User blog:Pippycat/The 998th Hunger Games - The Illusion

Hey, so the first 998th HG were a fail so here. :3

Introduction
President Rain took his spot on the balcony overlooking the huge Capitol audience, as his daughter, Evaline, walked up beside him in her frilly blue dress. She smiled at him warmly as she picked up a small wooden box, nervously scanning the area with her eyes.

"We're live..." President Rain whispered to her, then he started his speech. "Welcome, Panem! As you all know, each year, we celebrate the peace that we have maintained for years. For 997 years, that is. And, as you also know, it is time for the 998th Hunger Games in just a few days. But, it is also close to the 1,000th Hunger Games. The 1,000th Hunger Games are not just another 100 year mark... this will be 1,000 years. So, instead of having a twist only on the 1,000th Hunger Games, there will also be twists leading up to the big finale in the 1,000th Hunger Games, as long as twice as many tributes to celebrate."

The audience hooted and hollered, while the districts probably sat frozen in shock and fear.

He turned to Evaline, who opened the box, which contained 3 slips of paper. He carefully opened the one marked "998" and read aloud...

"...the twist for the 998th Games, is not so much of a twist, as it is a reminder to all of Panem, that they were the ones who decided to turn a peaceful paradise into a chaotic nightmare during the first and second rebellions. To show this, the arena will be specifically designed."

Rules

 * No fighting, complaining, ect. Be a nice person or expect your tributes to be killed off!
 * Stay active!
 * Please don't be sending advice constantly, as most of this will probably be written a little ways in advance. The only times you should send advice is when I ask users to send advice.
 * Please follow the template below
 * Please don't get upset if your tribute dies. All but one of them will!
 * Have fun. That's an order.
 * Please answer any polls at the bottom of the page
 * The tribute limit is five per person at the moment; this may change
 * First come, first serve!
 * Reservations last 4 days
 * Wikia Contributors can join in you have a name to go by
 * No Troll Tributes or joke tributes please. They'll be declined

Tribute Template
Name: First and last, middle and nickname are optional

Age: 12-18

District: C-13 (no District 0)

Gender: M or F

Weapons: Provide at least 1, maximum of 3

Appearance: Please use this avatar maker to make one for your tribute. Thank you!

Personality: More than a few words, and preferrably a clear description. If it is short, please don't be mad if I portray them unlike you thought that they would be.

Skills: Provide 3

Weaknesses: Provide 3

Backstory: Try and make it interesting, and preferrably longer than a small paragraph.

Alliance: It can be specific tributes, Careers, Anti-Careers, ect.

Token:

Fears:

Reasons to Win:

Family Members:

Anything else? Remember, the more detailed the better, and the more likely they are to win. If I can see that you have put lots of effort into your tribute(s), the better. I will be more likely to choose unique tributes who I can tell have had a lot of effort/thought put into them.

Training Scores
TBA

The Arena
The Arena 

The arena this year will be in a glorious mountain range. There will be four or five mountains in it, each with waterfalls and beautiful scenery; blooming flowers of all kinds, green grass, streams and rivers, tall trees with leaves flowing in the breeze. The cornucopia will be on top of one of the mountains. There will be a few gamemaker-made traps, but not very many. A few of these might be mutts, and natural disasters, but I can’t give too much away!

Cornucopia 

The cornucopia this year will be very different, though. It will be diamond-shaped, with entrances on four sides, which means the pedestals will be in a full circle. The cornucopia will look like a shimmering, clear jewel, catching sunlight and bouncing it back off towards the tributes. The cornucopia will be surrounded by a small, shallow circle of water. Inside the cornucopia will be supplies and weapons, and to get away from the cornucopia, tributes will have to get down from the mountain – but don’t fall… and watch out for the rocks.

Arena Outfits 

The arena outfits this year will be similar for both boys and girls. The outfit will consist of a cream-colored shirt with a white, thin jacket to go over it with the tribute’s district number printed in black on both sleeves. Tributes will be wearing grey jeans, and have black boots to finish off the outfit. Girls will have light, silver and/or black makeup on. The idea behind this outfit is that as the arena twist starts to take effect, tributes’ outfits will reflect the dying and dirty arena around them.

The Twist 

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">The twist this year was said to be lying inside the arena plan. Which of course, it is. The twist is that each time a tribute dies, and after each day that passes, the arena will slowly die and wither away. Trees with shrivel and die, flowers will lose their petals, the exotic animals will all die while the mutts thrive, streams, rivers, and waterfalls will dry up, the grass will disappear and reveal the dirt ground. While everything in the arena dies, the place will become more dangerous for tributes. When trees die, they might grow thorns sharp enough to kill, dead animals can spread diseases. The only way to escape the dying arena is to emerge as one of the victors. In other words, the sort of “paradise” the tributes think that the arena is will in fact prove to be an illusion.