Disclaimer: If your tribute dies at any point in the game please don't feel upset. it's not personal. Most of them will die at some point in the story. Sorry!
Day 1: The Drop
Demetria Anderson 12 District 6
I am shaking as I am led into a small room by the Peacekeepers. I am dressed in a tight black suit with bright red and beige stripes going down the sleeves and body. They look like they will light up when its dark.
I can barely breath, butterflies are in my stomach and my heart is racing…I step into a glass pod, quite wide and circular in shape. Not really sure all this space is necessary because I'm not planning to stay in here for long judging by the past Hunger Games I've watched. Inside is also a black metal crate, I try to open it with my hands but it won't budge.
"It opens with your finger print, so does the door" One of the Peacekeepers states
"But it won't work until after the gong"
I have so many questions but I don't have time to ask because the glass door shuts and is sealed tight! Suddenly I feel myself going…down? This doesn't seem right to me but my confusion is replaced with extreme fear as I find myself hanging above a giant city!
"Oh no!"
"Oh no!" I scream
Suddenly the roof of the arena disappears and I being a free fall towards the city along with 25 other pods!
I just need to breath, the game makers won't kill us off this quickly will they? I look around at all the other pods and notice they have giant numbers on them in neon lights! The one to my left says 7 while to my right says 11!
Casey Hermes 18 District 6
Our decent is slowed by parachutes that suddenly appear on our pods, the fall seems to feel like a gentle float to the bottom now! I can start to make out more details of the city. There are many empty roads with shops next to them, my pod seems to be nearing a skyscraper! I smash into the side of it which throws me to the opposite end of the pod but the glass seems to be only slightly cracked…
I'm now heading towards the top of another skyscraper but there appears to be someone else already there! As I get closer I notice that it says District 10 in neon lights! I notice the look of terror on the boy from 10s face as my pod smashes into his! Both our pods are pushed towards the edge however his is almost complete off! Unfortunately, our doors ended up blocking each other off so neither of us can get out! I'm trapped!
I think about half an hour passes until some tributes emerge on top of the building! It's the two careers from 1 along with the career boy from 2! The careers have found each other and now us! They must have seen our pods on top of the building! I bash my fist on the pod in anger and frustration! I see the tall district 2 boy nod to the district 1 boy and he slowly walks forward. He starts to push the pod off the edge with his foot which doesn't seem to take much effort as it was practically falling already.
"No!" I scream in anger
Both our pods descend down again however mine seems to get trapped in a somewhat fortunate position between the skyscraper and another building whilst the poor District 10 boy smashes into a thick radio towers antenna, impaling both him and his pod! I almost vomit as all I can see is body parts and blood splatter everywhere! A cannon fires!
Now I rush into action. My door is facing upwards so I have to climb to open it, I press my finger against the scanner and the door flies open! I climb out so I'm standing on my pod just as it slides downwards! I leap off and grab into the side of a balcony as the pod plummets towards the same radio tower. I haul myself up and onto the balcony! I'm safe…for now
Alayna Styx 18 District 2
My pod landed safely on one of the streets of this city arena. Of all the arena's it could have been I am actually quite happy it's a city one, I just could have done without that dramatic entrance…
The gong rings signalling that the games have officially begun. I press my thumb against the crate in my pod and inside I find food, water, first aid and some throwing knives! As well as a fold up rucksack which I unfold and place my items into.
I then press my thumb against the finger scanner and the door opens. I decide to wait for the careers to find my pod since that way we all don't go looking for each other.
After about half an hour I hear the first cannon go off, one tribute has died already!
About 10 minutes later I spot 3 tributes heading down the road towards me, I ready my knives but soon find it to be Sahara, Wolf and Adonis!
"You found me!" I exclaim
Sahara appears to be in a good mood although Wolf just looks sheepish and Adonis is doing his usual smile.
"Wolf took out one of the tributes" Sahara announces
"He pushed two boy's pods of a tower, one of them died and I expect the other is injured"
"Do you think we should track him down?" I ask
Sahara shakes her head
"We should look for the District 4 pods"
We begin roaming around the streets of this city until entering one of the buildings, inside we find what appears to be a kind of bar, with blood red lighting.
"Drinks are on me" Adonis announces heading behind the counter
He begins to pour a drink into a glass from the tap
"Can we stay focused please Adonis?" I say
He sighs
"Fine"
We find various spears, swords, axes and knives on weapon racks in a storage room. The others collect their desired weapons and we exit onto the next street…
Adonis Quincy 18 District 2
Alayna is being her usual boing self! She's no fun at all! We continue to prowl the streets finding multiple abandoned pods.
On the next street we finally find one of the District 4 pods with a girl next to it
"It's Angel!" Alayna exclaims
We jog closer to the pod and find angel there and she has gathered Aaron and Maibee with her as well!
"Good job finding each other" I say
"Where's Devar?" Alayna asks
"He went to find you" Angel replies
Sahara sighs in frustration
"We found some weapons" Wolf announces dumping them at our feet
I notice Aaron gleefully go for one of the axes while Maibee hesitantly choses a katana.
Suddenly Devar returns with an excited look on his face
"You guys found us!" he exclaims
"I found someone as well"
"Who?" Angel questions
"A tribute that landed in an unfortunate position! Follow me!" He exclaims
We follow him down the street onto a much larger road, there we find a pod that has landed sideways with the door facing the concrete. On the side in big neon lights reads the number '8'.
Inside we find the little girl from 8 looking helpless and afraid. Suddenly my heart sinks and I feel awful for what's about to happen to her.
"We just need to get this glass open" Sahara states
We begin to smash our weapons against the glass until eventually it begins to crack. Devar thrusts his sword into the glass and it smashes open!
Without any hesitation Sahara rushes in and kicks the girl down and places her foot on her torso so she can't escape.
"Any last words?" she asks the girl
"I…I love you Velvet…please don't be too sad that I'm gone" she shouts
Sahara pulls out a knife, grabs her hair and stabs her in the throat. She dies relatively quickly and a cannon fires. She calmly cleans the knife and exists the pod
"2 dead already, District 1 is doing well" she announces
"If by doing well you mean killing people" I groan
She glares at me
"That's the job Adonis…if you don't like it you can leave"
She then turns to the two outer District members
"You two are going to have to pull your weight as well" she orders
"Next time we find a tribute, one of you is doing the job"
Aaron and Maibee both nod
"Understood" Aaron says
"Good" she replies
Prince Malvanu 18 District 14
After the drop I managed to regroup with most of my allies, except Rye. He is still missing. At the moment we have taken refuge in a museum. There are various paintings and statures dotted around the corridors, although the painter they got to design this place could have been better.
We are all sitting on top of one of the stair cases. On our journey here we encountered a few other tributes but we stayed away from them, we wanted to group together first.
"I hope Rye is ok" Cordelia murmurs
"Hopefully one of those cannons wasn't him" Sadie responds
"We'll find out soon enough" I say
I turn to the others
"I'm gonna go for a walk…see what I can find" I announce
"Alright just don't go too far" Akosua warns
I nod
"ok"
I head down one of the corridors until I reach an archway with a balcony, I step outside and gaze upon the city. The sun has almost gone down by now and the city has begun to come to life with neon lights of different colours appearing on the buildings and the roads. The most common colour seems to be a dark shade of purple though. I have to say it does look impressive.
There is a nice cool breeze that helps to relax my mood
Sadie joins me at my side
"Sorry I wanted to go for a wander as well" she says
"Pretty amazing isn't it?" I ask
She nods nervously
"Yeah. Not a terrible place to die I guess" she replies
I turn to her
"Hey…no one knows what's gonna happen" I reassure her
She nods again and manages a smile
Suddenly an announcement begins to echo through the city!
"Attention tributes! It may have come to your attention that the twist still remains a mystery, it's time to give you a little more information. Every night, starting from tonight, the nightmare dimension will open! You will hear a loud horn signifying that it has opened… what you will find I cannot tell you but be prepared"
I look at Sadie in shock and she has the same expression on her face. We rush back down the corridor to where the others are.
"Did you guys hear that!" Sadie exclaims
"The nightmare dimension? that doesn't sound good…" Akosua murmurs
"What do we do?" I ask
"I think it's important that nobody panics…we don't know what to expect…so just stay calm" Akosua says
"Akosua is right" Bastion repeats
They smile at each other
"I think we should find some better weapons…there must be some in this museum" I suggest
We begin searching the museum for weapons, we are able to find some spears and swords on some of the statues.
Suddenly the noise of a deep booming horn sounds in the distance! That Means the nightmare dimension has opened!
"Its…beginning "Cordelia mumbles in fear
So yeah I tried to write the interviews again but still had writers block and since I had already written the first day I just decided to upload it.
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter of the games! You might have noticed I removed the bloodbath question from submission form because there wasn't really one. I continuing my trend of changing a lot of the standard layout that I have used in my other SYOT. Anyway hope you're not disappointed that there was no bloodbath but hope you enjoyed this… subversion of expectations I guess lol. This will be continued on the next chapter…
Anyway here are the eulogies
26th: Whisper Collins (District 10 male) Killed by Wolfgang Othello Kelar - Impaled through radio tower. I really liked Whisper so I am sorry to see him go and struggled to kill him off this early. He was a nice guy. Sorry sherazade96
25th: Satin Tellresh (District 8 female) Killed by Sahara Chrystal – Stabbed in the throat. Satin was suggested as a bloodbath tribute so it made sense to kill her early. Another nice tribute RIP. Thanks for the submission DragonoftheStars1429
Alive tributes: 24
Deceased tributes: 2
Remaining tributes
District 1
Male: Wolfgang Othello Kelar – 1 kill
Female: Sahara Chrystal – 1 kill
District 2
Male: Adonis Quincy
Female: Alayna Styx
District 3
Male: Acer Lynx
Female: Cordelia Wattson
District 4
Male: Devar Wildres
Female: Angel Terminus
District 5
Male: Bastion Oppenheim
Female: Akosua Haynes
District 6
Male: Casey Hermes
Female: Demetria Anderson
District 7
Male: Aaron Holloway
Female: Bria Goodwin
District 8
Male: Rayon Ward
District 9
Male: Boule Hadley
Female: Lola Hadley
District 10
Female: Maria Marris Morgrove
District 11
Male: Rye Kaiet
Female: Aluma Nirel
District 12
Male: Marshall Dust
Female: Sadie Tempest
District 14
Male: Prince Malvanu
Female: Maibee Turkish
