Vendetta McClain,18, District 4 female
"Oh you just look Fa-bu-lous!" My stylist Carmen chirps as she finishes putting blue mascara on my eyes. I only calmly sit down patiently while they do their work. I never took pride in my appearance. I didn't need to try and look cute to impress the only person who ever loved me. He accepted me for who I was...
"Do a smile beautiful, I know you must have a lovely smile, and besides you look sad, you need to look happy when you're out there!" Carmen motions to me as I give her a blank look. When was the last time I smiled? Yeah it was when I was with Herman, I wonder how he's doing. I hear knocking on the door and my stylist Carmen groans as she's now applying lipstick to me as my other Stylist Fabio is finishing up the curls in my hair.
"Who can be interrupting us at such an elegant time?!" Fabio grumbles as he finishes up my last curl and opens the door before Maria walks in with a shy smile and looks over at me.
"Wow, you really do look amazing." She smiles.
"Thank you…" I thank her.
Her revelation still has me feeling conflicted about all of this. Am I able to forgive her? I really don't know. This is all I've been training for, this is all I've been thinking about for these last four years. Maybe I can forgive her, but I probably won't be able to forgive myself for forgiving her…
"Well we're all done here lovely! Take a look at yourself!" Carmen motions me and Maria holds her hand out to me with that smile on her face still, but she has bags under her eyes and I can tell she hasn't been sleeping.
I hesitantly grab her hand as she leads me to the large mirror in front of me. My hair is In curls and fitted with sea shell shaped Barrettes. My skin is shiny and well hydrated, blue mascara highlights my eyes with matching lipstick and my dress is a shiny ocean blue that's fitted with pearls with matching shoes. Carmen wanted me to wear heels but I had no idea how to walk in them, so just went with the shoes.
"Look at you, stunning!" Maria puts both hands on my shoulders.
"Smile sweety!" Carmen again pleads and I do a half hearted smile just so she can leave me alone and she squeals in excitement and hugs me tightly before leaving with Fabio.
It's just me and her now…another opportunity but I shake that thought from my mind.
"So, you going for any kind of angle?" she asks and I only shrug my shoulders.
"I really don't know." I honestly answer. I know most tributes put on an act out there to garner sponsors and sympathy but that's not me.
"Just be yourself Vendetta, that's it. You don't have to go out there and put on a show, just be Vendetta." She smiles as she keeps her hands on my shoulders as we continue looking at myself in the mirror and I see Mattias' face flash in my head. I then let out a grunt as I look away from the mirror.
"You ok?" Maria immediately asks.
"Y-yeah, something just went into my eye…" I lie and she nods.
"Alright, ready to check on Barbel?" she stands near the exit and I nod before following her. I think of the scores that were shown last night and there were a few surprises but some I expected. Teddy didn't surprise me with a 9, Annabelle for as much shit she constantly talks, easily expected her to get a 10.
Amos wasn't surprising but Victoria caught me off guard with a 7. I saw her train and she had the potential to score much higher than that, I don't know what went on in there, but it almost definitely had something to do with her being so focused on Karen and Emmett. She really needs to get her act together.
District 3 was the most shocking district to me. Xavarion got a 10, a score extremely rare for an outlier. He's a big guy and is clearly hiding a dangerous skill he posses. We'll have to trail carefully around him. The small girl Zananova who I intially wrote off as a bloodbath scored a 7, so she's definitely a lot more capable than she appears.
Barbel scored the highest of us and that means he's leader, which also means Teddy won't be in the alliance. I will prefer if Barbel just lets him stay, but I already know he won't. Thomas' score didn't surprise me but Lysta's did. I saw her at the chemical station often but still didn't expect her to be so skilled.
Vladimir didn't surprise me much, thought he'd get a 7 or an 8 but 9 wasn't too far fetched either. I still have a very uncomfortable feeling about him though, like I need eyes in the back of my head. He seems like a real snake that'll turn on you any second.
Acalister scored a 1. Whenever I saw him he was usually crying so I'm not shocked but Lykrie scoring an 8 caught me off guard. She seems strong and confident and we probably should've tried recruiting her. District 8 wasn't too surprising, thought Mercedes would get a 3 but I did see Annabelle teaching her how to use a katana. She's a fast learner.
District 9 was also a little surprising, Winter specifically who scored a 7. I saw her watching us train and she likely picked up a trick or two, I'll have to keep an eye on her.
Both tributes from 10 scored higher than I expected. Especially Sariah with a 6. Citrus from district 11 scored a 7, I saw him training with knives and a sword and he actually had very good technique, especially for an outlier.
Karen got a 1 and I'm curious how that happened while Emmett scored a 5. He seems to know quite a bit about survival though. I see Barbel standing alone though and I only give him a nod of approval as he quietly follows me and Maria to the elevator.
Barbel Beacher,18, District 4 male
I follow Maria and Vendetta down the hall as I keep my fists clenched. It happened…it happened again. The last thing I remembered yesterday was getting punched in the face by a punch I should've easily avoided. I couldn't control myself afterwards, I tried but it was futile. I woke up later strapped to a cot where I was told an instructor and several peacekeepers were badly injured cause of me. I don't recall it though and I curse under my breath. After one of these events happened, I was much more vulnerable to it happening again shortly after. I can't lose control of myself, I can't lose control of myself in the arena.
My body is a little sore, specifically my jaw and the side of my face. My jaw was a bit swollen but my stylists used some of their 'magic' to make it much less noticeable.
I get into the elevator with Maria and Vendetta and the elevator heads down as I continue intentionally looking away from them. I saw the scores yesterday and as expected, I scored the highest which means I'm leader. As I said before, no fucking kids are going to be in my alliance so he can find some other alliance to join. If he has a problem with that, then we can settle this tomorrow. I'm also going to be having a talk with Victoria who scored a 7 which is quite embarrassing for a so called career. If she can't keep her head in the game then she's nothing but a liability and can find someone else to bring down with her.
"You heard me Barbel?" I hear Maria and I face her.
"What?" I grumble.
"I said how do you feel about being leader of the careers this year, it's a tough task you know." Maria tries to Inform me.
"Yeah I bet you would know that right? All you did was hide behind your allies and had them do all the heavy lifting." I insult her.
"Excuse me?" Maria walks up to me and I glare her as I can feel my hand begin to tremble, if she doesn't want to die in this elevator then she needs to leave right now.
"Look I get you want to try and be the tough guy, talk to me like that again though and I'll put your ass right through the floor." She threatens me but Vendetta walks between us.
"Let's not do this…" she mumbles and I look away from Maria as I place my other hand over the trembling one to try and stop it. I can tell Maria is still looking at me, but for her sake, she better not say anything else.
She doesn't and we continue following her down multiple corridors before we're lead into a large room where all of the other tributes are. We're all spaced out evenly and I see district 12 all the way at the opposite side of the room. Karen has three peacekeepers standing near her to of course intercept Victoria if she decides to chase after her again.
I stand in the middle of the room calmly and see Xavarion who's laughing with Oswine as he seems to be telling the kid a joke. He scored a 10. Other than swinging a mace around for a few seconds I haven't seen him in any sort of combat training, Still though a 10 is almost impossible for a non career to score. He's hiding something and he may be a lot stronger than I initially gave him credit for. I won't be reckless. I'll assess his fighting style when the time comes and make the necessary adjustments to bring him down, maybe I'll start with his little ally, that'll be a good way to get him out of his comfort zone.
"Hey boss man!" Amos smiles as he walks over to me with his dark green tuxedo with Victoria following behind him but she frequently turns to glare Karen and this frustrates me.
"Hey!" I say much louder than I meant and Victoria snaps her fiery eyes at me.
"Whatever's going through your head, you need to get your shit together. I see you constantly chasing after that girl and protecting that little kid and it's pretty fucking embarrassing to say the least. With that kind of mindset you're as good as dead weight, so keep your eyes on the prize or you can find another alliance to be apart of." I sternly say.
"Yeah like you don't got your own shit to sort through!" she spits back at me.
"Ok ok you two, calm down we haven't even entered the arena yet and you're already trying to kill each other!" Amos jokes but he only receives silence in response as we all look at him.
"Ok…maybe that hit a little too close to home?" he smiles as he holds his hands up and I look back at Victoria who's glaring me.
"Well look at you Mr.11, I could've easy gotten a 12 but those judges don't seem to like a lady keeping her appearance sharp and elegant." She cockily states. Her face is literally crammed with make up but she's still applying even more blush to her cheeks.
I see Teddy walking over to us though and I immediately intercept his path.
"What are you doing here?" I immediately ask.
"Look I know I'm 14 ok and you don't like young people or whatever, but I'm just as strong if not stronger than the rest of you! I didn't even score the lowest!" he protests.
"You're out of the alliance, now get the hell out of here!" I snarl at him and he only gives me a glare.
"You're going to regret this!" he warns me before storming away and Annabelle laughs.
"That stupid little boy, good riddance!" She continues laughing and Vladimir walks towards us with his crimson red suit.
"So 'leader' what's the plan tomorrow?" he immediately asks.
"Secure the cornucopia, kill anyone in your way." I tell the rest of the team and Vladimir cackles.
"I already have a list of prey to hunt down, I'll start with that boy from 9, just so I can see the look on his sister's face, seeing her big brother being ripped limb by limb!" He cackles.
"I don't care who you're going after, you all know what to do." I state.
"You can't touch me! You can't touch me! You stupid bitch!" I hear Karen shout at Victoria as she's still hiding behind the 3 peacekeepers. I can tell this is bothering Victoria but she's trying to ignore her, good enough.
Sapphire Shineswell,23, Capitol Citizen
I scream aloud with everyone else in the audience as our host Carlton Vars takes the stage and begins riling us up as we scream louder. I throw my arms in the air but forget I'm holding a drink and it lands on top of a woman's head in front of me. She let's out a scream of shock and I quickly turn my head away from her so she doesn't think it's me.
"Good evening Panem, Another amazing year awaits us all as the 81st hunger games looms right above us!" He shouts and we all scream in response.
"Now who's ready to meet our 24 tributes!?" he yells again and we all roar as all of the tributes emerge from behind the curtain and sit on the stage an even space apart from each other. The girl from district 12 is dressed as a coal miner for some odd reason and 3 peacekeepers stand around her as she continues shouting out insults at another tribute but I can't tell who. They all look amazing though! Especially my favorite tribute this year Zananova who's in a scarlet dress that lights up different colors as she's laughing while reading a book, oh she is so adorable!
"Let's start with our district 1 female, Annabelle Royce!" Carlton shouts and the very beautiful woman from district 1 stands up and cockily struts her hips as she walks towards Carlton. Her dress is beige but is sprinkled with all kinds of glitter and jewels and has a cut at the bottom of it that goes all the way up to her thigh. Her long blonde hair is neatly ironed out and falls straight to her back and wow she's wearing so much make up!
Carlton smiles as he extends his hand to her but she only gives his hand a revolted look before sitting down on the chair next to him as she crosses one leg over to the other and looks at her face in her pocket mirror as she smiles.
"Why hello Annabelle, you look amazing!" he compliments.
"I always look amazing but thank you anyways!" She cockily flips her hair. Ughh I hate her guts but everyone else here seems to love her.
"How're you enjoying your time at the Capitol?" Carlton asks.
"Oh it's quite lovely, very fitting for a future victor such as myself, I see my competition behind me and see nothing but a bunch of weaklings, this'll be too easy!" She cockily states as she flips her hair again and roars pour in for her.
"I see! I'm quite excited to see you in action, let's talk about your training score though, you scored an 8 after all which is amazing if I may say!" Carlton states and I see Annabelles eye's flare up all the way from here and I laugh. You'd think with all this talk she'd have scored an 11 minimum.
"The only reason I didn't get a 12 is because those judges don't appreciate a woman like me making sure her appearance is top notch, however scores don't mean shit to me, it's actions that matter and it'll be me standing over everyone else's rotting carcasses when these games end!" She declares and storms off the stage before her buzzer even rings, wow he really triggered her.
"Well give it to Annabelle Royce!" He shouts and she garners a pretty loud applause.
Next is Teddy Trismegistus the young career and he confidently strolls to the stage In his simple black tuxedo.
He happily shakes Carlton's hand and sits across from him.
"Wow look at you Teddy! Looking very sharp!" Carlton compliments him.
"Thanks Carlton, can say the same to you!" Teddy smiles.
"How has your time been at the capitol?" Carlton excitedly asks.
"It's been amazing honestly, everything here is fantastic. The people are nice, the food is great and man it's just fun to train, and after I win these games, I'm going to move down here with my family!" He confidently declares and that garners some cheers.
"You seem quite confident in a victory." Carlton states.
"Yeah why wouldn't i? I mean I consider myself better than everyone back there. Especially Annabelle who I consider the weakest link out of all of us." He does a cocky laugh but everyone is eating this up.
"Oooh harsh words! Do you have anything else to say to your competition?" Carlton asks and Teddy stands up from his seat and looks over at the tributes.
"Yeah to Barbel, watch your back, you might just a find sword through it!" Teddy shouts at him and Barbel glares him, uh what, aren't they supposed to be allies?
"Well give it to Teddy Trismegistus!" Carlton shouts and he recieves a loud applause as he strolls off the stage.
Victoria the tall slender girl from district 2 walks up to Carlton next. She's wearing a tight white sequined crop top and black skirt with white heels. Her hair hangs in loose ringlets and boy is her face covered in make up!
Carlton extends his hand and she happily shakes it as she sits down next to him.
"You look amazing Victoria!" He immediately complements.
"Thank you, you're quite the charmer yourself!" She complements him back.
"Why thank you! How has your time at the Capitol been?" He asks.
"It's been amazing Carlton, I've met a lot of great people and everything here is just so surreal, it almost feels like a dream. I also see a lot of very cute people out here, any of you want to dance with me when I come back?" She giggles and a loud barrage of cheers pour in.
"Well looks like you have a lot of takers!" I raise an eyebrow and she laughs.
"I guess I'll have a very long night ahead of me then!" She continues to laugh.
"So Victoria how's life at home?" Carlton asks.
"Home will always be home, but some new scenery will be nice, I'm looking forward to the mansion me and my parents will be living in after I win." She confidently states.
"That will be quite lovely wouldn't it, You have anything you'd like to say your family?" He asks.
"Yeah…" she mumbles but her tone changes all of a sudden.
"Uhmm my 5 brothers, I love you all and will see you soon and mom and dad. I know I upset you two a lot, but I'm sorry, I love the both of you and yeah I'll see you guys soon!" She smiles, she doesn't seem very confdient anymore but she definitely seems the most level headed compared to those two from 1.
"Give it to Victoria Aspen!" Carlton and she receives a loud applause as she leaves the stage.
Amos Walton is next with his dark green Tuxedo and he walks to Carlton as they give each other a handshake.
"Look at you Amos, looking amazing!" Carlton complements him and Amos laughs.
"Why thank you Carlton, you look amazing yourself, I'm almost jealous and I say almost cause I still do look better!" Amos lets out a cocky laugh and Carlton laughs along with him.
"Yeah it appears you do! Now how has your time at the capitol been?" Carlton begins.
"It's been great, some good food here. I still do prefer my dad's cooking but you guys come close. Anyways I got some good training in and tomorrow just can't come quick enough!" He confidently states.
"Ah and speaking of training, how confident are you of walking out of that arena alive?" Carlton asks.
"Oh please Carlton, I'll be surprised if anyone over there can even come close to landing a clean hit on me, I've seen what everyone over there can do and quite frankly, they're just all too slow, so this'll be easy. Everyone over there is free to try and prove me wrong though, not that it'll make a difference!" He cockily states. Unlike the trash talk from the district 1 careers, his seems much more natural and his double digit score gives him a lot more credibility.
"I'm quite intrigued to see just what you can do!" Carlton states.
"Well, prepare to be amazed!" Amos confidently states and his buzzer rings.
"Give it to Amos Walton!" Carlton shouts and he receives the loudest ovation so far! I I'm looking forward to seeing more of him but I want Zanaova to kill him, she better kill him!
"Please welcome Zananova Pixa!" Carlton shouts and the cute little girl looks up from her book and closes it before hopping out of her chair and calmly walks up to Carlton. He extends his hand to her but she only gives him a blank look before climbing on her chair which is honestly a little too big for her and sits on it.
"I love you Zananova!" I scream at the top of my lungs through all of the other screams and she doesn't react, but I hope she heard me!
"Why Hello Zananova, you look great!" Carlton begins but she only gives him a blank look without saying anything, aww she is just so cute! She must be shy!
"So, how's your time been at the capitol?" he changes the subject after she doesn't answer.
"Fluid and Oxygen ceases flowing to the corneas after death which is why eyes become cloudy." She suddenly informs us and there's silence in response, uh what was that? Maybe she's just really interested in biology?
Even Carlton seems a bit taken back by this but clears his throat.
"Interesting, how's life at home Zananova?" he asks.
"A drop of blood can travel through your entire body in as little as 20 seconds." She states and I only continue to give her a confused look, yes she definitely likes biology.
"I see, biology really interests you huh?" Carlton smiles.
"Your liver weighs approximately as much as a puppy." She continues and even Carlton is at a loss words as he tries to think of something else to say.
"You can remain conscious for about 20 seconds after being beheaded, I'll demonstrate that in the arena." She infroms us, ok this girl is creepy, I might need to pick a new favorite tribute. Her buzzer rings and she hops out of her chair and skips her way to the back as it's dead silent here.
"Well…Let's meet Xavarion Odoro!" Carlton smiles again and the huge muscular man wearing a two toned tux that sparkles between gold and silver with matching shoes walks towards Carlton with a friendly smile on his face and he waves to us before he shakes Carlton's hand. His hands are massive! Carlton can probably fit both his hands into his palm!
Xavarion takes a seat next to Carlton still smiling happily.
"Xavarion! I must say you're probably the largest tribute we've ever had!" Carlton smiles.
"And I'm just going to keep getting bigger!" Xavarion laughs as the rest of us laughs with him.
"How have you enjoying your stay here?" Carlton asks.
"Oh boy, I wish I can stay here, of course I have to move my sister and best friend here as well, but this place man this is like something you can only imagine." He states.
"I'm inclined to agree with that Xavarion, how's life at home?" Carlton continues.
"Well I live with my sister and hang out with my best friend a lot. We live a pretty normal life, I sometimes help my sister with her research since she is a researcher." He states.
"Very interesting indeed! Now let's address your training score, you received, a 10! Only four outlier tributes managed to score that high before, would you care to share with us how you achieved such a score?" Carlton asks and Xavarion laughs.
"Well I can't share too much of course, but I had a good time, the instructors are exremely friendly and I'm grateful for all of them." Xavarion smiles.
"I'm sure they're grateful for you as well Xavarion, are there any last words you'd like to say to your family?" Carlton asks.
"Milah and Ryder. I love you both and I'll see you soon!" He confidently smiles as his buzzer rings.
"Give it to Xavarion Odoro!" Carlton shouts and he receives an outstanding ovation, he is such a big teddy bear!
"Please welcome Vendetta McClain!" Carlton shouts and Vendetta does a forced smirk as she walks towards Carlton. He extends his hand to her and she shakes his hand before sitting next to him.
"Hello there Vendetta, you look absolutely stunning!" He compliments her.
"Thank you, you're looking well yourself." She responds as she shifts in her chair, she seems a little nervous but gets herself together.
"Why thank you! How have you been enjoying your stay here?" Carlton grins at her.
"it's been fun, I was able to try out a lot of new different things and it's been fun." She answers.
"Well we're glad you enjoyed your time here Vendetta! How's life at home?" Carlton smiles but she seems hesitant to answer.
"It's…it's good." She shifts in her chair again looking more uncomfortable.
"There must be someone special waiting for you back at home, that is quite the lovely ring you have there!" Carlton continues smiling.
"Well uhmm, this ring belonged to my fiancée he, he passed away of an illness, but I'm going to win these games for him." She says with some confidence in the end, I like that!
"That's wonderful Vendetta, I'm sure he's watching you right now and is very proud of you and with a score of 10, you'll definitely be a force to be reckoned with! Do you have anything you'd like to say to your family.
"To my Mom and Herman, I love you both and I'll see you when I return." She confidently states as her buzzer rings.
"Give it to Vendetta McClain!" Carlton shouts and receives a loud applause, I like her!
Next is her district partner Barbel Beacher, he's wearing a suit with an almost identical design to Vendetta's dress and he keeps a calm look on his face as he walks to Carlton. He's the highest scoring tribute this year, so he must be real strong.
He shakes Carlton's hand and sits down next to him as he keeps his hands folded but I can't help but notice that they're trembling slightly, maybe a bit of stage fright!
"Hello Barbel! Amazing suit!" Carlton complements him.
"Thanks…" he grumbles.
"How was your stay here at the capitol?" Carlton asks.
"Good, I'm looking forward to the arena though. I'll cut down anyone who gets in my damn way, and I know who I'm starting with." He states.
"Oh I see, would you like to give us a hint on who this particular person may be?" Carlton asks.
"Hmmph, they know who they are, no one is safe though, anyone I see, I'll make sure to give them the worst deaths imaginable, they'll beg me to end them, but no they're going to take a long look at me before I finally give them their peace." He states.
"I see, and with a score of 11, you are bound to leave your mark in the arena!" Carlton adds.
"Scores don't mean anything, There's tributes who scored an 11 that died in the bloodbath, it's what you do in the arena that matters and I will leave behind a streak of blood and death as I cut my way to a victory, no one is going to stop me." He states and I look at him more, there's something really scary about this guy, like he means everything he's saying. This is not an angle, he's really going to go out there and deliver.
"Well let's just say I'm glad I won't be one of those tributes haha, anything you'd like to say to your family before you go?" Carlton asks.
"No." He states.
"Well you guys Give it to Barbel Beacher!" Carlton shouts and he receives a huge ovation, he's pretty scary.
"Please welcome Lysta Crank!" Carlton calls and the poor girl looks pretty nervous
She's wearing a crazy loud bright frilly dress with matching shoes and bites her bottom lip slightly but Carlton does his best to make sure she's comfortable as he shakes her hand and even gives her a hug before she sits down next to him.
""Hello there Lysta, how are you?" He smiles.
"i-uh I'm ok…I think." She nervously answers and some people find this funny.
"How have you been enjoying your time at the Capitol?" He smiles.
"I don't know…I mean it's fun?" she asks and more people laugh, the poor girl is so nervous and people are really laughing at her, how cruel.
"I agree! There are a lot of fun things here to do! What were some of your favorite?" He tries to make her comfortable.
"sleeping, no I mean-" she holds her head down as more laughs pour in but Carlton puts his hand on her shoulder.
"Well of course, you deserve a nice long rest after exhausting yourself with the many things to do here!" He smiles, Carlton this is why I adore him, always helps out the tributes in trouble. Lysta however does a nervous smile after.
"Now Lysta you have any family or friends at home you'd like to say anything to?" Carlton smiles
"My mom and dad, I love you so much and I really do hope to see you both again…" she practically mumbles.
"Give it to Lysta Crank!" Carlton shouts but she receives a mediocre ovation, poor girl though. She just completely froze up here. Her district Partner Thomas who's just wearing a regular black Tuxedo is next, he looks pretty nervous as well but that's normal.
He shakes Carlton's hand and takes a seat next to him.
"You look Wonderful Thomas!" Carlton Complements him.
"Thank you, same to you." Thomas smiles.
"How have you been enjoying your time here?" Carlton begins.
"Well it's been very interesting to say the least, everything here really is just so amazing, wish I can stay here for longer." Thomas laughs and some laugh along with him.
"Ah of course, is there any family or friends you'd bring with you if you ever had the luxury of staying here?"
"Absolutely, my two younger sisters and my fiancée Cosmo. I love all of them so much and I need to get home to them, no matter what it takes." He seems a bit nervous but at the same time I believe he is willing to do anything to walk out of that the arena alive.
"Ah yes, they'll certainly be rooting for you! You have any particular strategies out in the arena?" Carlton asks.
"I make adjustments on the fly, so whatever is presented to me, I'll just have to find a way to work through it." He states, I respect the honest answer and his buzzer rings afterwards.
"Give it to Thomas Powell!" Carlton shouts and the crowd roars, yup they always ate up the fiancée angle, he seems like a cool guy though.
"Please Welcome Rylee Turbin!" Carlton shouts and the nervous and twitchy girl from district 6 makes her way towards Carlton. She's wearing a red dress with ruffles that light up with matching shoes. Her short hair is also dyed red so she looks nice. She hesitantly shakes Carlton's hand and sits down next to him.
"Hello Ryee, you look amazing!" he greets her.
"T-t-t-t-thank y-y-you." She stutters, wow that was a really bad stutter, she must be extremely nervous.
"How have you been enjoying your time here?" Carlton smiles.
"I-i-i-i-i-i-it's w-w-w-w-w-wonderful." She starts to twitch more, she is so nervous.
"Yes it is! I bet the food is amazing too isn't it? My favorite is the Chicken Gordon Bleu." Carlton laughs.
"I l-l-like t-t-the p-pineapples." She stutters.
"Those are quite amazing! Now how would you describe your home life?" He asks and she holds her head down in shame, this definitely seems like a sensitive topic for her.
"I-its ok…" she hesitantly say.
"Any family or friends you like to say anything to?" she smiles.
"M-my b-b-b-brother S-Scrap…I love you, a-and I'm sorry." She sniffs as Carlton hands her a tissue and her buzzer sounds.
"Give it to Rylee Turbin!" she shouts and she receives a mediocre response, she looks like she's been through a lot, poor girl.
Next is her scary looking district partner as he's dressed in a crimson red suit and has an evil looking scowl on his face and immediately glares Rylee as she's passing by him but she stops and glares back at him. Wow these two don't like each other apparently. They continue glaring each other until Vladimir gives a sinister smirk and walks towards Carlton. He doesn't shake Carlton's hand and sits down in the chair as he stares into the crowd with his cold eyes.
"You look amazing Vladimir!" Carlton complements him but Vladimir only shoots him an angry glare.
"How about you just get to the fucking point and ask me about the arena cause those are the only questions I'm interested in answering!" he states and Carlton gives him a nod.
"Well Vladimir, what are your plans in the arena?" Carlton asks and Vladimir does an evil grin.
"Well I'll start with killing the boy from 9, so that little silver haired bitch can see him ripped up in shreds as he lays in a puddle of his blood and guts. Once that's done, Rylee will be next. I have some unfinished business with her that needs to be taken care of, once that's out of the way, I'll turn my attention to the silver haired bitch, she's a little fucking weakling so I figure why not leave her for last." He cackles.
I look at the three tributes he plans on targeting and Rylee has a serious look on her face but I can see her hands twitching constantly. I then look at the siblings, Fall has an angry look on his face as his hands are balled up but his sister Winter looks nervous. This guy is creepy though and I can honestly say I fear for all three of them.
"Now Vladimir-" Carlton begins but Vladimir stands up from his chair and abruptly leaves.
"Give to Vladimir Licht!" Carlton shouts and he garners a large ovation, he is one creepy guy….
"Please Welcome Lykrie Ellisman!" Carlton shouts and the District 7 girls begins walking towards hhim.
She's wearing a poofy forest green dress that splays out across the floor, her hair is curled and has some smokey make up on her.
She shakes Carlton's hand and has a seat.
"You're looking phenomenal Lyrkie!" He begins.
"Thank you, same to you." She crosses one of her legs over the other.
"How has your time been here?" He continues.
"It's been fun, I've been focusing a lot on training but I absolutely would like to come here again for a vacation after I win." She states, oh a confident one!
"That may be very possible! You were one of the higher scoring tributes after all! What kind of plans do you have for the arena?" He smiles.
"Grab an axe, let my instincts do the rest." She confidently states, she does seem tough.
"I see! Any family or friends at home you'd like to say anything to?"
"My sister Avè, Her wife Kyla and my bestfriend MJ, love you and all and I'll be back." She states and her buzzer rings.
"Give it up to Lyrkie Ellisman!" he shouts and she receives a loud ovation, she looks like she'll be a contender.
Her short district partner is next and he's wearing a shiny blue tuxedo as he wipes his eyes and shakes Carlton's hand before sitting down where he's handed a tissue.
"Hello Acalistor, you're emotional." Carlton greets Acalister as he cries.
"I'm so mad, I'm just so mad! I should've scored higher than a 1, I should've! It's not my fault I slipped over my shoelace! Someone should've tied it for me and I would've been fine!" he cries. Wow he seems like a real cry baby, he was crying during the chariot rides too.
"It's ok Acalistor, besides you'll have plenty of time in the arena to show why you deserved to score higher!" Carlton tries to cheer him up.
"Yeah you're right! I offered some tributes a chance to be my servant, I mean who wouldn't want to serve a powerful person such as myself? Everyone exists to serve me and only me! Every tribute I asked to serve me though refused. I even asked that stupid bitch from district 9 to kiss me but she refused! How dare she refuses to kiss a good looking man such as myself! I will be going after every single tribute who bullied me or turned down the mandatory task of serving me!" He yells and begins crying again. Carlton tries to pat his back to comfort him but his buzzer rings and Acalistor gets up and runs from his seat still crying.
"Give it to Acalistor Macalister!" Carlton shouts and he receives an almost silent response. I honestly don't see this kid lasting long, a huge cry baby with an inflated ego, and doesn't seem strong at all.
"Please welcome Mercedes Swift!" Carlton shouts and the District 8 girl who's eating a chocolate bar takes her sweet time walking towards Carlton as she seems to be mumbling something to the candy. She's wearing a single strap teal mermaid dress with matching shoes and her beautiful platinum blonde hair evenly falls to her back. She seems very elegant, like she can fit right at home here.
"She shakes his hand and finishes the rest of her candy bar before sitting down.
"That was a lot of walking, I'm tired! I need to rest for a moment!" she whines as she fans herself, she only walked a few feet, just how lazy is she?
"Haha, I see. You look marvelous though Mercedes!" he complements her.
"I know right? I'm just so pretty, right!?" She laughs.
"Yes you are! How has your time been here?" he asks.
"Oh my gawd like I want to live here! Everyone here is so pretty and rich just like me! This is where I belong! There's a lot of poor people in my district and they smell bad! I deserve to be around rich people who smell good like me!" gosh her voice is so high pitched that it hurts my ears.
"You may just have the chance to do that Mercedes!" He comments.
"Yeah I do but I need you guys to help me, I'm rich and I'm pretty just like all of you so that means you'll send me a lot of sponsors right?" She whines but an out roar of cheers pour in for her, wow they like her. If her voice wasn't so annoying I'll probably be a fan as well.
"Well let's just say you absolutely have our support Mercedes!" Carlton laughs.
"Oh oh and sponsor me these candy bars too! They're soooo good like oh my gawd!" She holds a candy bar in the air, oh I know those, I personally find them gross but to each their own. Her buzzer then rings and she gets a loud ovation, maybe I'll sponsor her.
"Please welcome Percival Klein!" the over hyper boy who's wearing a grey tuxedo runs circles around Carlton, and Carlton finds the whole ordeal hilarious as he begins laughing, what's this kid's problem?
"Why hello there Percival, I see you have quite the energy." Carlton laughs.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! This place is cool it's so cool!" Percival happily shouts as he's still running circles around Carlton.
"That's great to know! How's your time been here Percival?" He asks as his eyes follow Percival who's still running in circles.
"It's been cool like really cool and fun, i want to stay here!" Percy quickly say still running circles, he's not getting dizzy?
"Haha wouldn't that be a dream come true, how's life at home?" Carlton asks.
"It's really cool! I have a sister named Emery and really awesome parents! I love all of them!" he finally stops running in circles and begins doing jumping jacks.
"They do seem pretty awesome! You have any sort of strategy going out into the arena?
"No not really." He answers as his buzzer sounds.
"Give it to Percival Klein!" Carlton shouts and he gets a mediocre response, he seems very annoying.
"Please welcome Winter Baroment!" He introduces winter and she gives off a friendly smile as she walks up to Carlton and gives him a big hug. Her dress is a sparkly grey and whenever she moves it looks like a flurry of snowflakes!
"Hello Winter, I must say your dress is quite amazing!" Carlton complements.
"Thank you Carlton, I must say your suit is amazing as well, want to swap?" She jokes as she does a cute smile and a barrage of laughs pour in.
"Well that's something I'll take into consideration." Carlton laughs.
"Now, how have you been liking your time here so far Winter?" Carlton adds.
"It's been amazing, these last couple of days just flew by so quickly, I wish I had an extra day here." Winter laughs and Carlton as well as many other laughs along with her.
"I'm sure we'd all love nothing more than that Winter, you scored a 7 which is pretty amazing for someone your age, would you like to share how you achieved such a score?" He asks.
"I just did a lot of studying and drank lots of apple juice." She laughs, good she's a smart girl and Carlton laughs again.
"I see, now Winter it's not very often we see two siblings in the arena together, how does this effect you?" Carlton asks.
"Well uhmm I think about it all the time, but Fall is my Grandfather and-" she suddenly stops and she sinks her face into the palm of her hands and raises her face back up as she has a very embarassed smile on her. Gosh how do you get your brother mixed up with your Grandfather anyways? Everyone seems to catch onto her error though and laughs along with her.
"Sorry, what I meant to say was Fall is my brother, there's a lot of concerns I have, but if my end is near, being able to spend my last days with my brother is the best thing I can ask for." Her voice cracks a little but she manages to do a smile, such a strong young woman, she has a fan In me!
Her buzzer rings shortly after and she receives a huge ovation as Carlton sends her off.
Her brother Fall is next and I can already tell he's not going to be nearly as kind as his sister as he walks towards Carlton in a stunning emerald tuxedo with an annoyed look on his face.
Fall then sits down without shaking Carlton's hand, but Calrton only smiles as he sits next to Fall.
"Well Fall-" Carlton begins but Fall suddenly starts taking his shoes off.
"Damn these shoes are so fucking uncomfortable!" Fall grunts as he kicks the last shoe off of him before looking back at Carlton.
"So what were you saying?" he impatiently asks.
"I was actually going to tell you how well your shoes matched with your suit!" Carlton laughs.
"Yeah? Well you can have the shoes, I won't be wearing those shits again, damn why does it feel like this tuxedo is suffocating me?" he unbuttons his tuxedo jacket and throws it on the floor and puts his feet up on the small table in front of him as he sits back and relaxes on the chair.
"That's so much better!" he lets out a sigh of relief as Carlton only gives him an odd look.
Wow what a rude slob! I'm supposed to believe this is Winter's brother?
"Well Fall how have you been liking your time here?" Carlton asks.
"I mean it's pretty cool what else can I say? The food is fantastic but those toilets are even better, man I've been crapping the biggest logs imaginable out of me and it just flushes right down!" Fall laughs but only receives silence in response. Ewww this boy is gross!
"Well uh, I guess that is one of the hidden gems here, you have any particular strategy going into the arena?" Carlton asks.
"Just watch and find out." He jumps off the chair and walks off before the buzzer sounds and I can hear some boos as Carlton sends him off. I most definitely will not be sponsoring such a rude and nasty boy!
District 10 is next and first up is the girl. She's wearing a white dress with black dots over it with matching boots and she runs up to the end of the stage smiling and waving to everyone, wow she sure is a bubbly girl.
She then runs up to Carlton and gives him a big hug before sitting down.
"Wow Sariah, love the outfit!" Carlton complements her.
"Thank you! I like yours too and all of the treasure on you! Oh is that a gold necklace!" she squeals as she literally snatches it off of him and awes at it.
"Yes it is, why don't you have it actually?" He offers and her eyes light up.
"R-really! Oh thank you so much! I-I found my first treasure!" She screams in excitement as she holds up her necklace. Wow she really is excited about all of this.
"You take great care of it Sariah, now how do you like it here?" She smiles.
"It's been incredible! I've been looking for treasure the entire time I was here but I'm so happy I finally found some! I'm also very happy to have Zananova and Acalister as my allies! They're so nice and funny!" Sariah laughs.
Zananova is nice and funny? I beg to differ, Acalister is so pathetic that it is funny, the real question is how she even got Zananova to ally with her in the first place, she's such a little creep.
"Ah I see those are two very interesting allies indeed! You have any friends or family at home you'd like to say anything to?" He asks.
"Yes my best friend Keiran, I love you so much and I love the both of you mom and dad, I hope to see you all again and look at my treasure!" She smiles as she holds up her necklace and her buzzer sounds.
Carlton sends her off and she gets a large ovation, I think I can used to this girl.
Her district partner Oswine is next and he's dressed in an all pink tuxedo as he nervously walks up to Calrton. Wow that color sure stands out, he's cute though.
He nervously shakes Carlton's hand and takes a seat next to him.
"Hello Oswine! That's quite a nice suit you have on!" Carlton begins.
"Thanks, you too…" he mumbles in an almost inaudible tone, geez can he speak up a little more?
"How you like it here Oswine?" Carlton asks.
"Oh, I like it. It's beautiful." He mumbles.
"it is indeed! How's life at home?" Carlton continues.
"I like to fish and relax on the beach, fishing is my favorite." He smirks a little.
"Ah I see, you must be a fan of district 4?" Carlton asks and the boys eyes light up.
"I am, I really hope to go there one day." He states but looks a little sad since he knows that won't be possible.
"Anything is possible Oswine, remember that, that will be an amazing goal to accomplish though! You have any family and friends at home you'd like to say anything to." Carlton asks.
"Dad, I love you, I love you too Mom even if you don't love me." His voice cracks at the end as a tear falls down his eye but Carlton comforts the boy until his buzzer sounds and he receives a good ovation as Carlton sends him off, that cute little boy, I'll send him a sponsor!
The girl from district 11, Calla Fable is up next. She's wearing a long sleeved white dress and a shawl to cover her face as she slowly makes her way towards Carlton and hesitantly shakes his hand and sits down. I can't even see her face but I can tell she's sad.
"Hello Calla, how are you?" Carlton smiles.
"I'm ok…" she mumbles.
"Good! Have you been enjoying your time here?" he asks.
"I have, but only because of Citrus. He's, he's an incredible man. My life means something whenever I see him smile…" she answers, aww how cute.
"He does look amazing indeed! How's life at home?" Carlton asks.
"I don't want to talk about it…" she mumbles.
"That's completely fine, do you have a strategy for the arena?" He continues
"Just stay with Citrus…" she answers and her buzzer sounds shortly afterwards. She receives a mediocre response as Carlton sends her off, I feel bad for her but at least she's a little happy being with Citrus. She can enjoy that while it lasts.
Next up is her charismatic district partner Citrus who's wearing a sparkling silver Tuxedo and he gives a wave and wink at us before shaking Carlton's hand.
"Hello there Citrus! You look amazing!" Carlton begins.
"Hey Carlton what's up! I appreciate the complement but we all know you're the prettiest one here!" Citrus jokes as laughs pour in.
"My how flattering!" Carlton laughs.
"Kiss me Citrus!" I hear a girl In the front row shout out and Citrus laughs before blowing a kiss at her.
"Look at you, quite the charmer, how's life at home though Citrus?" Carlton continues.
"Well I'm a bartender and no I don't drink, my parents will kick my ass into a new galaxy if I ever did." He laughs as more laughs pour in.
"But yeah that's usually how I spend my time and talking to beautiful women like all of you in the crowd!" He smiles and I hear multiple females cry out in happiness.
"That's wonderful Citrus! Do you have any particular strategy for the arena?" Carlton asks.
"Yup, I'll just pretend I'm a statue, I mean no one will try and harm a statue right?" Citrus jokes and more laughs pour in, yeah I'm starting to like this guy.
"On a serious note though, my heart only belongs to one woman, and it's you Calla. I'll keep you safe out there and I'm happy I had the pleasure of meeting you!" Citrus smiles and awes pour in. His buzzer sounds afterwards and I wish he can be interviewed for longer!
Carlton sends him off though and he receives a huge ovation, he's absolutely a fan favorite this year.
Finally district 12 is up. First is Karen the girl everyone here despises after pushing that poor kid off the chariots. She has a smug look on her face as she's followed by 3 hulking peacekeepers and she gives Carlton a disgusted look as he extends his hand to her.
"You're a bit too dark for my liking so I'm sitting away from you!" She hisses at him and she orders a peacekeeper to move to chair to the other side of the stage as boos pour in for her.
"Boo me if you want bitches! I don't give a fuck!" She screams on her mic and the boos get louder.
"So Karen, have you been liking your time here?" Carlton asks and he isn't smiling.
"Well yeah as long as black and gay people aren't around then I'm fine! Dumbass!" She spits at him, someone then throws a soda at her but it misses and she only laughs.
"Nice try dumbass! Try again!" She teases but a shoe suddenly lands on the side of her head and immediately knocks her out. The peacekeepers catch her before she can hit the floor unfortunately and carries her off the stage as cheers pour in. Bitch had it coming so good for her! Emmett is the last tribute though.
He's wearing a light blue button up with gold buttons and black dress shorts. He seems very happy as he makes his way towards Carlton and Carlton shakes his hand before helping him into the seat.
"Hello there Emmett! You look amazing!" Carlton greets him.
"Thank you Carlton! You look amazing too!" Emmett smiles.
"Why thank you! How have you been liking your time here at the capitol?" Carlton continues.
"I love it here! Everyone here is so friendly, nice and the squirrel meat is delicious!" He smiles. Squirrel what? Yuck!
"Yes there are quite some amazing dishes here! How's life at home?" Carlton asks.
"It's awesome, I live with my mom and dad, and my best friend Annabeth lives right next to me so we spend a lot of time together, I really do miss her." He seems a little sad but still smiles.
"I'm sure they miss you too Emmett, is there anything you'd like to say to them?" Carlton asks
"I love you all and Annabeth don't worry, we will fly together someday, I promise!" He does a smile and thumbs up as his buzzer sounds and a huge ovation pours in for him, he is just so adorable! I'll send him a sponsor as well! This concludes the interviews though and Carlton sends them off as we give a loud ovation to them. This is going to be an exciting year!
Here are the interviews, phew I'm glad that's out of the way! It was fun though! Now as you know the bloodbath looms but every tribute will be getting a final pov before it starts. I'll break the final thoughts into three parts similar to how i did the goodbyes. When a tribute dies, I'll post a eulogy about them and may put a piece of music they remind me of. Just in advance, i really do hope you all continue reading even after you tribute(s) die, only one can win afterall. If you do decide to stop reading afterwards, I'll be pretty sad but I'll completely understand. I'll see you guys soon, till next time!
The Careers- Annabelle Royce, Victoria Aspen, Amos Walton, Vendetta McClain, Barbel Beacher, Vladimir Licht
The Three Stooges- Zananova Pixa, Sariah Hurd, Acalistor Macalister
Unbreakable Bonds- Fall Baromet, Winter Baromet
The Total Package?- Thomas Powell, Lykrie Ellisman, Percival Klein
Addicting Chemistry- Lysta Crank, Rylee Turbin
Beauty&The Beast- Citrus Sabrilla, Calla Fable
Big Bro&Lil Bro- Xavarion Odoro, Oswine Nanshope
Loners- Teddy Trismegistus, Mercedes Swift, Emmett Portland, Karen McShole