Oswine Nanshope,13, District 10 victor
Night before games
My eyes shoot open, my heart threatening to pound out of my chest and I can feel sweat trickling down my entire body. It was another one of those nights and this is how it's been ever since I came back to this capitol. I haven't been able to get a decent sleep since and every waking moment I'm reminded of all of the sacrifices that had to be made for me to be where I am right now…
I doubt I'll be able to get any sleep anytime soon so I get off of my bed and start making my way towards the living room area, and I can tell someone is out there since the light is still on. I arrive in the living room area and I see Thea is standing outside on the balcony gazing at the sky. Her book she carried with her is notably absent and I remember Cortez telling me the district 12 guy bullied her and ripped it up, that's horrible, I can tell that book meant a lot to her but I'm glad Cortez stuck up for her. I think about going out there for a moment and I remember the short conversation we had the other day but I don't want to seem like a pest so just sit on the sofa instead where I try to gather my thoughts.
The sofa is so comfortable, so soft and I can almost fall alseep on it as my eyes begin closing, but I remember Barbel's grin as he stands over my parent's and baby brother's corpses and my eyes shoot open again while I let out a long sigh. I really am not going to be able to relax while I'm here and I look back at the balcony where Thea is still looking at the sky and after thinking about it for a moment, I decide to go out there. I slowly creak the balcony door open cause I don't want to frighten her but she still turns around and I see how sad her eyes look but she almost seems relieved to see me…
"Oswine…" she mumbles.
"Hey Thea…I hope I'm not interrupting…I just wanted to see how you were doing." I hesitantly say and she does a faint nod.
"…I-I don't need you worrying about me Oswine." She turns her head away from me looking back over the balcony again.
"I'm sorry…I didn't mean to come off that way but…" I'm at a sudden loss of words.
"it's ok, you don't need to explain yourself…" she speaks for me and I let out a small sigh while looking at the stars in the sky.
"So…what are you doing out here?" I try to make conversation.
"I couldn't get any sleep so, I guess I'm just staring at the sky until I get tired enough…" she mumbles and I nod slowly.
"I can't sleep either, I was going to maybe eat a snack or something, you want anything from the fridge?" I ask her beginning to walk back inside.
"No…but-" she begins and turns around giving me a hesitant look and I look at her as she can't seem to find her words.
"Can you not leave yet Oswine…" she hesitantly asks and I'm a little surprised by her request but I slowly nod.
"Well yeah sure…I'll stay here." I do a faint smile and she seems to appreciate it as she nods.
"Thank you Oswine…" she mumbles and I can see she's starting to get a little emotional.
"I've been nothing but cold to you and everyone else really, and…I feel bad because you were only trying to help me and so was everyone else. I always saw things from a realistic perspective, I even knew I may someday get reaped and I always tried to prepare myself for it. All I've ever did was push people away, my family…even my own bestfriend. I'm all alone and I realize now that I can very well be dead tomorrow. I can't help but think I've just been taking life for granted…" she confesses to me.
"Thea…" Is all I can really say and she stares at the ground for a moment clasping her arms around her body as the wind is starting to pick up.
"…I'm scared Oswine, I'm scared and I don't want to die…" her voice cracks and I can see tears rolling down her eyes.
"Its ok to be afraid Thea, that's completely normal…sometimes it can even bring the best out of you but no matter how alone you feel, there's always people cheering for you, people that love you, so you fight for them but more importantly…you fight for yourself." I explain to her and she slowly nods.
"I will…thank you Oswine…" she thanks me.
"Now what do you say, we go and have a late night snack…I'm thinking double chocolate fudge cake!" I suggest trying to lighten the mood and for the first time ever I see a faint smile spread over her face.
"That sounds amazing." She agrees with me and we waste no time heading to the fridge to get our snack.
Present day
I remain seated at the dining table, all of the lights off and I quietly stare at my double chocolate fudge cake that i haven't touched yet. The television is on as there's four tributes left but the tributes I was responsible for mentoring are long dead… I remember it like yesterday, me and Thea sitting here eating cake as she slowly opened up to me, she even told me funny stories between her and her friend Krahkia, less than 24 hours later though she was brutally murdered right before my very eyes. Caspian warned her to run away, but she only scolded him and ran off only to be killed by his district partner several minutes later. Cortez would also meet a vicious end two days later by the hands of Hunter…
I got to know the both of them, both were good people, both had so much to fight for, I was responsible for keeping them alive, to help them win, and they just both went there and died. I can't help but feel responsible for this. Charlotte tried to cheer me up but I just can't help but feel I could've done more and I think of the years ahead of me as I have to continue this horrifying "Job". Is this how it's going to be every year? Meeting two good people only for them to die? This is torture and I don't know if I'll be able to put up with this… I just want this to end, I want these games to end, for everyone and their families to be safe but we're all so weak and we wouldn't dare stand up to President Laureen and the might of the capitol, this will continue, probably for an eternity and…I've come to the realization that I'm living in a curse, a curse that will likely never cease to exist…
Genevieve Altruzara,16, District 8 female
I remain sitting on the floor in a hallway staring down at my hands that are still trembling and are caked in blood, but this blood isn't mines. I remember the events from yesterday as I stood over Hunter. I thought one blow from a lead pipe would be enough but…he just wouldn't die. I reapteedly bashed his face in but he wouldn't die, His face was even disfigured beyond recognition but he continued his agonal breathing and I just blacked out continuing to hit over and over and over until his cannon finally rang out.
I managed to go most of these games without killing anyone but here I am now with blood on my hands, and no matter how much he deserved it, I can't help but feel like a monster. This is what the games do to you though. 'everyone dies in the arena' I've heard countless times and as I'm sitting here covered in someone else's blood,guts and brain matter, I feel like a part of me is dead now.
There's four tributes left, after the bloodbath from yesterday and Reyena was among the casualties. She saved my life when she could've easily killed me and her district partner Caspian also saved me yesterday when he pushed me out of the way of Hunter's attack. I thought all careers were jerks but this duo from 4, they really were pleasant people. The remaining tributes here are Hyperion, Caspian and Emmerane which makes me the weakest as they all have some kind of background training. I hope I can just hide away, let these last few tributes kill each other off but I know this capitol is going to find some way to lure us to each other…
I think of Manvel, my mother and even bitch since I want to punch her in the face so badly, but I'm so close, so close to getting out of here and I just need to stay focused. I'm probably not going to stand much of a chance against either of them in a head on fight and that's why I need to try and hide out as long as possible before the game makers inevitably find some way to bring us all together…
"Attention remaining tributes…" a loud voice rings out over what sounds like a loudspeaker and it causes me to jump a little, that's Augustus' voice, him being the head game maker, this can't be good news.
"First off I want to congratulate the four of you for making this far. To commemorate your achievements, there will be a very special feast that will be held in the cornucopia, there's bound to be something you find desirable there and it may very well ensure your victory, hope to see all of you there and may the odds be so ever in your favor." Augustus finishes his announcement. A feast of course, these usually happen a little earlier into the games but it's clear they just want to bring all four of us together to wrap these games up and I'm not even far from the cornucopia either, the remaining tributes are bound to pass the area I'm in to get there and I should relocate before that happens. I grab my needle sword and make it back to my feet but I let out a loud grunt of pain as I'm still sore from my encounter with Hunter, I can worry about that later though, I need to get out of here!
There's a staircase A and B and I try to figure out which one will be the safest to take so I don't run into any tributes, I eventually decide to start heading towards staircase B but once I'm about to reach the staircase door, it flies open and out comes Hyperion who's cursing in pain and initially seems a little surprised to see me but an evil scowl quickly spreads across his face.
"Shit…" I curse under my breath.
"You're just another obstacle standing between me and my mother!" he growls as he raises his blood stained sword at me and the blood still looks relatively fresh, he must be responsible for either Reyena's or Verbena's death…
He tries to bring his sword down at me but I stagger out of the way and in a panic begin racing down the hall.
"Where you think you're going huh!?" I can hear his footsteps behind me and I can hear him quickly closing in on me, I'm not going to be able to outrun him…
I spin around and narrowly block his sword with mines but he slaps me across the face with his other hand and I grunt falling to the floor but quickly make my way back up to my feet where he again tries to slice my face but I duck under it and quickly slam my sword against his disarming him and he retaliates by head butting me which sends me back down to the floor again as I groan aloud. I quickly slice him across his leg with my sword and he curses loud in pain kicking my sword out of my hand and he tries stomping on my face but I kick him hard in his wounded torso and he curses out loud again falling against the wall stunned.
Whiles he stunned and slowly making his way back to his feet, I grab my needle sword and quickly rush at him trying to finish him off but he quickly spins around and grabs my armed hand and twists my already injured wrist causing me to yell out loud and drop the sword and I punch him in the eye as hard as I can with my other hand and he grunts out loud stumbling against the wall again stunned. Whiles he stunned against the wall, I don't give him a second to recover because I start repeatedly punching him over his head and he covers his head but that's when I start hitting his wounded body and he lets out an angry yell of pain picking me up and slamming me against the wall as hard as he can causing me to cry out and fall clutching my body in pain while he quickly walks over to his sword but I have to ignore the severe pain I'm in right now cause I rush at him and jump onto his back trying to choke him and I can already hear him gasping for air. I squeeze harder as he tries to struggle out of my choke but he continues backing up against the wall slamming my back against it and I try to muster through the pain but my grip eventually weakens and he throws me off of him as I slam hard onto the floor landing back on my sprained wrist and when feel a pop followed by a sharp pain, I'm convinced it's now either broken or dislocated as I cry out in pain.
"Stupid bitch!" Hyperion curses in anger blood oozing down his nose and mouth repeatedly kicking me hard in my torso and I try covering myself up as best I could but most of his kicks are still getting through and he does one last kick that causes me to expell vomit with some blood mixed in as I cough uncontrollably. I feel dizzy and disoriented and Hyperion kicks me hard in the face and my already possibly broken nose is now even more damaged as I can feel blood streaming out of it like a water fountain.
Hyperion curses again as he walks towards his sword and I try to do everything I can to intercept him but I can't move at all right now…
He's turns around to face me however after picking up his sword and a trident lands into his shoulder afterwards causing him to holler in pain and fall to the floor. I slowly manage to turn my head to see where the shadow came from and what I see looks like a dark shadow as the halls are so dark but when the shadow reaches one of the windows reflecting the gloomy gray weather outside , that's when I see it's Caspian who looks to be in a tremendous amount of pain as he's clutching his torso and slowly limping towards Hyperion with a cold and almost detached look in his eyes.
"Dammit…fuck!" Hyperion manages to pull the trident out of his shoulder and tosses it on the floor before staggering back up to his feet and fleeing with his sword but this causes Caspian to pick up his speed as he tries to catch up to Hyperion.
"You're not getting away!" Caspian hollers down the hall where Hyperion ran and the only way this leads is outside where the cornucopia is…
Caspian reaches me however and stops for a moment to pick up his trident and he looks down at me as I give him a terrified look, is he going to finish me off?
"Cas-pian…" I weakly mumble.
"I'm sorry for not getting here sooner…" he laments
" You have nothing to apologize for, but please…kick his fucking ass." I manage to utter out and he gives me an assuring nod before limping off, I wasn't even able to thank him…
Hyperion Corvinus,18, District 2 male
"Fuck!!!" I curse out loud pushing my way through the doors where I'm now outside at the Cornucopia where it all started. The skies are gray, gloomy and it's pouring down raining but next to the Cornucopia is a large table with four large bags with a number on them representing our districts. That doesn't concern me right now though, this fucking Caspian needs to be dealt with!
I try to get my bearings together as I clutch my shoulder and lean on the railing of this ship to support myself and I can see the reflection of my face in the large body of water below me, I no longer see a monster though, all I see is a desperate boy just wanting to get back home to the only person who gives a shit about him. This is all I ever wanted., and I'm, I am so close to making it all a reality!
The doors burst open and it's none other than Caspian who's clutching his torso with one hand and holding his trident with the other as he glares me limping towards me. I spit some blood out of my mouth however and ready my sword as I lean off the railing and limp towards him and we're now about 3 feet apart from each other as we glare each other intently while circling around each other.
"You sure you want this Caspian? you're more hurt than me right now, look at you, you can barley even stand, looks like you might even have a broken rib or two with how you're clutching your torso right now!" I snicker continuing to circle around him.
"You killed her…you killed Reyena, you son of a…" he says through gritted.
"Heh so that's what this is all about!? I did you a favor, did you a god damn favor! Unless you just wanted the luxury of killing her yourself!" I argue.
"I can't forgive you for this Hyperion, there is nothing you can say to weasel your way put of this, you snake!" his voice cracks, I can see just how devastated he is about Reyena being dead and I grit my teeth, seeing him in this kind of pain after losing someone he cared about…I can almost sympathize with him but i-I'm just doing what I can to get back home to my mother, what is wrong with that, huh!?
"I'm not trying to weasel my way out of this Caspian, I know what needs to be done, and make no mistake I'm not worried one bit about your capabilities, I know I can beat you Caspian. I killed Amos, yeah that's right I killed the strongest swordsman and I look at you who already has one foot in the grave and I don't see the smiling ghost anymore, I don't see one of the most feared careers anymore. All I see is a scared wounded boy on the verge of death standing across from me, all I see is Caspian Delamar!" I shout at him but he suddenly rushes at me with his trident and I manage to block his attack with my sword and try to counter by slicing him across the face but he moves his head put of the way and quickly slices me across the arm with his trident causing me to gasp in pain and I begin taking several steps back as I can see fresh blood dripping from my arm and mixing in with the rain on the surface of the ship.
I continue backing up as I feel my heart rate increasing but he continues limping towards me. I then jab my sword out at him several time to create distance but he spins his trident in his hands deflecting my jabs and finishes it off by trying to jab it towards my face but I gasp and manage to stagger out of the way and try once again to counter attack but he lifts up his trident to block it and we glare each other for a moment as we get into a test of strength with our weapons pushing against each other. I can see him straining as I get the upper hand but he pushes back forcing me back and I spit in his face temporarily blinding him which allows me to quickly slice him across the face with my sword causing him to grunt in pain and fall onto the ground clutching his face. I try bringing my sword down towards him but he manages to roll out of the way and make it back to his feet trying to ignore the large gash he now has on the side of his face.
"Heh heh, this is the beginning of the end Caspian!" I taunt him as he adjusts his stance to a high one, hmm.
I try to strike his body but he knocks my sword away with his trident and it throws off my equilibrium as I stumble and regain my balance doing a reckless jab to his face with my sword but he parries it and etches his trident into my thigh whiles he's behind me causing me to holler in pain and I retaliate by spinning around and trying to strike his face with my sword but he once again parries it and kicks me in the body sending me stumbling back to the railing where I nearly fall over it. With my thigh injured my limp is even more noticeable but Caspian limps towards me and I can see his breathing is getting heavier, the parrying is taking a toll on his stamina, he's getting tired, this is my opportunity to take him out!
I limp towards him and try slicing his face with my sword and he blocks it with his trident but I don't let up and strike his trident twice more causing his guard to lower slightly and I try for a third strike but he somehow manages to spin out of the way as he grunts in pain and counterstrikes trying to jab me in the eye with his trident and I quickly slam my sword against his trident twisting it causing it to break through his defense but his eyes widens as he narrowly evades my attack by staggering to the side, dammit! The same move I killed Amos with, he countered!
I become more desperate with my attacks that are getting reckless as I flail my sword at him and he blocks two of my attacks but only has to take several steps back to evade the other three and I let out an irritated yell as I try once again to strike him but he slams his trident on top of my sword, punches me in the jaw and kicks me hard in the torso causing me to grunt in pain and roll across the floor. Caspian pursues me bringing his trident down towards me but I roll out of the way causing him to stab the surface and he tries to stab me again but I once again roll out of the way as he stabs the surface again and I quickly kick his arm causing the trident to go flying from his hand before punching him hard in the jaw causing him to grunt and fall face first into the wet surface as he appears to be stunned.
I then reach for the trident but he tackles me onto the surface and delivers a hard punch into my jaw as I curse out loud and I dig my nails into the deep gash across his face causing him to yell in pain and he manages to punch me in the jaw again causing my head to slam against the surface but I kick him hard in the torso knocking him off of me and stagger back to my feet while he does the same grabbing the trident, dammit! I feel myself getting out of breath as well! I'm now in retreat mode since I'm 'weaponless' but Caspian pursues me like he's my predator and lashes the trident at me but I weave it and that's what he what wants cause he jabs me hard in my already injured shoulder causing me to shout in pain stumbling back and he throws the trident at me with full force but I gasp aloud and manage to stagger out of the way but the trident still manages to graze my cheek before it lands in the water below us and I grin slightly as I see the field is now even again. both apparently weaponless and nothing but our fists and will to settle this once and for all, i have an ace up my sleeve though, and I'm ready to use it when the time is right!
Caspian Delamar,18, District 4 male
I pant heavily as pain is radiating through my entire body, every time I take a deep breath a sharp pain spreads across my ribs. I'm pretty sure Hunter broke a rib or two yesterday when he attacked me but I, I just need to stay calm, just need to stay calm. I am arguably more injured than Hyperion is at this point hence why he's having so much success, but I'm still stronger than him...
"Alright Caspian, show me what you got, cause I'm not very impressed right now!" Hyperion taunts me doing a boxing stance while spitting blood from his mouth and I grit my teeth doing a fighting stance as well as we slowly close in on each other, he throws a reckless punch at me and I try leaning my head back but his hook still manages to land into my jaw and I stumble back as he throws another punch but I duck under it and Hyperion quickly raises his knee, kneeing me hard in the face knocking me to the ground as I pant heavily and I can hear Hyperion laughing hysterically.
"Is that all you got Caspian, really? I thought you were untouchable, and now look at me putting hands all over you!" Hyperion taunts me again and I can hear him panting as well as I slowly start making my way back up to my feet but he kicks me hard on the side of the head and I grunt again falling face first on the ground, Dammit, I'm running out of strength…
"Caspian Delamar, one of the most renown careers of all time, and for what? Cause he manages to injure a few low level careers? Big fucking deal! You know how many careers I fucked up back at home, but I never got any recognition, never any acknowledgement even from the people I cared about the most and why? Cause little bitches like you were hogging up all of the spotlight!" Hyperion vents kicking on the side of my face again as I try getting back up, knocking me down to the ground again.
"Its alright though Caspian, yeah it's alright, cause now I'm exposing you for the mediocre fighter that you truly are, you're aren't a hero, you aren't a legend, this is my story, my glory!" Hyperion prepares to kick in the head again but I quickly move my head away from his boot and while his leg is still elevated, I sweep his other foot with mine causing him to slam hard onto his back as he groans in pain and as hard as I can, kick him in the ribs causing him to curse in pain and roll several feet away from me towards the railings, but he clutches his torso as he slowly gets back up to his feet and I do the same with us both resuming our fighting stances but I can see Hyperion is in a lot of pain after that kick to his ribs.
"You're going to regret that!" he spits more blood from his mouth.
"You're nothing but an insecure little brat, that's all you are, just standing here complaining and whining just cause things didn't go your way, you really are pathetic!" I pant.
"Arrrgh you!" Hyperion angrily growls and rushes towards me and tries punching me but I duck under and land two hard hooks into his body and he lowers his guard to his body which gives me an opportunity to uppercut him into his jaw as he grunts stumbling back and he tries to throws another hook at me but I once again duck under it and punch him hard in the body again causing him to stumble back further, he has a worried look on his face as he continues backing up while doing his boxing stance and he throws a jab at me but I grab his arm and twist it causing him to roar in pain, he tries punching me with his other hand but I weave it and grab his head kneeing him hard in the face causing him to stumble back and I follow up with another punch but he also throws a punch and we both simultaneously punch each other across the face causing the both of us to stumble back slightly but we charge at each other again and Hyperion throws a wild hook that I weave and I land two crisp hooks into his face which drops him as he struggles back to his feet and throws a slow telegraphed jab but I block it and punch him in the face twice more dropping him to the ground yet again.
I begin to pounce on him but he kicks me hard in the groin causing me to yell in pain dropping to my knees and I try to recover but Hyperion tackles me onto the ground and angrily punches me in the mouth repeatedly and I can taste fresh blood expelling from the cuts in my mouth but I move my head out of the way as he tries to punch me again and head butt him in the face knocking him off of me and we make it back to our feet both panting heavily once again weakly resuming our fighting stances. My body, It feels like it weighs a ton, my breathing is quickly getting heavier and my punches are getting slower. Hyperion is in clear pain as he's clutching his ribs though, not to mention the other multitude of injuries he has, I need to finish this!
"You don't know what it's like…you don't know what it's like to be alone! To do the most horrible things imaginable to gain acknowledgement from someone who doesn't even give a shit about you, don't you fucking dare call me an insecure brat!" he limps at me throwing another punch but I throw a hard straight into his face that drops him to the ground yet again and I allow him to get back up where he throws a weak hook but I beat him to the punch punching him across the face again and he falls to the ground again coughing and spitting blood from his mouth.
"Dammit…dammit…" he curses slowly getting up to his feet again and his body is trembling but I think of Reyena, her using her dying breath to tell me how she felt and I hit him hard across the face again causing him to stumble back against the railing and it's the only thing holding him up as I release a barrage of punches to his face, letting out all of my anger, all of my rage, I lose count of how many punches that lands against his face, it was well over twenty but he lets out a defeated groan falling face first to the floor and sucking in deep breathes I look at my bloodied, bruised knuckles and I look down at Hyperion who's still breathing, just refusing to die...
"Mother…" I hear him groaning in pain and I lift him off the ground slamming him against the railing again and his entire face is bloodied and swollen, it's almost beyond recognition at this point but I glare him as I grab him by his blood soaked shirt and slam him against the railing again.
"…i…I just wanted to see her again, my mother, she was the only person who ever cared about me. You-you would've done the same for someone you loved, especially if you knew no one else gave a shit about you..." he pants as I continue holding him against the railing, preparing to throw him over.
"I didn't want to kill Reyena…I didn't, not a second goes by where it's not breaking me apart, I'm sorry Caspian…I'm so sorry!" his voice cracks and I hesitate for a moment after he seeing how emotional he is but I suddenly feel a sharp pain in my torso and grunt out loud before looking down and seeing a knife stabbed into my torso with Hyperion holding onto it and I hear him let out a raspy chuckle, dammit, he got me…once again.
"He…hehehe, fell for it once again Caspian, I stabbed you right through your back, killed the person you cared about the most and I was still able to move you with a couple of empty words, you're so soft, and can't ever pull the trigger when it matters, you fool!" he chuckles pulling the knife out of me and I fall to my knees clutching my torso as blood literally pours out of me, he hit a vital… He's right though, completely right. All I ever do is fall for the same shit over and over while failing to protect the ones that are precious to me, I am a fool, but…
Hyperion prepares to ram the knife into my neck while I'm still on my knees but I use my remaining strength tackle him against the railing and quickly restrict his arm movement by squeezing it under my arm pit. He tries to punch me with his other hand but i quicnky headbutt him in the face as hard as i can and use my other hand to swipe the knife from his before plunging it deep into his chest causing him to let out a loud yell of pain and I put my face close to his so he can hear every word I'm about to say to him.
"You're right...I am a fool, but you're an even bigger fool Hyperion. you wanted to prove your strength, to prove your worth to those you cared about, but all you really did was show how weak and pathetic you truly were! your mother must be so ashamed to have had a little bitch of a son such as yourself, but you'll be forgotten soon enough...goodbye Hyperion." I manage to utter out before pushing him over the railing and he let's out a bloodcurdling scream before he hits the large body of water.
I immediately see multiple large fins closing in on his location as he lifts his head above the water cursing and he quickly gasps as he notices them and tries swimming away but they quickly surround him and one of the large shark mutts takes a large bite out of his arm while Hyperion cries out in pain and struggles to swim away with one arm as he leaves a trail of blood behind but all the other shark mutts quickly join the fray taking turns biting huge chunks out of his body turning the sea red and his ear piercing screeches of pain quickly come to an end as only his crunched up bones remain in the sea with a loud cannon firing off.
I rest against the railing as my breathing becomes more shallow but I no longer have enough strength to support my weight and drop to my knees as the rain continues to drench me while blood continues to pour out of me. I try to hold my wound to slow down the bleeding but I fall to my back, laying on the ground with my breathing slowing down more. I don't have the strength or energy to move anymore but all I can really do is gaze up at the sky as tears fall down my eyes and I see the clouds, the same clouds I saw in my dream, the one that resembled me with my friends, family and I think of all of them one final time. I forgive myself, I no longer blame myself for Dewton's death and because of that I'm no longer the smiling ghost, I am Caspian…Caspian…Delamar.
4th place-D2M Hyperion Corvinus, thrown into sea by D4M Caspian Delamar and devoured by shark mutts:
Hyperion, after Hunter you were undoubtedly the most hated tribute in this story and truth be told you were clearly never intended to be likable but I was still able to somehow sympathize with you. in the brief truce you had with Beau, I think it really showed you weren't a horrible person at heart but just a decent person who had to resort to doing horrible things in order to try and win the affection you desperately craved. You were literally willing to do anything it took to see your mother again ANYTHING, and while you weren't the strongest tribute in the arena, some one with your mindset was definitely capable of being the most dangerous. I know there were/are dominant villains in this story such as Hunter and Screech, but Hyperion you were secretly the TRUE villain of this story. It wasn't till towards the end where you started to show how dangerous you truly were but that was the plan all along, slither in the darkness and strike when the time was right! You have done some horrible things Hyperion but your mother will always love you and remember you, R.I.P.
3rd place-D4M Caspian Delamar, Succumbed to wounds inflcited by Hyperion Corvinus: Oh boy where do I even start? Caspian whenever you were featured in this story, i couldn't help but smile. You were always so full of positive energy and no matter how down you were, you always did your best to uplift those around you and give everyone a chance, even if they didn't initially have a good reputation. Your skill was almost unparalleled so there was no way in heck any of these tributes were going to kill you because they were the 'better' fighter. You were a symbol of power and peace but you also battled your demons and you did a great job hiding it for the most part. You were eventually able to overcome them and ironically that is what lead to your downfall. "The smiling ghost" is who you were when you couldn't forgive yourself for Dewton's death, but becoming the smiling ghost would have allowed you to win the games by making you nearly devoid of emotion. Caspian Delamar still had enough of it intact to the point where you hesitated to finish off Hyperion and it left you open for the final trick he had up his sleeve, but the smiling ghost would've wasted no time slaughtering him despite his protests and cries for mercy. Your death was foreshadowed in the dream you had when you went down the path of Caspian Delamar which also symbolizes that you chose to forgive yourself at this point and it's so tragic because morally you did choose the right path but sometimes, you need to become a monster to walk out of the arena, and you weren't able to embrace that power for the final time. R.I.P my king of the sea, you will always be remembered for your strength, kindness and selflessness
Ok guys, this was a very emotional chapter for me but this now puts us in the final two and a final show down is underway. first off I want to thank all of you for being so supportive of my very difficult decision and for standing by me through it all. It means so much to me to know you guys still have my back because honestly I initially felt that I let you guys down by not being able to fulfill my plans of starting a third syot, but y'all made me feel so much better so once again thanks again. Now guys, I know the victor crowning of my last story had some mixed reactions due to the methods that were used. a few of you seemed to like the "twist" but there were also some of you who didn't and I'm going to do my best to make sure that doesn't happen again. There will not be any "fakeouts" or "twists" this time around, there is going be a clear and decisive victor and i hope that this'll make up for the last time where I upset some of you. next chapter will be the showdown, so stay buckled in guys, the ride is almost over, but there's still so much drama left to unfold, I am curious though who you guys think is going to win and how, so please let me know, till next time!
Finalists
D3F- Emmerane "Screech" Vestrat
D8F- Genevieve Altruzara