🦋 The 20th Hunger Games ➵ Victor: Penny

[SunnyJustice]

➵ Demitra Sparks • District Three • NPC Antagonist
➵ Location: North
➵ Tagged: No one
Once Demitra reached the safety of the trees, a smile spread across her face. She couldn't help it. Those Careers' reactions were just too hilarious, especially the shrill screams from Gloria and Madeline. That disgusting Eden had finally revealed his true colors in a tantrum. Just like Rowan, Edmund, Reinhold and the like, he was nothing but a traitor hiding behind a mask of false kindness.
Pretty soon, Demitra was doubled over in hysterical laughter. This plan was well underway. Not only did she know exactly where the Careers and mutts each were, she'd mentally mapped out a path between pack of savage beasts #1 and pack of savage beasts #2. Now all she needed was to unite the two hordes of monsters and let the strong cull the weak. Justice would be served, those Careers would suffer for what they did.

What did they do again? A moment of clarity. Demitra stopped laughing and really thought about the question. She'd never encountered a Career in the arena, well other than stalking them creepily from the grass. Why did she hate them so much again?
Her heart wrenched with pain as an image came to mind, the tatters of Zoe's coat floating lifeless in the lake. It had to be the Careers' fault. The lake mutt hadn't taken one of them, so instead it killed innocent Zoe. It should be Eden floating in that lake!
As Demitra continued on toward mutt territory, she blocked all thoughts of Zoe out of her mind. Next time she wouldn't think about it. Next time, she'd strike down the Careers without mercy - none of them deserved it.


➵ Quillon Jacobs • District Three • Mentor
➵ Location: Living room
➵ Tagged: Khali
Quillon also couldn't stop laughing. Most of his tributes had disappointed him over the years, but not Demitra. This little brat was shaping up to become one of his favorite tributes. Brutal, bloody and unapologetic, she'd carve a path of destruction through those Careers' sorry ranks. Those idiots wouldn't even know what was coming. Careers had such power, such privilege, yet they chose to waste it on useless things - brewing tea and caring for weak tributes. Pathetic. Quillon would've just thrown Gloria out in the cold to die alone.
He'd kicked Gleam out of the room. She could watch the Games on her own floor, whatever the hell. Quill didn't care, he wanted to spend time with Khali without that annoying little third wheel.
"Who do you bet Demitra kills first?" Quill snickered, nudging his wife. He already had an idea.
An equally sinister smirk spread across Khali's face. "Eden, for sure."
"You read my damn mind. That omega is going down," Quill laughed and wrapped an arm around her. "This is why I married you."

[Runnersback]

➵Sienna Mach-North| D7 |17|Tags:Penny & Felix | loc: east

“I love that Penny, and I think the mass family gathering style with your neighbors back in twelve sounds amazing.” Sienna said as she caught the drift of Felix wanting to know what they did in Seven. Her eyebrows furrowed together with thought before she smiled slightly. “Well that mayors daughter always passed out chocolates and peppermint sticks to all the families on the farms, and what me and my father did would be to melt it down.Before taking the milk from my cousin’s goat and mixing it with the chocolate. Then we broke the peppermint to give it some flavor before inviting anyone off the street for a drink by the bonfire that we had going in our front yard.” She said as she thought back to how her father could possibly doing, she hoped he wasn’t fretting nor would her mentor. Sienna looked to the trees as she heard some baby birds chirping hungrily while the mom had flown off to stuff their mouths.

[DetectiveLunar]

Madeline Gomez//District 1//Female//A brat//Tagged; The careers

It seemed like all the reassurance Gloria was getting from the others wasn’t working. The girl continued on with her hysterical screams about her delusions. It seemed like Gloria wasn’t going to get any better.. To make matters worse, Madeline didn’t have a dirty rat to distract her anymore so now she couldn’t find a way to ignore the dumb emotion she felt! Ugh! It was just so annoying to deal with such an idiotically unnecessary thing!

Even though she was really confused and angry, she couldn’t help but smile and give a little chuckle at Eden's little performance. His anger was so believable, and that added insult was great! She, once again, felt proud of him. She really wanted to brag about how her insulting lessons were what helped Eden improve, but she got the feeling that bragging about herself wasn’t the right thing to do at the moment. She wasn’t exactly in the mood to upset her friends again.

Friends… That word was still foreign to Madeline. She didn’t fully understand it and she was still hesitant to say it out loud. It confused her and left her with so many questions she couldn’t find answers to. That meant it was DUMB and also STUPID. Anything that confused her was stupid and also probably a repulsive rat or a moronic mutt!! She didn’t like it! Maybe she’ll figure out what was the deal with this dumb “friend” word eventually, but for now she won’t be using it!!

She decided to chime in along with her friends allies, wanting to forget about the weird word and at least try to also help Gloria. Even if reassurance wasn’t helping and this situation made her feel weird, she wanted to help Gloria as well. Wow! Madeline wanting to help Gloria? Shocking! Ugh. I can’t believe I’m doing this. That dumb Gloria girl better be grateful!! She thought to herself, still desperately grasping at the lingering hatred she felt for the district 2 girl like the stubborn person she is. “We sure showed those grotesque beasts! Not even brainless rats would dare to return after such an embarrassing failure!” She exclaimed, her usual prideful and rude tone was present as always.

“Eden was absolutely terrifying too! I bet those cowardly mutts are running back to their disappointed mothers, or whatever created those vile and idiotic creatures.” Wow! Another compliment? Eden is doing way too good right now. He might as well start keeping tally of all the compliments he receives from Madeline at this point!

[Zyn]

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

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☭ Tags: The Careers
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Chaska opened his mouth to try and reassure Gloria one more time but was cut off when she jumped away. In her scrambling she kicked his thighs and elbowed him one more time in the side. The only sign he felt it was a tightness to his jaw and furrow to his brow. On the inside he was screaming, to be elbowed twice in the same injury would do that to someone. He was frozen in place when Gloria started screaming again. This time it was about the mutts surrounding them. Stiffly he swiveled his gaze to follow where Gloria was looking, a shape rapidly disappearing caught his attention. The only people he could think of that might be spying on them was Zoe or Darius or Demetria and Darius was much too tall. Regardless of who it was he watched as they retreated to safety, they had to have been the ones who left the words on their tent. His attention was dragged away from the person rushing away at the sound of Eden shouting as well. He hadn't heard so much anger in his career brother's voice before and it was a bit startling. Even more startling was the fact that they started fighting the air. With a baffled expression he just watched in silence even when Eden announced that the mutts wouldn't be bothering them, he didn't understand. However instead of trying to understand he pushed himself to his feet, ignoring the way his side screamed and his legs wanted him to just lay down. Now standing he watched as Eden announced he was going to start making the tea, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do now.

[SunnyJustice]

➵ Eden Beauregard • District One • Career
➵ Location: Camp
➵ Tagged: Careers
Despite the worry gnawing at Eden's gut, he managed a grateful smile towards Caspia and Madeline, who'd both backed up his odd little act. Caspia's calm, steadfast demeanor often went unthanked - she deserved more acknowledgement for the less visible ways she contributed to the alliance. As for Madeline, the genuine arrogance in her voice added the perfect finishing touch. She had a reputation for speaking her mind, no matter how rude her opinions were, so Eden was sure Gloria would believe it now.
Once he'd finished brewing the tea, he didn't immediately serve it to Gloria. She might panic if he approached her head-on right now. Instead, he handed the cup to Chaska - her district partner would be better equipped to get through to her. A look of concern crossed his face as he looked his Career brother over. Chaska didn't show it openly, but Eden had a feeling Gloria wasn't the only District Two tribute suffering at the moment. He didn't know how to help right now so he just flung his arms around his brother, squeezing him tightly.
"This is for Gloria. I think she trusts you the most," Eden whispered, gently pressing the cup into his hands. "I'll get you a cup next, you need some relaxing tea too." That was an order! Sleep deprivation was a form of torture, definitely against Career rules. If you tortured yourself in any way, shape or form, you were bound to experience the horror of a drawn-out mom lecture.


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A soft chime sounded in the eastern quadrant, followed by the appearance of a silver silk parachute. It descended from the still skies and came to a rest near Felix. Opening the capsule attached would reveal... coal!
Thankfully, the coal was only a cover. Underneath lay another capsule, this one containing a delicious meal of wild Groosling meat. Clearly it was hunted illegally in the wilderness outside District Twelve. Who could have done this? Not Maverick, I swear!
Attached was a note from totally not the illegal poacher. COAL IS FOR THE FIRE. I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT SNUGGLING UP, GO DO THAT. CAN'T WRITE MUCH, ALMOST GOT BUSTED LAST TIME. LOVE YOU FELIX (+FRIENDS)

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Gloria took a shallow breath and looked around. Where they right? Were the mutts really gone? Even Madeline had joined in, saying that they had fought them off. "They're... they're really gone?" She asked quietly. Gloria shuffled her feet before adding, "So I'm not crazy? I'm not going to die?"

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Penny smiled at Felix's story. "That sounds nice- everyone together." Penny never had a big family, and she had some friends who lived nearby, but none who were really that close. It was nice to hear Felix tell his story, almost as if she had that experience herself. At Sienna's story, Penny's eyes lit up. "That sounds delicious Sienna! I bet it tasted so yummy..." All of a sudden she was distracted by a gentle chime of a gift. "Look Felix! A sponsor gift!" It landed and Penny waited for him to open it.

[honeybee.]

Caspia Searobin | District 4 | Location: Camp | Tags: Careers |
Madeline had joined with the support of Eden's mutt-fighting tactic and, thankfully, it seemed to have worked. A flood of relief rushed straight through Caspia, but once it was dispelled she simply felt numb.  It was good not to have Gloria fighting against them, but she was still suffering from a dreadful infection. She could hear the District 2 girl ask whether now she wasn't going to die and she could only feel glad she wasn't Chaska, having to answer.


Felix Prestman | District 12 | Location:  Sienna's Campsite | Tags: Penny, Sienna.|  
Penny's, slightly wistful-sounding, response made Felix once again wish that they'd been able to meet before this, share in those Winter-time experiences. He looked impressed as Sienna told them of the peppermint hot chocolate drinks they made from what they were given. "That sounds incredible." Their own hot drinks back home were typically just made from whatever leaves they could find steeped in boiling water. Mint was a particular favourite.
Their reminiscing about cold day's back home was disturbed by a familiar sound and Penny's eager cry. He looked up to see a silver parachute which drifted down to the floor next to his foot. It had landed right next to him, but their was still a tone of surprise in his voice as he bent to scoop up the capsule. "You think it's for me?" Carefully he twisted the top, placing the lid down on the floor and then peering inside, a gentle smile blooming on his face. "A piece of home." He said gently, carefully lifting out the coal. Their fire was blazing well so the coal wasn't the desperately needed gifts but it felt comforting anyway. His smile grew even wider when he realised there was another capsule beneath. Opening this one released a mouthwatering, and familiar, scent. Everyone in District 12 was familiar with the wild game from beyond their home's fences. Even the peacekeepers were willing to buy the poached meat. Chuckling at the note  he grinned up to wherever the nearest camera was likely to be, "Thank you.. uh.. mysterious sponsor person!" Then he took some of the meat for himself and offered some of the rest to Sienna and Penny. "Looks like you won't need to fish for a while now, Sienna."
The meat was already warm, though if they didn't finish the whole capsule, which they probably wouldn't, cold groosling would be just as good. "Tastes like home." He told them, cheerfully. This was the first protein he'd had since training, and he couldn't help but let it lift his spirits.

[Runnersback]

➵Sienna Mach-North| D7 |17|Tags:Penny & Felix | loc: east

“No fishing for a day, sounds wonderful!” Sienna exclaimed as she softly poked her jacket with her fingers before putting on the slightly damp jacket. The surviving girl from seven let Penny grab first before breaking off a wing and slowly shredded it before eating it in small pieces. She didn’t want to eat too much but it was quite wonderful, “All thanks to you districts Twelve,Eight, and Seven.” Mach-North had murmured quiet enough for a hidden camera in the shrubs to pick up. “On the topic of amazing warm food, what was everyone’s favorite dish from there district? Communal or secret family recipe?” She asked slightly intrigued but thoroughly impressed with how the groosling had quickly filled her stomach, no doubt her appetite had shrunk. Sienna was content as she wiped the juice from the creases of her lips.

[SunnyJustice]

➵ Maverick Wolfe • District Twelve • Mentor
➵ Location: Living room
➵ Tagged: Jasper, Garry
"Cheers!" Maverick laughed as he clinked glasses with Garry and Jasper. The rest of the roast Groosling sat on the table, still steaming from the oven's heat. He hadn't been able to fit the entire thing into the sponsor capsule - dang the Hunger Games and their price-restrictive portion sizes. But Maverick was from District Twelve, and in District Twelve you never let food go to waste. His solution? A feast.
"Are you sure you won't get arrested like last time?" Jasper whispered, blue eyes darting around the room nervously.
"Nope, not sure." Maverick tore a strip of meat from the Groosling breast and dunked it into the Capitol plum sauce. It was basically regular plum sauce on a pretentious rich person plate, total ripoff. "But Felix called me 'mysterious sponsor person' so my cover isn't blown yet. If things go south, I'll just bribe the Peacekeepers or use my puppy eyes. Our kids are worth getting arrested for."
"I'd definitely take a risk if it meant making Sienna smile. It's just... most of my gifts are actually legal, so I don't need to worry about that." Garry set a leg bone on the plate. He'd picked it clean so fast, Maverick had no time to even watch him eat. Oh well. This type of appetite was probably normal in Seven, most of the dudes there were ridiculously tall. It was a little worrisome that Sienna didn't seem to be eating that much though. Even though she wasn't Maverick's tribute, he'd developed an attachment to her - and Penny.
"If you say so..." Jasper picked timidly at a wing as if he was scared it'd attack. "I just don't want to get myself or Penny in trouble."
"Shh, the tributes are talking about food." Garry nudged him. Maverick could tell he was just trying to change the subject and cheer up his friend. "We should listen in. Might give us some ideas for our next sponsor gifts."
"If they don't say Groosling," Maverick threatened with a huge grin, "I'll hunt an entire bear and ship it to them whole."
Jasper looked horrified. "I feel like you want to get arrested."

[DetectiveLunar]

Madeline Gomez//District 1//Female//A brat//Tagged; The careers

It seemed like Eden’s performance and their bragging had actually worked. Gloria seemed to no longer be screaming about the mutts anymore. She had finally calmed down! Madeline couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. The dumb feeling slowly faded away until almost nothing of it remained, leaving her usual emotions in place of it.

It really was a relief to see Gloria slowly realize that she wasn’t in any danger. Her screaming and thrashing was so dumb and annoying and totally didn’t worry Madeline at all, no! She wasn’t glad that Gloria was okay or anything. That’s idiotic! She was just glad that Gloria wasn’t screeching random nonsense, that’s all!

Ugh! Stupid Gloria! She thought to herself, clearly still too stubborn to admit that she no longer hates Gloria and actually sees her as family. Hopefully she’ll make her way out of the first stage of grief and finally reach the last stage instead of being a stubborn idiot!! Until then she will continue to repeat her iconic phrase.

That dumb Gloria girl!!