🦋 The 20th Hunger Games ➵ Victor: Penny

[honeybee.]

Caspia Searobin | District 4 | Location: East Camp | Tags: Killick, Chaska, Eden
Eden made a comment on not wanting to feed them anything gross and Caspia grinned. "I'm from District 4, so as long as they're cooked they'll taste like home." He then went and retrieved Madeline's knife, which Caspia took from his ginger grip. He didn't seem particularly excited at the idea of gutting a fish, but she was more than familiar with the task.
"That should work." She agreed to the suggestion of using weapons as roasting sticks. "Anything that lets us hold them over the fire without burning ourselves. This shouldn't take too long!"
She grabbed one of the fish, and using the knife Eden had retrieved began to gut it. "You wanna get all the scales off, slit it open and then pull all the gross stuff out." She explained the basics. If she didn't survive to the final big Career fight she didn't want her allies starving, although Killick would be fine and Eden didn't look like he particularly wanted the knowledge so her words were mainly for Chaska's benefit.

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Felix Prestman | District 12 | Location: Heading West | Tags: Penny
Felix watched as Penny clambered to a comfy position and then carefully sliced off a small section of his jacket with the cooking knife. He dipped it in the stream to soak up water and then sat cross-legged on the rock in front of Penny so that their faces were level. She was smiling shyly at him and he felt his heart stutter just a little as he looked into her pretty eyes, dark as a moonless night. Quickly, he shook himself out of the thought as he cupped her face carefully with one hand and began to wipe gently at her scraped cheek with the other. He worked deftly and silently until the wound looked clean.
"There. All done." He spoke softly as he dropped both his hands to his lap.

[rose petals.]

GᒪOᖇIᗩ ᒪᗩᑕE
|female|2|career|tags: careers|

Gloria trudged back towards the camp, shiny stone in one hand and a knife in the other. She felt a tingling feeling in her ear and paused, raising the hand with the stone to scratch at it. Shoving the stone into her pocket, Gloria continued her walk, rolling her eyes as she saw the careers clumped together, talking. At least Madeline wasn't there though, perhaps the only good part of the day was when the other careers yelled at the pathetic district 1 girl. With a smirk, Gloria glanced over just in time to see that they were going to be gutting fish. Ew. Too slimy. "Really?" She scoffed. "You had to choose the absolute worst meal on the planet?" Gloria didn't really care if she was being insensitive to the tributes from four. How dare they expect her to eat something that utterly disgusting??????

ᑭEᑎᑎY ᔕYᒪᐯEᔕTEᖇ
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Penny blushed when their eyes met, and she looked away nervously. The water felt very cool against her face, and Penny found herself relaxing. However, Felix's hand on her face didn't help with her blushing, and despite the cold water her face still was warm after he was done. "oh- thank you!" Penny said, smiling. "That feels a lot better! Where did you learn that? Like... how to care for people and stuff." Penny remembered Felix mention before that he was a healer, and even though he had just washed off her wound, his gentle touch hinted that he had experience caring for people before.

[Zyn]

{ Important: Ada gave me permission to mention where reyna is }

☭ 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚊 𝚂𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚡 ☭
District 2 || Career || Male || Eighteen || The Mad Dog

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☭ Location: Eastern Quadrant
☭ Tags: Eden, The Careers
☭ Mood: Focused, Confused
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In typical Chaska fashion instead of joining the conversation he instead stoo there and listened to Eden and Caspia. They were talking about the fish and how to prepare it. Well it was mostly them talking about what kind of fish and then them searching for a knife. A task that proved to be easier than Chaska assumed since the knife was still in Madeline's bag and Eden was brave enough to sneak over and grab it. When Eden offered the knife he almost took it before he remembered he didn't know how to gut a fish and so he waited for Caspia to demonstrate first. Nodding along with Caspia he silently agreed that the swords would make for a good way to cook the fish. His attention was drawn back to the fish when Caspia picked one up and started to gut it. Whilst she did that she explained what she was doing, a very attentive Chaska nodded along while he watched. "Seems fairly simple, I can gut the next one" he said thoughtfully. He came to this conclusion for two reasons, first being he wanted to help pull his weight. The second being he wanted to make sure he had properly understood what she was doing and could replicate it. While he was good at learning by just watching he didn't want this to be one of the few times that he didn't do it right and screwed it up somehow. Better to find out now than if he was the only one able to gut the fish.

☣ 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓏 𝒜𝒹𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒾 ☣
District 5 || Tribute || Female || Seventeen || The False Prophet

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☣ Location: Eastern Quadrant
☣ Tags: Reyna, Darius, Zoe
☣ Mood: Scheming, Irritable
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Sharnaz turned away from Zoe the moment the younger tribute announced that they were leaving. She had no interest in them now that they were leaving. There was only one worry and she was confident that she had a better hold on Reyna than some kid who only just appeared. Sharnaz had Reyna's loyalty and if she had calculated that it would prove to be stronger than her allies love of fire. Her assumption came true when Reyna turned away and returned to watching the group in front of them. At some point during the conversation the two district seven tributes had left. "Alright, lets wait a moment longer, I want to make sure those two are out of ear shot before we approach. I don't want them to come running back so soon" she murmured. "Game plan, we don't want them to get away so lets approach them from three points to try and cut off their escape route. We can use the tent to block a fourth direction" she said thoughtfully. When she had deemed that it had been long enough she started forward while gesturing in the direction the other two should head first. Since she had confidence in her speed she chose to go to the farthest point while directing Darius to the closest point. It would be easier for the tallest member to get there silently if they had less distance to travel. Quietly she crept around the two kids until she reached her position. It didn't take took long and she waited a moment for the other two to get in position before standing up and approaching. Her sudden appearance at the same time as the rising figure of Darius startled the tiny albino who leapt to their feet. A cold shark like grin spread across her lips. However the grin died when the tiniest tribute lashed out, grabbing a stick and striking out at Reyna before darting past them. "DARIUS KILL THE KID, DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY" she shouted after a string of curses. Then she motioned for Reyna to follow and she bolted after Rieka.

🍭 ℜ𝔦𝔢𝔨𝔞 𝔊ü𝔫𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 🍭
District 10 || Tribute || Female || Thirteen || The Young Wolf

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🍭 Location: Eastern Quadrant
🍭 Tags: Jay, Moses, Sienna
🍭 Mood: Happy, Scared
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Rieka glanced over at Jay when she heard him start to say something. With a tiny tilt of her head she regarded him with a warm smile as she waited for him. She didn't expect the compliment and her cheeks turned pink as an even warmer smile spread across her cheeks. "Thanks Jay! Your the best!" she hummed. Leaning forward she wrapped her arms around him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. She hoped that Jay didn't mind the peck, after all she had seen other people kiss people on the cheek before. Whenever she saw it she thought it was super cute. She almost said something else but was distracted when she noticed Moses and Sienna start to leave and gave them a little wave. They were off to get food and she knew that they were strong but she still couldn't help the worry that settled in the pit of her stomach. Even the strongest of tributes died and she worried that someone would attack them while they weren't together. However she kept that worry to herself and turned back to Jay. "I think you hair is very cool! The color and cut is very flattering, it helps that you are cute too" she chirped cheerfully. She was trying her best to give Jay a compliment, something she was struggling with. Compliments to people like sienna and moses were easy however for some reason because she thought Jay was cute she was having a harder time. She didn't get long to linger on that thought before the figure of Sharnaz from district five popped up, quickly followed by Darius from district eight on the opposite side. Without thinking she lunged to her feet and snatched up the stick she had dropped from earlier. It didn't take too much thought to rush at Reyna, she assumed their temper would help out her plan. Swinging at Reyna she didn't even stop to see if the wild swing connected before darting off. "RUN JAY! GET SIENNA AND MOSES" she shouted over her shoulder.

[Runnersback]

➵Sienna Mach-North| D7 |17|Tags:Moses,Rieka,Jay| loc:East
Sienna was up when she saw her new ally come sprinting to them. Everything seemed so wrong in the eyes of the little one and she knew she had to get her boots on and laced up pronto.She asked as she pulled out her battle axe ready to do some damage. It had to be mutts it just had to be why else would Rieka be alone, she swiftly pulled the boy next to her as her motherly instincts pooled out from her gut. Soon she and Moses was on a witch-hunt for tributes.Sienna continued charging forward as they were making it back to camp. Damn them for leaving.

➵Moses Grandy| D7 |18|Tags:Sienna,Rieka,Jay| loc:East
Moses had known something was wrong,his gut had told him. No yelled at him and now he was scrambling to put his boots on as he saw little Jay in front of him. He barely got his boots laced up before he had his bow prepped and ready in action. Something had left his mind drawing to Rieka.Rieka!!!!! As there tiny ally relayed the message he went flying through the reeds before the earth flattened back out to meadow. Pure clear meadow. Was his face as red as his hair. Absolutely. Was he pissed that Rieka was alone. Absolutely. Will he do some damages if Rieka is hurt or mauled. Yes he will. Moses had his regrets but this was going to be his biggest one yet....

[SunnyJustice]

➵ Eden Beauregard of District One
➵ Location: Careers' Camp
➵ Tagged: Careers
"That's nice to hear." Eden's expression lit up as Caspia reassured him about the meal. As long as everyone enjoyed or even tolerated it, he'd be happy. He loved taking care of others, putting smiles on their faces, especially through simple gestures like a warm meal.
Caspia then approved of his idea about using the swords to roast the fish. Eden smiled, glad they'd be able to make a meal despite the lack of large sticks or cooking pots. He'd been a little worried at first. "Sounds good. I haven't actually drawn blood with these swords... they'd probably be some of the cleaner weapons." His pacifism in the bloodbath was surprisingly paying off.

As he made his way to the river, he heard snippets of the horror taking place with the fish. Eden walked a little faster until the gently rushing water drowned out the sounds. He knew he was being a baby - what trained Career was scared of gutting a fish? - but he couldn't turn off his emotions. All he could think about was that adorable striped fish being turned inside out! Poor, poor baby...
He knelt by the river and started to wash the twin blades. Hopefully Chaska and Caspia would have a fun time together dealing with the fish, and the horrors would be over once Eden returned. But he definitely jinxed it with that thought. Gloria returned to camp then, complaints already flying from her lips. Eden just let out a sigh and ignored her this time.



➵ Reyna Byrne of District Twelve
➵ Location: East
➵ Tagged: Sharnaz, Darius, Rieka, Jay
Reyna's smile just got wider and wider as Sharnaz explained the details of her plan. Smart, they'd circle around like lions and cut off the unsuspecting lambs from any escape. Sharnaz was a true genius. "Got it. I'll go that way."
As Reyna snuck around through the grass and brush, she realized Darius had the easiest position of the three. Of course. He was weak and stupid, just like these useless tributes about to die. Sharnaz, being the mastermind she was, assigned Darius a task even he couldn't fail. It made Reyna respect Sharnaz more and Darius less. Not that she'd ever had a shred of respect towards him at all.

When Darius and Sharnaz made their move, Reyna leaped out with a sinister smile. That probably looked so badass on television. She strolled forward with her head held high, completely confident these pathetic tributes wouldn't even fight back. She was wrong. That little pup Rieka hit Reyna with a stick of all things! It smacked against her shin, sending a jolt of pain through her lower leg.
"What the-" Reyna muttered as the kids started running. Rieka yelled something about getting the District Seven tributes - oh no. Even Sharnaz shouted in anger, which came as an even greater shock than the stick attack. Reyna had never heard her calm, composed ally yell or curse before. They'd have to kill Rieka before they ran out of time. Catching Sharnaz's signal, Reyna followed at a furious sprint.

Meanwhile, Darius chased after Jay. He had no intentions of fighting the District Seven tributes though. If Jay decided to approach Sienna and Moses, then Darius would turn tail and bolt at once.

[Zyn]

☣ 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓏 𝒜𝒹𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒾 ☣
District 5 || Tribute || Female || Seventeen || The False Prophet

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☣ Location: Eastern Quadrant
☣ Tags: Rieka, Reyna
☣ Mood: Murderous, Focused
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Sharnaz was pleased when Reyna followed after her, it was good to know that her signal had been enough. She didn't want to have to wait for anyone to rush after the shockingly fast thirteen year old. When Rieka had first taken off she hadn't been expecting the speed at which the kid could run. Thankfully she was fast too and was able to keep pace with the kid. With a burst of speed she managed to catch up and swung one of the daggers at the fleeing girl. With a grin she was pleased when the dagger made contact, it wasn't much of an injury but it caused Rieka to stumble slightly and slow down. Just slow enough for Sharnaz to swing again, another slight cut to Rieka's other arm. However fear seemed to cause Rieka to speed up and Sharnaz found her self falling back again. However unlike earlier with her random outburst she didn't loose her cool this time, maybe it was because she was so focused on the thrill of the chase. Whatever the reason there was a creepy shark like grin on her lips and she seemed to be enjoying the moment. Though if that is what she was really feeling only she knew the answer to that.

🍭 ℜ𝔦𝔢𝔨𝔞 𝔊ü𝔫𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 🍭
District 10 || Tribute || Female || Thirteen || The Young Wolf

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🍭 Location: Eastern Quadrant
🍭 Tags: Sharnaz, Reyna
🍭 Mood: Incredibly Afraid
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The sounds of thumping footsteps behind Rieka told her that at least two people had taken the bait, she just wished all three had followed her. Putting her everything behind her sprint she kept the lead ahead of the murderous tributes behind her. Unfortunately it wasn't for long that she was able to fully keep the lead. All of sudden something cold sliced through her arm just above her wrist. It was a shock to the system and she stumbled slightly as she tried to regain herself despite the cut on her arm. That stumble cost her though and again something cold sliced open her other arm. This time the cut was a bit deeper. Instead of slowing her down instead it spurred her on, fear fueling her every step away from these crazy people. She couldn't even take a moment to check her arms to see how bad the cuts were but from what she could tell they couldn't be too bad. After all she didn't feel an extreme amount of pain nor did she feel light headed. So she assumed that they were only small cuts and didn't need to be tended to any time soon. Any first aid could wait until Sienna and Moses found her.

[honeybee.]

Caspia Searobin | District 4 | Location: East Camp | Tags: Killick, Chaska, Eden
Gloria apparently had returned out of nowhere and decided that they all wanted her input on the cooking. Caspia considered the offense towards her district's main cuisine as a personal affront. She scowled and then immediately after forced a smile on her face, reminding herself that fighting with allies was a bad idea. "If you want to go and hunt a squirrel or something, Gloria, we'd be more than happy to cook it for you." The pleasantness she was putting into her voice was not very convincing. After speaking she turned so that she could no longer see the District 2 girl.
She returned her gaze to Chaska who had offered to gut the next one. "Oh awesome!" She was pleased that he'd followed her basic explanation and handed over the knife. "Go ahead."

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Felix Prestman | District 12 | Location: Heading West | Tags: Penny
Felix's face lit up at Penny's question, asking about how he learnt to look after others. This had been his life back home, one of the most important things to him. Now that Penny was starting to be important to him too he was excited to tell her all about this part of him.
"Well back home we didn't have any proper doctors, not like the ones you get in the Capitol. If you're ill you have to hope for the best and head to the pharmacist - that was my Dad. He adopted me as a baby after I was sick and as I grew up I used to help him with his work. We never made much money, we asked mostly for trades and favours and we had to work mostly with herbs we foraged, no expensive medicines, but I loved it. It made me feel like I had a place in the world and I thought that's what I'd keep doing until I was old but... I never thought this could happen." His voice had a bittersweet tone to it.
"What about you? Did you have any plans back home?"

[DetectiveLunar]

Madeline Gomez//District 1//Female//A brat//Tagged; Careers

Will she ever stop? Don’t know, but she must have some great vocals cause she’s been at it for a WHILE. Pretty sure no one else has seen someone scream for this long. How hasn’t she lost her voice? Is this a super power of her’s or something? This must take some sort of skill!

Jay Fernandez//District 11//Male//Tagged;Reika, Sienna and Moses

Jay waved goodbye to the other tributes as they left to go get food. “Bye bye!! Stay safe!” He yelled over to them as they walked away. Jay really hoped they were able to get the fish they needed! Even if they didn’t succeed in catching fish, Jay wouldn’t be mad. Catching fish seemed like a pretty hard task, which is why he decided to stay back with Reika instead.

Jay couldn’t help but feel a little flustered when Reika thanked him for the compliment. “You’re wel-“ His words were cut off by Reika giving him a peck on the cheek. He probably looked more red than the color red itself! He stood there stuttering in confusion at the kiss. He wasn’t sure what he felt. Was it confusion? Embarrassment? He hadn’t expected that. He knew Reika was going to hug him but a kiss too? It’s not like he didn’t appreciate it, he actually really liked it. In fact he thought about giving her one in return.

“U-uh..Uh. Th. Thank you!” He continued to stutter over his words, the compliment had only made him even more flustered. Why was he stuttering so much? He had received compliments before, he had been called cute before, why was this any different? Same thing with the kiss. He’s seen his dads show each other affection and give each other a kiss on the cheek. He was perfectly fine with that but why did everything suddenly change when he was the one being kissed? He was so confused!!!

Maybe he should go with that kiss. It would only make sense to give her a kiss in return but it made him so embarrassed just thinking about it. What if she didn’t like it? Before he could finally make his decision, three tributes attacked. He stared in shock and terror as the three rushed towards them. They were going to die. THEY WERE GOING TO DIE!

He was snapped out of it when Reika yelled at him to get the others. Immediately, he turned around and darted towards where Sienna and Moses had gone. On the way there, he made the mistake of looking behind him only to find one of the scary tributes following after him. He let out a scream of terror and began to scream for his allies.

“SIENNAAAAAA!!!! MOSESSS!! HELP HELP! WE’RE GOING TO DIE!!” Was accompanied with loud sobs coming from the small boy as he continued to sprint towards them.

“PLEASE! PLEASE. REIKA NEEDS HELP! WE NEED TO GO NOW!!”

[rose petals.]

GᒪOᖇIᗩ ᒪᗩᑕE
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Gloria thought she could hear screaming, was Madeline... still screaming? Glancing back at Caspia, the tribute let out a scoff. Did that girl really think Gloria would go hunting? She could get dirty! With a huff, Gloria angrily scratched at her ear. The fake happiness in Caspia's voice annoyed Gloria to every extent. She hated when people weren't genuine. With an inaudible grumbling Gloria sat down beside the fire, sitting on her jacket so she wouldn't get dirt on herself. "Whatever." She snapped under her breath.

ᑭEᑎᑎY ᔕYᒪᐯEᔕTEᖇ
|female|8|tribute|tags: felix|

Penny watched Felix's face brighten when he talked about home. It made her happy that he seemed to enjoy district 12 so much. Penny imagined Felix and his dad foraging for herbs and helping people in need, it made her smile. "That sounds amazing!" She exclaimed, then shook her hand. "No not really, I didn't have anything cool going for me back at home. My parents taught me to sew and all, but I was probably just going to end up at one of the factories like everyone else..." Penny paused and looked over at something, though she wasn't really sure what. Glancing back at Felix, she started to smile. "I..I haven't told anyone this but one of my dreams was to open a small shop and make quilts and blankets for poor children all across Panem." Of course, that idea would die with her. There would no way she'd ever be able to do it, even if she wasn't reaped into the games.

[SunnyJustice]

➵ Darius Silk
When the District Seven tributes came into view, Darius gave up on chasing the small boy at once. He wasn't stupid enough to face Sienna and Moses head-on. As Darius fled the scene, he grinned - the District Seven tributes would never reach Rieka in time from this distance. They'd probably arrive just in time to watch their ally die.
So dramatic! He thought as he headed for the northern trees.


➵ Reyna Byrne of District Twelve
➵ Location: East
➵ Tagged: Sharnaz, Rieka, Chaska
This was the best day of Reyna's life. Not only were they about to get revenge on the little punk who'd hit her with a stick, but Sharnaz looked better than ever. Seeing her ally's evil grin by her side made Reyna even more excited to catch this kid. They'd look so badass, sponsors would fall over backwards to send them stuff. This weak little tribute wouldn't even stand a chance.
Reyna was a little worse for the wear though, breathing heavily as she struggled to keep up the pace. She'd never been good at running long distances. This, to the spoiled brat from Twelve, definitely counted as a long distance.
Sharnaz, the swifter of the two, made a few cuts to Rieka's arms. The sight of blood made Reyna forget all about her exhaustion and she quickened her pace, eager for more. She felt like a hunting dog driven wild with the thrill of the chase. Even Reyna was starting to catch up now, closing the distance between her and Rieka. A sinister grin spread across her face as she swung out with her sword.
Little did Reyna know, the chase had taken them close to the river - and the Careers' camp...


➵ Eden Beauregard of District One
➵ Location: Careers' Camp
➵ Tagged: Careers
Eden returned to the fire after washing the swords clean. He hoped he wouldn't have to use them for violent purposes, ever - but this was the Hunger Games and he was a Career. Most likely he'd run into a murderous tribute or hungry mutt at some point. When it came time to protect his alliance, even the tea-loving pacifist from District One would have to take up arms.
Caspia responded politely to Gloria's rudeness, then turned her back on the grumpy District Two girl. Eden could tell both were annoyed. But he didn't bring it up, he was already in an uncomfortable mood and it wasn't just from Gloria's irate comments.
"The swords are ready, but..." Eden's voice was quiet as he looked to Killick, Caspia, and Chaska. He assumed Gloria wouldn't care. "Does anyone have an odd feeling? I'd think it's because Madeline hasn't come back yet, but I can still hear her ranting - she's okay."