Flora Perkins, 14
District Seven Female

"Your pin is wrong, you know," Flora's escort says to her as they settle down to watch a re-run of the reapings before the train takes them to the Capitol. "There are buildings in the Capitol that allow us to see the curve of the earth. Do they not have a proper educational system in District Seven so that you know how the world works? My oh my, I'll have to write some letters to people I know in the educational administration soon."

Flora sticks her tongue out at the woman, hating every speck of her prickly-green dress and the horrible spikes of brown hair that made up the top of her head. "Maybe that's what they want you to think. The Capitol can't be right for everything, can they? After all, they made you an escort."

Prue's face reddens, and she leans towards Flora. "Why-why-why, you little -"

"How about some cocoa for the reapings?" Maddie rushes in with two piping hot cups of liquid, seating herself between the escort and Flora. "We want to keep our bodies as sharp as we can while we watch this so we aren't distracted by anything. After all, don't we want to see what people you could ally with?"

Flora smiles at her mentor, grateful that there was someone on her side. Usually people laughed at her like the escort, and she could do nothing but glower and glower until she gave up and kicked them in the shins. She liked to kick people in the shins. "Who did you ally with in your games, Maddie?"

"Why, I believe it was the girl from Five that I worked with!" Maddie says. "Isn't that right, Joseph?"

The other victor from Seven looks over from where he's plotting with Birchwood, nodding. "You're right."

"Why can't you remember everything from your Games?" Flora asks Maddie. She frowns, trying to ponder the thought of forgetting something like a friend. "You said once in an interview that it felt like just yesterday you were in the arena, right?"

"Aren't you the clever one!" Maddie laughs. "I suppose it's because I don't want to remember everything, or maybe I'm just a scatterbrain. Say, Birchwood, what are the names of the tributes from District One? We just missed their segment."

"Oh!" Birchwood Mason says, his big head turning towards Flora and Maddie. Flora notes that he's big, but quite the dolt. Most lumberjacks who were as big as Birchwood were. Perhaps they decided they wanted more muscle than brains so that they could chop extra trees down, Flora thinks. That could work. "They were Lindor MacAvoy, the girl, and Fletcher… Fletcher..." The dolt furrows his eyebrows, trying to remember the last name of the boy from One, then gives a sigh of relief as Joe whispers it in his ear. "Artesian! Lindor MacAvoy, and Fletcher Artesian are the boy and girl from District One - I mean girl and boy."

"Thank you!" replies Maddie, grinning at the dolt. "Now, let's pay attention for District Two."

Flora watches the boy and girl from District Two step onto their own stage, and her stomach churns in protest once more. The excitement of the train had made her forget what she was heading to, but she's reminded that yes, she's been picked to go to the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games weren't supposed to be for someone like her, they were for other people, people who weren't like her, who deserved to go - ugh, that's not what she meant but yes it was. She hadn't expected to be the one heading here, and the thought of having to go to the Hunger Games put her back into the bad mood that she had stayed in while sitting in the Justice Building.

"Oh, the boy from District Three looks friendly!" exclaims the dolt as they watch a silently glowering boy and a confused girl stand in front of a sea of tired citizens. "Do you think that I may ally with him during the Games?"

Joe chuckles. "Three and Seven don't tend to work together, but I know Kaitlynn well and she'd like to find someone with a bit more brawn this year. Perhaps if you talk to him in training and make friends, you could work together!"

"Oh, that would be great!" The dolt gives a big smile to Flora, and she politely smiles back. He doesn't seem so bad - perhaps he too is someone believes that the earth is flat, although that wouldn't mean much considering his mental state.

Oh well, one more for the cause is one more for the cause.

They turn their attention back to the screen when District Five comes on, Flora admiring the scars on the girl. She's older than Flora but she looks brave and smart, and who cares if she has a lot of scars all over her face? They look cool. "Perhaps I could ally with her!"

"Hmm, she looks a bit old for you, but I don't see why not." Maddie bites her lip. "Maybe we should look for someone a little… younger. I think that it'd be best to aim for someone more realistic as a partner? Eight and Nine usually have younger girls, so we can try with them."

"But I want this one!" Flora whines, jutting her lip out in a pout. "Why can't I work with her? It's not like everyone will want to be her ally."

"And what can you offer her?" Maddie asks, one eyebrow raised. She sips her cocoa slowly.

"I'd be a good ally! I'm smart, and quick, and fast, and, and, and, I know the woods well! If it's a forest, I can show her around. I'm sure she would appreciate the help, considering that she's from the city," Flora spurts out. "Why wouldn't she want me as a partner? If she doesn't like me, we can just leave each other after almost everyone is dead."

"Well..." says Maddie.

"Well..." says Joe.

"Well..." says the dreaded escort, her eyes on Flora's flat earth society pin.

"I don't see..." says Maddie, her shoulders sagging. "Tell you what, we'll try."

And as the boy and girl from District Six walk away into the pixels of the television screen, Flora grins.

Flora is a bit of a brat, as you can tell.

And that's the last intro! I'll put up a poll soon for you all to vote in, so prepare to go share what you think of the tributes so far. I hope I've done them all justice!

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Prepare for an onslaught of Capitol chapters - but soon, we'll get to the bloodbath and arena! I'm excited :D

Enjoy. Until the parades, TheAmazingJAJ