Interviews: Districts 10, 11 and 12
I look to the screen that only I can see and its time for me to introduce the next tribute.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome the tribute of District Ten: Toxic Lyse!"
Toxic comes out wearing a sleeveless silver breastplate, showing off his muscles. The only other piece of clothing is a pair of black pants.
"Wow wow Toxic. You're quite the muscled tribute. Have you been invited to the Careers?" I ask him, quite impressed with his obvious strength.
"No. They didn't want me. They want my district partner, Morpheus. I don't see why I wasn't wanted. I have the strength and skill, why not use an eighth Career?" Toxic with extreme hate in his voice.
"Eight? That's at least one quarter of the tributes!" I gasp.
"I know, there's only seven Career's this year." Toxic says disappointedly.
Toxic and I talk more about how worthy he is to be a Career, its the most interesting in a while, the others have been... Not exactly, entertaining. The buzzer sounds and Toxic leaves the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, who know him as Morpheus Harveys: The Seventh Career!" I shout to the audience. Morpheus walks onto stage and is greeted with lots of cheering. He wears a sleek black suit, which is fitted, against his body so it makes him seem larger in size and stature. Not that he needs it anyway.
"So, Morpheus. How does it feel to be invited into the Career pack?"
"It feels bloody amazing. To know I get to know all these people with, people who will fight alongside me. I can't wait to get into the arena and fight to the death, and I will come out. No longer tribute but as victor!"
The crowd roars intensely and I can almost feel the sound of their deep booming voices.
"The crowd loves you Morpheus. What weapon will you be carrying with you?" I ask.
"The Spear. Not too fancy or simple." He says sullenly.
For the rest of his interview, Morpheus only answers in a simple grunt or yes or no, definitely striking fear throughout the audience. The buzzer sounds and Morpheus leaves.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome onto the stage: Zaria Paska of District Eleven!"
Zaria walks on with a simple black suit, almost blending in with his dark tanned skin. Even the shirt is a dark grey.
"Good evening Zaria. How are you?" I ask him.
"I'm pretty good. Because I know I'm going to win these Games. I'm trained with a knife and the Careers are so arrogant that they're going to win that they'll die." He says cockily.
This makes no sense. He's being cocky and arrogant himself!
"Well that's good, we like our trained tributes don't we folks?" I say with my thumbs up to the audience. I'm given a big cheer.
"Can you tell us your background story Zaria? I'm sure it will be interesting." I ask pleasantly.
Zaria seems to sadden slightly as my question.
"Is something wrong Zaria?" I ask, slightly confused.
"It's just that. My mother, she's been diagnosed with breast cancer and the reason I'm in this is so I can win and buy the medication for her so she can live" Zaria says, with a genuine love in his voice.
I actually hate self-righteous tributes. I know they're nice and selfless and all but they're always like: I need medication to heal my mum. It's never a different story, their mother is always incredibly sick with something. They never win, poor things.
"I'm sorry to hear that. People, can we give some sympathy for this boy and sponsor him for his mother?" I ask the audience.
Zaria is rewarded a huge cheer of enthusiasm but I can the obvious lies in the cheers. The buzzer sounds and I invite the next tribute up to the stage: Emarta Lundasmith. He comes onto stage wearing almost the exact same thing as Zaria except he has a pale gold shirt underneath instead of dark grey.
"Hello Emarta. How are you?" I ask nicely.
"I'm good Corvin. It's excellent to be in a decent place for a change." He says appreciatively." Emarta says with a shy smile.
The interview becomes boring after that because he's playing the nice guy angle and it doesn't entertain anyone, at all.
Looking at the screen again, it shows that Alex Tarz is up. I'm actually looking forward to Matthew Walsh's interview, he has this thing with Winter Hostage.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Please welcome District Twelve! Alex Tarz!"
A cheer is released but it's half hearted now because it's District Twelve. No one likes them.
Alex walks on wearing black pants, a bright white shirt and a shiny grey jacket.
"Good evening Corvin." Alex says with a smile, he looks confident but nervous at the same time. Poor thing, tributes are always nervous.
"You seem nervous Alex. Are you scared?" I ask him, genuinely concerned.
"I'm fine, just worried about tomorrow. It's a bit scary, knowing I could die in a few hours time." He says, his smile dropping a little.
"Ah, don't worry young chap. We all have faith in you. Have you any siblings back home, or a girlfriend?" I ask him.
"I have two little sisters. I don't know what they would do if I didn't return home. They're so small and innocent. Big brown eyes, long curly brown hair and they're both always doing handstands or cartwheels around the house. I love them so much. Especially Isabelle, she's only six years old." He says, tears forming in his eyes.
"Hey, they'll be all right. As long they know you love them, they'll be fine." I say, wanting to comfort this little boy. We spend the rest of the interview talking about his family. It's the most emotional interview in a long time tonight.
"Ladies ands gentlemen, welcome to stage: Matthew Walsh!" I shout out once Alex has gone from stage.
Matthew walks on and I'm shocked at his outfit. It's plain black. He puts on a vampiristic appearance with his pale skin and dark clothes. His blue eyes stand out and his hair is slightly messy. His crucifix hangs on his neck. Matthew sits down with his leg crossed over.
"Wow Matthew. That's is an outfit I haven't seen in a long while since the 306th Games. That was, ages away." I say, my voice slightly hushed.
"Are you by any chance, an emo?" I ask, knowing this is a personal question to ask.
"No. I'm Goth. Completely different. Emo's are depressed and hurt themselves, Goths just like dark themes and objects." He says mysteriously.
"Is there a certain past you would like to share with us?" I ask him.
" I would prefer to keep it private but I don't exactly seem to have a choice. You see, when I was seven, my parents randomly disappeared. The only thing I have left is this." He holds up his crucifix. "It's my Fathers, I wear it everyday, no matter what. " Matthew asks with almost no expression.
"That's, very sad to hear. I hope you are all right." I say. "Is there, by any chance a special girl back home?" I ask him.
"No. Although I do like this one girl in my District. Her names Esther Moniqúe. She's extremely pretty and I'm sure she hasn't known I'm alive until now." Matthew says sadly.
"Well. I'll give you some advice. You go out there, and you win this silly thing. Then she'll have to fall for you." I say encouragingly.
A small smile plays on his lips. "Thanks Corvin."
"Matthew. We're all dying to know what is with you and Winter Hostage. Are you two allies?"
"Yes we are allies. We have a strong friendship and I see past his disability. He is a kind and smart boy underneath. I hope we remain friends as long as possible." He says proudly. I know he has a very deep friendship with Winter.
The buzzer sounds and Matthew leaves the stage. Big round of applause is thrown and while the audience yells loudly, I shout out to them: "Ladies and gentlemen. I give you, the tributes of the 13th Quarter Quell!"
Interviews done. And now for the poll results.
The tribute with 8 votes: Kaleb Tides
The tribute with 7 votes: Draco Hoult
The tributes that tied with 6 votes: Havoc Stark and Mars Aemillianus
The tributes that tied with 4 votes: Declan Kingsley, Nalin Shyr and Zaria Paska
The tributes that tied with 3 votes: Nitro Klendine, Helix Van, Winter Hostage, Kovu Ivy, Jaden Reeds, Toxic Lyse and Alex Tarz
The tributes that tied with 2 votes: John Smith, Dylan Harkness, Skylar Glass, Charlie Lampar, Morpheus Harveys and Matthew Walsh
The tributes that tied with 1 vote: Hunter Viral, Shine Konrad Wiggin and Andrew Shauve
The tribute with 0 votes: Emarta Lundasmith
Well done Susie3876 for getting Kaleb Tides to the top poll winner. But you have not reviewed or voted yourself, i suggest you do so soon.
Next chapter. The Bloodbath. I am so excited to write this, and i will tell you know that i will kill off SEVEN tributes. That should get you worried and excited. Those who have tributes with high votes should not need worry. I am not surprised that Kaleb won the poll, he is the most likeable tribute.
Check out my other story Life Of The Party if you havent already, i love writing it and i would appreciate it of you would read it and maybe follow/favourite it.
~CJ