Luxe Artis 17, District 1
To say that Luxe Artis was annoyed was an understatement. He couldn't for the life of him even begin to understand how people could be such idiots. The three boys in the corner of the training center had long been his nemesises, all the way back since preschool. They were the once who started the rivalry. Or well, he might have punched out one of the guys' both front teeth but he didn't get why that was such a big deal to moan about.
Anyway, right now the three of them were talking, or rather screaming, about their latest adventures with the ladies, and Luxe really didn't have the patience to deal with their bullshit today. He had already been woken up at 4am this morning by two of his little sisters jumping on his bed so he had a burning headache and this wasn't helping. On top of that he knew that none of what they were saying were true anyways. Also even though Luxe might be a bit off an asshole sometimes he knew to respect women, having grown up with his mother and 4 sisters and he really didn't approve of this kind of talking. To put it simply they had no class whatsoever.
However for once he decided to be the bigger man, so he laid down the sword he'd been sparring with and turned around to leave when the guy who's teeth he once punched out yelled out after him.
"Hey where you going chicken?" And the two others laughed, like the brainless following baboons they were.
"Got better things to do." Luxe replied bored without even bothering to turn around.
"Haha yeah sure, like what asshole?" The idiot, also known as Harris, called as Luxe kept walking and rolled his eyes.
"Oh I don't know, volunteering for the Games maybe." He said as he knew that would set Harris off. The two of them had always been top of their class at the academy, and lets just say that someone hadn't been very happy and that someone had thrown a tantrum when Luxe had been the one chosen to volunteer this year.
When he didn't get any answer Luxe smiled smugly for himself, he couldn't explain how great it felt to finally be able to volunteer and shut that moron up for good when he came back victorious. Without being able to contain himself any more Luxe continued.
"Oh no I'm sorry I brought up the subject. Your sister died in the Games didn't she? Slaughtered by her own allies. What a shame. A very tragic day indeed. Lucky you're not going, I would feel sorry for your parents for having both their kids publicly humiliate them in front of the whole country." He said while grinning evilly and turning to face Harris who's face was red with anger.
"I'll murder you." Harris spitted through gritted teeth.
"Well good luck with that, really." Luxe chuckled very amused by Harris' anger. "Now I really need to get going, have fun losers."
Luxe spun around and walked away with a confident stride, and started his walk home for the final preparations before the big moment. Well at home he was met with chaos, per usual, as his two youngest sisters Emabelle and Iris were running from his sister Reina who were screeching with frustration. As the pair ran by him he picked them both up making them laugh.
"Well well well, what are you two doing? Pestering Reina again?" He asked grinning widely at his sisters who put on their most innocent faces.
"We were just playing Luxie." Emabelle said using her baby voice despite the fact that she was 7 and Iris nodded along, agreeing with her sister.
"Give whatever it is back to her right now, okay. Remember you promised to be nice to her while I was gone."
"Well you haven't left yet, so we don't have to be nice yet." Emabelle said cheekily.
"I can't argue with that, very well you may continue." And he let go of his sisters who immediately started running around again and a second later he received a slap from Reina, who were understandably furious, before she continued her chase of them.
He headed into the next room where he found his mother and older sister gossiping about boys they thought were cute and he felt he definitely had a lot to contribute to this conversation so he snuck up behind them.
"Omg yes. Chaz is so adorable. Like omg, he is literally perfect." He said in a high pitched voice.
"Shut up freak." Opal said and he stuck out her tongue at her playfully before he decided not to attract any more wrath from any of his sisters today as he figured a more useful way to spend his time would be to get ready so he took his leave and went upstairs.
Tiara Paris 16, district 1
"Did you hear about what Chaz said to Rubi." Tiara said excitedly to Sheen who looked at her, face blank.
"No I don't. And I really don't care. But I guess you're still going to tell me, aren't you?"
"Oh you know me too well." She laughed and gave him a friendly shove on the shoulder. "So apparently he told her he didn't want to see her again because he heard about the thing between her and Jasper."
"What thing?"
"The thing I told you about yesterday, the thing I made up and had Charmeuse tell Chaz to get him to break up with Rubi."
"Oh yeah that's right. And why exactly did you do all of this if I may ask?" Sheen asked and Tiara rolled her eyes, boys really didn't get these kinds of things.
"So that I can get together with him of course. He doesn't know what he's missing being with that chick Rubi, if he did he would thank me for doing this."
"Sure, of course, what ever you say." Sheen had realized a long time ago it was better to just agree with her, and not try to argue.
"And you have to promise to be my eyes and ears while I'm away okay, and if anything happens between them I'm counting on you to fix it. He's mine not that stupid Rubi's, I mean just take a look at her sometime it looks like she got ready in the dark. No style."
"Fine I promise." He said raising his hands in a mock capitulation.
"Great." She chirped smiling widely at her best friend.
They continued their conversation as they walked downtown, on their way to the town centre. It was still a while left until the reaping but Tiara wanted to get a good spot so the cameras could easily catch her once she volunteered. Her idea was that the more the capitol saw of her the better, because she knew she had the looks to win them over.
The more she thought about it the more excited she got. She might only be 16 but she felt ready. This was what she had prepared for her entire life and she wanted this, no she needed this, to prove a point. Throughout her life people had told her she'd never be able to do it, but now they'd see they were wrong. When they arrived at the town center the two friends hugged goodbye as they were separated into the boy and the girl section. The company she received there however was less than pleasing to her as she found herself next to her older sisters Natalia and Regina, who were talking trash as usual. As they saw her however they went quiet and gave her a dirty glance like she was something the cat dragged in.
"Oh hi." Natalia was the one who broke the silence as she talked in her usual degrading voice. "So you're here."
"Clearly." Tiara answered in a chilly voice. "What are you even doing in here, you're too old to volunteer."
"Luckily for you yeah. You wouldn't stand a chance if I could be in this. Oh right, you still don't. Have fun dying." Natalia laughed coldly, and Regina smirked behind her. "
"Have fun with your miserable lives while I'm off in the Victor's village. I wonder who's gonna be mom and dad's favorite then." Tiara snarled back.
"They never even loved you, you were just a mistake."
Right then a full on fist fight would have broken out if it weren't for a tap on the microphone and a light cough up on the stage and the fuming sisters were forced to act nice and bury the hatchet for time being. Right now Tiara had more important things to think about.
"Hello district 1 and welcome to today's reaping! Are you excited to begin?" Their escort Toni shouted happily from the stage and was met with cheers from the audience, who were indeed very excited like always. "That's what I like to here my friends. So lets get to it. But first we'll watch this lovely little movie, enjoy!"
And the usual crap about failed rebellions and a superior capitol and the Hunger Games to bring them all together played on the full screen and people were moderately interested to put it kindly. Even Toni yawned loudly several times, he wasn't really known for his patience.
"There we go! Wasn't that just great!" Toni exclaimed at the end of the video and strutted over to the ladies bowl, obviously eager to get to the actual fun and Tiara felt the excitement building up, this was it. "And for our lady, we have ALISA JEMS!"
And within a fraction of a second the words had left Tiara's mouth.
"I volunteer as tribute."
She immediately felt the cameras turning to her and smiled widely and waved at them and she hurried up on stage and in front of the mic.
"Hi everybody! I'm Tiara Paris and I'm the winner of this year's Hunger Games." She called out and everyone cheered, except a couple of bitter sisters but she didn't even bother to care because this was her moment.
"Well isn't that just wonderful!" Toni clapped his hands and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Okay then, over to the gentlemen. Here we go... JAGUAR TRYSTAN!"
The boy who looked to be around 14 and smiled overjoyed to be given the attention of the cameras even though they all knew what was coming..
"I volunteer." A boy she recognized as Luxe something said calmly raising his hands and giving the cameras a cocky smirk as he walked up one stage with confident strides. "Luxe Artis is the name, and I'm taking this thing home to you guys."
More cheers were heard from the crowd and more clapping were heard from Toni who tried to give Luxe a kiss on the cheek as well, however Luxe just took a step back to avoid it while looking at their escort strangely. Toni recovered quickly though and turned back to the mic.
"There we have it people! This years tributes! Give it up for Tiara Paris and Luxe Artis!"
And the crowd went wild, excitement building up in the hopes off a new victor from their district while Tiara and Luxe quickly shook hands before being scuffed away by Toni.
There we go District 1 is done! I hope you're happy with how I portrayed them even though I know I changed a few things about them. Next district will be up as soon as I have another complete district pair :)
