The 83rd Hunger Games: Freedom
Prologue:
Hyacinth Grebes, Head Gamemaker
Pounding on the door and yelling was not how Hyacinth wanted to wake up. He had dreams of waking up on a beautiful beach in District 4, not a stuffy Capitol apartment. Surely an assistant Gamemaker deserved better?
"Sir," came a voice. Hyacinth rolled out of bed; pink hair ruffled. "Sir," the voice said again. Hyacinth flapped his sheet, covering the man in the bed. "I'm coming!" he yelled and threw the door open.
Two Peacekeepers stood there. Hyacinth crossed his arms over his bare chest and tilted his head to the side. "What?" he snapped. One of the Peacekeepers clicked his fingers, and several more marched into his apartment, barging past him and over to his stuff. Hyacinth felt a rush of cold fear in his chest.
"What is this?" he demanded, trying to channel his inner snob. "We're relocating you. You have been promoted to Head Gamemaker." said the captain. The fear was rammed out of his ribcage by confusion, and then a swell of happiness.
"What about Seneca Crane? Surely, he hasn't resigned. Or Heavensbee? Wouldn't he be next in line?" Hyacinth jabbered as the Peacekeepers packed up his belongings. In response, the captain switched on the TV, revealing a shot of both Crane and Heavensbee swinging from a rope. Hyacinth trailed off, his heart pounding. "W-why?" he asked weakly.
But Hyacinth knew why. Treason. The captain gave a curt, "The President will explain everything."
The fear reappeared in him. "The president? When?"
As he said that, President Snow himself stepped into the room, and Hyacinth's heart skipped a beat. "Mr. President!" he breathed. "What a surprise. I would have thought-" Snow held up a hand and he immediately stopped.
"Hello, Mr. Grebes. I trust the Peacekeepers didn't interrupt you." Hyacinth gave a shake of his head and a small smile. "Good. I would expect nothing better. Now, I-"
Snow paused and tilted his head to see something behind him. Hyacinth whirled around. Gossamer Friend stood there, wrapped in only a blanket. "Hy, what's happening?" Hyacinth tried very hard not to squeal from the overwhelming cuteness of his boyfriend.
"Go back to bed, Goss," he said. "They took the bed!" Gossamer whined. Hyacinth sighed. "Get some clothes on and follow them to my new place. Wait there and I'll come to find you."
Gossamer obeyed and Hyacinth turned back to Snow. "Sorry," he mumbled, but Snow rattled on. "I used to know his grandfather. He was a good kid, until he supported my opposition. You can guess what happened to him."
Images of a bubbling goblet and a furious snake flashed through Hyacinth's mind, but he put it aside. "I'm sure he lived out his final days in happiness."
Snow gave something that looked to be a smile. Hyacinth gave a weak grin. "Oh, and report at 3 for a meeting. We all look forward to your ideas."
As Snow meandered over to the door, Hyacinth called out, "Why me?" Snow's head snapped back around to glare at him. "Why not one of the others? I'm just an assistant." Snow smiled, his eyes like a viper's.
"Project 23RT." he said, then filed out of the door, and Hyacinth promptly vomited all over the floor. 23RT couldn't happen. Never.
He found Gossamer in the bathroom and collapsed against him. "Hey, hey, whoa! What's wrong, Hy?" Hyacinth buried his face in Gossamer's chest. Gossamer kissed him gently on the head, and whispered, "Come on, let's go check out your new house."
Hyacinth took a deep breath. "Yeah. Let's do that."
A/N: Alright, let's do this! You've already been introduced to Hyacinth, Gossamer, and Snow, so prepare for much more of these characters. Anyways, let's get started on the SYOT!
So, some basic rules. No more than four characters per person (but please aim for two or three), and if you have four then one must be a bloodbath. Keep in mind, if I don't have enough bloodbath tributes, I might have to kill some others. You can always make more than one of your tributes a bloodbath, though. There's no rules about that. You can reserve a spot for 4 days, and it's first come first serve. So here is the list of requirements:
Name:
Age:
District:
Appearance: e.g. hair, eye color, skin color, hair length, etc.
Personality:
Backstory:
Friends:
Family:
Crush/SO: None is fine
Reaped/Volunteered:
Reaction/Reason:
Strengths (2 Physical and 2 Mental):
Weaknesses (2 Physical and 2 Mental):
Arena Strat:
Training Strat:
Private Session Strat:
Open To Allies:
Open To Romance:
Preferred Weapon:
Bloodbath: Yes or no, do they survive?
Interview Outfit Ideas:
Token:
Anything Else:
District 1 Female: Almadine Chalcedony, submitted by livinginadream0
District 1 Male: Marcus Licinius Waltney, Jr., submitted by that unnamed woman
District 2 Female: Lyric Solace, submitted by my unnamed friend
District 2 Male: Justin Caddel, submitted by my unnamed friend
District 3 Female: Twila Hyrulea, submitted by anonymous
District 3 Male: Sam Xavier, submitted by lionkingfactsguy3
District 4 Female: Open
District 4 Male: Havilard Irving, submitted by livinginadream0
District 5 Female: Lida Minette, submitted by MoonlightSalsa
District 5 Male: Clovis Lanis, submitted by DariDark
District 6 Female: Evangeline Linase, submitted by livinginadream0
District 6 Male: Aero Turbo, submitted by lionkingfactsguy3
District 7 Female: Juniper Andis, submitted by livinginadream0
District 7 Male: Rowan Leif, submitted by DoIReallyNeedToChooseNow
District 8 Female: Annamarie Grambell, submitted by anonymous
District 8 Male: Jaston McAlderry, submitted by anonymous
District 9 Female: Lorena Cortez, submitted by lionkingfactsguy3
District 9 Male: June Sheath, submitted by DoIReallyNeedToChooseNow
District 10 Female: Cheyenne Moreno, submitted by that unnamed woman
District 10 Male: Billion Gensler, submitted by DoIReallyNeedToChooseNow
District 11 Female: Dandelion Crabgrass, submitted by Ang3l112
District 11 Male: Corbin Chan, submitted by lionkingfactsguy3
District 12 Female: Bene Burns, submitted by lionkingfactsguy3
District 12 Male: reserved for TheOneToWatch
A/N: Thanks so much to livinginadream0, DariDark, my unnamed friend, anonymous, DoIReallyNeedToChooseNow, that unnamed woman, lionkingfactsguy3 and Ang3l112 for submitting!
P.S. Sorry to DoIReallyNeedToChooseNow and that unnamed woman for you guys submitting D7F tributes! Willow Dickson and Elodie Cacao, you almost made it, might put you guys in for a future SYOT. I promise to update more frequently.