Gunnar Reef is another well built, blonde and tanned tribute from district four, and as per usual the crowd love him. He plays this angle well wearing an elaborate shirt made of fishing rope weaved together, it accentuates his muscles yet is rather uncomfortable.

"Why hello there Gunnar" purrs Nina in her most seductive voice, another tribute she can flirt with, excellent.

"Hello there Miss Ricci" he says with a little bow, another perfect gentlemen for the capitol women to swoon over.

"Oh Gunnar, its Nina of course" she says "Now please tell me what are you loving about the capitol?"

"Everything Nina" he smiles "the people, the food, the women" he winks to the audience and they shriek in glee.

"How'd you find the training?" Nina asks the boy

"Fine" he shrugs relaxing back in his chair "I've had a lot of practice with tridents and the like back home by the sea. So I think I gave the Gamemakers a good show"

"You sure did, they awarded you a ten"

"Brilliant" he grins, just what I need to secure that career spot.

"Now then Gunnar, tell us about your mentor?"

Gunnar ponders this for a moment, "I love my Mom" this so much is true "she's really been an inspiration for me" half true "I want to make her proud and I know that winning the games will make her proud of me" Gunnar isn't sure if this is true or not.

"Thank you Gunnar" smiles Nina as Gunnar bows and leaves the stage; he is greeted by his mother. Mrs Reef holds a small metal flask of booze which she swigs before looking at her son. The muscular boy isn't the small child she used to chase around the house to get into a bath anymore; he's a career tribute now and a darn fine one at that.

"How did I do mom?" her boy looks down at her, an earnest look in his eye

"Meh" she grunts "I've seen better" she takes another swig and watches him storm back off to his room. Don't die baby she thinks, I'll kill myself if you do.

Shadow is next up, she cautiously walks up the stairs and takes a seat next to Nina; "Hello there Shadow" smiles the host "how are you feeling about the games"

"Nervous" admits Shadow "but prepared as well" she notices her hands are shaking and forces them to stop.

"What are your skills then, what did you show the Gamemakers?"

Shadow gives a nervous smile "the throwing knives, I've been practicing with them all week." And not really much else she thinks.

"Do you want to know your score then?"

"Yes please"

"A Six"

Shadow tries to keep smiling, despite her poor score; I suppose I did miss a few times she thinks "I'm happy with that" she tells Nina.

"Tell us about your mentor then Shadow?"

"He's my dad" and he hates himself and our family and the capitol and he takes it all out on mom "he's alright"

"Any other family?"

"Mom, brother, two sisters ones my twin" she smiles to the camera "hello Willow, miss you"

"Oh I bet it's lovely to have a twin sister, sharing secrets, talking about boys" she giggles

"Yes I suppose it is nice" Shadow doesn't think she's ever talked about boys with her sister; there are always more important topics, like dad.

"Thank you Shadow" Nina announces to the crowd and Shadow smiles before leaving the stage.

"Come one kid, let's get you in bed" her father tells her before leading the way back to their rooms, Shadow finds herself wishing they'd just re-done the quell for the seventy fifth games then her dad could be going to his death not her.

Danny Allardyce is ready for this, he'd spent the whole day talking to his aunt who, beyond her occasional tangent on the abundance of baby twins and triplets in the capitol, seemed intent on reminding him to play to his strengths without really specifying what they were.

Nina greets him as he takes the stage "Hello Danny please takes a seat"

"I feel like I'm at the doctors again" he mutters and the crowd chuckle, funny he thinks I must be funny. "Though none of them are as pretty as you Nina"

"Thank you my dear" Nina chuckles "Now tell me how did your training go?"

"Good yh" he replies "did a little of this a little of that, keeping my options open you know. Don't want to become a master swordsman to find an arena full of bows and arrows"

"So to use an old saying, you'd say you're a jack of all trades" quips Nina

"And a master of none" replies Danny just as she expected he would and as they both predicted the capitol chuckle again.

"So the Gamemakers gave you a five, what do you think of that as a score?" Nina asks,

"It's not a four I suppose"

"Not a six either" Nina says with a kind smile, but the comment stings. "You think it's gonna hinder you in the arena?" she continues.

"No not at all. I know what to do to spread my skills to help me win this"

"Indeed, now tell me Danny what's up with your Mentor?"

The audience laughs and Danny fights the urge to frown, "My Aunts awesome" he tells them with a chuckle "she's one of the smartest scientists we have in five, she may have been exposed to a one too many chemicals though" then again most of us are, he thinks everyone seems to die of something strange in five.

"She used chemicals to win her games didn't she?"

"Yeah" replies Danny, realizing how proud is of her for this, "she created poisonous gas bombs and sent them into the careers camp at the end of the games"

"A very clever tactic" adds Nina, "thank you for talking to us" .

Danny walks off the stage and meets his Aunt who is still staring behind him where Nina is introducing the next tribute. "Interesting eyes that Nina has" she mutters "I used to know a blind girl with the same colour in school".

Libya walks onto the sage calmly and confidently, you are not a scared child she thinks you are a fighter, you can do this.

"Hello there Libya" says Nina, "please take a seat"

Libya sits lightly on the chair not wanting to appear too relaxed, I need to look like I'm ready to go at any minute she thinks.

"How did your individual session go yesterday?"

"Perfect really, showed the Gamemakers everything I could do to the best of my ability"

"They gave you a seven, how do you fell about that?"

Libya mulls this score over for a moment, it's not perfect but it'll do; "its good yeah I'm happy" she replies

"How are you planning on winning?"

"I want to be prepared for every situation my fellow contestants might throw at me, or the Gamemakers for that matter."

"Now Libya, are you going to struggle with your cousin also being in the arena with you?" Nina inquires.

Libya shakes her head "don't really know the kid, he seems alright thought, if I can't win I'd like him to, for Gran"

"Yes your Grandmother is your mentor right?"

"Yep mine and Tiberius', she's a tough old woman and I wouldn't change her for the world"

The buzzer sounds and Libya leaves the stage to wait with her grandmother as they watch Tiberius take the stage.

"Welcome Tiberius Ford" announces Nina as the boy walks onto stage and gives a little wave to the audience. I must do this right he thinks I must make them like me.

"It's amazing to be here Nina" he says "the capitol is so exciting"

"You're enjoying your time here then"

"Oh of course, I spent most of last night watching the city from my window, it's so beautiful the way it lights up at sunset"

"Indeed, now may I ask how you found the individual sessions with the Gamemakers?"

"Good yh I suppose" he mumbles "I mean I swung a few weapons around with quite a good accuracy, and I'm pretty fast but it's hard to show that off in the small centre"

"We should put a running track in there" Nina chuckles and the crowd join in, Tiberius doesn't get the joke. "Well Tiberius" she continues "they gave you a six"

"One less than Libya" he comments

"Indeed, how do you feel about entering the games with her?"

"Sad I suppose, I wish we could have got to know each other in better circumstances. But as she said I'd like her to win if I can't for Grandma"

"You both think highly of your grandmother don't you?"

"She's a strong woman; she's a victor after all"

"That she is, good luck in the games Tiberius" Nina says as Tiberius leaves the stage with a little respectable bow to the audience.

"Good job Tiberius" says Libya as he joins the two of them

"You too Libya" he replies,

Their grandmother looks down at the two of them sadly "come one you two, one last night here in the capitol, let's make it a nice one for you" she says as they are led back to their rooms.

Hi all I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks now so you'll have to wait a bit for the next update, sorry that the interviews are going so slow I'm just finding them a bit difficult to write, at a guess it'll take me two more chapters. The games are coming along nicely though, already killed off four tributes.