28th Hunger Games

## Arena

The 28th Hunger Games was set on wheat field farm surrounded by a thick forest. Around the arena was a radio tower, harvester combine, barn, and a farm house.

## Synopsis

The tributes rose into the arena as the crisp, cool air of the night sky was replaced by the rise of the morning sun. The golden cornucopia shined amongst the amber fields of wheat and grain. The tributes looked determined and reinforced by their team mates.

When the Games began, there was no bloodbath; rather they all grabbed what they could and ran with their alliance members. This irritated Head Gamemaker Drusilla, but she knew she had a full deck to deal. Lladdix (D12) saw Nolan (D11) run towards him, but Lladdix gripped his scythe and swung at him--impaling him through his chest as he slammed him onto the ground. Lladdix would claim first blood.

The tributes started to notice the cows around the arena and began to look to them as a source of better sustenance besides constantly consuming bread. Little did they know, these cows would become aggressive and pierce the tributes with their sharp horns.

The next day, the environment started to get a little windy as tributes persevered through the wheat fields and onto several landmarks. A thunderstorm erupted throughout the arena as lightning struck near several tributes. Those on the ground quickly took to the trees for shelter against the elements. By this time, the "Mad Cows" had killed the District 12 tribute, LuckieLukie.

Around 7 minutes later a siren pierced through the arena as a series of tornadoes rippled through the fields and took down several trees. Tributes held onto the structures and hunkered down as the tornadoes ripped the earth from its foundations.

After the storm passed, a feast was called in the middle of the wheat fields. One of the groups made it there and waited for more to appear so that they could ambush them. When none arrived, they took what they could and began to migrate north. Two of the big groups encountered each other; one led by Beetee (D3) and the other led by Lladdix (D12). After the encounter, Beetee would sacrifice himself so his team mates could run away.

The next day saw no deaths. Drusilla announced that at sunrise 4 people needed to die or else she would choose 4 people at random. These conditions were met, yet the tributes still refused to fight each other. The Gamemakers sought to release them from their sense of safety and struck the forest with lightning until a large fire erupted.

Inside of the barn, Warrior0531 (D9) hid atop the balcony--waiting for the storm to pass. Suddenly, in walked James Watts. Warrior could tell that James was enraged by the loss of his sister. He aimed his bow and shot several times as Warrior hid behind a few hay bales. James roared in anger and began to climb the ladder leading to the balcony. Warrior knew she was a sitting duck and jumped from the balcony. Her leg hit the ground with a snap. She quickly applied a splint to her leg and limped out of the barn before realizing that she could go on the offense. She hid behind hay bales near the entrance to the barn. As she glanced up to take a peek, an arrow scraped the top of her head. She took the opportunity and threw a knife at his left leg's fibula--causing him to drop his bow and wince in agony. He reached for his knife, but his neck was impaled by Warrior's scythe.

On the final day, the remaining 8 tributes were TheItalianMan (D1), IceResistance (D2), Liberius (D3), Glosta (D4), Franmingo (D7), Warrior0531 (D9), xx\_guilanne\_xx (D10), and Lladdix (D12). They begun to smell a funny smell emit from the edges of the arena--pesticide enhanced for humans. They quickly bolted towards the center of the Cornucopia where they knew it'd be safe.

It wouldn't be long before Warrior0531 encountered xx\_guilanne\_xx and sliced through half of her torso, killing the District 10 tribute. Near the Cornucopia, Glosta and Lladdix would encounter each other. Lladdix smiled at the smaller Glosta. Glosta threw everything at Lladdix to try and subdue him, but he approached her and dropped his weapon. He knelled down at Glosta with a smile, resting his hands on her shoulders. Lladdix snapped her neck. Karma would soon come for Lladdix as several mad cows charged at him. He took his scythe and impaled one of the cows, but it did nothing to them. Lladdix became impaled as the impact of his body hit the Cornucopia with a loud "gong".

On the other side of the arena, IceResistance fought Franmingo as she stabbed him several times in the left leg. IceResistance would eventually pin her down and swing the scythe down--impaling her through the head.

Bloodlust filled the District 2 tribute as sponsorships rained down on him. He turned to his left and witnessed Warrior slaying TheItalianMan. In the meantime, Liberius climbed the Cornucopia and watched below as IceResistance and Warrior saw each other and ended with Warrior's decapitation. IceResistance laughed victoriously as the District 3 tribute trembled atop the Cornucopia. Liberius decided enough was enough. He jumped off the Cornucopia as IceResistance threw his scythe at him. Liberius would do the unexpected. He grabbed IceResistance's scythe in mid-air and redirected it to impale IceResistance through the head. Liberius Hanes would become the victor of the 28th Hunger Games.

## Notable Flora/Fauna

The mutations used were cows with long, sharp horns. Normally they wouldn't become aggressive unless provoked, however of a night time their epinephrine spiked and caused them to attack the tributes at full speed.

Notable flora included enriched wheat and grain.

## 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 28th Hunger Games was considered to be a good games, aside from the larger arena and lack of tributes fighting each other. The Approval Percentage for these Hunger Games was 70.45%.