Elisabeta Silverpine, District 5
"Made my plans to conquer the country."
Belle and Sebastian, Asleep on a Sunbeam
My Top Secret Plan for World Domination (by Elisabeta Silverpine)
Step 1 - School.
There's no point in being evil if you're not an evil genius.
Step 2 - Get a job at a nuclear power plant.
Preferably a position of power so I can boss around some minions.
Step 3 - Get an evil lair.
I don't think building a nuclear bomb in my parents' basement is the best of ideas.
Step 4 - Obtain equipment for building a nuclear bomb.
Space out the acquisition of each piece of equipment so it doesn't look too suspicious.
Step 5 - Obtain nuclear materials.
Be careful to employ proper safety measures.
Step 6 - Build a nuclear bomb.
Shouldn't be too hard.
Step 7 - Take hostages.
The more people I have, the better. Preferably someone important like Luka Starkwain or another victor. That'll really get President Snow's attention.
Step 8 - Blackmail the president.
This is the fun part!
Step 9 - World domination.
Congratulations, Elisabeta! You did it!
Step 10 - Party.
Drinks are on me!
My Top Secret Plan for Winning the Hunger Games (by Elisabeta Silverpine)
Just when my first top secret plan was going so well, I got reaped. Those fiends in the Capitol must've realised what I was up to. Time for a new plan.
Step 1 - The parade (and other public appearances).
Since I'm only fifteen and not particularly big, I must appear as sweet and as innocent as possible. Maybe it'll mess with the Capitol's heads, causing them to wonder exactly how dangerous I can really be. They'll never suspect me of trying to overthrow their president!
Step 2 - Training.
I must learn as much as I can. I fancy my chances with poisons. They might become a useful weapon in real life. However, I can't let the gamemakers or my opponents know of any skills I've picked up.
Step 3 - The Bloodbath.
Avoid it. I'm not an idiot.
Step 4 - Find some poison.
The quicker it works, the better.
Step 5 - Find a target.
The target should preferably be someone who uses a crossbow or another ranged weapon. I must sneak around the arena, stalking another tribute. As a master of stealth, it should be easy for me to steal a portion of their supplies.
Step 6 - Wait for said target to die so you can take all their supplies.
If all else fails, poison them.
Step 7 - Climb a tree.
If the arena has no trees, find another vantage point.
Step 8 - Coat your weapons with poison.
I should be careful not to accidentally poison myself.
Step 9 - Play the waiting game.
If any mutts come after me while I'm waiting, I can shoot them. If there's one thing I've learned from the Fifty-Fourth Games it's that mutts are vulnerable to toxins.
Step 10 - Let the last Career to come within range.
I refuse to believe that the Career alliance will stick together just to kill me. It's only a matter of time before they break up.
Step 11 - Shoot the last Career.
I should aim for the centre of the body. It doesn't matter if my arrow doesn't hit any vital organs because just one hit will kill.
Step 12 - Kill any remaining outliers how you see fit.
If any of them are particularly tough, I may wait in my tree a little longer.
Step 13 - Get declared victor.
Congratulations, Elisabeta! You did it!
Step 14 - Party.
Again, drinks are on me.
My Top Secret Plan for World Domination II (by Elisabeta Silverpine)
Now that I am a victor, I have a lot more power and influence. The Capitol let me into their city every year. Now I will be able to take over the world without exposing myself to dangerous radiation.
Step 1 - Be as nice to the other victors as possible.
One catches more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Step 2 - Amass an army of victors.
I am currently not sure which victors I can trust so it may be best if I mentor my own victor. They'll be so grateful to me for saving them, they'll do everything I say.
Step 3 - Seduce an important political figure.
I would rather entrust this unpleasant task to one of my victor henchpeople but if there is nobody attractive enough in my victor army, I may have to do it.
Step 4 - Take said important political figure hostage.
I can't believe that a victor hasn't tried this already. Half of us are trained killers. Surely one of us would be able to turn a seemingly harmless bedroom item into a lethal weapon.
Step 5 - Use the hostage as a distraction as my victor army storms the President's mansion.
This is why I need a particularly good victor army.
Step 6 - Force the President to give me all the power.
This is the fun part!
Step 7 - World domination.
Congratulations, Elisabeta! You did it!
Step 8 - Party.
This time drinks are not on me because I will have an army to provide drinks for. Drinks will be on my trusty lieutenant who I am currently yet to recruit.
My Top Secret Plan for Winning the Hunger Games II (by Elisabeta Silverpine)
The Capitol have done it again! I have been reaped for the Hunger Games again and now half the victors who I was planning to join my victor army are joining me in the arena. Taking over the world is harder than I thought.
Step 1 - Study my opponents.
I know all their weaknesses! Ha ha ha!
Step 2 - The Parade (and other public appearances)
Fade into the background as much as possible. Everyone else will have a target. I just need to make sure that I'm not anyone's target. (This should be especially easy in the interviews due to my high likelihood of immediately following Finnick Odair).
Step 3 - Training
I must hone my skills as much as possible, trying to get a feel for the arena. My score should be low since I'm trying not to attract attention.
Step 4 - The Bloodbath
Avoid it. I'm still not an idiot.
Step 5 - Try to find poison in the arena.
I don't think I'll be able to track another tribute this time, since victors have instincts, but I may be able to leave some poisoned food for other tributes to eat.
Step 6 - Hide until everyone is dead.
There's no shame in just hiding. Maybe there'll be a nice tree I can climb.
Step 7 - Get declared victor.
Congratulations, Elisabeta! You did it!
Step 8 - Party.
Drinks are on me. And, by this point, I'll definitely need one.
There have been a lot of District 5 victors recently but Elisabeta is the last one, I promise! We're getting to the point where a lot of districts are going to run out of victors. Each district only has two or less remaining, even the Careers. It means that the Careers might not look like the unstoppable force that Katniss described them as. I've made sure that a lot of Careers come second or third, though. From Haymitch's games to Katniss' games, there are only two games where there are no Careers in the top three, while there are five games where everyone in the top three is a Career - six if you count outliers that join the alliance.
As for Elisabeta, in my first draft she was just a generic smart tribute but then I realised that I could make her an evil genius bent on world domination. She's not the greatest evil genius of all time, since only one of her plans ends up working without a hitch. I never covered it in this chapter but she's the tribute who ends up being killed by the giant wave.
It's a little ambiguous how much Snow knows about Elisabeta's plans to take over the world (partly because she never seems to get very far with her plans) but the rebellion definitely doesn't involve her in their plans, even though she's reaped for the Quell. I wouldn't say that Elisabeta's a rebel - she's more interested in usurping Snow as the leader of Panem than actually changing Panem - but she's definitely a rebel by District 5 standards. All of their other victors are on a scale from Luka (more loyal to the Capitol than the president) to Turbin (just doesn't care).
