Jerome watched above in his glass box over the bustling training center. The careers are working on weaponry, a few younger kids are trying to set snares and make fires, and a few odd men out are still going at it with weapons.
Personally, Jerome was somewhat intrigued about the field this year. Not because they were decent people, mind you. He had no idea who was allying with who. It seemed up in the air.
Not to mention, the sponsors were up in arms over the whole situation. They clamored at Jerome, trying to get an inside tract on the Games. Jerome wouldn't budge, though. He had gone through to much to be stopped by a few reporters and sponsors.
A quick knock on the door, and his secretary in her brown skirt and high heels walked in. Jerome sat down at the long glass table, and she slapped down a folder of papers.
"I'm starting to wonder if these papers actually say anything," he said.
"It's okay. I don't read them either. You should look at these, though. We've done some snooping, and we think we know what to expect in these Games."
"You can predict the future?" Jerome asked while rolling his eyes.
"Of course not. This is who we think will work together, who won't, ect. Also, some info on the sponsors."
Jerome bucked up and flipped ope the manila folder. He saw the biographies of all the tributes, neatly packed into one notebook. Flipping over to the back, he saw a list of the tributes, some of them grouped together in small boxes.
Tentative Possible Alliances
Pretty redundant, Jerome thought. Gonna have to fire someone from the spell check department.
The Careers
Glint Mugg-District 1
Satine La'more-District 1
Slate Bedford-District 2
Romeo Caliteo-District 4
Paige Parker-District 4
Possible Careers
Cadmium Ruse-District 2
Eva-Marie Green-District 7
Aaron Artaga-Distrcit 7
Venus Whitmore-District 12
"Hold up for a second," Jerome said. "Why is the District Two guy a 'possible?' And where the hell does Seven and Twelve fit in?"
The secretary sighed. "Well, I'll fill you in. Cadmium was approached by Venus to join the careers, because Venus is a hyper showoff-y bitch. Same with Eva-Marie, except she's the one that started the fight. The Careers are thinking of letting her in. If they do, she's taking her 'guy friend' Aaron with her. I assume it's so Slate could kill her faster for hitting her the first day. Cadmium may also leave the careers and join Venus because he thinks he'll have a better chance with her."
"Why would he think that?" Jerome asked.
"I'll give you a second to think about why. Anyway, keep going."
Jerome looked down at the paper, continuing to scan the names and boxes.
District Alliances
Probable
Aaron Artaga-District 7
Eva-Marie Green-District 7
Caz Indianno-District 6
Monette Zacharias-District 6
Possible
Timas Etienne-District 5
Cyrene Polymer-District 5
Miscellaneous Alliances
Older-Younger Trio (Probable)
Xavier Thomas-District 9
Monette Zacharias-District 6
Caz Indianno-Distrcit 6
Electric Duo (Possible)
Arlyne Hunter-District 3
Cleo Ellis-District 8
WTF Trio (OR Quartet) (Probable in some variation)
Cadmium Ruse-District 2
Cyrene Ploymer-District 5 OR Ambrosi Finley- District 8
Venus Whitmore-District 12 AND/OR Eva-Marie Green-District 7
"So you are basically telling me you don't what is going to happen?"
The secretary shrugged. "I mean, the sponsors could nudge them in a direction, but we ultimately have no control over this. Venus says she wants to get a younger kid with her. For what reason, I don't know. If Eva-Marie doesn't get to the Careers, she'll probably go with the next best thing, assuming Cadmium splits from the Careers, which is definitely a possibility."
"Why are you mentioning them in names?"
The secretary looked at Jerome, her face wired with surprise. "Why wouldn't I mention them in name?" She asks slowly.
"Just calling them numbers is good enough."
"Do you even know the names of the tributes?"
"Honestly, I have no idea who is from what district. Just tell me in numbers, please?"
"How about we talk about sponsors for a second. Let's go over how much they have saved up for the Games."
The Sponsors
Platrium-75 points
sonofthetrigod-70 points
DecidedlyDestiel-35 points
I'mAFishy-50 points
TheGrammerHawk- 60 points
grandvizier527-25 points
sofaloaf3-20 points
xSakura-Kissesx-35 points
LaceyTheLiar-25 points
XymenaFalling-35 points
KhaalidaNyx-30 points
"That's all we got for now," she said.
"Fine. Leave me to my scotch, please."
"That's apple juice."
"Same difference.
If anybody feels left out, please let me know. Also, please get as many people as possible to be in the poll. Even people who don't have tributes in these Games.
Question: What do you think of the alliances? Who would make the best alliances at the moment? Comment and let me know. This is a crucial part, because this WILL effect the Games. Thank you!