies, walks in.

"You guys been having any luck?" she asks. Silence. "Ok, I'll take that as a no."

Zephyr aggressively shuffles some papers together and makes his way out of the room.

"I can't stand her, you know? Never have I ever had to work with a Head Gamemaker as immature and juvenile as her. If you were to put all the sins in Panem together, it would create her.

"Your lucky Euterpe is as nice as she is, you never spoke that way to the other Head Gamemakers because you knew that they would have fired you immediately. Just be careful and be grateful is what I'm trying to say." Charma whispers to him.

"Yeah, yeah whatever you say. I just don't understand how she ends up being Head Gamemaker and I'm still stuck down here as Assistant Gamemaker."

Normally Euterpe would make a snarky comment or taunt him even more but she might have just come up with an Idea for this year's twist. A smile forms on her lips as she looks up at Charmain and Zephyr.

"Thank you, Zephyr. You might have just given me an Idea." She says. Euterpe goes to her desk and picks up the phone.

"Ok, listen up. I need people, a lot of people. Our best spies. I need them to be divided equally in all 12 Districts, I want them to dig up as much dirt on these people living there as possible. I want to know everything from their deepest and darkest secrets to what they ate this morning. Got it? I'll send you the list of what I'm looking for in the next couple of hours… Ok, got it. Thank you so much!"

"Zephyr, I fucking love you!" she screams. Zephyr's face reddens.

"I don't understand… what just happened?" Charmain asks confused.

"Remember when Zephyr said that if all the sins in Panem came together they would create me? Well, ladies and gentlemen, what if every tribute this year represented a different sin. Wouldn't that be fun? We would have so many different complex personalities coming together and it would be… I dunno, like a battle of the sins? Or something cool like that!"

Zephyr and Charmain look at Euterpe with a hint of confusion and amazement.

"Wait…" Zephyr mumbles as he gestures at the chalk. "I have an even better Idea, Euterpe pass me the chalk real quick". Zephyr walks up to a big black board where they present their Ideas. They're old-school that way. How about if instead of making them all have bad traits, we make it… half-half? Like from each District we have someone representing a sin and another one representing a virtue. I think that would make it even more interesting." Zephyr says with a hint of pride.

"Zephyr, you're a genius. I wonder why they didn't make you Head Gamemaker."Euterpe says with her tongue sticking out.

"I hate you so much." Zephyr mumbles.

Euterpe goes to her monitor and looks at the big, illuminating screen. She starts to type frantically.

"Zephyr and Charmain, start naming Ideas! GO, GO, GO!" Euterpe shouts.

2 hours later Euterpe lies in her bed with a list of 24 sins and virtues. She's happy. She holds her teddy bear close to her chest and squeezes it. This year is going to be amazing. She'll make sure of it.

Zephyr Guthrie, Assistant Gamemaker

Zephyr launches himself out of bed the next morning. He and Euterpe have worked the whole night with Charmain watching tv next to them. She wasn't of much help but then again, she wasn't a gamemaker. Zephyr dragged himself to the bathroom, where he stared at his tired reflection. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, put on some clothes and got ready to meet up with Euterpe. As he's walking through the hallways, he realizes how god damn lucky he actually is. To not only live in welfare but to also have a stable job and, although he hated admitting it, having nice and fun people surrounding him. He and Euterpe have always had more of a love-hate relationship. She likes to mock and taunt him and he just rolls his eyes at her and occasionally gets aggravated. Ok, not occasionally. Most of the time. Once he reaches the office, he takes a deep breath and enters the room. Euterpe is sitting on her wheelchair like a little child. Sometimes he can't believe she's as old as she is because of how immature and childish she can be.

"Waddup?" Euterpe calls

"Waddup?" Zephyr repeats confused

Euterpe rolls her eyes. "What-is-up?" she says in a tone as if he were partially deaf.

Euterpe makes Zephyr feel old that way, although he is only 36-years-old. He remembers when he used to be so motivated and excited. Back then he was still new to the job. The first Gamemaker he worked for was Flavio Castillo. He was an arrogant asshole but he was damn good at his job. His mutts were creative and deadly and his arenas had twists and turns at every corner. People loved him. Sadly, however, he was executed when his arena malfunctioned and the force field surrounding it cracked. Tributes managed to escape but they were all captured again immediately and executed properly. It was a big mess and caused a lot of controversies.

"We did great yesterday, Zephyr. You can be proud of yourself. This is going to be an amazing cast of Tributes." Euterpe exclaims with a grin.

Zephyr looks at the chart. For District 1 they have hubris and exuberance, two very interesting traits. Certainly won't be hard to find in the District of luxury. For District 2 they have compassion and pride. pride won't really be a problem. The District is filled with people who want to protect their legacy. compassion, however, that will be harder to find in District 2, which makes it all the more interesting. For District 3 they have patience and gluttony. To see the representation of gluttony will surely be interesting. For District 4 they have envy and respect. For District 5 they have dishonesty and valor. For District 6 they have loyalty and cowardice. An ironic duo for sure. Sloth and charisma represent District 7. Lust and integrity for District 8. For District 9 they have diligence and recklessness. For District 10 humility and greed. Definitely another ironic duo. For District 11 they have wrath and peacefulness and finally for District 12 hope and selfishness.

"Yeah, I guess we did work pretty hard, didn't we?" Zephyr confirms with an exhausted look. He sits down at his desk and looks over to Euterpe. "So how are we picking the Tributes again?"

"Ok, so for the next 4 months our men will scavenge the lands of Panem pretending to be normal District residents. They will dig up as much information as possible on these people and choose the best ones that fit the categories which we have set. They will report back to us and by then we will have already finished working on the arena. There will be no reaping bowl or anything like that. The escorts will instead be handed the names of the two selected tributes for each District."

Zephyr can't help but smile. He hasn't been that excited in a long time. "So, you already have Ideas for the arena?" He asks.

Euterpe looks back at him with a mischievous smirk "Oh, trust me, a bunch."

Hey, Friends! So, I have taken on the daunting task of writing my own SYOT. As this is my first SYOT I'm not gonna lie, I'm really scared. But I have decided to take this as a growing experience and to better myself as a writer and trust me this is in no way going to be a masterpiece but it is something I want to do for myself and I am determined and I hope that you guys will help me make this an awesome story! Ok, enough chatting I'll get right to it.

So, for the 7th Quarter Quell the Tributes will be reaped based on their sins and their virtues. Meaning that from each District we have one tribute representing a virtue and another representing a sin. The list is right here:

District 1 Male: Hubris ( sin )

District 1 Female: Exuberance ( virtue )

District 2 Male: Compassion ( virtue )

District 2 Female: Pride ( sin )

District 3 Male: Patience ( virtue )

District 3 Female: Gluttony ( sin )

District 4 Male: Respect ( virtue )

District 4 Female: Envy ( sin )

District 5 Male: Dishonesty/Disloyalty ( sin )

District 5 Female: Valor ( virtue )

District 6 Male: Loyalty ( virtue )

District 6 Female: Cowardice ( sin )

District 7 Male: Sloth ( sin )

District 7 Female: Charisma ( virtue )

District 8 Male: Lust ( sin )

District 8 Female: Integrity ( virtue )

District 9 Male: Recklessness ( sin )

District 9 Female: Diligence ( virtue )

District 10 Male: Humility ( virtue )

District 10 Female: Greed ( sin )

District 11 Male: Wrath ( sin )

District 11 Female: Peacefulness ( virtue )

District 12 Male: Hope ( virtue )

District 12 Female: Selfishness ( sin )

The tributes will not be reaped from a bowl but instead, they have been selected because of their day to day behavior. The Tribute form is down below and for more information just go on my profile. Everything should be there. If you have any questions just PM me ). Also, no submissions through review please, thank you!

Reviews are always appreciated and I do take constructive criticism and tips from more experienced writers. And since this is my first story and I don't really know how many people will be interested în this, it will be a first come first serve however everybody can submit 2 Tributes max. One Male and one female. I do take reservations ( they last a week but I can extend if asked ). Please be creative. Since this is first come first serve I am depending on you making an interesting and complex character :D

Also, there will be nor reapings. Flashbacks will serve as introductions

Ok, so that's it!

Tribute Form:

Name:

Age:

District:

Gender:

Sexuality:

Faceclaim or Appearance:

Personality ( Please be detailed, one paragraph at least )

Backstory ( I want unique tributes )

Family:

Friends:

Scene important to introducing the character:

Reaction to being chosen:

Parade outfit ( this is very important, there will be a prize ;) )

Interview outfit ( optional )

Interview angle:

Strengths ( At least 4 )

Weaknesses ( At least 4 )

What they do in training:

Private session:

Predicted score:

Weapon of choice:

Allies (?):

Bloodbath plan ( will they die? )

Game plan:

Fight or Flight Instinct:

Predicted Placement:

Theme song ( optional but appreciated )

Anything else: