Private Training sessions and scores
Loraire Kornar Head Gamemaker
The private sessions are my favorite part of the pre-games, well sort of. I love the idea of seeing tributes up close but due to President Snow wanting the identity of the head game maker secret to the tributes, I don't get to direct the session. I hate giving up the reins mainly because I know how important these games are but that's ok, Boras, my second in command, gets to be in charge and he's enjoying every second of it. Before we get started I get my sheet of paper with all the names and ages down so I can get my order right. All the game makers have some say in the scores so I make them all take notes down and we will discuss between tributes if needed but it's a pretty straightforward task I hope they can all follow. I get my position behind another game maker so I can be inconspicuous, and I give the nod to Boras to get started. He looks back and tells us that boys will go first then the girls. He smiles and tells the peacekeepers to bring the first tribute in.
Concord Radiance, the 18-year-old from district one is up. He struts in and stands in front of all the game makers and he looks uninterested in what Boras has to say. Unlike his brother who was actually quite pleasant a few years back. After Boras finishes instruction Concord does not waste any time going straight for the swords. He goes after the first dummy and stabs it through the heart then the next dummy he slices both its arms off and hits the head. He continues to go after a multitude of dummies until the time runs out then he just throws the sword on the ground and leaves. There's some talk among everyone while the avoxes come in a clean up the torn-up dummies.
Talk ceases when the next tribute comes in. Brielle Storm the 18-year-old from district 1. After the end of the instruction, she smiles and heads for the spears. She lifts it pretty effortlessly and throws it from 15 yards out and nails it in the chest, perfect aim. She doesn't stop there, she sprints and grabs a throwing knife and on the run, she turns and throws it and nails another dummy in the chest, finally, she picks up a bow and shoots an arrow right in the head of a dummy next to it. After she's done she turns around with a smile walks out. I hear notes being taken right next to me as she is leaving.
Next is the 18-year-old district 2, the boy Tyr Zahnft Shah. He seems kind of distracted during instructions and as soon as Boras finishes he heads for the whips and grabs a sword on the way. He uses the whip to slap at the new dummy and I can tell he is trying to use the whip to pull the dummy closer, but he misses twice until he finally hooks it and pulls it right into his sword. Next, he picks up and more lethal-looking whips with spikes, he swings that and uses the whip to rip off pieces of the dummy.
Next onto his 18-year-old district partner, Bellona Caccia Tzar. Bellona comes in and she bites her lip during instructions and does not waste any time as soon as it's over. She grins and heads for the sword, interesting 2 careers so far favor broad swords, makes me think of an idea I'll swing by Boras later. Bellona uses the sword to stab and slice the dummies then she does some interesting, she twirls the sword around really quick and throws it like a spear and I thought physics wouldn't allow it, but it worked quite well, impressive girl.
After she leaves the next tribute comes in, Pascal Clarence the 15-year-old from 3. He walks in and almost trips on his own feet, but he catches himself. He goes over to the wire and he messes with for half of his time, like he was thinking what he wants to do with it. For some reason, he ultimately decides to do nothing and walks towards the plant identification place. He gets 49/50 plants correct and the one he missed wasn't a lethal one, smart kid. I wonder what he was up to with the wire, I might put into the arena so I can see what he can do with it.
Next to enter is his The 14-year-old district partner is Bugg Li. Bugg, which you tell she has only one good eye, and she interestingly grabs a weapon first. She grabs this baton but when she goes and swings it, it just bounces off the dummy. She looks a little taken aback and after this happens she puts the baton back and after that, she goes and uses the camouflage on her arm and it looks ok but not great, she goes to do more but time expires, she looks kind of disappointed as she makes her way towards the exit.
Next is district 4. The boy is 18 years old and is well built. Dylan Cove goes straight for the weapons, typical career, though he didn't volunteer, he grabs a javelin. He stabs a dummy and turns and throws it at another, nice touch. Afterward, he goes over to the fishhook station and starts to go to work, he stays over there for quite some time and finally as time expires he holds up the makeshift fishhook. Its well done but it took forever, that'll hurt his score.
The girl, a seventeen-year-old, is named Kendall Maris. As she is walking in I start to realize something, all the female careers are weirdly good looking, which is a nice touch. Kendall goes to the throwing knives and uses them well, she doesn't do anything remarkable, but she doesn't mess up. Nice and clean, not too flashy. After she finishes with the knife she shoots a glare at the game makers as she walks out. I don't really know what that was for, but I brush it off, I don't need any unnecessary distractions this close to the games.
The next tribute to enter is Brax Henwick, the 17-year-old from district 5. He smiles when he enters and goes straight for the knives, he uses the throwing knives, which have been a popular commodity so far in the games, and he throws them from 10 yards out at a dummy. He is a little close, but his aim is dead on. After the look of content crosses his face he goes for the climbing wall and starts to scale it with remarkable speed. He gets to the top and the time expires, he comes down effortlessly and leaves with a smile, not bad kid.
After Brax leaves his 15-year-old district partner comes in, Arin Gilligan. Arin comes in looking around herself like she's lost before Boras tells her what to do. She stands there for a second like she is wondering what she should do before going over to the small knives and starts to wail on a dummy. She goes quick and moves with ease which takes me by surprise. Afterward, she sprints around the area for about 2 minutes before she stops when she hears the time expires and she leaves, she was interesting, but she performed well. Fascinating girl.
Next is the 14-year-old male from district 6, Capricorn Makus. Capricorn comes in and goes towards the fire-starting station, he uses a couple of sticks to attempt to start a fire. It takes him nearly all of his time, but he finally gets a few flames going before he gets it so high he's forced to use sand to put it out.
He hurries out after he's done and next is his district partner. Barbara Peren is a 16-year-old girl who looks about 13. She stomps in and doesn't even bother waiting for Boras instructions before coming in, throwing 4 knives at a dummy, which 2 of them nail it, the other 2 misses, and she stomps right out without saying a word. People around me look around and I tell them to score her as usual if she wants to stomp and leave early, let her do so.
Next, from district 7, the 16-year-old boy named Aspen Evergreen. He comes in and throws a few knives at a dummy that all miss. He then goes and uses a stick of wood to carve a spear and throws it into a leg of the dummy. He mumbles to himself and talks to himself for a second before leaving the room, interesting kid.
Next is his district partner, a 17-year-old girl named Wren Oakfield. She walks in sort of hesitating and listens to Boras give instructions. Wren then walks over to the Axes and swings one around a few times, but she loses her grip and it flies behind her. I can tell she's nervous but after she picks up the ax she swings it again well and it looks smooth. She then uses the ax to throw it from about 12 feet out and it nails the dummy right in the chest. She looks more confident now, she goes to the trap area, an area we haven't seen much of today, and sets a good-looking snare that would trap some food, good recovery.
After Wren leaves, the 15-year-old boy from district 8 walks in. Woolworth Saint-Cloud, and he looks well-fed and a good size for his age. He comes in and he does the poison identification part first a correctly identifies 23/25. After this, he goes to the dummy but without any weapons and at first, I think he forgot his weapon until he starts punching the dummy. He strikes it well and hits all the spots that would injure an actual tribute. He doesn't stop though; he seems angry as he hits the dummy over and over again until it is decapitated. He finally stops and calms his breathing enough to glance up at us. We make eye contact and he looks remorseful then he bows his head and walks out of the room. Once again we need an avox to come in a clean up the remains of the messed-up dummy which takes a second.
Next to arrive is a twelve-year-old from district 8, Leah Velvet. She walks in and goes for the fire-starting station. She spends about a minute and a half there until she can't get it started and move on to the weapons. She picks up a slingshot and shoots 10 rocks that are provided to her. She misses all of the rocks except for 1. The time expires and she walks out with a slouch.
After her Mason Garnett, the 17-year-old male from District 9. As he walks in he looks right up to us and gives the game makers a wink. A couple of males and females around me giggle and I shake my head, how can they be so immature in front of a tribute, I write it down to scold them later and focus on Mason's showcase. He works with a scythe and swings it well but slowly. He goes over to the edible plants and gets 20/25 correctly. As he goes to leaves he lifts his shirt to wipe his face, which there is no sweat but after looking at his abs I can see why he does so. Once again I shake my head towards his actions as he strolls out of the room.
Next is his 13-year-old district partner named Marigold Caden. She listens for instructions then she goes to the wall and lines up and sprints. She goes back in forth, at least 80 feet through the room, at least 5 times before she stops to breathe. Nice fast and stamina, however after she runs she doesn't do much else, she catches her breath and leaves the room after she's done, interesting.
Next to enter is the 12-year-old from district 10, Haylo Molto Ranons. Haylo comes into the room and goes for the weapons. He looks over the weapons and grabs a stick? He uses the stick and whacks the dummy in the head with it. He looks content and he hits it again and the branch shatters on impact. He looks at it oddly and moves on to the edible plant's station where he gets 9/25 correctly. He just shrugs it off and leaves with about 45 seconds to spare.
The next person to enter is The 12-year-old female from district 10, Pasture, I mean Bones. Bones come in with an attitude of sorts, she doesn't even let Boras speak and asks, "Can anything in here bleed?" Boras is taken aback and looks back at me, I just nod towards him. He says, "no but we do have dummies that look like humans." She smiles and goes over to the knives and grabs a small but sharp one and goes to a dummy and goes to town. She stabs it over and over it again. She mutilates it but she doesn't stop there. She cuts it, piece by piece, rips it layer by layer. I haven't seen this layer of savagery for as long as I can remember and from the looks on the faces from my colleagues, I can tell they are thinking the same. She finally stops when the time runs out, she looks up and asks, "Can I keep the head?" Boras looks shocked and just nods. No-one knows how to react until I snap out of it and say, "let's get this cleaned up and get the next one in here, we're almost done." Everyone nods and we get ready for the next tribute.
Next to enter is the 13-year-old the boy from district 11, Uriah Winter. Uriah comes into the room and trips on his feet. He falls and sighs as he's getting up. He comes in and goes for the training climbing wall. He goes about 15 feet in the air and falls all the way down. He hits the ground with a thud and at first, he doesn't move. I call for the doctor on-site to go check on him. The doctor tells us, as she is lifting Uriah, that he's just unconscious. His session is ended after he is carried out. The other game makers groan and ask how to score that. I tell them to do their best again and we need to move on.
The next tribute is the 17-year-old female from district 11, Amira Fieldington. Amira doesn't do much, she fiddles with the pad she has and then she goes over to the trap setting area. She looks it over and sets a non-camouflage snare that sticks out like a sore thumb that goes off as soon as she takes her hand off of it. She sighs, looks up to us, and gives a half-smile as she gets up and walks out of the room onto the last district.
The male from district 12 is an 18-year-old named Kolten Gray. Kolten grabs a rapier, the first tribute today, and stabs it against a dummy. He's very methodical with his stabbing and his footwork looks smooth. The movement looks like he could be lethal. It puzzles me as he moves that why doesn't he chose a more lethal weapon? A rapier is flimsy and against a sword, even with the footwork and perfect stabbing, he'd lose a fight pretty quickly. He finishes up, he looks pleased, and he leaves the room.
The next tribute is the female is a 15-year-old from district 12, obviously, named Annie Gris. She goes for the bow and arrow at the beginning of the session. She grabs the bow and tries to get the arrow fixed on the bow correctly. It takes her about 45 seconds, once she gets the arrow in she shoots at a dummy from 15 feet out and misses widely. She tries about 5 more times and she gets the last one to hit the foot. After this, she uses the climbing wall where it takes her the rest of her time to get off the wall. She comes down quickly and she smiles at us with a sincere look on her face as she leaves the room.
As she leaves, I finish up my notes. Overall we have some very promising and not so promising tributes. We will spend the next few hours deciding scores which will, in turn, affect sponsoring. I'm excited and I get to work, while I let Boras be in charge for a bit, these games are back under my control and I'm ready to let these games be my make or break project, once and for all.
After the training session, training scores.
The announcer comes on the TV and gets the nation ready for the scores for the tributes in the 49th annual hunger games!
From District 1, Concord Radiance with a score of 9.
What? 9? That's it? There has to be a mistake, there is no way I'm not the best career out there.
From District 1, Brielle Storm with a score of 10.
A 10? Concord is pissed but I don't care, I'm showing everyone I can do this, I will and will continue surprising everyone.
From District 2, Tyr Zahnft Shah with a score of 8.
Damn, I knew my mess up with the whip screwed me over, I guess I am distracted, I'll do better, I have to do better.
From District 2, Bellona Caccia Tzar with a score of 10.
That's it? That's not bad but I think I could've got better. It's ok, I'm still the one to beat.
From District 3, Pascal Clarence with a score of 6.
That's better than expected, I hope they got the message with my wire.
From District 3, Bugg Li with a score of 4.
I knew they didn't like me, I don't blame them, who'd bet on me.
From District 4, Dylan Cove with a score of 8.
Damn, I'm supposed to show that I belong, it's as good as Tyr but I'm not sure it's good enough.
From District 4, Kendall Maris with a score of 9.
Not bad, not the best of the pack but not the worst.
From District 5, Brax Henwick with a score of 8.
They must have really liked what I showed them, that's a career score, I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
From District 5, Arin Gilligan with a score of 7.
That's good, it'll show Brax's mom that I'm capable of bringing her son home and getting Cassady the life she deserves.
From District 6, Capricorn Makus with a score of 5.
I guess almost lighting the training center on fire was useful.
From District 6, Barbara Peren with a score of 5.
Beatrice said some game makers probably liked my attitude, some didn't, I don't care what they think.
From District 7, Aspen Evergreen with a score of 4.
The voice said that a 4 is a bad score, I think I did well.
From District 7, Wren Oakfield with a score of 7.
Not bad, I guess my stumble with the ax didn't hurt me too badly, that's good.
From District 8, Woolworth Saint-Cloud with a score of 8.
I'm the youngest tribute so far to score so high, maybe I have a real chance in these games, I guess they liked my fighting style.
From District 8, Leah Velvet with a score of 2.
Woolworth said it's not too bad but with all my mess up's I just secured my death, I'm sure of it.
From District 9, Mason Garnett with a score of 7.
Not bad for a flirt, who says my looks wouldn't get me anywhere in life.
From District 9, Marigold Caden with a score of 7.
All I did was run and I got the same score as Mason, I can be useful, I can have a chance in the games.
From District 10, Haylo Molto Ranons with a score of 3.
I knew the stick plan was a bad idea, ugh at least I didn't get the worst score.
From District 10, Bones with a score of 9.
My escort and district partner stared at me blankly when the person on the screen said 9, I thought I could go up to 12, I guess I'll try better next time.
From District 11, Uriah Winter with a score of 2.
I got knocked out and got a two, I wonder what someone has to do to get a one.
From District 11, Amira Fieldington with a score of 4.
District 11 didn't do so well, I thought I did better, at least people won't think of me as a threat anymore.
From District 12, Kolten Gray with a score of 7.
7?! That's stupid, I was perfect, everything was perfect I don't understand.
From District 12, Annie Gris with a score of 4.
Well my alliance combined score was 11 it could be worse I guess.
Loraire Kornar Head Gamemaker
This whole process was exhausting but a blast to review and see this year's tributes. While I was not happy about all the scores I can safely say that these games will be one to remember. It's going to be a blast and I can't wait until my games come to life.
Hey, y'all this is the longest chapter in this story to date! I was really excited to get it done and I am glad I'm keeping on schedule. Anyways let me know what y'all think if the sessions and any scores that surprised you or that you were happy about. Also would y'all rather this chapter be split next time or is all into one ok? let me know and don't forget to review. Thanks all again and have a good one! Until Next Time.