The Hunger Games discussion

All twenty-four starting platforms surround the Cornucopia, standing on a small circle of stone. Looking around, you can see that the arena is cut into six pieces, each with a vastly different landscape. There’s a volcano, a mountain range, a desert, a forest, a stretch of ocean, and a field of grass with a storm brewing in the clouds above it. The strangest part is that every segment seems to glow a different color - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

(don't start yet pleaseeeeee I'm in exams)

(Ack sorrrrrrrrrry
We're not starting it yet for a few hours?)

(okay, I don't finish exams until 430 EST but I know that's a while to wait)

(Oof... We're starting it around eleven? Sorry!)

(okay...I'll be in Latin then but I'll have a little bit of time around one...)

((I'm on lunch break then (ughhh so early) so I will be there for a few minutes at least!))

((Do I come here?))

((Not yet, but when we make the announcement in the Training Days))

((Kay!))

Noelle stood on her platform. Her feelings were all jumbled - panic, excitement, and confidence. She put on Selene's mood. Cold and ready.

Jackson glared out of his platform, but his posture still aired some kind of swagger. I've got this.

Azzy and Helio stood on their respective platforms, both fiddling nervously with their tokens as they surveyed the land around them.

Azalea made eye contact with each of the other tributes, a silent good luck gesture as she got into a running stance, her thoughts going at a mile a minute.

Scarlette slowly rises to her platform, her heart racing. She looks around, eyes wide, telling herself to breathe, to relax. She's got this. She's going to win.
She has to
No Career ever dies in the Bloodbath, never.
You're going to live.
She examines her surrounding, making sure also to catch sight of where her allies are.
She bites her lip when she sees the green area.
Always trust green. Trust your color.
It actually seems the safest.

All the tributes rise up on their platforms. You can almost feel a buzz of excitement and far in the air. The signal hasn't gone off yet, and it won't for a few minutes. Take a minute to look around.

Foxglove sucks in a deep breath, looking around carefully. Analyzing. The area. The arena. The tributes. The weapons.
Shit. No knives.
Biting her lip, she tries to catch JJ's gaze, hoping to have found an ally in him.

Connall rose onto the platform, eyes darting around. He caught Azzy's eye, scanning every Tribute. His first thought was to laugh - the arena was rainbow! He'd been closeted his whole life and now he was stuck in a rainbow arena!
Crap, shock was getting to him.

Noelle caught Scarlette's eye through the glass. See you out there, she mouthed, turning away.

Jackson scanned the area, knowing he would immediately head for the shore. He might even be able to catch some fish.

Ariah looked around. The field seemed safe enough. She would go there, run away from the Cornucopia and come back for a weapon later.

Scarlette nods at Noelle, finding confidence pooling back through her.
You CAN do this. Noelle is with you.

Melanie rises up slowly on her platform, trying to keep from throwing up, as the arena comes in sight.
An hour, she thinks.
I need to survive at least an hour.

((I admire Melanie's goals XD))

Connall's eyes honed in on a bow and arrow inside the Cornucopia. No Career ran away. He would be the one doing the killing - not being killed. That was how it worked.
He hoped.

(she's smart like that)

Caleb looked around. This is... different. He thought. The boy saw each of the Careers - your allies, he reminded himself. He'd be safe with them for the time being.

Azure glances around, looking for Helio and Lilac. Even now, she was getting a bit nervous.
Wouldn't it be stupid to die now? Before you can unleash your plan?
She laughs a bit to herself at the thought, ignoring how sociopathic it seems, and examines the terrain. It seems a bit...stupid, if she were to be honest. Fighting in a rainbow? The Capitol really were morons.
Stifling a sigh, she directs her gaze to the Horn.
Swords, there were swords.
Perfect.

Jackson spied the spears. Perfect, he thought to himself.

Noelle looked at the cornucopia, eyeing the bow and arrows. It was the best she could do, considering there were no knives. Damn. No knives.

Phillip yawns as his platform rises, his cockiness temporarily replacing the fear that should be pulsing through his veins.

Azalea's plan was to race towards the cornucopia, pick up whatever was fastest to pick up, and go wherever the pack went; it's how the games always worked.

Lilac looked around. "It's so colorful..." She said to herself, looking around. The mountain seemed to interest her the most, and she decided to grab a weapon and go there.

Scarlette bites her lip, realizing the lack of knives.
Whatever. You're a true killer with swords. And there's a few matches for you.

Ayla ~an angel cried~ wrote: "((I admire Melanie's goals XD))"

((Ha thx!))

Thirty seconds... Get ready

Dagger wrote: "Lilac looked around. "It's so colorful..." She said to herself, looking around. The mountain seemed to interest her the most, and she decided to grab a weapon and go there."

Azure tries to get Lilac's attention and gestures to the blue zone.
Blue. Trust blue. Always trust blue.

Jackson eyed at Azzy, still cold with no emotion. Maybe she'll come to the shores. It would be nice to have an ally with me. She's from District 4, after all.

Helio followed Lilac's gaze and was ready to follow her because that how their friendship worked; wherever she went, he'd go too

Connall eased into a starting position, knowing that he was one of the fastest here. Well, except for Azzy.

GO!

Ariah bolted off her platform, straight into the storm fields without looking back.

Scarlette doesn't think.

She runs.

Straight for the Horn.

Now.
Or.
Fucking.
Never.

Noelle launched herself at the cornucopia, feeling adrenaline buzzing through her.

Jackson dashed towards the cornucopia.

Foxglove darts towards the Horn, dodging everyone as best as possible, looking for JJ.

Lilac sprinted towards the Cornucopia as fast as she could and ran inside.

Azure nods at her allies before speeding towards the Horn, determined as fuck to get out of this alive.

Caleb ran into the Corniucopia. There's gotta be a few things I can use, right?

Connall raced toward the Cornucopia, faster than he'd raced Azzy.

Azzy shot off towards the Cornucopia, taking a shorter route

Melanie takes off running, not looking back. She yanks a sword out of the pile and bolts towards the woods(?).

Helio raced towards the cornucopia low-key terrified but welp- there was nothing he could do about it

Jaspur sprinted to the Cornucopia. Knives. I need knives. Or a bow and arrow. But preferably knives.

August ran to the Cornucopia