Hey guys! I hope you've been excited for this chapter! As I said, this will be the Pre-Parade Odds, plus a bit of something else. Enjoy!

Thracius Ruus

Hunger Games Commentator

"Water?"

"Here you go," my commentator partner, Menenius, says, handing a bottle of water to me.

I drink, satisfying my parched throat. Talking energetically for six hours is hard. And in a little bit, the full Reaping recap will start. At least it's only 20-30 minutes, depending on what the video editors do, and what there is to say.

I get up, and stretch a bit.

"Thraciius, Menenius, get ready!" I hear. The recap is starting soon.

I slide into the booth, and take my seat. Menenius takes the seat next to me.

"Cue Capitol Anthem, short! You're on in 3, 2, 1 . . ."

I take an inaudible but deep breath, and then begin.

"Hello to all of Panem, this is the recap of the 113th Hunger Games Reapings! We have a new field of 24 tributes to cover, so let's get started."

"For those who don't already know," Menenius starts, "the Hunger Games is a free-for-all last person standing game. Two tributes, one boy, and one girl, from each district, are selected by a process known as the Reaping. These tributes must fight to the death. That should get you all caught up, and if you're still confused, you'll catch on quickly."

"Let us get started, shall we? Looking at the field itself, the first thing I see is that there are no 12 year olds this year, which might make the games ever so slightly more even."

A helpful statistic pops up on the screen in front of us, and Menenius reads it, "The last game that did not feature at least one 12 year old was all the way back in the 101st Games, a good 12 years ago, ironically. Now, it's true that 12 year olds have the least chance of being reaped, but usually the odds tip for some kid out there."

"Then, there are three disabilities that I believe are worth mentioning," I add, "first, Friska Heathrow, the girl from District 8, she seems to suffer from a syndrome known as Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD for short." The video crew is smart, and quickly switches to the District 8 reel. "Her hyperactivity shows even at the Reaping, as I'm sure you notice, Menenius."

"I sure did, if I didn't know any better, I'd say she was a Career who was excited to be up there."

"Next, we have the District 7 girl, Axlynn Birch. Look at the way she walks to the stage. More specifically, her gait. She seems to favor her left foot over her right foot, as you can see, her strides are longer with her left, and she's taking shorter ones with her right."

"Looks like a rolled ankle or something," Menenius contributes, "but it should be good by the time the Games start."

"Now, there's one more disability that should be mentioned. The next district, District 9, produced a girl who looks normal at first." On cue, the video switches to the District 9 replay. "If you look closely, you can see that she's holding her hand at a slight angle . . . right there! Also, look at how she stands. She's not standing straight, she has a slight hunch."

"Indeed, Thracius, I'd guess she has a stomach injury of some sort. The doctors should be able to fix whatever's wrong with her, though, so she should be fine before the Games start."

"Now, let's take a look at the Career alliance," I add. "First off, all the tributes from 1, 2, and 4, are 17 or 18. Expect them to be strong, and already familiar with some weapons. There's especially one tribute even the Careers should watch out for, and that's Adelyn-Jade Charme. She has three relatives who are Hunger Games victors, and they've yet to lose one in them. She's going to be especially prepared, not to mean that the others aren't prepared as well. Menenius, what do you think of the chemistry between these six tributes?"

"As you mentioned before, the other careers are going to be wary of Adelyn, but other than that, this should be typical Career chemistry, and they'll break, maybe about halfway through the tributes."

"There's one more very interesting alliance I have to bring up. The tributes from three, Binary Blink, and Gene Riemann. One of our Capitol investigators managed to get to 3 to figure out what was going on between them. Their last names clearly indicate that they aren't related, at least not immediately. According to our investigator, it turns out that Binary Blink was an orphan until two days before the Reaping, where he was then adopted by Gene's family."

Another statistic pops up on the screen, courtesy of the hard-working statisticians. As usual, Menenius reads it, "The last time two siblings, or in this case, adopted sibling, occurred in the 86th Hunger Games, but they volunteered, the last time two siblings were reaped together was the 47th Hunger Games, really, really long ago. So expect something interesting from the two."

"Now, let's move on to District 10," I continue, "where something interesting happened during the Reaping. More specifically, the District 10 boy, Juno Taurus. Watch this footage carefully," I say, the video cutting to him being reaped.

"You'll see, about right there," Menenius says, "something falls out of his pocket. The picture isn't very clear since there's people all around, but, even then, it's clearly a book, although the title's partially obscured. However, if we move a few seconds later, as Juno puts the book back into his pocket, you can see just a few frames where you can see the title, 100 Years of Hunger Games. It could be a big advantage for him, but of course, he will not be allowed to bring it into the arena, but reading beforehand is fair game."

"And look at Juno's confidence, by the way," I segue, "he has some cracks, but for the most part, he holds together nicely, and he seems fairly confident."

"Now, we'll go back to 7, ignoring Axlynn's injury, and just look at the two of them. They're both really fit, which isn't uncommon for tributes from 7. Axlynn volunteers, although her volunteer seems to be one of desperation, not like the careers when they volunteer. Most likely, the person she volunteered for, Aspen Oaklee, was a friend of hers, as they don't look related."

"On the other hand," I say, "Donovan is already doing everything right for the audience. Remember Juno? Donovan beats him easily in this department. He smiles, waves, and wears a smile through the entire thing. He's going to be interesting to watch."

A note pops up on the screen, and we note that we only have two minutes, so we only have time to talk about one or two more tributes. But Menenius already continues on. "We don't have much time left, but there's still one more tribute that should be noted, from District 11. Iris Thorn is unlike most of the tributes from 11. She's still fit, but she happens to be one of the daughters of the mayor of District 11, so she has probably gotten to eat more back in 11."

"And you can see the mayor's shock on his face when Iris gets reaped. But, that's the Games for you," I end.

"We're out of time, but stay tuned, next is the Pre-Parade odds!"

Johnathan Wilford

Head Gamemaker

"2 minutes!" I hear.

I make a final scan of my notes, and prepare myself. I grab a bottle of water, and drink. I'll need it to announce, even if it's only going to last 5 minutes at most.

I sit down, feeling as ready as I can be, and just wait the time off the clock.

"30 seconds, take your positions!"

The microphone is in front of me, and I have my clipboard with all the notes and scores. Standing, I walk over, and get ready.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 . . ." They leave the final few seconds off, so the countdown is not captured and broadcasted. That, frankly, would be weird.

The broadcast light turns on.

"Hello, Panem. These are the Pre-Parade odds for the 113th Hunger Games!"

I give a small pause before continuing.

"Veneer Walsh, District 1 Male, with odds of 5:61.

"Adelyn Charme, District 1 Female, with odds of 1:11.

"Clark Benton, District 2 Male, with odds of 1:11.

"Clarisse O'Hare, District 2 Female, with odds of 3:41.

"Binary Blink, District 3 Male, with odds of 5:127.

"Gene Riemann, District 3 Female, with odds of 1:21.

"Saipan Blackford, District 4 Male, with odds of 5:61.

"Valentine Cliffe, District 4 Female, with odds of 3:41.

"Jasper Voltize, District 5 Male, with odds of 5:127.

"Pavona McCalistair, District 5 Female, with odds of 1:43.

"Jackson Valley, District 6 Male, with odds of 1:65.

"Savera Ford, District 6 Female, with odds of 1:43.

"Donovan Berkley, District 7 Male, with odds of 7:125.

"Axlynn Birch, District 7 Female, with odds of 1:21.

"Toby Amador, District 8 Male, with odds of 1:43.

"Friska Heathrow, District 8 Female, with odds of 5:127.

"Samuel Halifax, District 9 Male, with odds of 1:43.

"Tarragon Daen, District 9 Female, with odds of 1:43.

"Juno Taurus, District 10 Male, with odds of 5:127.

"Elizabella Lovelock, District 10 Female, with odds of 1:43.

"Grer Cunningham, District 11 Male, with odds of 1:32.

"Iris Thorn, District 11 Female, with odds of 1:65.

"Rayne Cannley, District 12 Male, with odds of 1:43.

"Luna Linwood, District 12 Female, with odds of 1:32."

I close, and the light turns off.

I grab another drink of water, and then exit the stage. I've been doing Games stuff for maybe 7 hours now. I need a nap, but I need to make sure to catch the Parade, too.

Here's a short chapter containing an idea I came up with, a Games recap, and then the Pre-Parade odds, neither of which I've seen in other SYOT's, so I thought that this would be cool. I initially had a third idea of having a District 13 citizen POV for someone who feels for the districts but doesn't need to worry about it themselves, but then, I decided against it.

For those wondering, how I wrote up the odds is I distributed 132 'points' to the tributes and then calculated the odds by the way I distributed the points, based on a number of factors and how I feel the tributes would actually do. If you don't like the odds formatting, I will have the odds written as percentages on my profile, so if you don't like this, it will be there, but this is how odds actually work. Odds are written as a win:loss, so a coin has 1:1 heads to tails odds, for every heads, there's one tails. So a tribute with 1:131 odds will theoretically, win 1 time for every 131 losses.

Next up is the Trains! I'm going to do this differently, I want to give all tributes a Train POV. You'll see how it'll be done when I post that chapter. :)

Do you think I overrated / underrated some tributes? If so, who did I overchange or shortchange? How was the recap, did the cover most of the major events, or were there any I missed? Right now, who do you think will win the Games?