35th Hunger Games

## Arena

The 35th Hunger Games was set in an Iceberg Field: a region where icebergs cluster together. Around the arena were several wooden ships that were purposely shipwrecked with loot inside of them. The sky of the arena was, for the most part, pitch black with only the stars to guide the tributes.

## Synopsis

Upon entering the Arena, the tributes were blasted with a gust of cold, arctic air. The Cornucopia was flat with an icy floor. The Cornucopia was made out of quartz and shimmered with the reflection of the stars. The tributes were surrounded by huge icebergs that seemed to tower into the sky.

When the Games began, all of the tributes ran towards the cornucopia in a desperate attempt to survive the Games. Aurelia Perlman (D2) would claim first blood by stabbing Silan (D9) with a knife. Other notable deaths would be from Arianna (D8) at the hands of Jupiter (D1). LJ562 (D11) tried to run away from the Cornucopia but slipped and fell into the water--drowning. The Career Pack consisted of Jupiter, Aurelia, Kai Malraux (D4), and Axis Pine (D7). They claimed the Cornucopia.

Bronk (D3) ran as fast as she could away from the Cornucopia even as Emmie's (D12) cannon sounded. She found a refuge near the edge of the arena: a small cave within an iceberg. She sought to wait there.

Glosta (D1), DrearyDan (D3), and Sheen (D6) ran towards a beached ship. Sheen, out of breath, asked them what they were supposed to do. DrearyDan remarked that logically the Cornucopia is the safest bet in the Games and the Careers would likely remain there. Glosta groaned at DrearyDan's arrogance and remarked that they were trained to hunt and end the Games as quickly as possible. Sheen sighed and mumbled "may the odds be ever in our favor" before going onto the ship.

The Career pack had went hunting for other tributes. Kai ripped his knife out of the back of Trolly (D6). Jupiter hoped that Glosta was doing alright. Axis rolled her eyes and reminded Jupiter that only one of them would make it. Kai confirmed with Axis as Jupiter nodded unsurely. They started walking south.

DrearyDan kept watch while Glosta and Sheen checked out the shipwreck. Off the corner of his eye he noticed a shimmering nearby. Curious, he told his group that he saw something shimmering nearby. Glosta said that it was probably the atmosphere of the arena. DrearyDan nodded and walked towards it. Sheen began talking to Glosta about life back home with the constant industrialization, new train modules, and the forcefield implementations. Glosta thought that forcefields on a train were ridiculous. Sheen explained that tributes tried to kill themselves by jumping off and that the forcefield itself resembled a shimmering glass. Sheen's eyes widened in realization and screamed for DrearyDan to stop walking towards it. But it was too late, DrearyDan hit the forcefield and was blasted backwards. Glosta stayed on the ship as Sheen ran towards DrearyDan. Sheen knew the procedures on how to restart a heart but never practiced it before. Sheen tried again and again, and never gave up. DrearyDan gasped for air. Sheen hugged him as DrearyDan remarked at his headache.

Meanwhile, the Careers fought against Polar Bears near a flopsided shipwreck. Aurelia took her sword out of the polar bear and asked if any one of them knew how to cook porkchops. Everyone chuckled except for a groan escaping Kai's mouth. Jupiter asked Kai where he heard the scream come from. He pointed towards the edge of the arena. The team began to run in that direction before stopping to watch The Fallen.

**The Fallen (Day One):** Silan Danla (D9), Arianna Augurey (D8), LJ562 (D11), Emmie Wright (D12), Franmingo (D8), Cross Jones (D7), TrollyGene (D6), Desert Rose (11), KushLyfe (D9).

After the Fallen, Kai remarked that he sees people in the distance. DrearyDan noticed the Career pack running straight for them and scrambled to get up. Sheen, Glosta, and DrearyDan ran away from the shipwreck with the careers in hot pursuit. They ended up splitting up with the Career pack running after Sheen. Sheen knew he was a goner but had this idea to drown the careers. He dove into the frozen waters as the Careers did so as well. Sheen didn't account for the cold water and lost his breath rather quickly. He turned underwater to see where the Career were, but Kai stabbed him in the stomach with his longsword. The careers resurfaced and began to dry their clothes.

Bronk sat in his ice cave and heard commotion outside. Bronk poked her head outside and noticed Sabrina (D10) and Lincoln's (D12) team. Lincoln groaned and asked to the world where Bronk was. Sabrina said that they should go to the Cornucopia before the Careers get back. Lincoln agreed but remarked that he wanted to fight Bronk fairly. Sabrina raised her eyebrow as District 12 was not one to be bloodthirsty. Bronk followed silently behind them.

The Careers looked far and wide for DrearyDan, but had no luck. Instead, they found Glosta on top of an iceberg. The Gamemakers were pleased as Rhea told her team to get a cannon ready. Instead of going after Glosta, they talked amongst themselves if they wanted to bring Glosta into the alliance. Ultimately they agreed and yelled at Glosta if they wanted to ally. Glosta asked why she should ally with them. Jupiter said that they'd stand a better chance at making it together. Aurelia remarked that they could "stab bitches together". Glosta agreed and began to climb down.

In the Gamemaker control room, Rhea was furious and ordered for a snowstorm to occur. Some Gamemakers protested and that Glosta could be knocked off. But she ordered it anyway.

The snowstorm slowed everyone down, but Glosta was able to unite with the Career Pack. A feast was called at an undisclosed location. The Careers got there and had to battle numerous polar bears and suffered several gashes and bruises the polar bears inflicted on them.

**The Fallen (Day Two):** Sheen Borrs (D6).

The Careers heard a loud "boom" at the edge of the arena and assumed someone hit the forcefield. They shrugged and camped for the night.

When Sabrina's team got to the Cornucopia, Lincoln noticed Bronk. Lincoln smirked and remarked that he was a fool for coming here along with no weapon. Bronk agreed it would be foolish but he was ready nonetheless. Sabrina watched as Lincoln charged at him at full-speed. Bronk did calculations and timed her knife-throwing right as she threw her knife into Lincoln's leg. Lincoln fell hard onto the ice as his jawline snapped. Bronk walked over and sliced open Lincoln's neck for good measure. Sabrina could only look in horror as her friend's neck was slit right in front of her. Bronk continued her eye contact and grabbed some apples. Bronk ran back to her cave. He stayed cozy inside of his natural igloo before it began to collapse. Bronk dove out of the cave before it collapsed entirely. Bronk shook his head in relief before picking up his backpack and moving onwards to another iceberg.

The Gamemakers were running out of ideas how to hasten the Game and decided to let the Daylight Cycle start. When the sun met the horizon, water began to trickle down the icebergs. Daphne's (D2) team stopped in their tracks and looked behind them to discover the ice beginning to crackle. They began running towards part of the frozen land as the ice crackled behind them. The Career pack faced a similar dilemma, except with Axis falling into the water on numerous occasions. The Career pack made it to the Cornucopia and gasped in exhaustion. The Gamemakers announced that when the sun sets, all teams would be disbanded. Jupiter looked at Glosta worringly. Axis and Kai thanked everyone for the alliance and wished them well in the Games. When the sun set, all teams were away from each other. Glosta looked up into the sky as she watched The Fallen.

**The Fallen (Day Three):** DrearyDan (D3).

Glosta frowned as her partner hit the forcefield, again, without the chance of resuscitation.

The rest of the Games was very eventful with Kai and Aurelia individually hunting down the majority of the tributes. Eventually, though, they encountered each other. After a brief duel, Kai began to run away from Aurelia and dove into the water hoping to escape. Aurelia grabbed her spear and threw it into Kai's back. Kai was still alive, but Aurelia grabbed onto her spear lodged in Kai and pushed down. Kai was in immense pain as Aurelia drowned him. Aurelia's face had no emotion as she left Kai's body to sink into the depths.

Twist Hynes (D10) swam throughout the open waters before feeling something brush against his leg. Twist immediately tried to swim away, but hit the forcefield and was repulsed backwards onto dry land. He shook for several minutes before appearing to survive his encounter with the forcefield.

**The Fallen (Day Four):** Lincoln Adler (D12), Rufus Voltz (D5), Bronk (D3), Sabrina Moors (D10), Jupiter Penz (D1), James Watts (D5), Kai Malraux (D4), Daphne Basalt (D2).

Glosta stood at the mouth of the Cornucopia and gazed inside. There were only five people remaining and thought that she should stock up on supplies. She noticed Aurelia attempting to sneak up on her. Glosta smirked and threw knives at Aurelia. Aurelia dodged them, but Glosta kicked her onto the frozen floor. Glosta raised her sword to strike but Aurelia parried with her knife. Aurelia remarked that she'll kill Glosta the same way she killed Jupiter. Glosta slammed her sword down in anger as Aurelia slid under Glosta and stabbed her in the back. Glosta tried swinging her sword at Aurelia and managed to strike Aurelia in the arm before being impaled by Aurelia's sword. As Glosta fell, Aurelia couldn't help but think that the Capitol citizens believed Glosta's victory was robbed. Aurelia chuckled as the Gamemakers announced that all tributes must report to the Cornucopia for the finale.

Aurelia climbed on top of the Cornucopia and waited for the action to happen. Twist swam underwater as not to be noticed by the others. Kelani (D4) arrived and looked around. Aurelia kept the element of surprise. Twist heard another tribute approach and bypass him. Twist got out of the water and attacked Axis. Kelani saw both of them approaching but did not expect Twist to throw a spear through Axis's neck. Aurelia took this opportunity and slid off of the Cornucopia and charged at Kelani. They fought for a while before Kelani stabbed Aurelia in the chest with her knife and punched her to the ground. Aurelia landed on the ground with a thud as her heart stopped and her cannon sounded. Little did the Gamemakers know, Aurelia's heart began beating after ten seconds. Twist took this opportunity and charged after a weakened Kelani. They fought hand-to-hand before Kelani caught Twist's hand and took out her knife. Twist gasped as the whittled knife entered Twist's throat.

Kelani smiled at her victory but wondered why the Gamemakers hadn't announced her the winner. Aurelia rose from the ground with the knife still in her chest. Aurelia muttered "You little bitch" before walking towards Kelani. Kelani prepped her knife and charged at Aurelia. Aurelia grabbed her arm and squeezed--forcing Kelani to drop her knife. The world watched in shock as a sword entered Kelani's stomach. Aurelia smirked and twisted the blade. She let Kelani fall onto the ground with blood pouring out of her stomach. The final cannon sounded.

Aurelia Perlman was declared the victor of the 35th Hunger Games.

 Notable Flora/Fauna

A mutt used most frequently by the Gamemakers was the use of the Polar Bear Mutt. These creatures, unlike normal polar bears, were genetically enhanced to have increased stamina and epinephirine. This gave the Polar Bears increased strength, endurance, and ferocity.

 The second mutt was seldom used, but were nonetheless effective. The Gamemakers experimented with Shark DNA for the first time and created a variation of the extinct "greenland shark" to be more predatorial and territorial. Its jaw was enhanced to latch onto a target and never let go unless they swallowed. These creatures were used only once but provided intrigue by Capitol citizens.

## 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 35th Hunger Games was considered to a very confusing and conflicting Games within The Capitol due to the Capitol's technology malfunction with the Tribute Tracker monitoring life signs at the final moments of The Games. The Approval Percentage for these Hunger Games was 59.73%.