hunger games

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warning for adult content and possible triggers:
violence, death, nonconsent and all around questionable situations.

THE HUNGER GAMES MEME



Congratulations, Tribute.

You have been selected to participate in the Hunger Games.

The rules are simple: there can only be one victor.
You have to kill everyone else or die.

The last one standing wins.
May the odds be in your favour.

⚔

OPTIONS FOR THE SCENARIO-MINDED:
1. ENEMIES: in for the kill
The truth is you've been plotting each other's death for a long time. The only thing different about this situation is that everyone else actually wants you to off each other. Who cares if both of you are probably going to die anyway: no one is taking this bastard down except you.

2. ROMANCE: lovers in a dangerous time
What do lovers do when they know they're about to die? Last kiss, last words, last fuck? Maybe you're desperately trying to protect each other from the rest. Maybe you're the last two left alive. What sacrifices are you willing to make? How far will you allow each other to go?

3. ALLIES: set your arms down
It's in both of your best interests to stick together. Two together is more deadly than one, and you can pool supplies and weapons. Of course, this arrangement is most definitely temporary. Maybe it'll fall apart tonight, or tomorrow, or next week. Maybe your alliance has already run its course, and it's about to fall apart...right now.

4. TORTURE: death's not the worst
Sure, the point is to kill them. But why leave it at that? Maybe you've always secretly gotten off on this sort of thing, or maybe you've just cracked under the stress. When everyone is going to die, there's no point in sticking to all those rules society laid down for you any more. You've already incapacitated them; there's no way they can fight back. Might as well have some fun, right?

5. VICTORY: the finish line
You've done it. Last one standing. You've chosen to live, and no one but you knows how much that choice cost you, because they're all dead. At this point there's nothing that will stop you from stepping up to claim victory. You killed every other tribute. Or did you?

6. TOUR: you think this ends?
You've got a fabulous new home, you'll never go hungry again, and now you have to visit all the other districts and face the families of those you've slain. Some districts will greet you joyously and others? Won't. How are you even holding up in the aftermath?

7. OTHER: write your own story
Anything and everything you can think of. Maybe you're not a Tribute, but a Capitol citizen at a lavish watching party. Maybe you're a Mentor courting sponsors, or a Stylist getting your Tribute ready for the arena. Or are you a Gamemaker, with even more cruel surprises to shock and awe?
⚔

Let the Games begin.

Comments

fushiguro megumi | jujutsu kaisen

[divinely]

[ not into 4. open to everything else. ]

[1797]

[It's been a week in the arena, the number of tributes in the field slashed in half and then some. The older girl who had been reaped alongside Ren died days ago, murdered at the Cornucopia by some Career tribute, and Ren has a limp that is steadily growing worse. Not a break, but definitely sprained and with an open wound he's struggling to keep clean.

Bizarre, to think two weeks ago his life had been completely devoid of the glitz and spectacle of Capitol life. Bizarrer still that, six days ago, he'd never killed someone. He'd just been a dark horse fan favorite, unexpectedly flashy in his private training session and deftly charming in the interview.

(It hadn't even been intentional.)

He's sniffing some kind of poultice, handed out through the faux-generosity of a faceless sponsor, when the bushes shift and water splashes and fuck, he climbs to his feet, unsheathing the dagger he pulled from a girl's body.

It isn't until he's swept around the tree trunk, weapon drawn back and pain jolting up his leg, that he recognizes the boy he's about to stab. Another of the Career tributes: quiet, resting bitch face, the one Ren had found fun to needle like they might've been friends in another life.

Shit. It's no big mystery who's going to walk away in a match-up between a Career and some scrawny kid from District 12.]

turning on my 19th century villain playlist for this

[divinely]

[ for a Career, Megumi doesn't make as much of an impact in the Capital as his mentor. there's enough rage in his eyes that the Sponsors typically drawn to reserved and mysterious tributes remain intrigued, but he's not an entertainer. he doesn't have Gojo's easygoing ridicule, nor his aggressive charm.

which is why there's a prolonged second of silence after the recognition sets in, Megumi's own knife angled just above Ren's chest for a quick and easy stab to the heart.

District 12. Amamiya.

Megumi can hear the camera above them whirring as it locks in for a closer look, knows the entire world is watching them in this moment, assuming that he'll do what he's always done ("-so skilled with those straightforward kills, there and gone!") and District 12 will be out of the game for good.

remember to make it believable, Megumi-kun! - fucking Gojo.

a grimace shoots across his face before he slowly pulls his hand back and drops the knife into a patch of dirt. his hand, pinning Amamiya against the trunk, retreats. he holds his hands up in a gesture of surrender, although he's still clearly ready to wrestle that knife away. ]

I'm glad I found you. [ his voice is hoarse from conserving water intake, and not speaking for the past few days. ] You... remind me of a brother I lost when I was younger.

[ rip, Itadori. ]

Ranma Saotome | Ranma 1/2

[catsgothistongue]

[open to anything but 4.]

Chrissy Cunningham + Stranger Things + OTA

[cheerybomb]

[Tribute probably from District 1 or District 8, absolutely down for her falling in with the resistance or being a recent victor who wasn't supposed to win but did through sheer luck and circumstance, and is still pretty messed up about it (mentally for sure, but maybe physically as well)]

Techie | Dredd | OTA

[clan_techie]

[Tribute from District 3 or 5 is most likely, he doesn't look like much, but he's a scrapper, good with a knife and even better with re-wiring things. I'm down for Arena-based things, Resistance-based things or anything in between.
Also possibly on the game-makers team, but he'd hate every minute of that.]

El | Weird Stuff Happens: The Series | OTA

[e11e]

[District 2 career, clearly. But she is absolutely ready to just step off the train and disappear, and will do so given half a chance. Totally down for in-Arena, aftermath, even resistance-shaped stuff, let's go.]

Clint Barton/Hawkeye/Ronin | MCU | OTA

[differentcircumstances]

[Former victor, current mentor, maybe also one of the ones on the inside trying to bring the system down, you know, everyday normal stuff.]

Torii | OC | OTA

[java_squirrel]

[Very eclectic stylist, seems to have no set standards for who she picks up every year, or every other year, and it may just be based on ~Vibes~ but she also has a little boutique in the Capitol supplying offbeat fashion oddities to the citizens.
There's also rumors about her family, but she seems pleasant and law-abiding enough.]

Eddie + Stranger Things + OTA

[jukebox_hero]

[Tribute from District 5 or 6 seems most likely. I'm down for all the shenanigans, training, in the arena, after the games, getting involved with the resistance, whatever.]

[cheerleader]

Chrissy had always been an unusual tribute, from the moment she was selected. District 1 usually had two volunteers. This year, only the male tribute did so. Jason was one of the careers, he had trained his entire life to do this. But without a female volunteer that year, Chrissy's name had been drawn. No one stood up to take her place, and she knew in that moment the Reaping was the last time she was ever going to see her home. Girls like her just didn't make it out of the arena.

But she still put a smile on her face and went through the motions as best as she could, trying her best to earn sponsors and a high rating. She didn't, of course. She earned the lowest rating by far. In fact, she had the lowest score in recent history. That was humiliating, but she figured being generally athletic didn't exactly qualify her for anything higher than the two she earned. Maybe it wouldn't been higher if she hadn't been so afraid.

It was during those days where everyone was feeling one another out and alliances were being formed that she first spied him. He was about her age, and she remembered that he was from either District 5 or 6. He was kind when she approached him to ask for help lifting something, and she regretted not asking for his name.

She found out his name the first day in the arena. As everyone took off running as gunshots fired, she had been grabbed and drug along into the trees by Jason. Maybe her score should've been a little higher, she realized, as it was because of attraction to her that Jason kept her alive. Whatever he was planning on doing with or to her made her uneasy, but she was too afraid to try pulling away. So she stumbled along at his side, with him shouting at her to keep up as he gripped at her arm hard enough to bruise.

To everyone watching at home, this likely seemed like a sweet gesture. A heroic brute saving the defenseless girl from his district. But to Chrissy, she saw the gesture for what it was: a claim to her. That day, Jason used her as bait to lure in other tributes to kill them. It was when he tried kissing her after killing the male tribute from 11 that something finally clicked into place. She managed to squirm out of his hold and ran as fast as she could.

That running made her plow right into the boy from 5. Or was it 6? She had a hard time remembering. All she knew was that he could see she was panicked and afraid, and calmed her down. When she could manage to talk, even a little, she told him that they had to run. That Jason was coming, and he'd be furious because she rejected him. It wasn't until they had been hurrying across the arena for nearly an hour that they stopped, both exhausted and out of breath.

"I -" she panted a little, wiping at her brow with the back of her hand. She really needed water, but hadn't grabbed a canteen or anything at the start of things. That was a move she was regretting now.

"I never told you my name, not even when I wanted to before. I'm Chrissy."

[jukebox_hero]

There had been next to a zero chance that Eddie's name wouldn't come up for District 5 for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that it was his final year of being eligible and ending with the fact that it was the first year in recent history that anyone in a district lower than 9 had to buy additional entries. Something about power usage curtailments in other districts meant that the plant's output could be reduced, which also meant that wages could be reduced and Eddie wasn't sure he believed any of it, but it wasn't as if he could prove otherwise, either.

But Eddie had bargained for as many as he could, because he knew that one of two things was going to happen: By some miracle his name wouldn't be called, and he and Wayne would need to be able to get through to winter when there was always more usage and more maintenance needed, or he would get called, in which case he wasn't going to be coming back and Wayne would need to stockpile what he could without Eddie there to help.

Training had been... well it had been something. He hadn't expected the only person to be more out of their depth than he was would be someone from One of all places. But she was, and he'd been happy to help, realizing only later that he hadn't actually gotten her name. Not that it mattered, he was sure neither of them was going to make it past day three out in the actual arena.

Which was why having her bowl right into him in the evening of the first day was a surprise, he had immediately snaked an arm around her waist and slapped his other hand over her mouth to twist them both into the underbrush, half convinced she was going to scream to let her counterpart know where he was. Except that she hadn't, she'd been in a blind panic and by the time he actually got the information out of her, he knew the other one -Jason- would definitely be looking for her, so deeper into the trees he went.

Even already winded and on high alert, he couldn't help but flash a smile at the introduction, "I know. I mean, I heard." He gestured skyward with one hand as if to indicate the introductions everyone had at the beginning, "And I'm Eddie."

This was followed almost immediately by pulling a bag from his shoulder and offering it over to her, it was emblazoned with D.1, and given as how he also had the bag that was marked D.5 there was a good chance it was supplies, "He was too busy grabbing you to grab this." He explained with a shrug, "And everybody else was scattering, so I figured, what could it hurt? Clearly nobody's going to use it, I might as well, right? Maybe make it more than a couple days if I've got double the supplies." A shrug, "But it's yours. So, you know, take it."

Katniss Everdeen + Hunger Games (book canon) + OTA

[not_catnip]

[Not epilogue compliant, I'm definitely down for whatever kind of AU situation to cover the 'But What Happened Next?' instead, though.
Generally go with living more-or-less alone in the Champion's Village, not doing well at taking care of herself, but managing most days. But have gone with being locked up in the tower as well as a handful of other things, if you've got an idea hit me.]

10K - Z Nation - OTA

[notjeff_yet]

[Tribute, probably district 11, but maybe 7. He doesn't talk much but he's a crack shot with a sling. I'm down for training, in-arena or post-arena situations, lay it on me.]

Ruby + Alternate Fairy Tale OC + OTA

[redhoodedgirl]

[Obviously a tribute (possibly former champion) from District 7, deadly with a hatchet and full of anger problems.]

Steve | Stranger Things | OTA

[the_hair]

[Former champion (District 1 or 2 probably) and there are plenty of people who think he shouldn't have won, since it was kind of a fluke that he did, it's also why he gets in uh, statistically speaking a lot of fights. Sometimes he even wins them.]

Bobby Singer | Supernatural et al | OTA

[unclebobby]

[Victor turned Mentor, won his games by being better at traps than the rest of them, and not hesitating to strike when the time came. Absolutely okay with him being wrapped up in the resistance and all that.]

Eliot Spencer | Leverage | OTA

[90minutesofsleep]

[Former Champion, probably current mentor, never been a believer in the whole system, but knows how to play along. I'm definitely in it more for the non-arena stuff than anything else, but I'm flexible.]

august m. `ballistic` brinkman | apex legends

[brinkman]

( district 1 tribute and champion, though his partner for the first game dies so that he can live. no 4, dm about 2.

options:
1) he's the partner of your character because he volunteers for tribute so that his son doesn't go in despite being chosen by the lotto.
2) mentor to other district 1 characters. he is strict but only wants best for his protégés, and not to die. )

eren jaeger | attack on titan

[dreamsofwings]

[ Any option but enemies.
District 12 would be easy for me to do, but could also do career tribute stuff. ]

we'll start with 3 and see how far we get lol

[wingbound]

[ The train ride is quiet. ]

[ Most tributes would be getting some sort of a pep talk about the competition awaiting them right about now, but they don't get one. Or rather, the man who was supposed to take that job was instead sitting here as tribute, having volunteered as soon as they'd announced there would be two people picked. Whatever his reasons, he hadn't bothered to share; perhaps he was protecting somebody, anybody really considering his gesture meant one less person getting reaped, or perhaps he just wanted to put an end to it, tired of sending kids off to their deaths every year, unable to make a difference no matter how much he tried to prepare them. ]

[ Levi Ackerman. He's... somewhat known back at District 12 as one of their very few victors in history (there may have, incidentally, been another Ackerman like thirty years before that...), and yet at the same time, remains something of an enigma. He lives alone, rarely appears in public. Twenty years ago or so, he had won his Games after having some of the worst odds in the betting polls -- everybody thought he would be the first to die, but he turned out to be unexpectedly skilled with a knife, ending the finale in what became known as the biggest televised blood bath of the decade. He never spoke a word of it since he returned home. ]

[ "I volunteer." He hasn't said another word since uttering those two after having climbed on top of the stage, yesterday. Now he's just sitting in a chair, tilted on its back legs, and slowly polishing a pocket knife with what seems to be obsessive precision. His eyes do dart toward his companion a few times; something between evaluation and regret. He probably wishes the kid hadn't been drawn, hadn't had to be here, hadn't had to die. ]

...Ever killed anyone before?

[ Well, that's certainly one way to break hours-long silence. His voice sounds quiet, mellow, somewhat rough as if from disuse. ]

captain gabriel lorca | star trek discovery

[cryptofascist]

[ Either a direct Coin analog (welcome to District 13), a defected/rebel-aligned Peacekeeper, or a District 2 victor and mentor whose tributes have a high survival rate but sure as hell aren't living their best lives for it. No 2 without prior discussion (via PM, permissions/prefs, expanded AU details). ]

who needs icons, i have ideas

[pluralism]

[ when tilly's name is called, michael volunteers.

her mother, of course, is furious. michael doesn't have to be able to see her to know. philippa had always been clear: becoming a career tribute was for people without options. michael was supposed to rise the ranks of the military, first with a posting at the nut through her mother's District 2 connections, later becoming a general, perhaps commander of the entire military. her mother never let her forget how much she had sacrificed so that michael could have these options. the best of everything: fresh food, soft blankets, a seat at dinner parties where she learned capitol manners. a private tutor in military history, and private combat lessons with the District 2 mentor.

but tutor sarek and mentor lorca were not what her mother expected. michael learned more from both than she was ever supposed to. from sarek she learned sacrifice of the one for the many. from lorca she learned to seize opportunity. tilly is fourteen and will be killed immediately. michael is eighteen, and knows she can win.

lorca is probably furious too. no -- she doesn't know what he'll be. (proud, she hopes quietly, in a place not even she can hear.) as she walks past him on the stage, she stares him down, unflinching from his judgment. ]

jacob black | twilight

[sortofbeautiful]

[ Tribute, probably district 7. Rather skip out on 4, but other arena centered adventures very welcome. ]

Naomi Mikano / Original Character

[serenesuccessor]

[A young tribute (and later victor) from District 8. A bit of a crybaby, odds do not seem in her favor. Down for anything but 4! Tribute, mentor, rebel, down for it all!]