"Well Miss Lovette, thank you so much for allowing us a sneak peek at your new fashion line!" A man with bright blue hair blew a kiss at the hologram of a teal haired woman sitting next to him. She caught it playfully,

"Oh Fabian, it was a joy to be on the show! Maybe next time I'll be able to make it instead of being trapped in District One for the reaping," she pouted lightly. The live audience in the studio booed. Fabian tried to hush them,

"Now now! It's not all in vain my dear, you are an escort this year!" The audience suddenly started cheering. The holographic woman blushed brightly,

"That's right! I'll be escorting and helping the District One tributes this year. They've been lovely so far and I cannot wait for you all to meet them!" she cheered happily. The audience cheered as well, only to be cut off by a loud siren. Fabian grinned and jumped out of his seat,

"Miss Lovette, my dear, I'm afraid I must bid you goodbye! The next round of reapings has finished!" Fabian threw his arms up and waved goodbye at Miss Lovette, who giggled before disappearing from the seat. A tall, lanky man with neon green hair ran out onto the stage with two stacks of manilla folders.

"Fabian! My goodness, it has been quite the day. The second set of reapings happened early this year! It looks like District's Four, Five and Seven just finished their reapings and their tributes are currently in the Justice Halls getting ready to say goodbye," the lanky man announced as he sat in the vacant seat next to Fabian. Fabian grinned at the camera,

"Well Donovan, why don't we take a look at the new tributes!" The crown went wild, people jumped out of their seats as Fabian tried his hardest to signal them to shush. Donovan handed his a stack of manilla folders identical to his own. He opened up the first folder,

"Let's start with District Four,"

The giant screen behind them split in two and showed three pictures on the tributes, one headshot and two side profiles. Fabian and Donovan looked back. Donovan let out a low whistle,

"Well hello District Four tributes!" The crowd laughed heartily at the man.

"Dang, what is in the water in District Four? Their tributes are something to look at," Fabian laughed along with the crowd as Donovan scanned their two manilla folders.

"Let's see, the girl's name is Adrianne Kript and the boy is Bathyal "Deck" Decker," Donovan read as the rest admired the two.

"Like I said, what're they drinking over there to make then so beautiful? I'd have to dye my hair forty times to get the same shade of red as Adrianne! And Deck? Is that what we should call him? Look at those muscles!" Fabian leaned back in his chair and started to fan himself gently.

"The shrimp for District Four is delicious," Donovan pointed out cheekily. Fabian visibly perked up,

"You heard it first! The shrimp from District Four is the key to eternal youth and beauty!" Fabian declared. The crowed cheered once more.

"Alright, onto District Five," the giant screen flickered and changed and the crowd 'ooooo'd' in delight.

"Let's see here, Geneva Watts is the girl and the boy is Cedric O'Leary," Donovan flipped pages hastily. "It says here that Geneva does calculations for one of the major power plants in District Five!" he read, very visibly impressed. Fabian looked at the girl now pictured on the screen in disbelief.

"She is not allowed to be smart AND have those gorgeous blue eyes!" he declared. The crowd laughed behind him. Donovan rolled his eyes,

"What I'm wondering is how Cedric pulls off long hair while not looking like a drunkard at noon being pushed out of the bar?" The audience mumbled in agreement.

"Don, some people just have this special gift. Yours just happens to be looking horrible in red," Fabian pat his shoulder gently as the audience snickered. Donovan pushed him off, smirking,

"At least I can stick to a hairstyle for more than two days," the crowd burst into giggles as Fabian looked at him, aghast.

"Mind your manners! Don't we have one more District to look at?" Donovan looked down at the remaining folders.

"Oh yeah! We can't forget about District Seven! They grow the most beautiful mahogany trees. They make great cabinets!" Donovan noted. The screen flickered once more to put up the profiles on the last two tributes.

"The girl is Cassiopeia Dawn and the boy is boy is Holz Fäller," Donovan paused for a moment, the burst out laughing. Fabian looked at him quizzically,

"What in the world are you laughing at?" Donovan wiped tears from his eyes as he tried to give a straight answer.

"Fabian, my old friend, did you ever study the ancient language of German?" he asked. Fabian leaned back into his chair,

"Don, that's a dead language. No one speaks it and I've never studied it," he pointed out sarcastically. Donovan grinned as pat him on the shoulder,

"If you did than you'd know that 'holzfäller' is German for lumberjack!" Donovan burst out laughing again and the audience chuckled lightly. Fabian threw his arm around the bashful man.

"Alright settle down buddy, it's barely 4:30. You haven't even had a drink yet!" he reminded Donovan. The crowd laughed once more. Fabian stood up, taking Donovan with him as the man simmered down from his laughing fit.

"Well, that's all for right now everyone! In a few hours, another batch of reapings will happen and you won't want to miss it! Tune in again at 6:30 for another quick tribute overview on Channel 24's daytime talk show, Free Fall!" The crowd gave the two men a standing ovation as they stumbled off stage, laughing and cheering for the games to come.


Sorry for the delay everyone! I've been AP testing and I've honestly been so tired the past week that I went and took a long nap right after class. I hope this was worth the wait! Thank you to everyone who submit and a congratulations to the tributes chosen! As always leave a review with what you like and don't. I'll see you again in a few days for the next set of tributes!

Thanks!

Dia