Tribute Parade
Akosua Haynes 16 District 5
I am standing next to the chariot waiting for my District partner to join me. Bastion emerges from a corridor with his stylist and suddenly I see him in a way I never have before! His hair has been cut and styled so I can make out more of his face. His tallness does make him attractive in my opinion. His eyes look…like an actual person not like a zombie, since he hasn't been able to get high and when he gets closer he definitely smells a lot better.
"You ready?" I smile
He nods
"Yeah I'm ready"
He smiles at me, the first time he has done so since we met
Kelly 21 The Capitol
The tribute parade about to begin, I enter a glass spectator room above all the crowds below. Anise called me in as she wanted me to watch them.
"Sit" she orders
I sit on the seat next to her
"What do you think of the tribute parades this year?" she asks me
I shake my head
"I don't normally pay much attention to them normally. What's the point in them anyway?"
She laughs
"They are the first opportunity for Panem to see the tributes…to place bets"
"I would like to know what you think of them" she continues
The chariots begin to appear in front of everyone. District 1 appears first, the tributes appear to be spray painted to resemble a marble statue. The two tributes bodies are clearly defined with the boy's muscles and the girl's hour glass figure showing. Although they are both wearing undergarments underneath the paint. The capitol wouldn't want to humiliate District 1s tributes. Despite this the boy still looks extremely uncomfortable with all the attention while the girl just seems to not care.
District 2s chariot follows with both tributes wearing golden plated armour and the girl wearing a golden dress underneath. The dress really exemplifies her dark hair and eyes. The boy is extremely tall and towers over the girl. He smiles and waves at the audience while the girl just looks stoic.
Both tributes from district 3 are dressed as mad scientists. With lab coats, googles and flasks with glowing liquid in them. The two of them look like a pretty average boy and girl from district 3, just silently waving at the crowd.
The tributes from District 4 are hard to make out because they are dressed as sea animals. The boy has a shark mask covering his face and a blue-grey rubbery body suit. The girl has a fish mask on with a greener body suit. Although they both look a little ridiculous, they are both waving to the crowd and remaining confident.
"The career tributes are always confident" Anise comments
"Yet this arena will be more a test of their mental strength than physical" she continues
"Their training will have done little to prepare them for what they will face in there"
She speaks in almost a sadistic way like she enjoys the torment these people will receive.
District 5s chariot comes out next with another tall looking boy. The strawberry blond girl seems to be making an effort to smile and wave at everyone while the boy looks like he wants to tear everyone apart with his bare hands. They're outfit just seems to be a bland suit until suddenly it lights up with amazing colours. This gets a cheer from the audience.
Next is District 6s chariot with an older boy and a much younger girl. It always makes me sad seeing someone so young put into the hunger games. Their outfit is multi-coloured like a rainbow. Changing between the different colours as they go.
District 7s tributes are dressed in a lumberjack outfit, equipped with a hatchet (which I assume is plastic). The girl even manages to let out a "Yeah!" to the crowd which seems to go down well…
District 8s tributes seem to be dressed in typical capitol attire this year which makes them appear to be models although the girl is has a dress made of different materials. Both tributes are on the younger side with the girl having darker features while the boy has bright red hair…the boy looks extremely nervous and stares down the whole time…
District 9 almost matches District 4 in inventiveness or maybe ridiculousness. Both tributes are dressed as literal bread. Although the boy looks extremely happy about it, the girl doesn't look so pleased.
District 10 are dressed in the typical cowboy costume similar to how district 7 dressed as lumberjacks. There is another quite tall boy with a much younger girl however both of them look very nervous and uncomfortable. I feel sad for them again
District 11s tributes are dressed in a combination of leaves, flowers and tree bark. The girl is a few years younger than the boy again and also seems a lot more nervous.
We're getting towards the end of the parade now as District 12s chariot reveals itself. District 12 outfits are different as both the tributes are dressed as pickaxes, literal pickaxes with their hats being the shape of a pickaxe. The rest of the outfit is just a dull brown suit. This time the boy is much younger than the girl and looks visibly pissed off whereas the girl is trying to smile and wave.
District 14 is the last chariot to appear, their outfit takes on the traditional prisoner approach as they are both dressed as prisoners.
Thank you for all the chariot ideas guys. Just the training days and interviews to go and then we're onto the games! Also remember to leave a review it helps with my motivation to do this!
