The Thirty Fifth Annual Hunger Games
Introduction
Cartagena Sombray stayed in power for a third year, although her political base was crumbling as close followers mysteriously started disappearing or started to be stalked or assassinated. This was all the work of failed Presidential candidate and great politician Coriolanus Snow, who hoped to spook Cartagena from the Presidential seat of power. Cartagena stayed strong, however, and attempted to amass more followers and build a sturdier, more loyal following. She even resorted to using some dirty tactics of her own to hold off Snow's rambunctious cronies. Cartagena started following in the ways of her mother, tweaking laws to appease the fiesty and violent Brutalian party, which was having a resurgence in the Capitol. Cartagena knew that her political ship was sinking, but she was the captain, and she resolved to stay on that ship as long as possible, even if it meant her eventual death. Burtlas Curvanith returned yet again as the Head Gamemaker, this year fashioning an arena inspired by District 10. This arena would hopefully pique the interest of the Capitol citizens and possibly distract them from the political civil war that was forming before their very eyes. Caesar Flickerman once again became the host, and he tried to make the Opening Ceremonies even more eventful and funny as well to cover up the great unrest in the mighty Capitol. In the term of tributes, the Careers were rather average. The pair from 1 was blindingly attractive, as was becoming the norm, although they didn't score very high. District 2 produced a pair of stronger tributes, but both were rather rude and they were disliked by the Capitol. District 4 produced two lower scoring Careers who had strangely similar names, and their hopes of Victory this year seemed to be rather slim. There were 2 10s, 3 9s, and 1 8 scored by the Careers. There were no other volunteers besides the Careers, although one standout in term of scores was Harlowe Mussai of District 5, who scored an amazing 10 in training for her amazing skill with traps and the like. The rest of the tributes scored moderately, between 6 and 3. Here are the tributes:
District 1: Avelina Joos, 16 (9) 7-1 and Handbag Williamson, 18 (9) 6-1
District 2: Ernesta Kaulla, 18 (10) 3-1 and Gerome Pence, 18 (10) 3-1
District 3: Rimna Holoe, 16 (5) 32-1 and Chipson Muther, 15 (5) 33-1
District 4: Tidesa Coon, 17 (9) 7-1 and Tidello Nycs, 18 (8) 11-1
District 5: Harlowe Mussai, 17 (10) 4-1 and Arjun Roseo, 16 (5) 31-1
District 6: Spokia Barrow, 16 (5) 33-1 and Richard Smoothe, 18 (6) 22-1
District 7: Yewwa Chamberlain, 15 (6) 26-1 and Oak Slumbers, 16 (6) 23-1
District 8: Organza White, 17 (6) 24-1 and Garmento Kislo, 18 (6) 21-1
District 9: Daya Patton, 16 (4) 43-1 and Alejandro Setsle, 16 (6) 23-1
District 10: Mia Daughtry, 14 (4) 45-1 and Andrew Cumberland, 15 (5) 34-1
District 11: Ryva Apples, 16 (5) 32-1 and Oliver Kynko, 13 (3) 53-1
District 12: Lulah Inlove, 16 (6) 23-1 and Parse Miches, 15 (4) 42-1
HGBA Odds: 25% on Ernesta and Gerome, 15% on Harlowe, 10% on Handbag, 8% on Avelina, 6% on Tidesa, 5% on Tidello, 1% or less on Rimna, Chipson, Arjun, Spokia, Richard, Yewwa, Oak, Organza, Garmento, Daya, Alejandro, Mia, Andrew, Ryva, Oliver, Lulah, and Parse
The Games
The tributes arose in the muddy center of an enormous fenced in pen. The circular pen was miles long and wide, and it was filled with a variety of hills, trees, grasses, creeks, puddles, and farm animals. Giant troughs full of water and grain could also be found scattered around the fenced in area. To the north, the ground was the most uneven but there was also the least animals in this area. To the east, there were lots of trees but not much grass, and there was a large indent in the ground filled with muddy, contaminated water. To the south, there were the most animals, and there was more grass than trees. To the west, grass and trees were about equal in number, and there was another large, contaminated pond. There were also four small, shallow creeks that wound through the pen. Farm animals roved throughout the arena, and some were harmless, like the chickens, geese, and sheep. But the bulls and goats were vicious and blood thirsty, and many would hunt the tributes. The Cornucopia this year was rather empty. There was small amounts of food and water in the Cornucopia, and the only weapons inside the Cornucopia were throwing knives and butcher's knives. Too bad that District 10 had produced two lesser tributes this year, or they would have a great chance at Victory. Now Mia and Andrew's chances were about average.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
The tributes burst forward. Four tributes ran away; Lulah from 12, Organza from 8, and the pair from 10, Mia and Andrew, who felt right at home in this arena. The other 20 tributes sprinted into the meelee of the bloodbath, and numerous battles resulted in 11 bloodbath deaths.
The Careers, all rather fast this year, swept forward together. Handbag, Ernesta, Gerome, and Tidello took butcher's knives, while Avelina and Tidesa took throwing knives. Gerome took the initiative and made his first kill, slashing open a boy's throat with his butcher's knife.
Garmento Kislo, District 8 Male; 24th, Killed by Gerome, Bloodbath
Moments later, Avelina made a show of flinging two throwing knives into a girl's chest.
Rimna Holoe, District 3 Female; 23rd, Killed by Avelina, Bloodbath
Ernesta and Tidello ganged up on a pair of tributes who were scrambling to escape the bloodbath. Tidello slashed open their knees, and Ernesta made the killing blows, cleaving open their throats with deft swipes of their butcher knives.
Arjun Roseo, District 5 Male; 22nd, Killed by Ernesta and Tidello, Bloodbath
Richard Smoothe, District 6 Male; 21st, Killed by Ernesta and Tidello, Bloodbath
Meanwhile, Yewwa from 7 had been avoiding knives from Tidesa. One hit the running girl in the temple, and her death arrived.
Yewwa Chamberlain, District 7 Female; 20th, Killed by Tidesa, Bloodbath
Gerome slashed open another boy's throat, cackling as the blood sprayed around him in the air as the boy fell.
Oak Slumbers, District 7 Male; 19th, Killed by Gerome, Bloodbath
Handbag tackled another boy and severed his neck from his shoulders with his butcher's knife.
Chipson Muther, District 3 Male; 18th, Killed by Handbag, Bloodbath
A girl screamed as Harlowe from 5 showcased her amazing knife throwing skills. The girl went down with a glittering knife in the gut as Harlowe rushed away from the bloodbath, an eager grin plastered on her face.
Ryva Apples, District 11 Female; 17th, Killed by Harlowe, Bloodbath
Moments later, Ryva's younger District partner fell under a rough, harsh, and bloody attack from Ernesta.
Oliver Kynko, District 11 Male; 16th, Killed by Ernesta, Bloodbath
Spokia sprinted away, but she ran into the boy from 12, low scoring Parse. To everyone's surprise, Parse revealed a butcher's knife was hidden behind his back. Before Spokia could act, the knife was buried four inches deep into her stomach. Parse slashed open her chest several times until she bled out.
Spokia Barrow, District 6 Female; 15th, Killed by Parse, Bloodbath
Avelina made the final kill, a thrown knife that arced through the air and hit home in the back of the boy from 9's neck, killing him.
Alejandro Setsle, District 9 Male; 14th, Killed by Avelina, Bloodbath
The Careers settled down for the night as the 11 cannons sounded. The tributes fanned out, discovering the landscape of the giant animal pen they were locked in. Parse, a rather rebellious individual, scoffed, making comments about the sick metaphor of "being in the slaughterhouse", as some tributes referred to the Pre-Games. They were literally like animals, locked up in their pens. To silence him, a goat mutt was sent upon him, but he managed to fend it off. It was rather obvious that he had not shown his full potential in training.
On Day 2, the Careers attempted to go hunting. They heard a cannon and quickly discovered its source. Daya from 9 had been attacked by bull mutts, and they had made a messy work of her. These bull mutts were similar to the bloodthirsty unicorn mutts from the 5th Hunger Games.
Daya Patton, District 9 Female; 13th, Killed by bull mutts, Day 2
The bulls locked onto the Careers and gave chase. No one died immediately, but by the end of the day Tidesa passed from mortal wounds. Handbag was also brutally injured, and it was hard to know if he would survive his injuries or if he would succumb to the pain.
Tidesa Coon, District 4 Female; 12th, Killed by bull mutts, Day 2
On Day 3, Handbag died from his injuries despite Avelina's best attempts to save him with medical supplies provided within the Cornucopia, along with some antiseptic flown down by eager sponsors who liked the boy's bloodthirstiness.
Handbag Williamson, District 1 Male; 11th, Killed by bull mutts, Day 3
Day 4 passed without deaths. The Careers had abandoned the notion of hunting after losing a third of their members to the bull mutts, and they were surprised by how the others were faring well out in the open without much protection against the brutal bulls.
On Day 5, Mia and Andrew attempted to tame one of the beasts. Mia managed to get on its back before it bucked her off. She died from a broken neck while Andrew ran for his life and managed to escape into a tree.
Mia Daughtry, District 10 Female; 10th, Killed by bull mutts, Day 5
On Day 6, Ernesta and Gerome conjured up the grit to go hunting. They found the girl from 8, Organza, buried in a trough filled with grain, where she had been hiding for the past week. Ernesta sliced across her abdomen and left her to die, but the girl managed to stop the blood flow by pressing a wad of grass against the shallower-than-it-seems cut.
Day 7, a week into the Games, the Top 8 was determined after another Career was felled after he'd gotten the bravery to venture out and hunt. A goat mutt gored him and his face shone alone in the sky that night.
Tidello Nycs, District 4 Male; 9th, Killed by goat mutt, Day 7
That left the Top 8: Avelina Joos from District 1, Ernesta Kaulla from District 2, Gerome Pence from District 2, Harlowe Mussai from District 5, Organza White from District 8, Andrew Cumberland from District 10, Lulah Inlove from District 12, and Parse Miches from District 12.
Days 8 and 9 passed without action, although Organza attacked Harlowe in her sleep Day 8 and stole medical supplies and a throwing knife from her, although she did not kill the girl, only injuring her a bit.
On Day 10, the Careers managed to make a kill after Andrew, driven mad from the contaminated water he'd drunken the day before, stumbled into their sights. Avelina subdued him with a knife to the gut.
Andrew Cumberland, District 10 Male; 8th, Killed by Avelina, Day 10
Days 11, 12, 13, and 14 all passed, deathless, although Lulah, Organza, and Parse became skinny and weakened from hunger and sleep deprivation. The Gamemakers announced the second feast in history to stir the pot on Day 15. Unsurprisingly, all 7 tributes arrived. The tributes had been hunting, and they returned about ten minutes after the bags, labeled 1, 2, 2, 5, 8, 12, and 12 had risen up inside the mouth of the Horn. Bags 8 and one of the 12s had been taken; Organza and Lulah had made a temporary alliance to get their packs. Inside Organza's pack had been food, water, and her weapon of choice, an awl. Inside Lulah's pack was food and water and medicine. As the pair raced away, Organza shoved her awl into Lulah's skull, killing her and breaking their temporary alliance.
Lulah Inlove, District 12 Female; 7th, Killed by Organza, Day 15 (Feast)
A minute later, Parse sprinted into the Cornucopia mud plain. He tried to turn but a knife thrown by Gerome was already in his back. He fell face first into the mud and bled out slowly.
Parse Miches, District 12 Male; 6th, Killed by Gerome, Day 15 (Feast)
Just before the bags would disappear, Harlowe burst out. She threw both knives at once. One smacked into Ernesta's chest, killing her immediately. The other scraped Gerome's shoulder but didn't do any permanent damage.
Ernesta Kaulla, District 2 Female; 5th, Killed by Harlowe, Day 15 (Feast)
Moments later, Gerome leaped onto Harlowe and slashed open her throat.
Harlowe Mussai, District 5 Female; 4th, Killed by Gerome, Day 15 (Feast)
Gerome then started to gasp; Avelina, realizing that they were in the Final 3, had decided to betray her Career ally.
Gerome Pence, District 2 Male; 3rd, Killed by Avelina, Day 15 (Feast)
All there was left to do was hunt down Organza. That was easy, as she'd left deep tracks and a corpse in her wake. Avelina was unfazed by finding Lulah's body on the trail to Organza. It wouldn't matter much, as Avelina had experience and skill on her. Avelina stumbled upon the girl sitting in a clearing.
The bull snorted behind Avelina, and she scrambled out of the way. Organza was faced by her own bull, and the two girls crashed into one another. Organza smashed Avelina's head against a rock, disorienting her. The Career girl screamed as Organza stabbed her again and again until she fell still.
Avelina Joos, District 1 Female; 2nd, Killed by Organza, Day 15
"Organza White of District 8, you are the Victor of the 35th Hunger Games!" Caesar exclaimed. Organza just rolled away from Avelina's cooling corpse and sighed in relief. Her Games were finally over.
Aftermath
Organza was happy to bring a second Victory to District 8. Now the only District with fewer than 2 wins was District 12, the runt of all of the Districts who had somehow managed to bring 2 tributes to the Top 8 this year. Organza was well liked enough, but she would be greatly overshadowed by the strong Careers and cunning Upper District tributes that would be sandwiched on either side of her on the Games timeline. After all, a girl who struggled to survive a couple of days in and only made two kills is not memorable compared to a bloodthirsty Career or a boy who killed the entire Career alliance with a single electrical trap. Organza was sassy and spunky but she wasn't openly rebellious although the coals of rebellion sizzled within her. She would campaign to have an Academy in her District to train her tributes, who usually did terribly, and her efforts would give fruit soon after her death. She was a nice enough Victor, but not a memorable one by any means.
Organza would live to age 79, dying a week before the 95th Hunger Games would begin. She would not marry and would have no children.
The payouts on her Victory were very good, as about .35% bet on her.
Her Victory Tour wasn't much, although she got booed in District 12 for smashing their dreams of a 2nd Victor into the dust by killing Lulah.
Fun Fact: This is the first year that both of 12's tributes made it into the Top 8.
Victor's News
Organza moves into the Victor's Village of District 8, in the house next door to Woof's.
List of Victors
1st: Kelan Thather, District 4 (1, 1 Male)
2nd: Dillon Tripp, District 9 (1, 1 Male)
3rd: Tugra Ertra, District 5 (1, 1 Female)
4th: Noor Tuskararus, District 2 (1, 1 Female)
5th: Ishania Patel, District 7 (1, 1 Female)
6th: Guild Tonneroy, District 1 (1, 1 Male)
7th: Chaplin Nastaro, District 3 (1, 1 Male)
8th: Irmentrude Marley, District 5 (2, 2 Female)
9th: Vissarion Chamantel, District 11 (1, 1 Male)
10th: Greason Trails, District 6 (1, 1 Male)
11th: Mags Flanagan, District 4 (2, 1 Female)
12th: Salandra Valour, District 1 (2, 1 Female)
13th: Barcelona Sepias, District 10 (1, 1 Female)
14th: Freeha Indepp, District 11 (2, 1 Female)
15th: Clermont Lackrey, District 1 (3, 2 Male)
16th: Bex Martin, District 4 (3, 2 Female)
17th: Jaguar Crusoe, District 10 (2, 1 Male)
18th: Deana Mitchellson, District 9 (2, 1 Female)
19th: Romulus Armidale, District 2 (2, 1 Male)
20th: Grover Elms, District 7 (2, 1 Male)
21st: Fitore Renoro, District 2 (3, 2 Male)
22nd: Mascara Curler, District 1 (4, 2 Female)
23rd: Woof Parsons, District 8 (1, 1 Male)
24th: Dorsal Rance, District 4 (4, 2 Male)
25th: Venice Grammar, District 12 (1, 1 Female)
26th: Calculata Fenceley, District 3 (2, 1 Female)
27th: Florianna Urnston, District 2 (4, 2 Female)
28th: Mercedes Benson, District 6 (2, 1 Female)
29th: Fox Rennolls, District 5 (3, 1 Male)
30th: Tarquinius Isselhardt, District 2 (5, 3 Male)
31st: Ivelisse Horner, District 1 (5, 3 Female)
32nd: Pomona McCrea, District 7 (3, 2 Female)
33rd: Beetee Latier, District 3 (3, 2 Male)
34th: Flotsam Bresten, District 4 (5, 3 Male)
35th: Organza White, District 8 (2, 1 Female)
A/N: I hope you liked Organza, and I hope that she was a surprising Victor! :D
Please review if you can, it helps a lot!
Until Next Time,
Tracee
