I am still missing check-ins for the following tributes:
Elise Starbright
Toren Kollath (also missing check-in 1)
Bellona Pierce (also missing check-in 1)
Gear Griswald (also missing check-in 1)
Astrid Balan (also missing check-in 1)
Haruhi Maki (also missing check-in 1)
Adella Kerrick (also missing check-in 1)
Corbyn Reid (also missing check-in 1)
Amelia Williams (also missing check-in 1)
Charles Thomson
Zilla Odbody (also missing check-in 1)
Darra Delaney (also missing check-in 1)
Twill Chintz (also missing check-in 1)
Cleveland Garfield
Lily Baudilair (also missing check-in 1)
Red Bellmont (also missing check-in 1)
Weller Worthen
Clair Ivory (also missing check-in 1)
Please send the author's note at the end of Chapter 22 for the second check-in question and Chapter 15 for the first check-in question. You can send the answers to me either via PM or by DM on Discord.
Virgo Blackman, 20
Daughter of The Head Gamemaker and University Student
Her father rarely brought his work home with him.
Virgo just watched from the darkness of the hallway, carefully pressed up against the wall so he wouldn't notice her. Maybe this was a little bit childish, but who could blame her for being so curious? How many other people got to see what was going on behind the scenes? Just one peek at his notes, that was all she wanted. And she promised to be tight-lipped about the whole thing as well.
Taurus had changed from his suit into a bathrobe and slippers. He yawned; clearly, he was very tired. That was weird. Usually, he was very excited for the Games and to show off his creations. Stuff like this was all he talked about nonstop. Virgo had a feeling that shit was real tense lately, but of course nobody ever told her anything.
When Taurus finally headed to the kitchen to make what Virgo assumed had to be his twelfth cup of coffee, she crept into his study and sat down at his desk. On his laptop was a series of forms, all that had been filled in with information about the tributes. It didn't take Virgo long to realize what this was all for.
Scanning over the forms, she giggled to herself at her father's characteristic snark. Virgo was a little disappointed he had yet to fill in the training scores, since they were to be announced live tomorrow. Maybe he still needed to assign them? Or perhaps he was putting them off on purpose? At least she had an idea on what everyone was up to when they were training for a few days. The satisfaction of getting that secret sneak peek was good enough for her.
Alright Dad, Virgo thought to herself. You win this round, because this boring Games gibberish is actually pretty interesting.
NAME: Stravos Brodie
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 1
SKILLS ASSESSED: Stravos has spent time at a variety of stations, including knife throwing, swordfighting, knots, edible plants, and fire starting.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Stravos appears to have no past experience using weaponry. He is currently without an alliance, despite the fact that Districts 1 and 2 have made a point of allying in the past few years. He also does not get along well with his district partner.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask him about why he was removed from his alliance; please steer clear of is home life.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: An investigation is currently ongoing due to his family's history with illegal gambling rings. This information is purely confidential and not to be shared with the public.
NAME: Elise Starbright
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 1
SKILLS ASSESSED: Elise frequently ran the obstacle course and spent time studying edible plants. The only weapons she was seen training with were throwing knives.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Elise appears to have a bit of a rivalry with her district partner, leading to Stravos's removal from her alliance. This should be fun to watch, so keep that in mind. It's possible the exile of her district partner may backfire as well later on. in comparison to the rest of her allies, Elise is the physically weakest.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Talk about the alliance; you could also ask about her home life as well.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: It's always good to have a loyalist.
NAME: Toren Kollath
AGE: 17
DISTRICT: 2
SKILLS ASSESSED: Toren spent a lot of time training with the hand-to-hand combat instructor, and practiced with a wide variety of weapons, such as knives and swords.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Toren very clearly has past knowledge of using specific weapons, especially since he volunteered as well. He could easily be the obvious Victor, if it weren't for his family's rebel background that have prompted us to keep an eye on him.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask him about the reason why he volunteered.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: What the hell is Regans up to...
NAME: Bellona Pierce
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 2
SKILLS ASSESSED: Bellona spent majority of her time practising with throwing knifes and swordfighting. It is worth mentioning she is much more experienced with throwing knives than she is with swords.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Similarly to her district partner, Bellona has clear knowledge of specific weapons, hinting that she may have been trained in them. She does not have any suspicious connections that we know of, as well as no living family members.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask whatever you want. Do prepare for some possible backtalk.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Hmmmm...
NAME: Gear Griswald
AGE: 12
DISTRICT: 3
SKILLS ASSESSED: Gear used most of the smaller weapons available, such as throwing knives and daggers. He also spent time studying edible and poisonous plants and tried lifting some of the weights, though ht was only able to lift the lighter ones.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Despite his age, we think he might have a good chance at making it far. Granted, his skills aren't going to wow anyone or make him stand out from the crowd. he also has a very tight alliance that doesn't seem to have any fractures in it, although oldest member of said alliance is 15.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Avoid talking about his family at all costs.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: A current investigation as to the whereabouts of his father is ongoing; again, confidential. Bodies can't disappear into thin air like that.
NAME: Astrid Balan
AGE: 15
DISTRICT: 3
SKILLS ASSESSED: Astrid practised with knives, edible plants and fire starting, though she was often seen dropping the station and moving on if she wasn't satisfied with her results. She also spent a lot of time running the agility course.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Astrid doesn't appear to be taking training very seriously, which could have some negative repercussions. If her allies are willing to cover for her, then she'll get lucky, but if not, it won't end well for her. It's possible that she may have a drinking or drug problem, since it's reported that her mentor has locked up all alcohol and substances on the District 3 floor.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: I highly suggest you steer clear of asking about her home life, if possible.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: You're fifteen years old. How the hell-
NAME: Haruhi Maki
AGE: 18
DISTRICT: 4
SKILLS ASSESSED: In the mornings, Haruhi participated in a variety of survival stations. In the afternoons, he trained with a couple of different weapons, with majority of his focus on spears and tridents.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Haruhi has a very interesting strategy present that makes him a jack-of-all-trades, assuming he's absorbed enough knowledge of each skill to be able to utilize them in the arena. He's also very close to his district partner, with the two of them being allies.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: A very, very safe bet. You can talk with him about anything.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: You are probably the most drama-free tribute here. Good.
NAME: Adella Kerrick
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 4
SKILLS ASSESSED: Adella has spent a majority of her time learning how to construct and activate easy traps. She's also been seen practicing with spears and identifying edible plants, although she doesn't appear to be too interested in the latter.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: It's always good to have someone who's thinking outside the box and replacing traditional weapons with something different. And if Adella can pull her traps off, she'll easily catch other tributes by surprise. It's also clear and she and her district partner get along very well.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Should be a safe bet, though maybe avoid talking about her family if she can.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Considering an investigation on the whereabouts of her mother, but since we have no proof there is any rebel or suspicious activity involved, the President is not considering it a high priority.
NAME: Corbyn Reid
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 5
SKILLS ASSESSED: Corbyn was seen at least once at a majority of the stations, although he spent most of his time practising with axes.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Corbyn has been seen turning down a few tributes that approached him, so he clearly has a specific ally type in mind. Depending on how harshly the other tributes took him, he could make himself some enemies in the arena. hopefully his axe training will come in handy.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Safe bet to talk with about anything.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: What a wet blanket...
NAME: Amelia Williams
AGE: 13
DISTRICT: 5
SKILLS ASSESSED: Amelia spent most of her time focusing on first aid, throwing knives, and the climbing wall.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Amelia is part of a large but very formidable alliance. Considering her age and the age of her allies, they're not be counted out just yet, since they do have a mismatch of skills that they can hopefully utilize.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Just be respectful. Don't want to offend her or mock her.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Is supposedly bipolar. Apparently, Sterling has some doubts. We'll be getting her in touch with some specialists eventually.
NAME: Charles Thomson
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 6
SKILLS ASSESSED: Charles has used multiple survival stations, including knot tying, fire starting, and climbing. He spent a lot of time practising with knives and darts, as well as crushing poisonous berries and coating his darts with them.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Charles's knowledge and use of poison will give him a massive advantage come the arena, if he can gets his hands on the right equipment and utilize it well. He appears to have a rocky relationship with Corbyn for whatever reason, likely due to the fact the latter has rejected a lot of alliance proposals with other tributes. We'll see what comes of that.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask him why he's so interested in poisons.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: If you play your cards right, you just might surprise everyone...
NAME: Zilla Odbody
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 6
SKILLS ASSESSED: Zilla was seen training with archery, edible plants, first aid, and occasionally the climbing wall, though she didn't seem to like it very much.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Zilla is the only person Corbyn seems interested in allying with, and her skills and weapon of choice seem to complement his quite nicely. That being said, he seems to be the only tribute she interacts with. You don't need to be social in the arena, but you don't want to make enemies either.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Talk with her about her alliance.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: You shoot, he hacks?
NAME: Veles Dragomir
AGE: 17
DISTRICT: 7
SKILLS ASSESSED: Veles was seen at every single station available, practising for only a few minutes at each.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: If Veles has absorbed enough information from each station, then it will certainly help him. If not, it's going to be a hindrance instead. He is one of a few tributes who keep to themselves and have no allies whatsoever.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Highly suggested you steer clear of talking about his home life.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Something about a dead sister...? I don't know, a lot of tributes that come in here seem to have dead family members these days...
NAME: Darra Delaney
AGE: 17
DISTRICT: 7
SKILLS ASSESSED: Darra spent a lot of time working with axes, fire starting, edible plants, and shelter building.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Her skills are a good and practical mix, as well as her alliance. Darra and her allies could certainly do some damage, assuming they aren't targeted right off the bat.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: We all know about her younger brother. She'll probably be expecting you to talk about it.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Splitting someone's head open won't bring him back, hun.
NAME: Twill Chintz
AGE: 16
DISTRICT: 8
SKILLS ASSESSED: Twill was seen spending the majority of his time practising hand-to-hand combat and throwing spears.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Survival stations are always very handy, especially for the kids from industrial districts like 8, so here's to hoping that Twill doesn't condemn himself by staying strictly to weapons only. He does appear to be allied with his district partner, so perhaps he's counting on her to balance him out.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: He has a very interesting profession back in District 8.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: If you can work the bruised and bloody look, I'd say you'd have a lot of sponsors coming your way indeed. If I cared about what teenage boys looked like. Which I don't. I'm a forty-something married man.
NAME: Claodis Omicron
AGE: 15
DISTRICT: 8
SKILLS ASSESSED: Claodis participated in a variety of stations, including edible plants, throwing knives, the obstacle course and climbing wall, as well as spears and knot tying.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Claodis's skills to seem to complement her district partner's, and she appears to be very close to him, often training alongside him or sitting together at lunch. That being said, she's still quite friendly with other tributes.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Safe bet; let her be chatty if you want but reign her in if you have to.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: If you can't beat them, make them your friend so they'll have second thoughts about killing you.
NAME: Cleveland Garfield
AGE: 13
DISTRICT: 9
SKILLS ASSESSED: Majority of Cleveland's time was spent training with darts and knives.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Cleveland swears he already knows a lot about plants, so we'll see about that. Just like the rest of his alliance, there's the whole age factor involved, but with how much time Cleveland has spent training with weapons, it might come in handy.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask him about his family.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Knives are practically child's play at this point. You all think they're the shit too. Just aim for the throat.
NAME: Lily Baudilair
AGE: 15
DISTRICT: 9
SKILLS ASSESSED: Lily's main focus was the climbing wall and hand-to-hand combat. She was also very interested in many of the throwing-based weapons, such as knives, darts, and axes.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Lily is one of two volunteers this year, although we're still not sure why. She appears to be very daring and reckless, so it's important that she doesn't rush into danger without noticing her surroundings first.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask about the elephant in the room. She'll likely tell you why.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Lily's history does not raise enough concern to do an investigation.
NAME: Red Belmont
AGE: 15
DISTRICT: 10
SKILLS ASSESSED: Red spent time practising hand-to-hand combat and edible plants, fire starting, and shelter building. He also appears to have a preference for ranged weapons, such as spears, crossbows and javelins.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Ranged weapons sound appealing due to the distance thing, but I've seen how tricky they can be, so Red's aim better be on point. Like a few other tributes, he seems to be only allied with his district partner.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Safe bet to talk to about anything.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Hey, as long as you don't give yourself an arrow to the knee...
NAME: Argen DeAquilla
AGE: 18
DISTRICT: 10
SKILLS ASSESSED: Argen spent a lot of time practising how to build a shelter and a couple of basic traps. In terms of weapons, the only one he was seen using were throwing knives.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: I'm not entirely sure I see the strategy in pairing district partners that use throwing knives and spears, when so many other tributes appear to want to contrast each other. Argen has had a very nervous and unconfident demeanour the whole time and is clearly very shy. In comparison to the way Red bounces all over the place...
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Please stay away from his transition or home life unless he chooses to bring it up himself.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: You need the drive, kid. The motivation. Or you're basically just letting them kill you.
NAME: Weller Worthen
AGE: 18
DISTRICT: 11
SKILLS ASSESSED: The only weapons Weller was seen using were knives and swords. He also spent some time at the edible plants, knots, and fire starting stations. He didn't seem too interested in the last two.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: As someone with past combat experience but clearly not in the best mental state, Weller is worth keeping an eye on. He may prove to be a huge threat in the arena, but with his very clear rebel ties, I still have a decision to make.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Let him decide for himself what he wants to share.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Absolutely disgraceful. The Capitol would never stand for the use of child soldiers the way the rebels do.
NAME: Acacia Hazeldine
AGE: 14
DISTRICT: 11
SKILLS ASSESSED: Acacia spent a majority of her time practising most of the survival stations, including edible plants, shelter building, and fire starting. She also appears to prefer ranged weapons, such as spears and the bow and arrow.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Acacia seems to be taking things much more seriously than her two alliance members. Maybe she's okay with it, maybe she's hoping she won't feel like they're dragging her down. But things won't turn out well for her if one person needs to do the work of three people.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: Ask her about her home life.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: So...who's getting backstabbed first?
NAME: Stryker Ember
AGE: 15
DISTRICT: 12
SKILLS ASSESSED: Stryker repeatedly jumped from station to station multiple times over the course of the training session. Ey only seemed to spend a few minutes at each station.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: If ey have actually managed to retain the information ey've learned, I'd be surprised. Ey is also the oldest, and shortest, member of eir alliance. Stryker seems to want to act as the guardian of the younger tributes.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: You can probably ask em about anything, but you might have to reign em in.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: My goodness, kid...
NAME: Clair Ivory
AGE: 15
DISTRICT: 12
SKILLS ASSESSED: Clair spent most of their time sorting edible plants, noticeably pointing out all the poisonous ones. They also practised other survival stations. It is worth mentioning they were never seen once using any traditional weapons.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Clair's lack of an attempt to try out traditional weapons may bite them in the butt later, unless they turn out to be really good with poison. They haven't really interacts with anyone, keeping to themself the whole time. This might be a strategy to keep a target off their back, or simply just being a wallflower.
SCORE: TBD
INTERVIEWER NOTES: You might have to try really hard to pry any information out of them.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Staying in the shadows. Smart.
"Virgo...what are you doing?"
Virgo jumped, nearly knocking over the chair and some of the papers to the floor. "oh...Dad, I..."
"This is private information. And none of your concern."
"Right...I'll just..."
Taurus set his coffee down on the table, ever so carefully. "Run along now. I still have work to do."
"I have an idea of who might get what score. Do you wanna hear-"
"Goodnight, Virgo."
Virgo sighed, heading upstairs to her room. She could hear her father settling back into his chair, gently sipping his coffee. The papers rustled as he sifted through them, placing them back on the table and turning to his laptop. Vcould hear him typing away; he was always so loud whenever he was working.
But down here, she had already overstayed her welcome. Virgo headed back upstairs, figuring she could find something better to do in her room.
Alright, here's this story's version of Private Sessions. plus some Gamemaker snark because Taurus is a little bored of doing the same thing 24 times. At least nobody's asking him to write a SYOT.
I have a new story out! It's called Hearts of Glass and Gold and I'd really appreciate it if you checked it out, and maybe submitted a tribute or two! Also, for TMH check-ins, the question is back in Chapter 22, if you still need to answer it.
Scores will be revealed next chapter, so I'll see you all there!
-Vr