Berree Razz

Oh. My. GOSH! I couldn't believe that the Games were back already. Even more importantly, the Parade was back. I finally got to use my front row tickets- the ones I had bought a full year in advance. Creamy, Icy, and I had gotten the last three front row tickets. What were the odds of that? Tickets sold out like lightning. I almost missed a year of Parades.

I was nearly shaking in anticipation as the first Chariot rolled out. One did not disappoint. Uriah had gotten a simple outfit; simply some brown shorts with a white shirt, and a gold cape embedded with diamonds. He was absolutely gorgeous, and Icy threw him a rose.

Annika's outfit was much more fantastic. It seemed impossible to move in, but it was the most beautiful thing imaginable. The entire outfit was carved out of diamonds. She had a diamond dress, a diamond cape, and a diamond headress. She couldn't move an inch, but she still smiled for everyone. The real question was how she got into the outfit.

I threw a rose for Annika, and in a freak event, someone else's rose knocked it out of the sky. I turned to where the rose had come from and saw some girl glaring at me. "Who are you?" she demanded.

"I'm Berree Razz, and you are?"

"I'm Unimportanta Brainless, and this is my friend, Stupidita Simpleton. I can't believe you knocked my rose out of the sky!"

"Of course, I'm sorry about that." I wasn't sorry, but I wasn't in the mood to get yelled at. "Here, you can have one of my roses."

"Oh em gee! Thank you! I love getting what I want! We should totally be friends." Unimportanta smiled at me. She seemed like a total ditz, but she could just join the club.

"Of course we should be friends! Come stand by us!" Unimportanta and Stupidita came and stood by us as the Two Chariots rolled out. We were lucky our litte argument went quickly; we hadn't missed anything.

Chao took Unimportanta's breath away, and I had to admit his stylist had done well. He looked like a ninja, but he was somehow so much more. He seemed partially hidden, like a ninja should be. I figured it was due to the fancy reflective paint on parts of his body, and it was neat. Unimportanta threw him the rose I gave her.

Totsuki was something kind of old. She had a dark red Peacekeeper outfit, but it didn't have a mask. Yawn. She had a cloak, which looked nice and broke the regularness a bit, but it still wasn't anything amazing. She got one rose, probably for pity.

I could barely look at Twixton's outfit. Literally. It was shining brightly, covered in lightbulbs. That was all it was, just a black outfit with tons of lightbulbs on it. He seemed to absolutely despise his outfit, just like the entire crowd did. Twixton got to wear sunglasses. We didn't. Not a single rose flew his way.

Nova's outfit was actually sensible, as far as I could tell. My eyes were still a little messed up, but she appeared to be wearing a tight bodysuit that was silver. She looked like a robot in it, though she was super tense, probably because the bodysuit squeezed her body so tightly she couldn't move. She got a rose from me.

Marlin was something else entirely. I don't say that in a good way. Four's stylist wasn't famous for having the best outfits, especially when it came to the Hasvak family. Marlin was hardly wearing anything, only some swim trunks, and he had a shattered surfboard. It made no sense, and he got no roses from our group.

Luna's outfit was actually pretty, and it made Marlin's outfit make a tad bit more sense. Lots of men screamed when they noticed that her top was only a bra. She was sitting on the edge of the Chariot, probably because she had a tail instead of legs, and Marlin was staring at her lustfully. Icy put it together before the rest of the group, alerting us that that was called a siren, and they liked messing with men. Everyone in our group threw Luna a rose.

Cotè... wasn't naked. Everybody gasped when he came out, and he got a lot of roses. It wasn't hard to see why. He was cased in plastic and his hair was all spiked up, perfectly imitating an electric toothbrush. He even had a button on his stomach, and his hair was dyed to match the theme. It was hard not to facepalm.

Alix's outfit didn't make much sense for the District, but it was still better than her District partner's. Her dress was sparkly and gold, with a little sun headress. I didn't know what that had to do with electricity, but it was pretty. If her stylist was going for innocence it was what she got. A handful of roses wen to her, from the people who wanted to be deep and appreciate minimalism.

Fletcher's outfit was interesting, to say the least. He was wearing underwear, and it wasn't boxers. It was clear his stylist wanted to make him seem hot- which he did, I fangirled just like most of the crowd did, including some men- but it wasn't what we expected. He had a train conductor hat on, so he was technically Six related, but his stylist really had to do better. I threw him a rose anyways. He was hot.

Six truly failed us this year. Raze's outfit was no better than her District partners. She was a car. Not only was the horridly uncreative and overdone, it wasn't even a car oufit. Her stylist took a toy car- we could see the wheels and the brand name- and cut holes out so Raze fit in. She was glaring up a storm, and I could tell why. One person threw her a rose, and everybody gasped.

Everybody blushed when Denver came out. He was naked. There wasn't a single article of clothing anywhere on his body; all we got was paint. He was well painted; the bark he was supposed to look like had good texture and realistic shadows, but that didn't stop that he was naked. The truly impressive things were the leaves on his head and hands, which were also painted. I threw him a rose for art, at which my group gasped in disbelief.

Falia's outfit was actually an outfit, which she seemed to deeply appreciate. She had a nice brown dress on, with some darker areas that I assumed were supposed to elude to shadows. She had a green headdress and some leaves woven into her hair, which were stunning. I made a mental note to get some leaves in my hair. I threw her a rose, and Icy and Stupidita did the same.

Giovanni was wearing clothes, relating him to District Eight. That was the only way he related to Eight at all. His outfit was some weird overall things with some scissors, which I slowly put together to be a barber. On the bright side, his hair was great, which made sense with his outfit. Everybody in the crowd seemed confused, but three people threw him a rose.

Nigella's outfit was much more District related. She had a white canvas dress, which I thought was tasteful, and it was splattered with spices. I could smell them from my spot in the crowd. Some red thread was wrapped around the dress, but it wasn't placed evenly. I couldn't figure out why, though I assumed it was supposed to seem like fabric wasn't always perfect.

Gabriel's outfit was much better than Nine's last outfit. He had a simple white suit on, which had some grain on it. It had some gold flecks in it to accent the grain, and I could easily see a lot of texture on it. I threw him a rose, just like half of the crowd.

Demi's outfit was pretty revealing, but it wasn't vulgar. She was wearing a white crop top and a beige jacket, which was clearly supposed to look like grain. I hoped for Demi's sake that it wasn't actually made out of grain. She also had a lacy skirt, which didn't mean anything to the District, but it was very cute. She even had boots, which was amazing, that were beige. I threw her a rose for the boots, and Icy threw her a rose for the skirt.

Oh, Cole. Cole, Cole, Cole. He was wearing a cowboy outfit. On the upside, it wasn't a cow. On the downside, it was the second-least creative thing his stylist could possibly have done. Creamy sighed and threw him a rose, which was the only one he received other than mine. He was rocking some awesome cowboy boots, which were by far the high point of his outfit.

Mara's outfit was very simple. She had a yellow dress on which was slightly ruffled, but the ruffles weren't very pronounced. She had orange boots on, which weren't as cool as Cole's, and an orange mask. I slowly figured out that she was a chicken, and the color scheme was simply incorrect. Chickens weren't that yellow or orange. She got a lot of roses, though, probably because her dress was so pretty.

Trevor's outfit was a contender. For the worst outfit of the night. He was encased in wood, and it seemed to be real wood. A small trickle of blood showed through, and I assumed it was a splinter. There was a big hunk of fabric on his head, shaped like an arrowhead, and I realized he was a shovel. Creamy threw him a rose, but I didn't. I only had so many pity roses.

Tatiana was wearing some rugged, patched-together cloth on her body. I could think of no other words to describe it. It was torn and ripped, though that seemed to be Tatiana's doing. She was still scratching at herself. The fabric looked rough, and I pitied her. She had cute little wolf-ears on, though, so that was nice. I threw her a rose.

Gadeloth's outfit almost matched Trevor's, except it seemed to be even more painful. He, too, was encased in wood, but his wood covered his neck. He was bleeding a lot, and it stained the wood. He had a huge chunk of metal attached to his head, and I almost instantly knew that he was a pick-axe. He was glaring at Tarabel, who was laughing at him. She was bent over in laughter, and Gadeloth seemed to be screaming something threatening at her. He didn't get any roses.

Tarabel, the last tribute I judged for the night, was completely unrelated to her District. She had a bright pink dress on and a cute little pink-and-purple wand. The wand had a tooth on top of it, and Tarabel had a tooth crown. She was obviously a tooth fairy, but I couldn't figure out why. I loved her wings, though, which she showed off due to the fact that she was doubled over entirely. They were translucent, giving off the faintest hints of pink and purple. I threw her two roses.

Now we get to meet Creamy's more mature counterpart, Berree. She wasn't supposed to be this much of a character, but she is now.

Unimportanta makes her entrance! If anybody else wants a cameo from their story just mention it. These are fun to write.

Keep in mind, Berree is very critical. Not all outfits she dislikes were supposed to be bad, and not all she likes were supposed to be good, necessarily. She's also very random about roses, just like the entire crowd is. Roses are awarded however people feel like it, not based off of best and worst outfits.

There's a valuable lesson to be learned today: Give me a Parade outfit. I got maybe three people this year who didn't provide an outfit, and my first response is always: "What's the dumbest thing I can possibly make?" The dumb outfits are fun, but if you want something decent, you provide it.

So, what are your thoughts? Best outfits? Worst outfits? I don't normally do questions, but I'm curious. Also, brownie points (just pride, no actual value) if you can guess which outfits I made.