Yo yo yo everybody! Chase here with a new chapter. Not much to say here, just that this one may be a bit shorter than the others, but it's more of a lighthearted, fun chapter. Not much to say here, so I'll just post the regular stuff. As always, I'll be posting stuff like this to keep this story where people will find it (around the first two pages) and I'll be updating this fairly often, considering I've hit a bit of a wall with my other two stories. Also, be sure to tell me how you like my idea of the Forbidden Zones (explained in Chapter One—the arena is divided into sectors. Twice a day, a different zone will be selected; if a tribute steps into it, they will be blown up. The idea comes from one of my favourite novels of all time—Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. Great read if you ever feel like it… The Hunger Games is a lot like it—I'm saying it this way because Battle Royale was released in 1999, long before THG). Again, I'm taking reserves, but they must be requested through PM, and you have exactly one week after you make the request to come up with the sheet; lastly, I'm starting to let people make more than one tribute—but there's a higher chance one will be a Bloodbath tribute; also, there's a better chance they'll be accepted over someone else vying for that spot if your tribute is extremely well-written ;)
Disclaimer: I'm too tired right now to come up with anything clever. I don't own Hunger Games.
August 27th, 18:00 – The Capitol, a Prison
"Happy birthday, Zero," says Ivre through the hole in the wall.
"Thank you sir. And for the last time, my name is not Zero."
"Whatever you say, Zero."
Ivre is still insanely drunk, even now—four days after he, Dane and Ian were captured by the Peacekeepers; Ian was imprisoned, Dane was given kitchen duty and Ivre… Ivre just does whatever the hell Ivre wants. Currently, he is pushing a cart around the prison, one that is laden with oatmeal, offering food to the inmates in honour of his lobby boy (intern) Zero (Ian)'s birthday. He managed to push a slice of cake into Ian's cell, though Dane Eclater, the Mad Bomber himself—also known as the Head Gamemaker—made it, so Ian… Ian's staying the hell away from that (he pushed it out of the barred window, just in case the Gamemaker lived up to his reputation and put some sort of explosive in it. Quick escape, actually).
So of course, Ivre, still not kicking his previous state of mind, pushes the cart to another cell. "Might I offer you inmates a plate of mush?"
The Seventy-ninth Annual Hunger Games—known otherwise, for lack of a better word, as hell. Widely regarded as one of the least bloody Hunger Games, and also known as (so far) the last time anyone ever used a desert arena.
The arena was a massive wasteland, with sand stretching on for miles and miles. A few small oases were scattered around, each of them containing a small pond filled with precious water. A bit of grass has grown in the shade of the palm trees, and a few berry bushes are around them. The Cornucopia area is a larger oasis, though the Cornucopia is built on an island in the middle of a dark, hazy pond of water. The tributes are raised up in a circle about fifteen metres from the pond, which is about fifteen more metres across. One by one the tributes arise.
First is cold-hearted Buck from District Ten; afterward comes bookworm Marion of Six, and her partner, Tony; brave Steve from Twelve and free-spirited Nicolas from Seven. Observant Mikel of Three and the unfunny pun maker from One, Tassel; dark horse Catelyn from Ten and Ero-sennin (A/N: Perverted sage—alternate name for Jiraiya of the anime/manga Naruto) Caspian from Four; Rob and Joe, the ridiculous pranksters from Five and Nine, as well as Arya and Maria, the combination fighters from Two and Four. Questioning Lucis from One and Martin from Two; the female tributes from Seven and Nine, Joanne and Scarlett; Avan and John, the unremarkable males of Eight and Eleven. Noisy Radis from Three and weak Oakley from Eleven; superstitious Eustacia from Twelve and bread-loving Nia from Five; and last of all, the smallest of the group—Dawn from Eight.
The tributes are off—giant Martin is the first to the Cornucopia, and overall first to die; as soon as he enters the water, he trips and falls, and is unable to get back up; he claws his way over to the Cornucopia island, with many of the tributes watching in horror as he drowns… but hey, he still reaches the island first. Buck and Steve each step over his body like a stepping stone, while each of the other Careers just take a running leap. Avan is pushed into the water by John, and he too is caught in the mud and drowns; John is tripped by Rob, who is fleeing with his ally Joe, and also drowns.
On the island, Lucis has slain Buck with a pickaxe she found on top of the pile, gouging out his eye and then taking out his throat. Tony from Six dragged Oakley of District Eleven with him and slew her as soon as he got a knife, tossing her body uncaringly into the water; he was dispatched quickly after by Arya and Maria, who double-teamed him with knives.
Tassel is grappling with Mikel over a backpack, and manages to rip the bag out of the boy from Three's hands and bludgeon him to death with it. Caspian hooks his trident through one of the straps on Nicolas's backpack as he is running away, and drags him back, stabbing him viciously very many times with his trident. Steve of Twelve dies quickly after, by mistake though—he is knocked into the water when Caspian is turning around, the shaft of his trident knocking him off balance.
The rest of the tributes had vacated the Cornucopia, with little to no supplies whatsoever. All of them managed to take in the surroundings and are focused on one thing: water. And of course, since there are so few oases, there is bound to be struggle for that…
Buuuut you'll have to wait for that, because we're out of time here!
Heheh, you heard him! …Er, I mean… me. Anyway, now for a little explanation for you all. Starting from the beginning… of High School that is. You see, for those of you who aren't/haven't been to high school, your interests expand. When your interests expand, you take different classes like Drama. When you take different classes like Drama, you meet new friends (usually older than you, depending on when you join) who are funnier than hell. When you meet new friends who are funnier than hell, you try to be funnier than hell. When you try to be funnier than hell, you make friends for life. And when you make friends for life, you get invited to their weddings. And when you get invited to their weddings, any one of the morons who live with you, usually all of them actually, will tag along no matter what you say, whether they're invited or not. Don't let the morons who live with you tag along with you no matter what you say, get DirecTV… I don't know where I went with that one.
But yeah, I was at a wedding almost all last week, and yeah, all of my housemates (morons) went with me, even when none of them were invited. Then Sunday when we returned, well… that was my birthday. My twentieth birthday, actually; then yesterday, Monday, was my best friend CJ's birthday—also twenty. We also both got our Driver's Licenses for the first time ever today (Tuesday). Anyways, I'm really sleep deprived right now, so if you'll all excuse me, I'm going to bed.
~Chase
Tribute list – So far
District 1 – Luxury Goods
Male: Obsidian Gold – Danny Takuto
Female: Elizabeth Grace Morgan "Belle" – Rosemarie Benson
District 2 – Masonry
Male: Nero Valentine – Nightlock Stained Lips
Female: Valariea Heroin – HarryPotterNut1
District 3 – Technology
Male: Oliver Mullins – JaceWillcutt
Female: Lattice Kerr – GreenApple312
District 4 – Seafood and the like
Male: Reserved – LokiThisIsMadness
Female: Marina Caspian - o Sweet Disposition o
District 5 – Electricity
Male: Reserved – David Noklevername
Female: Celia Crossan – AlisonBlock
District 6 – Transportation
Male: Vince Chanel - BubbaKeith
Female: Katoptris Ford – ThatMusician
District 7 – Lumber
Male: Justin Myer – Danny Takuto
Female: Capri Dusk – ThatMusician
District 8 – Textiles
Male: Kestrel Cross - rdfalcon560
Female: Lacey Spool – Kittens In The Closet
District 9 – Grain
Male: Holden Stross – hollowman96
Female: Luna Marissa Moonlight Starbright (Joke tribute/Bloodbath) – Hi
District 10 – Livestock
Male: Axel Adamik – The Koala of Doom
Female: Lauren Lancaster – Hi
District 11 – Agriculture
Male: Akakios Hibbert – The Koala of Doom
Female: Rebecca Thorne – Comettail76
District 12 – Coal
Male: Aspen Northill – LincsStef
Female: Jasmine Polk – Danny Takuto