30th Hunger Games

## Arena

The 30th Hunger Games was set in the Capitol Stadium in the center of the Entertainment Section. Due to age and overuse, the arena was left in a dilapidated state infested with rats, while the flags of Panem surrounded the central pit. On the outside of the arena was a victory plaza with many statues and flowers while surrounded by tall walls.

## Synopsis

The tributes rose up into the arena and were shocked to discover the old Capitol Stadium. Capitol Citizens were on the edges of their seats seeing an old relic made new--into an arena. Before the arena began, bombs leftover from the failed Capitol Invasion went off and created tunnels deep into the stadium.

When the Games began, the bloodbath was nerve-wracking. Diana Blackwell (D2) would claim first blood by slitting her partner's neck, which happened to be her brother. This revelation was shocking as this had never occurred before in the history of the Games. His victory was short lived when he was kicked down over a crate by Aurelio Beaumont (D1) and proceeded to stab Diana with her own knife. On the other side of the Cornucopia, Lars Watts (D5) was able to swing his hatchet into notstevebutalex's (D12) neck.

The tributes this year agreed that in order for them to have a chance, it was necessary to form colossal teams and take out the more powerful tributes. A team led by Loralei (D8) dove into the tunnels hoping to find some unsuspecting tributes. They did not realize that 5c4 (D4) was right around the corner. 5c4 quickly spotted Loralei and threw his knife into her eye while simultaneously slicing open TheItalianMan's (D1) neck. The rest of the team chased 5c4 through the tunnels until they eventually lost him.

On Day 2, 5c4 managed to run out of the tunnels. He gasped for breath as he turned to the entrance to one of the tunnels waiting for movement. He heard none. He was about to turn around when Kai Malraux (D10) slit open 5c4's neck, avenging Loralei and TheItalianMan. While half of Kai's team was busy looting 5c4's body, Kai took this opportunity and kick back his friend Tristan Run (D11) from the body and lodged his longsword deep into Franmingo's (D7) collar bone and out of her side.

The other half of Kai's team began to run after Kai himself before Faith Dawson (D11) cut down Lars Watts (D5). Scott Night (D8) saw Meadow Heavenfall (D7) aiming to take out Faith in revenge for the death of her partner. Scott pushed Faith out of the way before taking a knife in the head--killing Scott instantly. Faith turned around and gasped. Fueled with anger, Faith chased after Meadow. Meadow tried escaping into the stands before Faith grabbed onto Meadow's hair and yanked her down. Blood quickly coated the arena's ground as Faith ripped her hair out and stabbed her repeatedly in the chest. Faith turned around and saw her team searching for Kai and Tristan. Faith walked over to her fallen lover and knelt and held him close as the light left his eyes.

A feast was held at an undisclosed location where Aurelio was able to claim a pristine trident and several loafs of bread.

Eventually Kai found Tristan in the tunnels and began to chase him. They both came to a halt as the walls around them moaned and began to collapse. Both of them ran towards the exit. Tristan made it out of the tunnels but looked back at Kai. Tristan stepped forward as Kai made it out of the tunnels and kicked him hard back into the tunnels. Kai scrambled to get up but it proved fruitless as the tunnel collapsed on top of him. Tristan's team left the site as a small delta of blood dripped out of the cracks in the debris.

The final 6 tributes were Aurelio (D1), Glosta (D3) Cooookiemonster (D4), Warrior0531 (D9), Faith Dawson (D11), and Tristian Run (D11). Aurelio fought hard to protect himself against his former-partner Warrior's hatchet by blocking her attacks with his trident. In the far distance, Tristan's team running towards the duo. In order to try to make a clean getaway, Warrior would kick Aurelio in his testicles and caused him to drop his trident. Aurelio screamed in agony before being silenced by Warrior burying her hatchet into Aurelio's skull.

Warrior was quick in grabbing Aurelio's trident but not before taking a fatal blow in the back by Tristan's knife. On the other side of the arena, Cooookie made short work of Glosta by stabbing her in the jugular. Enraged, Tristan grabbed Aurelio's trident and threw it at Cooookie. Cookie died upon impact but was pinned to the wall by the trident.

Tristan, full of grief, pulled his trident out of Cooookie's corpse and turned to Faith. She shook her head and looked at her partner. Faith proclaimed that they don't have to be afraid anymore and that they don't have anything left in this world. Tristan felt solemn as he remembered his younger siblings back home. She suggested they kill each other to solidify their history as one who would say "no" to the Capitol. Tristan nodded.

He picked up his trident and positioned it at Faith's neck while Faith positioned her knife. They began to count down with Faith initially saying "One". Tristan replied "Two". Before another word could be uttered, Faith threw a knife into Tristan's good arm--betraying him. She would run up to Tristan and wrestle with him for the trident while dodging Faith's stabbing maneuvers. Full of anger and grief, Tristan head-butted her three times before the fourth broke her nose and caused her to stumble backwards in a confusion. Tristan took his trident and stabbed her in the neck. He watched as blood poured out as Faith's body flailed then was finally ceased.

Tristan Run would become the Victor of the 30th Hunger Games and the first victor from District 11. Tristan would spend his days not taking visitors at his Victors Village house as his siblings moved in. Tristan's life would be considered hollow and lifeless as he was determined to stay alive for his siblings to grow up and make something of themselves. Often, though, Tristan would ask himself if it was worth it becoming victor. He would continue to live a saddened life with a horrendous alcohol addiction.

## Notable Flora/Fauna

The two most notable mutts were rats and snakes. The rats were modified to have super sensitive hearing and would go into a frenzy upon tasting blood. The snakes were described as having an almost rainbow appearance with lethal poison.

## Tribute Analysis

Scores were given on a range of 1 to 12, with 12 being the best possible score. The odds were calculated as (How many Games)-(How many you'd win)

## Reception

The 30th Hunger Games were considered to be the best Games in Panem's history, overthrowing the very popular Quarter Quell arena. Most noted for the interesting tributes, the family dynamic, and the backstabbing. Props went to Head Gamemaker Julius Moss for his excellent use of mutations and refurbishing an older part of the Capitol's history into a historic landmark. The Approval Percentage for these Hunger Games was 100%.