Shine
Chapter Twenty
Chariot Rides
A/N: I warned you… Prepare for horrible chariot outfits if you didn't suggest one. And I mean terrible. Also, this one is pretty short.
Peter Mallard –36- -Capitol Resident- -Head Gamemaker- POV
I sit and watch the chariots emerge one-by-one from the stable. The outfits this year are… better than last year. Marginally. The pair from one are in the same skin-tight suits as last year. The pair from two are… I can't even see. It's so shiny it blinds me. Okay, shiny. Gotcha. The pair from three are dressed up as keyboards. Okay, musical. I get it. Different, nice. I like it. The pair from four are in the usual netting that doesn't actually cover them. Seriously, District Four, get a new style. Five finally gets great. The girl is in a black bodysuit with LEDs and circuitry all over it. The boy is wearing a gray vest that is open in the front with nothing underneath, displaying his muscles and tattoo, gray pants with a huge, thick, black belt secured with a shining silver buckle. His shoes are heavy-duty boots with silver embellishments. On his head, he wears a silver crown of twisted spirals. District Six… the girl is dressed up as a giant electron. The boy is wearing a black kepi with a gold-rimmed visor and gold lace around the top and bottom with a gold emblem in the center. It is a finely embroidered and fitted white silk button-down with silver detailing. He has a grey waistcoat and a fine but large gold watch chain. He is also wearing a fitted deep-blue conductor's jacket with gold lacing on the cuffs, black trousers, a black belt with round gold buckle engraved with a clock, and freshly shined black shoes. Finally, he has deep-blue epaulets detailed with gold lace and thread supporting a large blue cape rimmed in fine gold and silver embroidery with a round gold emblem matching the one on the belt. District Seven's girl is wearing is a short, tight-fitting brown dress that is sleeveless and goes down very low in the back, showing the scar on her back and neck. Over the little dress is vines and branches interwoven into a stiff skirt and bodice, all of the branches woven to create a dress. None of the vines hide her back of the neck. On her head, she wears a crown of autumn colored leaves and branches. Her shoes are dark orange flats with leaves on them. The boy is dressed up as a tree. It's like they wasted all their creative talent on the girl. The girl from District Eight is dressed up in a black skinsuit with road signs stuck into it. The boy is wearing the same. The District Nine girl is wearing a wheat-colored dress with sparkly threads hanging down from it. The boy is dressed up as a giant baguette. Unconventional, I guess. The pair from District Ten are dressed up in chicken onesies. Really? Chicken onesies? Okay. It is sort of cute, I guess. And you know, farming. I get it. I sort of like it. The pair from eleven wear farmer outfits. The boy's has a star hat, and I can tell by the expression on his face that he despises it more than most Tributes despise their outfits. And the pair from twelve are in… coal miner outfits. Yup. Again. Okay. We're finally done. At least six, seven, and five had some good ideas this year. Oh well. Time to go back to planning new mutts.
A/N: You didn't believe me when I said it would be horrible if I did it, did you? Did you? No, you didn't. And look at what happened. :) It's alright. For reference, Giselle's, Emery's, Serena's, Andrew's, Clear and Bec's, Harper's, Athena and Isaiah's, Vallory's, Rhylee's, Kayne's, and Tontu's outfits were suggested by submitters. Also, yes, I copied the wording (making minor changes) from the forms for Val, Emery and Andrew's outfits. I did say I can't describe outfits well, so what you write is what you get. Anyway, next up is training, then interviews, then the Games. Tell me, what did you think? How do you like the Tributes, and especially what did you think of the outfits?
