h u n g e r — g a m e s — 5 6 t h — m e m b e r s - o n l y

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

North America used to be amazing. They had Cheeseburgers,beaches you 
could play at,and much more important,freedom. Where has this gone you asked? Well I'll tell you what happened fifty-five years ago… Taxes went up,governments fought,and fires started up all over the North America. States even collided with each other. They paired up and started to plan a rebellious act against the governments,and even worse,the president. Someone,someone rich,someone trusted,someone high and mighty,and someone who lies stepped up. People elected him to be the ultimate president. A government,a money management,a tax manager,and again,the President of all of North America. He created a terrible thing. A terrible fight where two children,a boy and girl,are chosen to fight in a deadly blood bath. The fight was Called,the Hunger Games. The Hunger games hosts 24 children,a boy and girl are chosen for this from each paired state. Their age range is 12-18. Little children,I hate to see that. Remember I told you states paired? Where, that is where the worst part comes in. They are now districts,you are restricted to pass through district to district. There are 13 Districts. When the Games were created the only Rebellious Districts were 11 and 13. The President was worried about this,because the District States made nuclear weapons at Area 51 before the Hunger Games and still do. So he sent bombs to the district and blew it to bits. No one has seen any activity except for day and night there. District 11 was calmed down from the amount of Peackeepers. You say Peacekeepers keep Peace to the district? Well sir,you are wrong,is did the President despise the Hunger Games? No,so peacekeepers do not despise the Hunger Games,but they do Despise you. Some may be very kind and let you get away with things but that's very rare. The President made the Hunger Games for one reason,power.

There are again,12 districts since district 13 was destroyed. Four are career districts. Careers mostly win because in their district,—Districts 1,2,3,&4—They are very wealthy. They have an advantage because they have the ability for training early. Also many other things,like I said,riding a horse. Now I will tell you about the districts. First of all,District 2 is mainly the "Pet" of the Capitol and is the most freedom I should say. District 1 is one of the thirteen districts of Panem. Its industry is making luxury items for the Capitol. Due to the nature of its industry, it's considered the wealthiest district, the only other wealthier area being the Capitol itself. It is a Career District. Little else is known about this district. At the end of Mockingjay, memorials were made for the fallen Tributes and Victors from District 1, meaning District 1 has 148 of Panem's memorials in their District. District 2 is the second most wealthiest. District 2's seal depicts a block of stone and carving tools. The district's public presentation is that of stone quarries, but it also manufactures weaponry, makes trains, and supplies Peacekeepers. The main military complex in the district is known as The Nut. Citizens of District 2 are sometimes called "the pets" of the Capitol. They are the biggest supporters of the Capitol and therefore are pampered and given many extra conveniences. District 3's primary industry is general electronics of many types, though it is known for also making various mechanical products such as automobiles and firearms. Their tributes are skilled with electronics. They can easily make an weapon with a paper clip,string,and maybe some cotton. District 4's industry is fishing, thus most residents have experience using nets and tridents, making fishhooks from scratch, swimming, and identifying edible sea life. It is considered a Career district. Yes,you could easily live by the beach in District 4. District 5,Electric,Solar,and sometimes nuclear. It harnesses the energy from earth and sky to power the great nation of Panem. The districts purpose is industry and energy. Therefore,the District powers the whole nation. It isn't a career district so we are getting out Of careers,we are getting into the poor districts.

District 6's industry is transportation. In the 12th Hunger Games, two of the past winners ended up becoming morphling addicts which may suggest a high use in this drug. Little else is known about District 6… District 7 now,District 7's industry is lumber and many of its residents have experience with hatchets, axes, saws, and other tree cutting tools. Also, I note that this district's children begin work at an early age. District 8,District 8,It has the industry of making peacekeeper uniforms. It was the second district to rebel when District 13 did. They calmed them down when the president sent not harmful but dangerous missals,much missed but one landed and damaged the residents homes. District 9 is the least heard about District. District 9's industry is grain. Little is known about this district, just that there are lots of farmland for grain. There are lots of industries,probably mostly for grain. Livestock is District 10's industry. Not much is known about this district, but some known information is that its marriage rituals are similar to that of District 4's. They make the famous cheeseburgers I was telling you about,pork,beef,turkey jerky. District 11's industry is agriculture - orchards and fields of grain and cotton surround the district. Almost everything grown is shipped directly to the Capitol. It is one of the poorest districts in Panem, second only to District 12. In addition, it is also one of the districts where the Peacekeepers are the strictest. Ironically, this directly results in its residents generally being malnourished and underfed despite its focus on agriculture.  When you go on the train to the captiol,it is said that District 11 is south of District 12. District 11 is located somewhere near Atlanta and is quite large. District 12 is located somewhere near what was the Appalachian mountains. Its main industry is coal mining. The district has the distinction of being one of the poorest districts, if not the outright poorest, the district has not had a winner of the Games emerge from the ranks of its residents for twenty-four years since Opus Abernathy, a raging alcoholic and an embarrassment to the district, won the 40th Hunger Games. Before Opus, there was only one other victor from District 12 from an unspecified number of years previous. District 12 is the quiet laughing stock of Panem. District 13 was one of the thirteen districts of Panem. Its industry was nuclear weapons. It was supposedly obliterated during the Dark Days as a warning to the other twelve districts of the Capitol's might. The district is now said to be uninhabitable, the ruins supposedly still smoldering from the toxic bombs dropped upon it.
The Capitol, after the Dark Days, lead Panem's population to widely believe that the official, main industry of District 13 was graphite mining. However, this was a cover for the truth: nuclear technology research and development, including weapons.

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 1ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ; ｚａｙｄｅｎ ｊａｙｔｈｏｒｎｅ…18
ɢɪʀʟ;ｅｍｍａ ｃｈａｒｌｏｔｔｅ ｗａｔｓｏｎ…13

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 2ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｂｒｅｎ ｌｅｅ ｃｈａｒｇｅｒｌｏｙ…18
ɢɪʀʟ;ｒｕｂｙ ｍａｒｉｅ ｌｕｃａｓ…17

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 3ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｊｏｈｎａｔｈａｎ ｐｒｅｙｅｒ…17
ɢɪʀʟ;Ｕｎｓｕｒｅ

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 4ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｓｈａｙ ａｕｓｔｉｎ ｂｒｏｏｋｓ…16
ɢɪʀʟ;ｃｏｓｅｔｔｅ ｌｅｉｇｈ ｒｏｂｅｒｔｓ…16

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 5ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｂｅｎｎｙ ａｒｉｓ ｗａｔｓｏｎ…13
ɢɪʀʟ;ｈｅｒｅ

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 6ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｊａｉ ｌｏｕｉｓ ｂｒｏｏｋｓ…17
ɢɪʀʟ;ｃａｒｌｉｅ ｍｏｒｇａｎ ｃｈａｓｅ…15

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 7ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｍａｃｋｅｙ ｆｏｘｗｏｏｄ…18
ɢɪʀʟ;

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 8ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｄａｒｒｅｎ ｅｖｅｒｒｔ ｃｒｉｓｓ…15
ɢɪʀʟ;

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 9ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;
ɢɪʀʟ;ｋａｃ' ｒａｅ ｄａｌｌａｓ ｐａｉｎ…18

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 10ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;reserved
ɢɪʀʟ; Heidi

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 11ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｆｅｌｉｘ ｆｉｒｍａｎ…18
ɢɪʀʟ;ｓｋｙ ｆａｒａｗａｙ…12

Ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ 12ｓ ｔｒｉｂｕｔｅｓ
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ʙᴏʏ;ｔａｌｏｎ ｐｅｒｔｈｓｈｉｒｅ…17
ɢɪʀʟ;taken

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

Rᴜʟᴇ 1;Fᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ALL ᴏғ Tᴇss's ʀᴜʟᴇs. Iғ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ʜᴇʀ ʀᴜʟᴇs ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇғɪᴀɴᴛʟʏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍɪɴᴇ. Iғ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ,I'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴛᴏ sʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇᴍ c:

Rᴜʟᴇ 2;Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs Rᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ. Tʜᴀᴛ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs; ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘᴏsᴛɪɴɢ,ǫᴜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ,ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏsᴛʟʏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʀᴜᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴏʀ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ RPᴇʀ's. Iғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴘᴏsᴛ 2-3 ᴅᴀʏs ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴛʜᴇɴ sᴀʏ 'I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛ.' ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғᴏʀᴍ. Iғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ sᴇᴍɪ-ʟɪᴛ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴊᴏɪɴ. I ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ 1-2 ᴘᴀʀᴀɢʀᴀᴘʜs ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴘᴏsᴛ. 5-7 ʟɪɴᴇs ɪɴ ᴇᴀᴄʜ.

Rᴜʟᴇ 3; Eɪᴛʜᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ ᴀ ғᴏʀᴍ,ᴏʀ ᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ I ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. Dᴇsɪɢɴ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ sᴛʏʟᴇ. Rᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ʟᴏᴏᴋ ғᴏʀ (;

Rᴜʟᴇ 4; Pᴇᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟʟʏ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ. Tʜᴏᴜɢʜ I ᴡɪʟʟ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ 2 sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴘᴇᴛs. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴅᴏɢs,ᴄᴀᴛs,ʟɪᴢᴀʀᴅs,sɴᴀᴋᴇs,ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏʟᴅғɪsʜ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ >.< ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ's sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀ ʜᴏʀsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ʟᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴄʀᴏᴄᴏᴅɪʟᴇ. Hᴏᴜsᴇ ᴘᴇᴛs sʜᴀʟʟ I sᴀʏ. ^^

Rᴜʟᴇ 5; Oᴋᴀʏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ,ɴᴏ ғɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғᴇʟʟᴏᴡ RPᴇʀ's. Iᴛ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs ʙᴀᴅ ғɪɢʜᴛs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴏᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴ ɪᴛ's ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ.

Rᴜʟᴇ 6; Asᴋ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴏᴡɴᴇʀ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ. I ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ. Aʟsᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅʟʏ sɪᴛᴇ. Bᴇ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsɪʙʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪғ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ ɢᴇᴛs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴋɪssɪɴɢ ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ғᴀᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ OR ᴛɪᴍᴇsᴋɪᴘ. I ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏᴏ. NO ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴍ. Iᴛ's ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇs.

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

Well,I should explain the arena to you. There is one crucial theme to this arena,seasons. We all love seasons. The beautiful spring,it brings happiness and a breeze around. In the area spring will involve un-dangerous lavender to sprout and grow over night,which can be used useful if you think of the scent. The Gamemakers will be sure to make many rivers,but watch your choice. Some streams at night can become carnivorous,they are made up of acid. Touch the water and your going to loose a finger from infection. Then there's the beautiful layers of sunlight. There will be 16 hours of the day so get your rest at 4:00 p.m.

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Summer,where the breeze can reach over 100 mph,I'd advise you stay safe sleeping in trees. You see,the streams are still carnivorous,the lavender is useful,catnip too to lure bob cats,coal rock,and something better too. More caves. The sooner winter comes,the better more caves. The sunsets now are breathtaking,and I'm not kidding. They sure can take your breath away,just get side tracked for one minute and your dead. The sunsets make you 'hypnotized' for five minutes,just be careful and find some glasses,will you? The resource of deer is huge,quite the population.

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I don't like this one. It's creepy. As the sun goes down it's like a ghost sweeps down the grounds and takes every sole out of reach. Really I'm not kidding. The Gamemakers let out mutts that kill any tribute on the ground,so you better be good at climbing and being quiet,because these blind dog like mutts can hear more than excellent,outstanding. At day,all is safe. There are Nightlock berries that look so much like blue berries,don't get them mixed up. Then there are Jasminefade berries. They look like 100% strawberries but don't be fooled,take one bite out of it,and immediately the juice from the Jasmine flows out from the berry like thing and into your mouth,it makes the Jasmine turn gray as it quickly flushes all color out of it,another was to tell is when a person dies and you don't know how,look at their skin color. If they appear gray,really white,or blueish then they had a Jasmine. Oh! More caves,lots more. Like 6 underground big ones,9-only can go underwater to reach them- caves,and also 8 mountain caves. Technically I'd advise you make allies.

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It really is a pretty place. Just it's cold. Bitter winter with degrees that can reach -7°F. At least it's not lower. You can't die easily but you can die when it gets down to 10°. Okay,good new is more caves. 8 under graound,9 stuck in Mountain and can only reach them underwater,8 mountain caves.

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

|||Dating ❤ |||Hates her →✗ ||| Hates him ✗← ||| Hates each other→✗← |||

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

not made by me
This is what the cornucopia will look like. Outer ring is where the black marks are,inner rings are closer into the cornucopia. This is what you will do;

Outer Ring:
Plastic Meter Square (5)
Water Bottle (5)
Box of matches (8)
Carving knife (2)
Roll of Blankets (5)
Lighter (4)

Middle Ring:
Medium Green Bag (Contents below) (10)
Throwing knives (7)
Normal Knives (5)
Canteen full of Water (2 Gallons) (2)
Beef strips (5)
BAckon strips (5)
Turkey Strips(5)
Burlap sack of Apples (2)
Rope (5)
Axe (2)

Inside the Cornucopia;
Bow and Arrow (3)
Sword (5)
Bug Spray(2)
Bug Bite Medicine (2)
Orange bag (Contents below) (2)
TrackerJacker Medicine(2)
Burn medicine(2)
Light sleeping Bag (3)

Blue bag (Contents below) (4)
Thick sleeping bag(1)
Tent(1)
Bow and Arrow
Tracker Jacker Medicine
Burn medicine
Rope

[~ ｓ ｋ ｙ ~]

"So little is shown by a simple smile  "

Cosette Leigh Roberts thought for a moment. It was to fast to count. One minute she is wishing good luck to her friend,and the next minute her friend wishes her luck. It was so fast. No one said a word,no one dared to volunteer. Not a whisper,cry,surprise,or anything. Just silence,to her ears. The only sound she could hear was her mother crying while her father was rooting for her. Then she let all sounds come to her,people were sad,and others were excited for her to go. She shivered looking at a by,Alex Eisner,hates her. She ignored his state that he wanted to volunteer. But another thing she noticed…was relieving in a good way. She saw kids who held their breath not to get picked,then all of a sudden the girls let their breath go and most of them looked at their family. Cosette stumbled a bit going onto the stage. The woman pressured her to say her name. "Go on deary,we don't have time to waist." The woman said in a casual tone. "Cosette Roberts..." The girl said as a rush of salt based wind came hurdling along,tossing her hair in the current. She visualized the sea again,how she once fell into it trying to catch a huge Sail fish. Then the one ti—"Ehem,would you please move aside?" Said the woman,Cosette finally figures out who she was. Jeminim,the announcer. She is crazy,orange long hair,pale skin tone,dark purple lips,round head,and long legs. She wears a very strange design,Cosette hasn't seen it before.       

[hanging on]

I arrived at the reaping. Another year, another person to be picked. Of course some older person would volunteer. The reaping started and before I knew what was happening I heard the first name. "Emma Watson!" I smiled. I stepped forward, waiting for someone to volunteer. A minuet went by. No one. What was going on? Someone ALWAYS volunteers. Nevertheless I stepped forward. "How old are you dear?" The woman asked.

"12." I replied. I was eager to see who would be picked as the male tribute.

[chromatica]

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ᶤ'ᵐ ᵃᶰ ᵃᶰᵍᵉˡ ʷᶤᵗʰ ᵃ ˢʰᵒᵗᵍᵘᶰ˒ ᶠᶤᵍʰᵗᶤᶰᵍ ᵗᶤˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʳ'ˢ ʷᵒᶰˑ
ᶤ ᵈᵒᶰ'ᵗ ᶜᵃʳᵉ ᶤᶠ ʰᵉᵃᵛᵉᶰ ʷᵒᶰ'ᵗ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᵐᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏˑ
age; seventeen district; two gender; female


ｔｏｋｅｎ- a wolf bracelet

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ruby clenched her fists and smirked as woman plucked a single strip of paper and read the female victim's name aloud. "ruby lucas." the overly-peppy capital voice reverberated around the small reaping area. in district two, qualifying bodies would volunteer for tribute most of the time. but everyone knew ruby wanted this and, surprisingly enough, kept quiet. the brown haired girl waltzed proudly onto the stage nodding at the purple haired capital woman whose name ruby hadn't bothered learning. suddenly a thought pierced the brunette like a sword slicing off someone's hand. what about.. she shook her head. even thinking about leaving her younger brother heard, but she wouldnt show cowardice. she'd get to say her goodbyes in that room after the reap- what's gotten into you, rubes? as if anyone could kill you! satisfied with herself, ruby thought about the possibilities for arenas, ignoring the choosing of the male tribute.

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[woodland]

▲ｍａｃｋｅｙ ｆｏｘｗｏｏｄ▲
✎ male - eighteen - district 7 - forum - token
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❝ｔｈｅ ｃｌｅａｒｅｓｔ ｗａｙ
ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｅ
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Ｉt was warm outside, standing in front of the District 7 town all people together. Mackey stood with his peers, in the male division- like he had a choice. A soft breeze swept by, carrying the familiar smell of pine trees as it tickled Mackey's light brown hair and everybody else's around him. He was all dressed up like everyone else; girls in dresses or skirts, guys in dress shirts and slacks, possibly a tie. Mackey's mother managed to fish out a nice shirt from his father's old clothing drawer to find a soft lavender button down shirt a day before. All his siblings managed to find something suitable for the day's reaping except for Mackey, he had given his only fancy plaid shirt to his younger brother, Dray who happened to finally grow out of his own shirt. The Foxwoods were a poor family, like 68% of all the other families in District 7 who worked out in the woods. With little spare money laying around, Mackey wouldn't of been able to get a new dress shirt to wear to the reaping...and he was looking forward to wearing one of his old, broken in fannel shirts. Nice and comfy, the guy had been telling everyone that he was going to wear one of his fannel shirt until news got to his mother a day ago. His mother freaked out once she found out, 'no son of mine is coming to a reaping dressed inproperly, we don't want the peacekeepers after us...' she lectured for ten minutes, while searching through the house for a suitable shirt for Mackey. Once she had remembered about his father's old clothes drawer, fished out the lovely purple shirt, ordered Mackey to try it on, there were tears in her eyes as memories came to her mind of Mackey's father. But in a flash, she had quickly wiped them away, took the shirt back, and shooed Mackey away from the house and back to work again.

Now, Mackey stood in the crowd in his purple shirt, complemented by his tan slacks and topped off with his black dress shoes. The guy just slightly stood out from the other boys, the nice purple color of his shirt was very uncommon as not many people his age could wear such a pricey color. Besides the shirt color, Mackey was almost in uniform with the other boys since men don't usually have many options when it comes to dressier clothing. Not to mention most of the population of District 7 generally had brown hair to match the woods. There were some blonds and redheads, but very rarely would anyone see a person with black hair, the hair color of District 7 would be brown as Mackey believed and many others. It was the same thing as District 12 was home to mostly blonds and black hair, District 1 the place where the majority had blond hair and green eyes, while District 4 had people with amazing green eyes that resembled the sea. District 7 was the place for brown hair.

Mackey waited paitently as the usual things happened. Introductions and whatnot, then pulling out the slips of paper. It was the usual 'ladies first' announced by Faolin, the District 7 announcer that visited Mackey's home yearly. He was a thin guy, Foalin; hair a huge puffy mess of mint green and blinding orange, clothes that looked as if he was covered in mud and rolled into pine needles, face caked in a creamy white powder with ridicoulous orange makeup, and skin also tainted in an orange color. Mackey was soo perplexed with Faolin's wild appearence that he didn't even hear whoever the poor girl's name was called up, nor did he even hear his own name being drawn. A close friend of Mackey lightly bumped him in the back, which set his mind back on the actual reaping. His friend then wispered that he had been drawn as his peers cleared a way for him to reach to the stage. Mackey had taken too much tesserae this time, as now he would have to fight to the death. He remembered that his mother plead him not to enter his name 52 times in the bowl, but he did anyways as he thought that his name wasn't going to be drawn. He thought the little risk for food and oil was worth it to him as it would help out his family. His siblings had also taken the tesserae too, but not to the extreme like Mackey. His mistake was now going to cost his life as he walked a normal pace to the stage as his friends patted him on the shoulder as a goodbye, goodluck, support kind of thing. Everyone else was fairly silent.

Mackey could hear a heartbreaking scream as he made his way to the stage. It wasn't until he was about to reach the steps when his youngest sister hugged him so tightly, throwing him back a step and blocking his way to the stage. It was only a couple seconds later until all his other siblings reached him, joining in on the hug, forming a little clump around Mackey. Mila, the youngest sister's face was wet as she was sobbing uncontrollably while his other sisters, Jen and Jamie were down to tears, keeping the sobs back. Dray, his only brother was the strongest as there were only tears in his eyes. Mackey's mother was being supported by her close friend as she was almost to her knees, crying. His mother had almost collapsed if there wasn't help from the people around her. It had finally hit Mackey in a big pang that he was going to the games, and with his siblings tightly hugging him, it was hard to keep himself from not breaking down. He fought the emotions back, trying his hardest to keep a good image on live TV. His siblings were slowly being ripped away from Mackey as the peacekeepers came to take them away from Mackey. One by one, Mila was the last to be taken away. But before the peacekeeper could carry her off back to Mackey's mother, Mila had frantically opened Mackey's right hand, trying to hand him something. As she was about to hand the object to Mackey, the peacekeeper in the usual white uniform quickly picked Mila's tiny body up, dropping whatever she was about to give to Mackey. Luckily, with Mackey's quick reflexes, he managed to grab whatever Mila was trying to give him just in time before it dropped into the mud. Another peacekeeper gentally pushed him from behind to move Mackey over up on the stage. When Mackey finally climbed up the five, stond steps to the stage, he looked at the audience, in the corner of his eye, his could see his siblings being forcefully brought back to their places, Mila was sobbing and screaming at the same time. Frantically, trying to keep a straight face, Mackey opened his right palm to look at what Mila had given him. It was Mila's lucky bracelete and Mackey quickly understood what it was. It was going to be his token for the games.