CONFIDENTIAL
PRIVATE SESSION REPORT
SIGNED BY: Apprent Charilswon
REMUS SPARROW, DISTRICT 1
Score: 9
Skills showcased: Remus showed his crossbows skills, beginning with firing towards a few stationary targets. After hitting the bullseye on all of them, he moved on to moving targets. He hit them all, even if more than half them weren't bullseyes. He then repeated the same procedure with a bow, with weaker but still impressive results. Remus finished the session by running and achieved an impressive time.
Interview Advice: His past, home, and the games is a straight no go. I would recommend talking about the capitol and his first impressions.
Odds: 11-1 (Odds lowered because of weak career pack.)
Notes: We discovered a rather horrifying story we dug up from his background. From a few physiological tests we ran, he is currently experiencing a lot of trauma and it will likely resurface during the games. His odds were lowered because of a very likely mental breakdown once he reaches the games.
BLUSH BEAMOUNT, DISTRICT 1
Score: 9
Skills showcased: Blush began her session by showing off her knife skills on a few dummies. On closer inspection, we noticed that all the cuts were placed where the blood arteries would be, which was noted. She then ran through the agility course and surprised us with her agility. Finally, she identified several different poisons and started to mix them together. She requested to test the poison on an avox, which we obliged. After having the poison injected in the avox bloodstream, he remained paralyzed for 12 hours.
Interview Advice: Avoid any mention of home. And the games for that matter. Just open with a few standard lines and then let her take charge. She is skilled with words, so it shouldn't be a problem for her.
Odds: 7-1
Notes: After some research about her home life, we might have discovered an underground criminal network in District 1. It's still unclear, but we are planning to continue the investigation. But I'm very surprised it has been able to keep itself hidden for so long. It's highly probable that Blush is connected to this syndicate, but from what we can see from the goodbye recording she isn't particularly fond of it. She might even help us take it down if she wins. Her background won't affect her chances of winning.
ROARK PICKETT, DISTRICT 2
Score: 5
Skills showcased: Roark ran for a few minutes and went through the obstacle course. His time was above average, but nothing jawbreaking. He finished his sessions with slashing a few dummies with a scythe. Despite being clearly reluctant, he did have more skill than most other 14-year-olds who attempt to use a weapon. It saved an otherwise lackluster session.
Interview Advice: Play it safe. Don't talk about the games and focus on more casual topics. He's not very good in front of a lot of people, so make sure he feels comfortable.
Odds: 28-1
Notes: Even if we would rather want to forget about the embarrassing incident, Roark chances are as good as anyone else. He's simply a victim of a terrorist attack and we plan on keeping it that way. If he dies we might spin it in our favor by making him a martyr and an example of the rebel's cruelty.
CASEY MAIN, DISTRICT 2
Score: 10
Skills showcased: Casey used a bow to show off her skills in many different ways. She began with stationary targets and moved on later to moving target. Apparently, that wasn't enough as she soon started doing everything from backflips before shooting and hitting targets from the top of the agility course. She spent the last two minutes throwing a knife in the air and trying to hit it. We were surprised she didn't hit it.
Interview Advice: Stay away from anything about District 2, as we understand that she hates it and it can easily go off track. Talk about the games, hype her up in front of the public and make sure she gets chances to prove her loyalty.
Odds: 12-1
Notes: Casey is an avox, something that caught us all by surprise when the report came in. Because of this, she has been constantly barraged with hate in District 2. Everything we have on her before the age of 5 is completely blank and from what we know she appeared on her family's doorstep already avoxed, so she's most likely not a rebel. If she can win or not is currently being debated, but so far she has been willing to play with us. As long as she proves her loyalty I see no problem with it. To be on the safe side, we did heighten her score to make her a target.
THOMAS SLATER, DISTRICT 3
Score: 6
Skills showcased: To all of our surprise, Thomas went straight for the bow and arrows. Compared to the careers before him, Thomas's showing was rather lackluster only hitting one bullseye and missing a few. But it was better than we expected considering he only had three days of training. He then walked over to the plant identification and pricked in a 78% mark. Then he spent the rest of the session running.
Interview Advice: Concentrate on his sister. Make sure that he can truly express his love for her and how far he is willing to go to protect her. Help him rack up those sympathy points.
Odds: 20-1
Notes: Thomas and Lana were rigged into the games to make sure this year's games were exciting, but with all the craziness they have quickly become old news. It was a mistake, something we have learned from.
LANA SLATER, DISTRICT 3
Score: 4
Skills showcased: Lana climbed our climbing wall up to the top, showing mediocre agility. She then walked over to the fire making station and made a fire, which was much more impressive than her climbing skills. Lana finished her session with purifying water and achieved an 80% mark on plant identification.
Interview Advice: Try your best to make her feel comfortable. Just like with Thomas, make sure she has the chance to gain sibling sympathy points.
Odds: 27-1
Notes: N/A
ALEXI ATWATERS, DISTRICT 4
Score: 8
Skills showcased: Alexi showed us several ways to use a knife. He sliced up dummies with dummies, stabbed them with a smaller knife, and battled a trainer, with varying results. He ended his session by showing surprising skill with throwing knives after a rather disappointing session for a career. Alexi also asked if he could show his swimming skills, which we answered that we already have recordings of him swimming from the other days and it would be counted in his score.
Interview Advice: Take it easy and bounce questions with him. Alexi is a natural jokester, so this should be one of your easier interviews.
Odds: 10-1
Notes: N/A
EMERALD BYWATERS, DISTRICT 4
Score: 8
Skills showcased: Emerald impaled several dummies with her trident, showing herself more than confident with the weapon. After deciding dummies wasn't enough, she sparred against a high-level trainer defeating him barely. In the last three minutes of the session, she switched to sparring with two swords. While it was flashy, it was clear that she lacked the confidence she had with the trident. The match ended with a draw.
Interview Advice: The audience would love a non-career perspective on the career districts and Emerald seems to be the safest bet. Make sure that the audience knows that she is just as capable as any other career too.
Odds: 10-1
Notes: While it was unusual that both of the District 4 tributes were reaped, we have no reason to dwell into it further. Whatever happens in the academies and what they do with their trainees is nothing we care about.
KLAUS HARG, DISTRICT 5
Score: 2
Skills showcased: It was clear that Klaus didn't take his session seriously. He waltzed into the room with his hands in his pockets and proceeded to do nothing for the first two minutes. He was just about to take a nap when a gamemaker asked if he would do something. Klaus shrugged, walked over to the throwing axes, and tried to throw one, failing miserably. He then tried to clumsy stab a dummy with a knife. Alas, we had to give him a 2 for at least doing something.
Interview Advice: Try to play up his funny side. It might be his only trait saving him from being a complete failure, games wise. Otherwise, don't bother. He's not going to make it far either way.
Odds: 55-1
Notes: Klaus is suffering from withdrawal from past drug abuse and it has been more and more apparent the latest day. He has already vomited twice and it has affected his odds.
WINCHESTER BARKER, DISTRICT 5
Score: 4
Skills showcased: Just like Klaus, Winchester spent the first minutes just sitting in the room doing nothing. However, Winchester just seemed confused. Eventually, she walked over to the trap making station and started tinkering with it for the rest of the session. When she was finished she threw a doll into the trap. The trap immediately caught fire, roasting the doll. Impressive, but the only thing she showed in the entire session.
Interview Advice: Ask her about her home life. A lot of capitolites are most likely curious about her life on a train and it can definitely help her get sponsors. Just don't get too deep, since it seems to be a sensitive subject. Try to get her to talk about her allies. If our intel is correct, Winchester and Wilson have a history together.
Odds: 26-1
Notes: N/A
KEATON BOOKER, DISTRICT 6
Score: 4
Skills showcased: Keaton climbed. A lot. He began with advancing up the climbing wall on all three difficulties. His time was moderate. Then he ran through the obstacle course and despite being noticeably tired he achieved a rather good time. He climbed up one of the trees to in our fake forest scenery and sat there until his time ran out.
Interview Advice: Keaton can definitely play up the cute angle if he chooses to do so. Otherwise, talk about his home life. Rack up those sympathy points.
Odds: 36-1
Notes: N/A
SURI LIZBETH, DISTRICT 6
Score: 10
Skills showcased: With Suri, it was all about combat. She bested multiple medium level trainers and earned a hard-fought victory against a high-level trainer. She sliced a few dummies with a katana and clashed a minute with a trainer. Suri ended her session with a bow before leaving, one minute still left on the clock.
Interview Advice: Play it safe, I beg you. Ask the most casual questions you have. It doesn't matter if it becomes the night's most disappointing interview, it cannot go out of control. We will have personnel standing ready to stop the interview if anything goes wrong.
Odds: 12-1. She doesn't actually have a chance at winning, but we need to show the sponsors something.
Notes: Suri is dangerous. Not as dangerous in the arena, but dangerous to us all. We're 98% percent sure that she's a rebel who volunteered to start a rebellion. Our current plan is to blow her mines up during the countdown, but we have intel that she is connected to a presumed extinct rebel group in District 6. They won't hesitate to take the chance to make her a martyr and suddenly it's likely we have a second rebellion on our hand. She has yet to make anything rebellious that the rebels can use, but as soon as she does we will abort our first plan. Her score was inflated to make her a target. We would like to try to avoid killing her ourselves to not give the rebels any fuel.
QUINTIN ARROW, DISTRICT 7
Score: 8
Skills showcased: To no one's surprise, Quintin specialized in axes. He massacred a pair dummies as brutal as he possibly could, smiling the entire time. When there was only a pile of cloth and stuffing left of the dummies, he asked for a medium level trainer. Quintin won rather brutally and a peacekeeper had to pry him off to not damage the trainer further. He then sparred against a high-level trainer and lost. But he simply pretended that his loss didn't happen. Before leaving, he told us that he at least deserved a 10 or even an 11. When he left we all agreed that he absolutely didn't deserve a 10.
Interview Advice: He's confident. Very confident. And brutal too. Let him show that in the interviews. The audience loves a contender and while Quintin will most likely not live up to his bragging, it will make for a good show.
Odds: 15-1
Notes: N/A
OLIVIA ASHFORD, DISTRICT 7
Score: 8
Skills showcased: Just like Quintin, Olivia's weapon of choice was the axe. However, while Quintin's style was much more refined and brutal, Olivia relied on her pure strength. Her axe almost split the dummy in half on her initial swing. She showed similar strength to the rest of the dummies. After half of her time had passed, she moved on to show us a multitude of different survival skills like fire-making, plant identification, and water purification.
Interview Advice: Despite seemingly calm and collected, Olivia has shown multiple times that she is more than a contender for the victor crown. The audience loves a calm badass. Also, ask about her home and family.
Odds: 14-1
Notes: N/A
EVANDER ADAMS, DISTRICT 8
Score: 5
Skills showcased: Evander began his session by stabbing a few dummies. While he wouldn't last half a minute against a career, his skills were surprising for a 12-year-old and showed that he could defend himself against smaller threats. He moved on to water purification and shelter making. He finished one shelter and was halfway through the second one when his time ran out.
Interview Advice: This one might be your biggest challenge yet since it is very little rememberable about Evander. He definitely hasn't given up yet, so you can try to highlight that. Otherwise, good luck.
Odds: 30-1
Notes: N/A
NOELLE NORFOLK, DISTRICT 8
Score: 6
Skills showcased: Noelle went straight to the survival stations as soon as she entered the room. She made a fire, created a small shelter, and scored a 78% score on the plant identification test. All of it had rather mediocre results. In the other half of her session, she showed us her weapon skills. She threw two knives, both hitting the outer rings on the target. She then sparred with a medium level trainer with a machete. It ended with a draw. Still, an impressive feat considering she only had three days.
Interview Advice: This should be a rather normal interview. Maybe try to talk about her friends back home? Otherwise, I'll leave it to you.
Odds: 17-1
Notes: N/A
ANTHONY MARKANA, DISTRICT 9
Score: 8
Skills showcased: Anthony slashed his way through an armada of dummies with a sickle, proving that all those years in the fields weren't for nothing. His skills were impressive, almost at the level of a career. Almost. He then moved onto the survival stations, where his skills were mediocre. On the plant identification test, he scored a 62%, which he was clearly displeased with. He struggled a few minutes with a fire and made an average trap. However, he redeemed himself by lifting an impressive amount of heavyweights, making him most likely one of the strongest tributes this year brute strength-wise.
Interview Advice: This one should be easy. Let him carry the interview and do your best to support him where he needs. Ask about his family and especially his sister.
Odds: 15-1
Notes: N/A
DANIA WHICKER, DISTRICT 9
Score: 5
Skills showcased: Dania began running through the obstacle course, showing impressive agility skills. After she was finished she climbed up to our climbing wall with average time. She also asked for a sparring partner, but instead of fighting him she immediately ran away from him. The trainer chased her until the end of the session, where he caught her as she started to become tired.
Interview Advice: Dania is the daughter of Ruben Whicker, a famous musician. Our intel also says that she tried to have a breakthrough too in the music industry, so definitely play that up. Her interview will most likely be all about music.
Odds: 24-1
Notes: Dania's odds were increased because of the high chance of a lot of sponsors. If she dies we might need to keep an eye on Ruben. The last thing we want is such an influential person to become rebellious. We might even need to make him "disappear".
PAUL STALLONE, DISTRICT 10
Score: 6
Skills showcased: Before Paul went to the weapons, he made sure we knew he could keep himself alive. He scored a 69% mark on the plant identification before running through the shorter part of the obstacle course. Otherwise, the focus of the session was on the weapons, and Paul's willingness to use them. He used a whip to brutally slash a few dummies but missed his last slash. He muttered something about "Ruining his score" and proceed to smash it's head against a table multiple times. Paul finished with picking up a hammer and slamming it into the dummy until only stuffing remained. His score was originally a 5, but we decided to increase it by one since he has shown how far he is willing to go.
Interview Advice: Good luck with this one.
Odds: 45-1
Notes: Paul is suffering from schizophrenia. The cause for it is very unclear for now, but so far he has been very unpredictable. We shall monitor him closely for the rest of his time here.
MABEL COLTON, DISTRICT 10
Score: 3
Skills showcased: Mabel spent five minutes trying to make a snare. She barely succeeded, even if it was doubtful that the trap worked. She also tried to stab a dummy, but it was clear that she had never picked up a weapon before. In the last few minutes, she tried to redeem herself by running through the obstacle course. The time ran out before she was able to finish it.
Interview Advice: Take it easy. Talk about her home life and boyfriend, but make sure the interview doesn't derail. Make sure she feels comfortable.
Odds: 54-1
Notes: N/A.
WILSON MCCOY, DISTRICT 11
Score: 6
Skills showcased: Wilson requested for a medium level trainer to spar hand to hand combat with. He fought better than expected, but the trainer almost got a hit on his new glasses. For some reason, he decided to make a sarcastic remark on that. A few of the gamemakers chuckled. He was able to defeat the trainer and requested another one. That match ended in a draw. Wilson finished with showing capability with a knife, even if it wasn't close to the level we had seen earlier that day.
Interview Advice: If Winchester mentions him, build on that story from Wilson's perspective. But this interview should be easy. There's not a chance he won't throw out a few sarcastic remarks and jokes, so be ready for that.
Odds: 19-1
Notes: N/A.
FORREN MITCH, DISTRICT 12
Score: 1
Skills showcased: For most of the session, Forren did nothing. He mostly just sat against a fake tree and looked confused. When there were only three minutes left he apparently decided to try the plant identification test. He scored 14%, and what it looks like they were lucky guesses.
Interview Advice: If you're able to sell this guy as anything other than a hopeless bloodbath I'll give you 100 caps and buy you a drink.
Odds: 100-1
Notes: N/A
KRIS SPARROW, DISTRICT 12
Score: 7
Skills showcased: Out of all the younger tributes, Kris showed the most impressive session. She was skilled in multiple ways to use a knife, stabbing and slicing her way through dummies. She requested that dummies would be put up in the fake forest, which was obliged. Kris then also showed her skill of climbing, jumping, and running through the forest while trying her best to stab the dummies. It wasn't perfect, but impressive.
Interview Advice: Remember to ask for her current pronouns first. Be respectful. And make sure that the audience knows that she's a contender. Everyone loves an underdog.
Odds: 20-1
Notes: Before anyone starts protesting, we are required to use the tributes born sex as pronouns in official documents.
This chapter was supposed to be published two days ago, but I forgot about it lol. I was planning on pushing it up a week, because I have yet to start the next chapter, but because of an IRL thing that came up a few days ago, I'm not sure I would even have the energy to edit this in the coming weeks. So I can warn you that the next update might take a while, if even months. So nothing out of the ordinary/s.
I raised and lowered some scores that was given to me, but that was expected, so please tell me if any of the private sessions stood out to you guys!
Here are the scores for reference:
1 - Forren
2 - Klaus
3 - Mabel
4 - Lana, Winchester, Keaton
5 - Roark, Evander, Dania
6 - Thomas, Noelle, Paul, Wilson
7 - Kris
8 - Alexi, Emerald, Quintin, Olivia, Anthony
9- Remus, Blush
10 - Casey, Suri
See you next time with the next chapter, which would be the Third Night with Klaus and Emerald!