31st Hunger Games

## Arena

The 31st Hunger Games was set in an ancient city surrounded by large hills and mountains. The city itself was tiered and sat upon a large hill with a bridge extending outwards. The Cornucopia sat inside the basilica at the edge of the river.

## Synopsis

The tributes rose up into the arena as the warm, misty wind of the Mediterranean hit their faces. The tributes were surrounded by a river as the Cornucopia laid inside of the Cornucopia--ripe for the taking. The ancient city before them was pristine and elegantly built as the pantheon extended to the sky.

When the Games began, the bloodbath was fierce. Astrid Watts (D4), the most intimidating tribute due to her tribute score, quickly reached the Cornucopia and grabbed a pair of daggers. Unfortunately, Aurelio (D1) would claim first blood by decapitating her with his longsword. After the eventful bloodbath, 9 tributes had fallen. Aurelio and Faith Stone (D2) would come out as the most dangerous players in this year's Hunger Games. After the bloodbath, IceResistance (D2) and Kai (D11) ran into each other and stared at each other but quickly went in two separate directions.

On Day 2, tremors shook the city and caused a building to collapse and crush Angus Johnson (D10). Cracks appeared on the ground after the tremor had ceased. In the meantime, Orianna (D7) attempted to stealthily attack Guilanne's (D10), but was noticed and ultimately killed by Guilanne's sledge hammer. Faith Stone went on the aggressive while pursuing Kai (D11) as he jumped over fallen buildings and traversed the farmland. Faith threw a knife and hit Kai in the back, which slowed him down. Faith approached him with her longsword while Kai calculated her leg position and weapon position. When she swung it down, Kai dodged it and grabbed his scythe. In an instant, Kai swung the scythe at her neck and forced her skull to rupture and crack against the fallen stone pillar.

On the other side of the arena, an 8-person team was chasing after Aurelio, Faith, IceResistance (D2), and 5c4 (D4) in a sudden ambush. In the midst of the chaos, Faith was struck by Kai's (D11) scythe. Sabrina (D12) threw her sledgehammer and hit Ice at the back of the head and fell lifeless onto the ground. 5c4 and Aurelio escaped the ambush in the end.

In the meantime, Aurelio was being chased by TheItalianMan's team after having most of his allies perish by the other tributes. Aurelio ended up tripping as TheItalianMan approached him and stabbed him through the heart with his longsword.

At that point, the volcano began to erupt as smoke filled the skies--blanketing the sun. Now in eternal darkness, most tributes seeked shelter for the remainder of Day 2.

TheItalianMan sat in a building and held his miniature golden horn necklace in his hand. He thought to himself about the Games and bringing honor to District 1... but there was no honor. There was nothing enjoyable at the Games after being forced to kill someone he considered to be a close friend from home. He thought to himself that even if he did win, he would return home and the people would have reservations about him and how his honor would be questionable. He just prayed that this Game be over soon.

At the now abandoned basilica, 5c4 sat on the stairs leading to the Cornucopia. He watched the river stream dance and ripple as ash fell from the sky and onto the ground. He ate a piece of apple and dreamed about returning to his district and reuniting with his girlfriend Agatha. The booming voice of the gamemakers interrupted his daydream as a feast would be held at the Cornucopia. 5c4 quickly took what he could and ran away from the city, wanting to escape the probable bloodbath.

A few moments later, Lladdix and Taylor's group began to fight one another. Annie\_Cresta (D5) was the first to die in the feast's bloodbath after getting her chest crushed by Lars's (D5) mace. Near the tail of the Cornucopia, Franmingo (D7) died by having her face bashed against the Cornucopia by Sabrina (D12). Teeth scattered everywhere as even Lladdix looked upon in shock. Snapping back to reality, TheItalianMan and Lladdix rushed after Kai. Kai dodged most of the attacks, except to an injury to his abdomen. Kai kicked both of them down and impaled both of them with his longsword. Sabrina tried to run but was impaled by Kai's longsword before she could take two steps. After that, the volcano began to send thick rocks and fireballs down onto the city and to the tributes as the gamemakers were trying to drag the final 4 tributes to the Cornucopia.

The final 4 tributes were 5c4 (D4), Lars Watts (D5), Guilanne (D10), and Kai Malraux (D11). Lars threw a knife and hit Kai's hand holding the longsword. He dropped his longsword and picked up a scythe next to Sabrina's body. Kai decided to take out Lars and charged at him, swinging his scythe. Lars played to Kai's brutish tendencies and got him next to the golden Cornucopia. Kai swung at Lars but ended up hitting the Cornucopia, which broke and dented his scythe upon impact. Lars took this opportunity to bash Kai's head in with the his mace. 5c4 approached the Cornucopia and watched as Guilanne bashed Lars's head against the Cornucopia as his body fell to the ground lifeless.

5c4 took this opportunity to run at Guilanne with her back turned. Guilanne quickly took notice and swung at 5c4, but barely missed. She swung again, but hit the Cornucopia. And again. And again. Enraged, she gasped for air. 5c4 noticed a longsword next to Lars's body. He rushed to it, but Guilanne whipped her head in his direction and chased after him as she understood his strategy. 5c4 reached the body but noticed an incoming Guilanne. Everything seemed in slow motion as fire rained outside the Cornucopia and the basilica itself began to collapse. 5c4 grabbed a hold of Lars's body as Guilanne swung her sledgehammer down. 5c4 pulled Lars's body on top of himself as the sledgehammer caved into Lars's rib and became stuck. Guilanne gasped as 5c4 quickly escaped his human shield and swung at her neck with the longsword he fought so long for.

Suddenly, the eruption outside stopped and Guilanne fell to the ground. She quickly said in a weakened voice, "I'm coming home, mama." At that point, she died.

5c4 would become the victor of the 31st Hunger Games.

## 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 31st Hunger Games was considered to be a success with notable groups in the Capitol praising the return of natural disasters to the Games. The Approval Percentage for these Hunger Games was 82.76%.