Just a pre-warning: this chapter will be incredibly short, purely because the male tribute is a troll tribute (we need some comedy beyond Diamond and Stellar), so subsequently this chapter'll be lacking in length compared to my other ones! As compensation though, I'll try and get D7's reapings done tonight too!
Kaiya Geargrind, District Six Female, 16 years old
They're not meant to come and see me, my niece and nephew, but they do anyway. I think my sister knows that too and tries to ignore it. My elder sister, their mother, married into the more affluent part of District Six and barely visits. Sometimes it surprises me how they can walk from their house to ours, being only ages five and three, but then I remember that half of the district is too addicted to morphine and the other half, quite simply, don't care. I love my niece and nephew - I'd do anything for them. I think that's another thing my sister knows; she knows they're in safe hands when they're with me.
Besides, they're the only ones besides my older sister, Kayla, that I have left. My eldest sister had died when visiting the rougher part of the district, being murdered by the morphling addict she had been helping. Then my next eldest sister married away, leaving myself and Kayla with our parents who had become distant following my eldest sister's death. I don't blame them - we were a close family. Now it's just me and Kayla looking out for each other. I can't complain though; we're a solid duo.
Every reaping day her and I stay together, but today's the first reaping that I'll be alone. She's past the reaping age now and instead of being there with me she'll be watching from beyond. She's made me promise that I'll do the best I can and to not ally with just anyone. She says the friendlier I am the more naive I look and the more naive you're perceived the more likely it is that you're next on the death list.
The bell to signify that all people must be present for the reaping goes off and she gives me a tight hug.
Kumple Figburns, District Six Male, 15 years old
I don't like villains, especially the one stood on the stage. He's scary - he's got bright red hair and his eyebrows are upturned and he's always smiling! You can't tell me he's not a villain - I won't believe you. I don't get why Panem is so obsessed with villains - every year there's the film that tells us how the heroes were defeated by the villains and that a harsh regime was imposed on us because of it. And then every year we watch a Games where the villains and bad guys always win whilst the good guys always die. I want to stop the villains when I'm older, just you wait!
The scary villain on stage announces he's going to pick the girl first and walks over to the bowl. It takes him a while to read the name, probably because everyone knows villains can't read, "Kaiya Geargrind!"
A girl walks up to the stage and I can't decide if she's a villain or a heroine just yet. I'm so deep in my thought that I don't notice that a small twelve-year-old boy is reaped and when he gets to the stage he looks terrified.
When asked if there's any volunteers I immediately run into the aisle, shouting "I volunteer as hero!" I'm a hero and I'm going to save this young boy.
I walk proudly to the stage, introduce myself by my superhero name and then my actual name, and shake the girls hand. She seems a bit weary of me, but we all need to be - we never know who's a villain and who isn't - and then we're escorted into the Justice Building.
This is shorter than I had anticipated - I like Kaiya but I found that I couldn't write with her as easily as I had thought I would. Hopefully that'll change as the focus of the SYOT shifts towards the Games rather than the backstory of the tributes.
As I said, I'll aim to get District Seven's reapings out tonight too, so keep an eye out for them!
At least we're halfway through the reapings!
(Also kgeesy, thanks for letting me now! I just realised how funny they both are and I won't update it because it's so funny lmao)
As always, reviews make me happy~!
- Oli