Amethyst Emerald turned away from the TV. The interviews seemed to be going well. But less could be said for the Gamemakers' Complex. Everyone was running around trying to get the Day 7 twist together. It was a massive effort on everyone's part to get this together. Amethyst was running around more than anyone else trying to make sure that everything was going according to plan.
"Amethyst, at 8:30 PM, all tributes are still asleep," reported Sami Rolo.
"Thanks, Sami. Sparkles! Is everything ready?"
"Almost. The last little bit is falling into place. Zeus tells me that everything is going well."
"Good. Now, remember, we need the 6 rooms underneath to be ready as well. And ready at all times."
"Yes."
Amethyst headed over to the sponsor station, near Daria. "Do me a favor, Daria. Pull up the sponsor comparison."
"Yes, Amethyst. Of course."
"AMETHYST!"
"Oh, no, said Daria. "That can't be good."
"Yes, Ruby?" Amethyst was seriously getting tired of her younger sister.
"When I said deal with the dead tributes, I did not mean tie them to existing tributes. I MEANT KILL THEM."
"Whoa, calm down. I can deal with this."
"Good."
Ruby stormed out.
"Hey, Amethyst?"
"Yes, Daria."
"We have a connection to the locket, if you need. It's standard for all non-edible sponsor gifts now, thanks to President Snow."
"No, I don't think that will be necessary. I want to use Alain's simulator environment to our advantage. Some people say that if you dream that you die, you die. So, we want to simulate someone killing her."
"Right. And why does that work?"
"It's psychological."
"So what about Lisa?"
"Well, I think that it might be good to leave her alone. But we can also tell her that the simulator tube malfunctioned."
"That might work. But who is controlling the simulator?"
"Well. Appolian developed it, but Jade is watching it."
"Oh."
Daria began to plug in some numbers. A paper printed out. "The sponsor comparison, Amethyst."
"Thanks."
Amethyst ran over to Appolian's station. He was standing on a metal table.
"Hey, Amethyst. Good timing. This mutt was just about to eat me," said Appolian.
"Which mutt?" asked Amethyst.
"The invisible one I was developing," confessed Appolian.
Amethyst shook her head and pulled a lever. A roar could be heard.
"Thank you."
"No problem, Appolian."
"Now, what's going on? Why are you here?"
"Well, you developed the simulator technology for Alain, right?"
"Correct."
"Can you manipulate the simulation? I need Alain to think that she's dead, because then she will die. It's a psychological thing."
"All right."
Amethyst ran over to the under-Arena cam. Amber was working on changing the tributes' outfits.
"Good job, Amber!" radioed Amethyst to the Arena.
Amber gave her a thumbs up.
"Mom! The interviews are back on!" yelled Lavender.
"Coming!"
So, there's a little interlude that I've been planning for a while. The next chapter of the Games is still a little ways away, but I wanted to get you guys excited! I have Day 7 pretty much planned out, except that I don't know who's dying. But I'll figure that out.
This chapter does have a lot of references to the other interludes, so it might help to read back the story to remember some of these characters.
Also, PLEASE go to my profile. I'm working on another SYOT called The Capitol Games. The form is on my profile, and I would love it if you submitted tributes. Please check it out! And let me know if you want one of the reserved slots, because I can un-reserve it. I'll be posting a new poll soon, and I'd really appreciate it if you could answer the question! Thanks guys!
So anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I will work on getting the last two interview chapters up.
-goldie031
