Chapter 14: Chariot Rides
~Lorraine Carrol~
Lorraine Carrol has always been outside of her peers. She's currently 8 years old and attending the Capitol Elementary. She's in the 3rd grade.
From her not-so-stylish clothes (she prefers the old school Harajuku style, a style that almost nobody use anymore because it's too plain) to her not-so-stylish hair (only her natural blond with a couple of green streaks here and there. It's always in pigtails), she's considered as a weirdo.
But all of that... all of that is traded by how obsessed she is with the Hunger Games.
Both Louise and Allen have been Gamemakers for a few years and only now her mother got the honor of being the head Gamemaker while Allen is the head of traps division.
Since Louise created the 18th Hunger Games based on Lorraine's favorite story, Alice in Wonderland, she pulls all the strings she could to make her daughter the head of mutations division.
The President had been the one most interested at this proposal, and had been the one to demand a meeting with her. Lorraine kept her head high the entire meeting and he told her that he expected a lot from her.
And she will do anything she can to not disappoint the President, make him proud, even. She will prove that even when she's just a little girl, she's the best one there is.
"First chariot on my count,"
Lorraine can hear her mother's voice on the intercom and she literally fidgets on her seat. She, along with the whole Capitol, has been waiting for this moment ever since the tributes stepped on the lands of Capitol.
When her mother reaches the number '1'. Lorraine shouts herself out, along with the rest of the Capitol.
The District 1 chariot got pulled up and two people arrived in such a beautiful outfit. Kit and Cly, according to Lorraine's note, are dressed in a white linen material with gems embedded on their clothes.
That part is ordinary, but what's extraordinary is the fact that half of their clothes were embedded with red roses. Luxurious in a very classy way. Cly looks like a smug warrior after coming home from a battle he just won. While Kit looks like a very gentle warrior, ready to kill off anyone who dares to intrude her homeland.
When the District 2 chariot rolls in, Lorraine almost fell from the balcony if not for her father's hold on her torso. They were dressed like knights... Knights in the Wonderland.
They were dressed like Knave of Hearts and Lorraine almost loses herself over it. She, along with the crowds, shouts the names of the District 2 tributes, Nate and December.
Nate looks proud as he waves gracefully to the crowd as December smiles around beaming.
District 3 filed out and the cheers lessened considerably, because their outfit is just a black jumpsuit with nothing else. But when Jay and Sharon hold up their hands in the air, surges of electricity light out their jumpsuit and everyone could literally see the electric surges crackling on their jumpsuit.
Everyone's cheers got elevated all of the sudden. Sharon grins while Jay keeps his cool and distant demeanor. It's a good year for District 3 this year.
When District 4 comes out, everyone can't help but feel even more hyped up. Instead of the usual carriage, their carriage carries a huge clam and two tributes sits on it with a beaming proud looks on their faces.
Kia is dressed like a mermaid princess. Her breasts are covered with yellow seashells and her feet has been transformed into green tails. It was so beautiful and breathtaking.
Issac too, is a mermaid. But he seems far too busy ogling Kia instead of paying attention to the crowd. He's shirtless with green tails as well. He looks stunning.
District 5 comes in and the crowd can't help but sigh. Indigo and Kenna looks really cute with those christmas light coiling around them. It was nice, but it's ordinary.
When District 6's chariot rolls in, the crowd laughs. Jerry and Angel are dressed as train cars. But they still try to play it nice because Angel is smiling at the Capitol people like a dainty princess while Jerry stands perfectly still, absorbing everything around them.
Lorraine can't help but coo at the sight of wood nymphs appearing from the District 7's chariot. Kalina seems like a huge tree fairy as Kaiden looks like a very cute wood nymph. They are really cute in their own ways.
District 8 comes in and Lorraine has high expectations of them. Why? Because they're the District in charge of textiles, they have the freedom to be whatever they want to be. And this year... they choose to be magicians.
Jinx looks really daunting. Her make ups really contributed to the fact that she's already such an intimidating person. She stares to the crowd, looking like a magician queen. Slate is all-smiley besides her. His slate gray eyes really caught Lorraine's attention. It was so... beautiful. Many bought contacts to have such eyes here in Capitol.
District 9's chariot rolls in and their outfit is every children's wildest dreams. Chocolate cereals made of wheat was embedded on their bodies like it was a dress for Norra, and a handsome suit for Jarrod. But... they seem really inattentive to the crowd. Jarrod is busy stealing glances at Norra's figure and Norra is also stealing glances at Jarrod. Lorraine smiles. Romance? That's an awesome thing to have in the arena.
And District 10 chariot comes in and the crowd is in for a good laugh again. There they have both tributes dressed in a cow outfit that shows their midriffs and their barely-covered thighs.
Brooklynn still enjoys herself though. She smiles to the crowd and blow them kisses. As they all stopped laughing, they turn to shout her name as she waves to all of them. But Tobias is shivering in shame and anger. He hated the Capitol already, huh? Lorraine knew how embarrassing it is to put on clothes that doesn't match what you want. After all, her friends once did that to her.
As District 11's chariot rolls in, Lorraine turns her head to one tribute she's been curious of ever since the reapings got shown before school. Alice. That girl's name will definitely bring her the craziest misfortune in the arena. Lorraine grins wickedly before she actually notice what they're wearing.
They're both dressed as Mockingjays. Quite unusual for District 11's agriculture, but their stylist must've been reading a lot of book regarding District 11 to know that most of the Mockingjays in Panem lives in District 11.
Alice looks stunning and very angelic while Aster looks very calm and serene. They both wave gracefully to the crowd.
And finally, the last chariot of the night rolls out. District 12's tributes are siblings, but unlike the District 3 tributes who really make sure that everyone sees that, they don't even glance at one another. But Lorraine can see that the girl, Percella, try to steal glances at her brother, who looked incredibly menacing in that black jumpsuit with coal powder all over his face. She herself wears the same outfit, but she doesn't go for the menacing look. She waves to the crowd who cheerfully wave back at her.
Finally, Lorraine smiles as President Snow gives his speech. But she doesn't listen to the annual speech because her father's voice chimes that it's time for her to go to bed.
That's all. How do you think of it?
And I'm opening a poll of your favorite tributes in this SYOT in my profile. There will be up to three votes, so please also choose tributes that aren't yours :)