
Vespa Steangine

I raised myself. I chose my own name, after hearing the word Vespa somewhere. I was young at the time, and didn't know how to spell Steam Engine, but I like my name as it is well enough. Some of the other street folk looked after me when I was really but I mostly fend for myself. Not that I'm great at it or anything. I have more scars than a poor man's mule, but I'm still in one piece, so that's good enough.
January thirteenth is the day I gave myself a name, and it's what I celebrate as my birthday. How do I celebrate? Sometimes a few of my friends will share some of their pickings for the day with me. Once in a while I even get a piece of dried fruit or meat, if it's been a good week.
I live in district Six, Transportation District. I'm a bit paler than the other residents, so my parents might have been from somewhere else. I like to pretend they were from outside of Panem.
I have a job. I work as a porter on one of the trains. I'm only thirteen, but if i'm sufficiently dirty I can pass as old as fifteen, and my employer is not the most honest of men, so he overlooks the age problem. I like my job very much. While I'm working I get to go to new places, if it's an overnight trip I can sleep indoors, and sometimes a passenger is nice and gives me a tip or some table scraps. Once I even got some spare cloth from someone leaving district eight.
One thing I am good at, so I'm told, is being persuasive. My friends say I have a certain charm that draws people in. I don't know if charm is the word I'd use, but I seem to get what i want if it's something I'm persistent about. Of course, a piece of shiny metal or a roll of bread isn't getting me to the Capitol, but I'm happy enough.
I'm not very worried about being picked for the Hunger Games. I don't take much tesserae because it's a hassle to fill out the forms if you don't have parents, a home, etc. But even if I do get picked, I wouldn't mind much. I don't particularly mind dying. My life isn't really going anywhere, and I've enjoyed it enough to have no regrets. But I won't win, that's for sure.
I don't usually get angry about anything, even if someone tries to make me mad. People say it's strange of me, but I don't see much use in getting upset when you don't really have anything worth the worry and effort.
Don't get me wrong, I can hold my own in a fair fight. I'm not great or anything, but I'm pretty good at sneaking around and getting behind people, which throws them off. Also, it helps to be able to run away without a trace.
Remember the roll of cloth I told you about? It was yellow, with little green clovers on it. I made it into a dress. It's not gorgeous, but I wear it sometimes and imagine that I live in the Capitol. Otherwise, I just wear old mens' shirts I find in the garbage, or clothes passengers leave on the train, if they're worthless enough that my boss doesn't want them.
I would say I'm a happy person. More like content, actually. I know things could be better, but I can deal with how they are right now. I can live with the hand I've been dealt.
Theme Song: Butterflies And Hurricanes by Muse

Twill Argile
I know your going to ask, so no, my hair isn't naturally white. My mom brings her work home a lot. When she brings home bleach, I do my hair. Why? Because I like to stand out. I like people to think I'm a freak.
I live in district eight, textile district. I'm fifteen years old, and I live with my mother, father, and older sister. My mom and dad both work at textile mills, but my sister's sickly, so she stays home.
I help take care of my sister a lot. People used to make fun of me for that, but they haven't since I stabbed that one kid. That's when I started bleaching my hair. People stay away from me because they think I'm crazy. I don't mind that though.
I like glass. When I can get ahold of it, I carve it into things. But it splinters a lot. I have scars on my hands from it.
I like white things. White is a clean color. Peaceful. I like red too though. Those are the colors I wear. I won't wear anything else.
If I got picked for the Hunger Games, it would be bad, but I think I would do okay. I wouldn't win, but I could do alright for a while. Mom would have to stop working to take care of sis, but I think they would probably be alright. For awhile.Theme Song: Aerials by System of a Down