Chapter 5: Lucky Tokens. A section in a book called The Blood Games Story - Written by Patrick Roseforge
The 5th Hunger Games/1st Quintet Quell
Budget cuts. I had to make a twist and a smaller arena due to budget cuts. I, Patrick Roseforge, couldn't make the giant fantasy arena I wanted this year, so I decided to change things up a notch. Except, I tried to make something new and exciting: The Quintet Quell (named it myself). Something that will make the Hunger Games more excitable every five years. I decided that each tribute can bring any weapon of their own as a token. People thought it was a crazy and dangerous decision to make, but I made sure to have safety contingencies in advance so the tributes don't do anything fishy.
There was only one day of training instead of three, didn't see the need for it. The Hunger Games was expected to be a quick one and I didn't need other tributes to socialize or make an alliance with one another. Barely any did this year. Tributes this year were graded on their weaponry and the mastery of their weapon.
On to the tributes, and truthfully, I can't remember most of them. At least half of them were orphans (not sure what that says about parental planning or child care in our society). The big hitters this year was Howard from 1, Moxy from 6, and Fritz from 9 with a shotgun. Draga from 10 has a hunting rifle. Rose from 5 with a sniping rifle (not sure where she got that nor has she said how). Others had rocks and knives, but no one has a lot of faith in tributes with the melee weapons. With the expectation of the District 7 Pair, Henry, and Holly. Stereotypically, they were good with axes, but they were dammed good with it.
For the tributes, I can recall, Holly from 7 had a rebel family who all died. Henry from 7 was a cheery boy who had an interesting story about fighting a bear. Riley from 4 was a nervous talkative girl with an interesting dark sense of humor. Laurence from 2 was born wealthy and was a brat the whole time, and Barnabas from 8 was a gangster in his district.
District 1 Male: Howard Blazer, 20, (9). Weapon - Shotgun.
District 1 Female: Cassia Wildwillow, 18, (3). Weapon - Knife.
District 2 Male: Laurence Andesite Jr, 15, (3). Weapon - Smallsword.
District 2 Female: Samantha Agaurez, 15, (10). Weapon - Pistol.
District 3 Male: Riggs Spring, 16, (2). Weapon - Rock.
District 3 Female: Electra Bellhorn, 18, (6). Weapon - Pistol.
District 4 Male: Neptune Bluewave, 18, (7). Weapon - Mace.
District 4 Female: Riley Asher, 15, (7). Weapon - Trident.
District 5 Male: Light Gorbea, 12, (2). Weapon - Rock.
District 5 Female: Rose Piper, 16, (11). Weapon - Sniper rifle.
District 6 Male: Mac Allister, 18, (2). Weapon - Kitchen knife.
District 6 Female: Moxy Lowcreek, 20, (10). Weapon - Shotgun.
District 7 Male: Henry Willow, 18, (9). Weapon - Axe.
District 7 Female: Holly Coleman, 19, (10). Weapon - Axe.
District 8 Male: Barnabas Wolfblood, 17, (6). Weapon - Dagger.
District 8 Female: Minerva Maddison, 16, (1). Weapon - Poison.
District 9 Male: Fritz Scola, 15, (11). Weapon - Shotgun.
District 9 Female: Cerise Norberg, 17, (6). Weapon - Scythe.
District 10 Male: Rantee Meadow, 14, (8). Weapon - Pistol.
District 10 Female: Draga Kyle, 19, (9). Weapon - Hunting rifle.
District 11 Male: Linden Wells, 20, (1). Weapon - Rock.
District 11 Female: Katashi Iyer, 13, (5). Weapon - Dagger.
District 12 Male: Sherman Horazick, 18, (3). Weapon - Knife.
District 12 Female: Petunia Nicolson, 15, (1). Weapon - Rock.
Patrick's Bet: Rose Piper. Of course, I was going to bet on the girl with the sniper rifle! What, should I count on the guy with the rock to win?
Alex's Bet: Riley Asher. He liked her sense of humor. Human shark bait jokes have its charm, he said.
-THE GAMES-
And so, the tributes were put into jeeps and were all sent to the new arena. Trenches. I made trenches, one whole mile worth of trenches. It could have been a maze, but the tributes could easily hide under gunfire now. Also, it was cheaper to make this happen than Jurrasic Park or some other grand scheme I had hatched up.
All twenty-four tributes were dropped off, all wearing blindfolds. They were all a few meters away from one another, enough to get some shots in and enough for other tributes to hid in the trenches. None were allowed to take the blindfolds off them until they heard the signal. Said signal being siren.
"IN 3... 2... 1... LET THE 5TH HUNGER GAMES COMMENCE!" the announcer said, and the siren put out a noise that only the tributes could hear. The clear to remove the blindfolds was here.
Draga from 10 was the first to see her prey. Riggs from 3 was an unassuming young lad, and unlucky that he was placed next to Draga with only a rock. He was given a quick death when she shot him right in the heart. He pretty much accepted his death based on his depressing interview.
Riggs Spring, District 3 Male: 24th Place, Killed by Draga. Day 1.
To be clear, twenty-three tributes die on Day 1, with the arena being purposely small, and every tribute having a dangerous weapon to start with, it can be called a regular bloodbath, but the 5th Hunger Games isn't like the others - it's supposed to be short. Whatever. After Draga killed Riggs, she hid in the trenches.
Others began to make their escape to the covers of the trenches, but some didn't make it in time. Minerva from 8 was unfortunately shot down by Samantha from 2. Fritz from 9 and Moxy from 6 had a shotgun standoff, with Fritz being the one getting his head blown off. Barnabas from 8 managed to stab Rantee from 10 with his dagger behind his back, killing Rantee. Barnabas also took Rantee's pistol behind he went to the trenches. Laurence from 2 and Mac from 6 foolishly decided to attack Howard, but Howard killed them with his shotgun.
Minerva Maddison, District 8 Female: 23rd Place, Killed by Samantha. Day 1.
Fritz Scola, District 9 Male: 22nd Place, Killed by Moxy. Day 1.
Rantee Meadow, District 10 Male: 21st Place, Killed by Barnabas. Day 1.
Laurence Andesite Jr, District 2 Male: 20th Place, Killed by Howard. Day 1.
Mac Allister, District 6 Male: 19th Place, Killed by Howard. Day 1.
All those deaths took less than a minute, the rest of the tributes wisely decided to hide in the trenches to avoid being the next ones shot. It didn't take long for someone else to die.
Two tributes were close to each other in the same neck of the trenches, Cerise from 9 and Moxy from 6. It was unfortunate that Moxy looked dazed after she killed Fritz and didn't wasn't expecting a surprise attack so soon. Cerise soon enough swiped her scythe on Moxy's neck, killing the shotgun wielder with a splash of blood. Cerise now has a shotgun and a scythe, there's something movie-worthy there.
Moxy Lowcreek, District 6 Female: 18th Place, Killed by Cerise. Day 1.
Just one death after another, Holly from 7 and Neptune from 4 had a regular melee clash between an ax and a mace. Neptune managed to wound Holly's left leg, but Holly still managed to kill Neptune with an ax shoved right up his stomach. Neptune lost quite a bit of blood. Holly won the fight but ended up wounded.
Neptune Bluewave, District 4 Male: 17th Place, Killed by Holly. Day 1.
Not all the tributes were automatically killing each other, some simply passed each other and even talked. Riley from 4 and Sherman from 12 nodded to one another, then proceeded to go backward away from one another. Barnabas saw Petunia from 12 but decided not to kill her out of genuine sympathy for the small girl or perhaps he thought she wasn't worth it and moved on.
The next tribute interaction, however, did result in death. Light from 5 and Draga from 10 met each other on the same trench. Draga shots at Light, but misses. Light throw's his rock at her - it also misses. Draga kills Light with her next shot.
Light Gorbea, District 5 Male: 16th Place, Killed by Draga. Day 1.
Draga's gunshot was heard, Cerise from 9 was nearby and ran away from that direction. Howard from 1, however, heard and attempted to challenge the Draga once there. Howard didn't get close with his shotgun, Draga shots at him, but her shot missed. Howard came close enough to aim and shoot her, while the girl from Ten also shot him at the same time. Howard ended up with a hole in his forehead.
Howard Blazer, District 1 Male: 15th Place, Killed by Draga. Day 1.
Sad news for Draga was that Howard's gunshot managed to get her stomach. After killing the boy from One, she fell flat on her back and slowly bleeding out.
However, she didn't die just yet. Not before another tribute. Rose from 5 was on her stomach, looking above, aiming her sniper rifle. Looking for someone to hunt. Petunia from 12 looked above, which was a bad move for her since Rose automatically had her scope on Petunia and got a headshot.
Petunia Nicolson, District 12 Female: 14th Place, Killed by Rose. Day 1.
Soon after, Draga died from her bloody gash, looking at the sky, mumbling something. It could have been anything.
Draga Kyle, District 10 Female: 13th Place, Killed by Howard. Day 1.
Henry from 7, unfortunately, got a large surprise from Cassia from 1 when he was crouching in the trenches. Cassia was around the corner and shanked Henry. The boy fell, and Cassia continued to stab him until he died. Cassia wanted to take his ax but realized it was too heavy to carry, so she left it next to her victim's corpse.
Henry Willow, District 7 Male: 12th Place, Killed by Cassia. Day 1.
And so, easily, one by one were getting killed. Rose was still attempting sniping people who were unfortunate or dumb enough to look up the trenches. Riley attempted it, but thankfully for her, Rose's shot missed and Riley ducked her head in an instant. Samantha from 1 also tried her luck at shooting others, and she and Rose kept shooting at each other, but no shot got lucky enough, so Samatha decided not to waste any more bullets.
Holly didn't have a great time either. Her leg wound made sure she couldn't move much, and while she certainly could've gotten some sponsors for medicine, that would mean her position would have been exposed and she shouldn't get the attention of Rose's sniper or any other tribute.
And so, for an hour, while there were gunshots heard, nobody died just yet. Until three tributes meet one another at the same time. Linden from 11, Electra from 3, and Barnabas. Electra was scared and frightened, holding her pistol tightly, but it's clear she doesn't know how to use it. She panicked, missing her shots against the older male tributes, and Barnabas shot her instead. She died instantly.
Electra Bellhorn, District 3 Female: 11th Place, Killed by Barnabas. Day 1.
Linden's weapon was rock, and so he used it. He threw the rock at Barnabas' eye, blooding it. It dazed Barnabas long enough for Linden to collect Electra's pistol of the group and aim it at Barnabas. Linden shot at Barnabas, and it hit the boy from Eight's liver. The Eight boy yelped and fell to the ground. Barnabas attempted to get one final shot at Linden, but Linden finished Barnabas with one final bullet to his brain.
Barnabas Wolfblood, District 8 Male: 10th Place, Killed by Linden. Day 1.
Katashi from 11 and Sherman from 12 saw each other, looked hesitant to attack each other. They ultimately didn't and walked away.
Rose, on the other hand, decided not to stay in one place and moved. It was then, Samantha made a bold move and run above the ground. It was fortunate that Rose wasn't sniping anymore. And unfortunate that Samantha saw her. The Two girl ran and was already above the surprised Rose. Samatha took this opportunity and shoot her dead, putting a lot of bullets in Rose.
Rose Piper, District 5 Female: 9th Place, Killed by Samantha. Day 1.
Eight tributes left: Cassia Wildwillow from District 1, Samatha Aguarez from District 2, Riley Asher from District 4, Holly Coleman from District 7, Cerise Norberg from District 9, Linden Wells and Katashi Iyer from District 11, and Sherman Horazick from District 12. Who does the reader think will win?
Samantha was out of pistol bullets and looted Rose's sniper rifle. Bad news for her, she doesn't have any practice with the sniper rifle. Worse news, the rifle itself only had three bullets left. Samatha tsked and walked forward. Cassia and Riley walking around, exploring the trenches. Holly was still wounded, and waiting for someone to walk in her part of the trenches. Sherman and Cerise were scared out of their minds, looking left and right. Linden seemed to freeze now and then ever since he killed Barnabas.
Katashi, however, found a lucky find. She found Draga's and Howard's corpses. Next to them, their weapons. Katashi decided to take Draga's hunting rifle. Hopefully, she'll make her mark soon enough.
There was a death soon enough. Sherman was soon found by Linden, and the Twelve boy didn't get to run far before Linden shot him in the back of the head. Linden didn't look fazed by what he's done and walked about.
Sherman Horazick, District 12 Male: 8th Place, Killed by Linden. Day 1.
Riley was soon found by Samatha. The Four girl was almost shot to death by Samatha's rifle, but her lack of experience of it was her undoing. Riley used her trident and thrust it at Samatha. Riley's trident pierced into Samatha's flesh, stabbing her torso, and killing her.
Samatha Aguarez, District 2 Female: 7th Place, Killed by Riley. Day 1.
It wasn't a great experience for Riley, and she soon barfed her guts out after killing the other tribute. She immediately walked out away from the newly made corpse. After ten minutes, Riley was soon in Holly's trench, and the girl got her ax ready. Riley wasn't ready for Holly's attack. Holly dragged Riley to the ground, and Riley felt an ax's silver on her face, making it bleed. The other girl was trying to cut her face, but Riley has held her off and threw her to the side. The two girls fought hard, Riley managed to cut off Holly's ear with her trident, but Holly got lucky when she chopped off's Riley's hand.
The Four girl screamed in pain. The Seven girl brought her ax down to Riley's face, ending her screams.
Riley Asher, District 4 Female: 6th Place, Killed by Holly. Day 1.
Afterward, Holly did ask for some medicine from her sponsors. She got some cuts, but her previous leg wound seemed to have gotten worse.
Soon enough, there was a short gunfight. One between Linden and Katashi. Linden first saw Katashi and shot at her, she instantly went around the corner. She in turn shot at her mentally-damaged district partner. Katashi soon enough shot Linden's throat, something that killed him soon after. The troubled Katashi ran away from there.
Linden Wells, District 11 Male: 5th Place, Killed by Katashi. Day 1.
Now, after I saw Cerise from 9 simply hiding in place, it bothered me that she was so far away from the other tribute. Not only that, but she didn't do anything other than hiding this entire Games unlike all the others, and it bothered me. So much so that I decided to kill her for her inaction. Cerise's tracker exploded, blowing up her head.
Cerise Norberg, District 9 Female: 4th Place, Killed by Patrick Roseforge. Day 1.
Was it fair? No, it wasn't. I look back and regret it now, but Cerise's death was a small thing compared to every other death I was responsible for in these Hunger Games.
In the two final hours of this Quartet Quell, Holly has gotten her medicine from her sponsors, but Cassia and Katashi saw it. Also, there was an announcement made for the other for the tributes to go towards where that sponsor gift went to so they can kill each. A Finale. Holly had been given miraculous healing gel, and so far, it healed her wounds. Sadly, her leg still lags a little.
Katashi and Cassia met up, and it was once more a short exchange as Katashi fired upon seeing her. Cassia, having only a knife on her, meant that she didn't have a much of a chance in a gunfight.
Cassia Wildwillow, District 1 Female: 3rd Place, Killed by Katashi. Day 1/Finale.
Now, it's up to Katashi from 11 and Holly from 7. These games were meant to be quick and unpredictable, and not many were expecting these two tributes to be the last ones here.
Once Holly met up with Katashi, the Seven female tribute was horrified when she saw the younger girl with a hunting rifle. Whether it was because of Katashi's age or that fact she has a dangerous gun in her hands, that's up to debate.
Holly knew she couldn't face her down, so she ran to the sides, ducking from Katashi's bullet shots. Holly was chased down, and eventually found the bodies of Electra and Barnabas. Holly saw a pistol near them and took it for herself. Once Katashi was nearby, Holly aimed her pistol and got one good shot at the young girl. And one shot is all that is needed to kill someone - especially when that bullet enters the cranium and into the brain.
Katashi Iyer, District 11 Female: 2nd Place, Killed by Holly. Day 1/Finale.
Holly Willow, District 7 Female: 1st Place. Victor of the 5th Hunger Games/1st Quintet Quell.
-THE AFTERMATH FILE-
5th HG:
Name: Holly Coleman(F)
District: 7(#1)
Age: 19
Bio: She's the last living member of a fairly well-known rebel family. Her parents were executed. And her two brothers were killed by having trees falling on them two years ago. Somehow, Holly managed to provide for herself. Supposedly, she either has more friends or blackmailed a baker to give her food. A year later, she meets an orphan named Oaklynn Peters, and the two helped one another.
Victory Tour: The tour went off without a hitch in most districts. Except for two Districts, Eleven and Four. Eleven booed at her, and she didn't even finish her speech. While in Four, Riley's boyfriend Hemi Bleu attempted to assassinate her but ended up shooting her in the leg. Hemi was executed a day after.
After the HG: Holly hasn't suffered as much mentally as other tributes. But physically, her left leg was shot up worse than what she suffered in the Hunger Games after Hemi's attempted assassination, and now has to walk with a cane for the rest of her life. She was rather bitter for a time. Five years later, she married Oaklynn. Holly has supported the Capitol, saying she has no intention of ever rebelling. She's just moving on with her life. She adopted two children named Drew and Hazel.
-THE VICTOR LIST-
1st HG: Fjord Nightbreeze (1#, District 1)
2nd HG: Arabella Tamon (1#, District 4)
3rd HG: Rosa Weaver (1#, District 8)
4th HG: Gunther Bryan(1#, District 11)
5th HG: Holly Coleman(1#, District 7)
A/N: And, yeah... This was supposed to be an SYOC, but it was decided that it would be a waste a time. Still did this, however. Thank you chcolate for submitting Riley Asher. Thank you charliesunshine for submitting Henry Willow. Lastly, thank you Yuppers572 for submitting Laurence Andesite and Holly Coleman. Yuppers, you got lucky. I should mention I rolled dice here, and Holly was fortunate enough to survive.
But, if anyone else wants to submit a tribute in future Roseverse Hunger Games, he's a form and PM me. It's not going to be an SYOT format, it's going to be like this. Maybe your tribute will win.
Tribute Form for Roseverse:
Rules:
#1: No Careers - There are no careers here, just to be clear. Way too early for any of that. There are, however, soldiers by the age of 19 or 20 who served during war at a young age.
#2: Submissions - Write up any time you want, and PM me.
#3: Different Age Limit - In Roseverse, whether it is unfair or not, the age limit here to be part of the Hunger Games is 12 to 20. This is an AU, so don't expect canon.
#5: Annoying Thing - There are only five Victors here. So, no matter what - DO NOT write a tribute related to any Victor whatsoever. Hate it when someone does that.
#6: If you have any questions, please ask me.
#7: Have fun!
Form:
Name:
Age: 12-20
District: 1-12
Which Hunger Games: 6th-25th available.
Gender:
Appearance: It doesn't matter much.
Personality:
Strengths and Weaknesses:
Backstory:
Volunteered/Reaped?:
Reason/Reaction?:
Allies?:
Bloodbath tribute?:
Arena strategy:
Other: {Ideas you might want to suggest}