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A recent meeting of Study Group 12 saw progress in the development of QoS-related standards for IP-based networks and services.
QoS is seen as a key area to address in IP-based networks, especially as more carriers announce plans to carry voice traffic using the protocol.
Progress was made on the revision of Recommendation G.1020 which gives performance parameter definitions for quality of speech and other voiceband applications utilising IP networks. The updates will specify voice quality measurements associated with the use of the VoIP management protocol, RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR). RTCP XR defines a set of metrics that contain information for assessing VoIP call quality and diagnosing problems.
And Y.1541 which gives network performance objectives for IP-based services, is also actively under revision to include new QoS classes with more stringent packet loss performance, needed for example for commercial video applications and certain TCP formats.
Also during its meeting - the first of the new study period - SG12 consented a revision of Recommendation G.107 (the E-model, see previous e-Flash story, to include an improved treatment of bursty packet loss.
TSB Director, Houlin Zhao is to address the latest meeting of the Service and Network Operations Group (SNOg) in a pre-recorded video. The meeting is to take place in Melbourne, Australia, 14 February and is hosted by Telstra.
The TSB head sent his apologies for not being able to attend the event in person, and thanked SNOg for its contribution to ITU-T's work, also congratulating the group on reaching its silver jubilee.
SNOg aims to make sure that the operations staff - often at the frontline of any telecommunication service provider - needs are taken into account in the development of standards.
Michael Lawrey, Head of Network Services, Telstra, a keynote speaker at the event described emerging technologies as changing the way networks operate. "Our upcoming meeting will provide us with an opportunity to hear the challenges we face as experts of network operators as well as presenting a great opportunity for all attending delegates to nut out the implementation of network and service management activities.
"The challenges for us are many and come in the form of network convergence, integration of processes, new tool sets required to understand the customer experience, and most importantly, the shift in our mindset from managing technology to managing customer services and their experiences."
For further information on SNOg please contact Morris Flory.
An impressive line-up of speakers has been confirmed for the upcoming ITU-T event - The Fully Networked Car - A Workshop on ICT in Vehicles, to be held at the Geneva Motor Show, 2-4 March. Global experts who will frame the major issues and engage the audience in discussion on this important topic include high-level representatives from BMW, Cisco, Magna Electronics, PSA Peugeot Citro�n, Motorola, Bosch, France Telecom, Volvo, Nissan and Swisscom.
Topics to be discussed include, the introduction of extra-vehicle communication systems that allow communication with nearby vehicles, for example to communicate that a car is hydroplaning and advise appropriate action to nearby cars. Another session will focus on a pan-European in-vehicle emergency call. Experts will discuss how automatically generated in-vehicle emergency calls (eCalls) can speed-up the response of the emergency services and potentially reduce the number of fatalities, severity of injuries and stress in post-crash situations.
ITU-T is to hold an NGN Technical Workshop, 14 - 15 March 2005 at the Lotte Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea, at the kind invitation of the Korean Government. The workshop will serve as a useful review point on the road towards NGN, and precedes a meeting of the Focus Group on NGN (FGNGN).
In May of 2004 study on NGN standards found a home at ITU, with the formation of the FGNGN. Since that time intense work has taken place in this group and across many of ITU-T�s other study groups, towards the development of standards that will define services, network and systems architecture in IP enabled next generation communication systems. Indeed NGN has become a key area of study for ITU-T�s study groups. Study groups 2, 11, 13 and 19 for example have a significant NGN focus (Study Group 13 is the lead Study Group for NGN).
The convergence between internet protocol (IP), public switched telephone network (PSTN), digital subscriber line (DSL), cable television (CATV), wireless local area network (WLAN) and mobile technologies is a task that many believe is impossible without the development of global standards. NGN will offer a richer set of applications to the end user. The work of FGNGN and other ITU-T groups will build on existing fixed/mobile convergence architecture (e.g. 3GPP/3GPP2 IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)) to provide transparency between fixed and mobile networks.
Among many recent achievements in the NGN field are an output relating to IP-QoS signalling for inclusion in the first set of specifications (Release 1), the foundation of a 'joint coordination activity' (NGN-JCA) aiming to see that standards are developed in the most appropriate place and that no duplication of effort occurs and the development of a project management tool that will give a unique overview of the NGN work going on across the standardization world.
ITU-T is to host a Workshop on Home Networking Systems, 13-14 October 2005 in Geneva.
Home Networking is the linking of all types of electronic devices for applications such as entertainment, telecommunication, home automation systems and telemetry (remote control and monitoring systems). And given the wide range of previously unrelated technologies involved, standards that allow for interoperability are seen as key to the successful marketing of the concept.
The event will be jointly organized by Study Groups 9 and 12, in cooperation with several other ITU Study Groups and organizations outside of ITU. It follows the Workshop on Home Networking and Home Services held 17-18 June 2004, Tokyo.
Study Group 9 has been working on standardization in home networking systems for more than four years. It has already approved three Recommendations in the field. A current focus is a new Recommendation that will specify ways to bridge conditional access systems (that ensure payment in pay TV for example) to digital rights management (DRM) systems, an important step toward smooth operation of fully integrated home networking.
A new ITU-T Recommendation from Study Group 16 aims to support the continued use of modems in IP networks by providing interoperability between products that emulate modem signals. A number of products had emerged to provide this functionality, but no standard solution - until now.
Modem signals have traditionally been transported by circuit switched systems and equipment. As service providers increasingly look towards Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure, more modem signals will be carried over the protocol. The problem is that the basic design constraints of IP networks do not allow for transparent transport of modem signals (voice-band data (VBD)), hence necessitating special protocols to be run on top of IP to ensure the necessary end-to-end high quality of service.
Many thousands of people still use dial-up (modems) to access the Internet, and so the continued support of modems as many telecommunication service providers move to packet based networks is seen as imperative. Without standards that support their continued use, modem users would suffer from a significantly downgraded experience.
V.152 defines procedures for equipment that interconnect traditional circuit-switched networks with IP networks to provide satisfactory, transparent delivery of modulated VBD as encoded audio content over IP (data modems, facsimile terminals and text telephones). The Recommendation complements the functionality in the modem relay Recommendation V.150.1 (see press release).
A new standard developed by Study Group 9 will help to facilitate communication over IPCablecom networks in disaster situations. Even when not directly damaged, networks may have to cope with congestion, overload or the need to be rapidly extended due to limited bandwidth.
The Recommendation - J.260 - defines requirements for authentication and priority mechanisms in IP-based cable architectures. It ensures, that even in times of limited bandwidth, emergency communication is transmitted without problems.
ITU recently lent its expertise in the field of disaster recovery and mitigation to a high-level global gathering looking to develop an early warning system for tsunamis.
A delegation headed by Houlin Zhao, director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) and representatives of the radiocommunication and development bureaux attended The Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements, Phuket, Thailand, 28-29 January.
Envoys from 43 countries and 13 international organizations attended the event hosted by the Thai foreign ministry, to discuss arrangements for an early warning system that could help to reduce the scale of devastation following any future tsunami.
Ahead of the event Zhao said: �I believe that ITU has much to offer in the development of an early warning system for tsunamis. This tragedy has, once again, underscored the fact that information and communication technologies are a vital component in disaster relief and prevention. We have a proven track record in the field of disaster management, and I hope that we can offer some valuable advice here. The dissemination of information using these technologies is a crucial part of all disaster relief strategies. It is impossible to imagine disaster relief today without radios, fixed-line telephony and mobile phones. And now the Internet has also proved that it has an important role to play, supporting the more traditional media of radio and television.
�It is very unfortunate that it took a disaster on this scale to wake the world up to the need for an early warning system in this area. But, this meeting should serve to spearhead and coordinate in the most efficient manner the very necessary work towards a system that will reduce the devastating effects of such an event in the future.�
In its first meeting of the new study period, Study Group 13 started work on a set of activities to speed up the development of, and provide clear direction for NGN standardization work. ITU-T will implement in the first half of 2005 a set of tools that will give a unique overview of the next generation network (NGN) work going on across the standardization world.
Since the work towards standards for NGN is taking place across a number of different ITU-T study groups and other standards development organizations (SDOs) the ability to coordinate and view all NGN work in one place will be invaluable to the swift and efficient publication of the first set of NGN specifications (Release 1).
The tools � essentially a repository of information from ITU and other SDOs � were asked for by members of the NGN Focus Group. Key will be the ability to keep track of the latest versions of documents and provide detailed information for experts and summaries for management.
ITU-T's Study Group 19, in its first meeting of the new study period held in Geneva, December 2004, completed the first stage of approval for the latest standards for the core network infrastructure for next generation mobile telephony (ITU's international mobile telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000)).
This set of specifications makes use of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) core network specifications (supporting the cdma2000 air interface). The standards will be known as ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.4, and extend the applicability of this ANSI standard to a global market.
Together with matching radio interface specifications handled through ITU-R Working Party 8F in the ITU-R M.1457 series of Recommendations, these standards support applications ranging from narrow-band voice to wide-band voice, data and multimedia communications with full terminal mobility. Completion of the approval process is anticipated in the first quarter of 2005.
Following the success of the Cybersecurity Symposium held in Florian�polis, Brazil, October 2004, ITU has decided to hold another event.
Cybersecurity Symposium II will be held on the first day of the Russian Association for Networks and Services (RANS) conference - Security and Trust for Infocommunication Networks Deployment, Moscow.
The symposium will highlight the importance of cybersecurity as an essential part of information and communication technologies (ICT). There will be discussion on international cooperation, which is increasingly becoming the decisive issue in coordinating the efforts of state institutions and business for the harmonized development of normative, legal, technological and organizational aspects of an effective cybersecurity infrastructure. Additionally there will be a review of the necessary standards development.
ITU-T's Study Group 19 has developed and approved a technical report that will facilitate interoperable and harmonized wireless network architectures. This is a key aspect of the overall ITU-T focus on next generation networks (NGN).
The convergence of fixed and wireless networks has become a key topic for forward-looking standardization, especially in NGN. This, together with the convergence of telecommunication and information technologies, and the drive for migration to interoperable and harmonized network architectures, means that there is a requirement to provide global roaming and seamless mobility for the users of the different access technologies used by different operators.
To this end, ITU-T's Study Group 19 is leading the definition of requirements, related architecture framework, and network to network interfaces (NNIs) for mobility management for the next generation mobile networks defined in ITU-T's systems beyond IMT-2000. The technical report by Study Group 19 identifies the requirements that will enable the development of protocols which are essential for the development of next generation mobile networks. It is recommended reading for anyone working in this area as it provides an excellent summary of the requirements and options for meeting them.
A recent meeting of Study Group 13, the lead study group on NGN, saw the establishment of a group that will ensure that work across ITU-T�s study groups is focused on delivering NGN standards in a timely and efficient way. Essentially the group will aim to see that standards are developed in the most appropriate place and that no duplication of effort occurs.
The �joint coordination activity� (NGN-JCA) group initially consists of management representatives of study groups 2, 11, 13 and 19.
The meeting also saw agreement on a draft action plan to support the involvement of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in its work. This follows a mandate given by the world telecommunication standardization assembly (WTSA) to ensure that ITU-T's standardization work continues to address the digital divide between rich and poor countries. In line with Study Groups 15 and 16's recent announcements the move will ensure that developing countries' needs are taken into account in the development of standards.
New specifications ratified by ITU-T Study Group 11 will transfer some of the call control elements of SS7 to the IP world. SS7 is the signalling system used by telecoms operators worldwide to allow the efficient routing of calls, and its worldwide implementation has paved the way for an efficiently operating international telecommunication network.
The new Recommendation - Q.1980.1- defines narrowband signalling syntax (NSS), a flexible text-based syntax that can be used to transfer narrowband signalling information in protocols that cannot inherently transfer such information (eg the session initiation protocol (SIP)).
This NSS solution aims at helping operators reflect the services that they provide in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) in next generation IP based networks. It provides a standardized set of PSTN/ISDN services signalling parameters that can be mapped into the many SS7 ISDN user part (ISUP*) variations, to be transmitted transparently through IP networks. NSS has been designed to enable seamless interworking between the PSTN and IP networks and transition from legacy TDM (time division multiplexing) circuit switched networks to packet-based transport technologies without service degradation or changes.
* ISUP determines the procedures for setting-up, coordinating and taking down calls on an SS7 network. It provides calling party number information, call status checking, and controls tone and announcement delivery.
The NGN Focus Group has delivered its first output for inclusion in the first set of specifications for next generation networks (NGN) - Release 1. The document (a supplement to ITU-T's Q series recommendations, approved at the last Study Group 11 meeting) relates to IP-QoS signalling.
QoS signalling provides a way for network elements to communicate with, or signal, other elements to request special handling of certain traffic. QoS signalling is useful for coordinating the traffic handling techniques provided by other QoS features. It plays a key role in configuring successful end-to-end QoS service across a network.
In this case the document - a technical report - identifies the requirements for signalling information regarding IP-based QoS at the interface between the user and the network (UNI) and across interfaces between different networks (NNI) including access networks.
Identifying these requirements and the signalling information elements will enable the development of signalling protocols which are essential for the development of services based on IP-QoS in NGN.
A new standard approved by ITU provides interworking between two dominant technologies in next generation networks (NGN). Ethernet and MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) are critical components of the evolving broadband architecture.
The standard - ITU-T Recommendation - Y.1415 - is likely to help further Ethernet�s push towards becoming a carrier class service delivery technology, and aid MPLS� move towards playing a bigger role in NGN.
The ability to offer Ethernet services means that carriers will be able to offer considerably improved flexibility to customers through a much simpler and lower cost interface. It will allow users to specify exactly how much bandwidth they want between the 10Mbit/s and 1Gbit/s range currently offered. MPLS will add the quality of service (QoS) requirements that service providers demand to the Ethernet package. Further, the standards provide reduced operation complexity and improved scalability for carriers.
PP-02 Decisions on review of the International Telecommunication Regulations and subsequent actions The ITU Marrakesh Plenipotentiary Conference, after considering a number of input documents from Member States, adopted Resolution 121 [E|F|S], which resolved that the Union should continue a process of reviewing the International Telecommunication Regulations [E|F|S]. To this end, a Working Group of Council, open to all Member States, whose delegations may include appropriate legal, regulatory and technical experts has been established.
The third and final meeting will take place in Geneva on 11 (afternoon) - 13 May 2005 to finalize the work. You may find further details on the invitation letter. [DM-1171 ]
Bureaufax Table Update for Pakistan - Swaziland
Pakistan - Swaziland [ Winword | PDF ] (updated 10.05.05)
The Bureaufax Table, published in collaboration with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in pursuance of the provisions of ITU-T Recommendation F.170 (03/98), is now published in electronic version only.
TSB Circular 30 - Replies to the 2005 Questionnaire on conditions for provision of "call-back"
Alternative Calling Procedures (Call-Back)
The World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly 04 (WTSA-04) adopted Resolution 29 on alternative calling procedures on international telecommunication networks. In that Resolution, the sovereign right of each country to regulate its telecommunications, as expressed in the basic instruments of ITU, was reaffirmed. In this regard, each country has the right to authorize, prohibit or regulate call-back practices. National regulatory measures must be respected by other countries within the limits of their own legislation, and the recognized operating agencies (ROAs) and administrations concerned must communicate and collaborate.
Workshops and Seminars
Workshop on Video and Image Coding and Applications (VICA)
Where: GenevaWhen: 22 - 23 July 2005Contact: email@example.com
In between the meetings of two lead technical groups working on image and video compression, ISO/IEC's JPEG and ITU-T's Study Group 16, ITU will host a workshop on Video and Image Coding and Applications (VICA) at the ITU headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 to 23 July 2005. Key experts will join users to review the development, assessment and application of video and image coding and to discuss and start work on an action plan and a roadmap for VICA standardization. Presentations will instigate discussion on how standards work in the field, including how next generation networks (NGN) can support the development of so-called ubiquitous services - any device, anytime, anywhere. Current work on home network environments will also be taken into account. Also at the event there will be an interoperability demonstration showing various products using related standards. All interested parties are free to attend.
Geneva, 21 April 2005 - ITU will hold a workshop on next generation networks (NGN) together with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), 1 - 2 May, 2005, Geneva.
Since May 2004 intense work has taken place in ITU, towards the development of standards that will define services, network and systems architecture in the next generation of IP enabled communication systems, or next generation networks (NGN).
The objectives of the workshop are to report the progress of ITU's work on NGN and explore specific issues that impact both the ITU and the IETF in order to better understand the work underway in the two organizations and to identify areas where action can be taken to make further progress.
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Introduction (and read everything. -_-)
President Silver Whihart Snow's voice crackles over the speakers as he prepares to announce the 101st Games for the first time. After the 101st, sadly, President Snow III died of old age, and his daughter took over.
"Citizens of Panem, I am proud to announce- the 102nd Hunger Games!"
The crowd cheers.
"And this year- in honor of our honorable late President Snow III- we will be submitting the Victors of the 100th and 101st Games once more this year!"
The capitol crowd goes crazy.
"But wait. And under... special 'reconstruction'.." She chuckles half-heartedly, "of last year's dead tributes... we will have them as mutts going in as Anti-Tributes! So double the tributes in a way.. just half designed to kill." There is a mysteriously evil glint in her eye, with amusement as she speaks the words. The capitol crowd laughs with her, while the rest of Panem sits in tears and fear.
"So all there is left to say is... good luck. And Happy Hunger Games!" The crowd cheers crazily, and the reapings begin.
Hey guys! So this is probably my 5th, 6th Games, I believe? The third in this series. Well, be sure to read the submissions CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY. Otherwise your application will not be accepted. Thank you! <3
Submissions **New tributes only**
You may submit 3 maximum. Forms must be in this order. No on my profiles. Reservations will last 1 day.
District and Gender:
Appearance: (I want a description. Not just a picture or Lunaii.)
Preffered allies: (Districts 1,2, and 4 are the only Careers if they desire so. Sorry. And no promises are made for your preferences- Random.org will decide. Choose alliance name *at bottom* )
No perfect tributes. I will add weaknesses or remove skills. And I will add neccesary things myself unless or until you do. NO WARNINGS!
Game Plans
Tribute Clothing (Plus their own personal token)
The Arena
The black dots in the Cornucopia:
The gray dots in front of the Cornucopia:
Tribute plates
The red dots:
The Anti-Career entrance. The Capitol gives them everything they need.
The colorful dots with yellow, pink, and blue:
The safe meadow.
The colorful dots with pink,purple, and violet:
The meadow of Nightlock Flowers. They have the flower mutts in them. Deadly meadow.
The gray dot with the black dot and blue in front of it (Complicated.xD)
A cave with a small pond and stream.
The random blue lines and areas:
Rivers and lakes.
The gray surrouding the arena:
The force field of the Arena.
The Mutts
Averages you have read about and seen in other Games- Plus toxic flowers that release deadly mist. And the Anti-Tributes.
The Tributes
New Tributes (Reaped for these games)
Anti-Tributes (Straight from the Capitol- Mutt tributes)
Bolded are the most dangerous- the Threats, and they swarm together.
|Dustin Henderson
|Claudia Gerhart
|Zacharius Thorne
|Trudi Proudmoor
|North Blaze
|Misty Calliden
|Jayce Finbarr
|Stella Bass
|Gunner Pann
|Petra Liit
|Zack Swikofort
|Lauren Dunbryll
|Pamline Falcon
|Nerissa Cora
|Kyle Allen
|Belle Fishline-Hunter
|Gabe DiPablo
|Aveline Kenway
|~*~*~* Live Victor participating.~*~*~*~
|Demi Campbell
|Landon Sean
|Holley Citirus
|Leo Algeiba
|Alessa Gray
Re-reaped Victors of Previous Games
|Age at time of Games Won
|Age Now
|Which Games They Won
|10 Male
|Michael Gray
|The 101st Hunger Games
|3 Male
|Bronze Ashen
|The 100th Hunger Games (Co-victor)
|3 Female
|Thalia Combe
|The 100th Hunger Games (Co-victor)
|Victors ~*Katelyn.danita (talk)*~*~
|3 Female
|Aspen Combe
|Aria Camelliston- Livingstone
|Head Gamemaker
|Diamond Leafby
|Co-Head Gamemaker
|Reana Stone
|Head of Arena Mutts
|Wolf Morgan
|Head of Training
~*~*~ Gamemakers meet with Aria Camelliston in chat when notified ~*~*~~*
|Sponsor username
|Tribute being Sponsored
|What they Have
|What they need
|Money Left
|Use of Item
|Price of item
|To help tributes overcome pain and relieve them of symptoms.
Gauze Wrap
|Used to wrap up the tribute's injury to keep out bacteria. Commonly a cut or burn. Used with medicine, any cream, or antibiotics.
|Cut Cream
|Helps to close and heal wound. Works at a fast rate, created in Capitol.
|Burn Cream
|Helps to heal burns, leaves a scar afterwards.
|Used to help fight infection.
|Sooth pain.
|Use of Item
|Price of Item
|Helpful for badly injured tributes to drink down easily. Calms stomach. Helps hunger. Warm.
|Healthy. Gives energy. Helps hunger.
|Hydrates. Cleanses wounds. Holds liquids.
|Full-course meal
|Includes meat, fruit, and water. Lasts about 3 or 4 days is used wisely.
|Use of Item
|Price of Item
|Carries items around.
|Helps hold items together or tie things.
|Shows you where you are going. Nearly useless.
|Use of Item
|Price of Item
|Bow and arrows [3 arrows]
|Shoots target like a mechanical spear, but smaller and more accurate.
|Sharp end. Punctures target. Large.
|Throwing knvies. [5 knives]
|Small and sharp. Punctures target and easy to throw. Lighweight.
|Sharp and curved. Used in District 9 to cut wheat.
|Round, metal end with spines all over. Large and quite heavy.
|Sharp metal blade. Used in District 10 to cut down trees. Large and heavy.
Warmth/ Miscellaneous
|Use of Item
Price of Item
|Waterproof, keeps tribute semi-warm.
|Sleeping Bag
|Place to sleep, insulated. Keeps tribute warm.
|Protects from rain, shelters.
|Waterproof/fireproof. Protects feet.
|For lazy tributes or tributes unable to create shelter. Can be hooked between two trees.
Training Scores/Odds of Winning
|Name of the Tribute
|Sean Baker
|Az Whinton
|Fatso Sun
|Celes Donova
|Dexter Volts
|Aletta Sifonios
|Ashton Prince
|Marino Sedello
|Travion Mist
|Elle Redmond
|Connor Steele
|Zoe Russell
|Samuel Scare
|Ansu De'Souza
|Ridge Malskin
|Ceritia Arrow
|Clyde Jones
|Sienna Goldsmith
|Darwin Erkelstein Fadoosher III
|Merrie Maclyntyre
|Roman Lemongrass
|Lena Bow
|Rilos Madd
|Isabella Gray
|Reaped Victors ~*~*
|3 Male
|Bronze Ashen
|3 Female
|Thalia Combe
|10 Male
|Michael Gray
Death Chart
|Name of Tribute:
|Cause of Death/ by Whom:
|Day of Games Killed:
|Fatso Sun
|Stepped off plate too early ; mine exploded.
|Samuel Scare
|Head cracked by Ashton Prince [4]
|Ridge Malskin
|Own spear to head by Sean Baker [1] after spearing him
|Sean Baker
|Spear through stomach by Ridge Malskin [8]
|Mellie Maclyntyre
|Head cracked by Anti-Tribute Gunner Pann
|Dexter Volts
|Arrow through head by Aletta [3]
|Zoe Russell
|Spear through throat by Az Whinton[1]
|Day 2
|Ansu De'Souza
|Trident through chest by Ashton[4]
|Day 2
|Travion Mist
|Trident through chest by Marina [4]
|Day 2
Rilos Madd
|Arrow to chest by Elle Redmond [4]
|Day 2
|Darwin Erkelstein Fadoosher III
|Slit throat by sword from Az Whinton [1]
|Day 2
|Sienna Goldsmith
|Set on fire and suffered, Thalia [3 Victor] shot an arrow through her heart
|Day 2
|Clyde Jones
|Burnt alive by Michael Gray [10]
|Day 2
|Celestine Donova
|Beat against rock by Aletta Sifonios [3]
|Day 3
|Lena Bow
|Decapitated by Roman Lemongrass [11]
|Day 3
|Roman Lemongrass
|Spear through chest by Ceritia Arrow [8]
|Day 3
|Bronze Ashen
|Killed by Anti-Tribute mutt
|Day 3
|3 Victor
|Ashton Prince
|Spear through back of head by Isabella Gray [12]
|Day 3
|Marina Sedello
|Posion fog and compact from falling from tree
|Day 4
|Connor Steele
|Knife in back by Elle Redmond [5]
|Day 4
|Ceritia Arrow
|Knife in heart by Michael Gray [10 Victor]
|Day 4
|Michael Gray
|Spear through back by Ceritia Arrow [8]
|Day 4
|10 Victor
Victor: Elle Redmond- District 5 - With Aspen Combe. Congratulations!
The other 4 have made it to Civinel safely.
Sean Baker [1]:
The clock is ticking down from 35 now, and I can barely breathe.
I look over at the Anti-Careers and shiver. They look unhuman. They have bloodthirsty red eyes, most of them, and a few have golden eyes. I think back to those vampires in some series I read about in a book..
Twilight. That was it. The red eyes drank human blood, the gold eyes were vegetarian...
Oh my god they're going to be like vampires. They do look perfect. All of them. Flawless, beautiful, intimidating.. dangerous. They're deadly.
I swallow hard and focus on the Cornucopia. All of the other tributes are preparing. I see the 2 Male getting irritated and impatient. Lord he's fat...
He steps off the plate.
If he had waited literally one more second..
His chunk explodes everywhere. I run to the Cornucopia and turn my head to see the male from 4 crack the male from 7's head.
The male from 8 throws a spear, and I see it headed right towards the female from 5.
Wait. I feel pain surge through my body.
It was to me, not Elle.
I fall to the ground clutching my stomach. I pull the spear out and with all of my disability, I nudge it through the 8 male's head. He falls to the ground in a bloody splatter.
And then I try to laugh and blood comes from my throat.
Everything turns black.
Celes Donova [2]:
I grabbed a bow and arrow and now have blood all over me, splattered. I am running out of the Cornucopia and see the male from 3 running past. He is headed towards me!
I shoot an arrow through his head.
He goes down. My heart pounds and I feel tears forming in my eyes.
I just killed someone...
But he wanted to kill me..
And then I see an Anti-Tribute crack the girl from 10's neck.
He runs at Marina, from district 4, and she puts a trident through its chest.
She killed.a.threat!
CRAZY! She screams and runs like a maniac, scared the Antis would catch her.
I run out to the woods and see Aletta from 3 morning Dexter Volts from her district.
My ally. That I killed. A Fireash..
Rest of Day 1
Aletta Sifonios [3]:
The male from my distrct died. I don't know who did it- but they are going to pay. Big time. I'll kill them with my bare hands if I have to. We're running away, and I see a cave we can go to.
"There!" I cry, and we all run into it.
We sit down and pull out what supplies we got.
Backpacks, weapons, rope, sleeping bags, and empty canteens.
We relax for a minute and wait.
"We need to hunt tomorrow." Isabella murmurs, and we all nod in agreement.
"Yeah let Connor! He's big, strong, sexy, and perfect!" Zoe cries.
.. Okay, so apparently we have a creepy obsessive little girl.
Connor sighs out loud and turns over to her.
"HOW. How the hell are you alive after the bloodbath?" He cries.
She giggles and slaps his chest playfully.
"Oh, Connor." She says.
"NO. I'M SERIOUS." He hisses back. They argue back and forth and the rest of us begin conversations in murmur waiting for them to finish.
Ceritia Arrows [5]:
I've been sitting here absolutely suffering forever. I slit Ansu's arm earlier secretly, because I saw Aria Camelliston's strategy a few years ago on the Games. I loved it. It seemed like the perfect way to win. Her love got in her way though.. so I refuse to let it happen to me while here.
"Anyone know who did this?" She complains.
We roll our eyes.
"Ansu. Calm down! At least you made it out with only a cut!" Elle cries, and pulls her hair to the side, revealing a fleshy wound on her neck. She winces when she places it back. I make a repulsed face.
"Ohh, gross.. Elle.." Lena mumbles.
"What? I'm not afraid." She laughs sarcastically, and throws her axe right into a Groosling. It instantly dies. She hops over a log and walks a bit down the hill to grab it.
"Well I don't possibly see how. You like.. need a sponsor or something.." I murmur.
"But guys, seriously, did you do it, Elle?" Ansu says.
God give me a break.
Elle lets out an exaggerated sigh and walks in a slight stomp back up the hill. She walks over to Ansu and looks at her with the, "You're not being serious. Leave me alone, quit wasting time." Look she became famous for in Training. Ansu looks down and throws her hands up, backing away.
"Okay.." She muffles and looks over at her. Elle rolls her eyes and sits on a rock, and skins the groosling. She begins a fire for us. I sigh and turn around while she does her own thing.
I swear, Ansu and Lena would die without her skills.
"Well what about you, Lena!" She squeaks. Lena laughs irritably.
"UGH! Ansu! Shut the hell up!" She hisses. Ansu glares and looks over at me with a tired sigh.
"Well, Celestia. Did you do it?" She asks, and places her hands on her hips. Lena looks over at me. Elle continues skinning the groosling, back towards us.
"No!" I say as if it is obvious and laugh, rolling my eyes. I can't help but laugh everytime I lie.
She sighs irritably, and turns over to Elle. We all follow her eyes.
"So how's it going, Elle?" She asks.
Elle turns around.
"Fine.. why? Do you all need something?" She asks.
We shake our heads. She turns around and continues skinning.
"Okay. Then why don't you come sit over here?" She asks. We walk over and sit on the logs surrounding our fire.
I see that she put it under a large tree, and the smoke stops at the branching leaves high up. I smirk.
Ashton Prince [4]:
We're camped out in a large tree right now. Like the last Games, we look for a hotel to stay in, but have no luck so far. Marina has been freaking out for a while now up here so high, but I've calmed her down a bit. Az and Rilos are discussing who died and who they plan to kill next right now. Marina and I joined in for a while, but then we eased up a bit when the sun began to set. We were gonna go invade alliances, but we decided to stay here and rest up for the first day.
Marina and I are the only two still up right now. She is truly beautiful, but fails to see it.
"Hey." I say gently, and nudge her arm. "Loosen up."
She sighs and smiles faintly at me for a moment.
"I know.. I'm trying. But I'm just.. scared. Nervous." She tells me. I look into her bright green eyes.
"Marina.. don't be. It's the Hunger Games. We all live with it, one way or the other. Where's that sweet, determined, happy Marina from District 4?" I ask her.
She looks up into my eyes and smiles a little, meaningfully. Her eyes brighten up.
"Oh.. thank you. But she changed. When Misty died last year." She whispers. I frown. Misty.. oh, that's right. Misty Calliden. She's an Anti this year.
"And seeing her so... evil.." Her voice sqeaks and she covers her mouth, beginning to cry.
I wipe a tear away.
"Hey, hey.. don't cry.." I say soothingly.
"I.. I know." She says in a sob, and sniffles. She wipes her eyes. "I just.." She gets frustrated and sighs. "I miss her, and she looks like she wants to kill me! She isn't Misty." She sniffles again.
"Hey." I sigh again. I hold her face up. "Calm down. You know Misty isn't evil. She's in heaven. They just have her body and evil is inside of it." I reassure her. Her eyes hold tears in them, but she cracks a smile again, sniffles, and wipes them out.
Well.. here's my chance. I haven't had the guts to tell her how I felt back at Career Academy.
But I know in the long run I'll kill her..
I lean in. She seems hesitant. She pulls back.
"No. Stop." She says. I'm shocked. Girls don't reject me.
I begin to say why.
"I can't let anyone get in my way. For Misty." She frowns.
I sigh.
"Just kiss me, dammit." I laugh, remembering what happened in a school play when we were in ninth grade. She grins, but it fades away as quickly.
"Marina. Now do you honestly think.. I've known you nearly as long as you've known her. I know you like me." I say, a bit irritated.
She raises an eyebrow.
"Okay.. that came out bad."
The sky turns black.
"But I mean... you just acted like it." She smirks a little and blushes. She looks down.
She looks up at me. We sit there for a minute.
"Just kiss me dammit." She holds a gentle smile, and laughs lightly. I lean over and kiss her.
She just has no idea how long I've waited for this moment.
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Day 2
Elle Redmond [5]:
When we woke up we ate a little bit of the groosling I skinned last night. Now we're up looking for some water, and I just want to kill a couple of them. Like really. The only one I don't hate right now is Ceretia. She seems most like me. We hear a scream nearby the woods and turn. Ansu screams as well and runs the opposite direction.
"Ansu!" Lena hisses. She's already pushing branches and twigs out of her way, running back to camp. I roll my eyes. Lena runs after her and trips.
BOOM! The screaming tribute has died, I assume.
So now, it's up to Ceretia and myself to find out why we heard a scream. We hear the Careers laughing and just having a great time fighting over who kills who next, and laughing and mimicking the fallen tribute's fear. I peek out from behind a tree and brush my hair from my eyes, watching them. When they pass, I throw my back against the tree. I hear rustling through the leaves and see Ansu, feet away from me. My eyes widen in fear and I put a finger to my mouth, motioning her to be quiet.
The Careers stop and look around.
"Did you hear that?" The girl from 1 says.
"It came from that direction.." Rilos Madd, the boy from 12 tells them.
He is extremely close to me. Ansu sneezes. God, child.
"Let's go!" The boy from 12 yells and they chase Ansu. She starts screaming as the girl from 4 tackles her. I gasp, and Ceritia and I step out from behind the tree.
"Ansu!" She cries, and lunges forward.
"Stop." I tell her, seemingly strong. But inside I feel like I'm dying. I can't help but hurt for her and feel bad.
"No, Elle! Ansu is being killed!" She hisses back. I look into her eyes.
"No, stop." I tell her, holding her back and she squirms and mutters things under her breath.
"No!" She cries.
"Ceri. Stop. It's the Hunger Games. She'd be a target of your at some point, let someone else do it for you to save the pain." I tell her, and she stops. Then she begins crying.
I want to cry too, but I don't dare. I'm the leader of this alliance. I'm ruthless. I'm brave.
Ansu cries my name out. I swallow hard. Then I lose it, and run at them all when I see the boy from 4 stab a trident through her chest.
As I run towards her I see the dead girl from 6's body. With an arrow through her throat. Now I'm more angered because she's so young and they killed her.
Before I can stop them, the girl from 4 throws a trident through Travion from 5's chest.
The Fireashes look over and see him dead, horrified, and run the other way. I grab Ansu's bow she dropped and shoot an arrow through the boy from 12's head, outraged. I point it at the girl from 1, but some retard comes out of the woods throwing random weapons and missing. I raise an eyebrow, thinking. Should I kill it? No.. it might have problems. So I pretend I'm going to, but the girl from 1 slits his throat first.
And I run the other way with Ceri, looking for Lena on our way. We find her a while down getting water and cleaned up in a stream.
Clyde Jones [9]:
I have 4 squirrels and a canteen of water. I have one knife, and I'm hiding in a tree. Literally. It took all day and night, but I harved a hole for me to go in inside of a tree, with a little slide door to hide myself too. I smell smoke and open my door.
Thalia Combe, Bronze Ashen, and Michael Gray are standing over a hole, and I see Thalia throw a flaming stick into it.
Sienna screams, and Michael has already dug up the stairs she made to get in and out with dirt.
She's trapped.
They cover the hole with stone, and smoke comes throuh the sides and vanishes quickly. I gasp and jump out of my tree. Not only is she burning.. she's buried alive. I'd be horrified. It's my worst fear.
"Why?" I whisper. They turn around to me.
"She's trying to sneak around with alliances, and tried ours as well." Bronze snorts. "We ended that quickly."
"BUT WHY DID YOU SET HER ON FIRE?" I cry.
Thalia cries.
"She fears fire." Michael smirks. I glare at him. In his sick, twisted, head it's fun. I can't say I expect any less from him. He killed Zacharius cruelly last year, even though he deserved to win.
"I thought we should just make it fast, you know?" She whispers.
"Thalia it's okay. Just don't stress out, please-" Bronze begins.
"No, Bronze." She growls back. "And I'm tired of nobody knowing."
Bronze lowers his eyes. Michael looks at them both questionningly.
"You sure about this, Thalia?" He says.
She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and nods. She undoes her jacket and I see an obvious bump.
"I'm pregnant. I have been since a little while after the last games. I'm due soon." She says loud, making sure the cameras catch every word.
And we know she isn't pulling a Katniss, since her huge coat has been covering her bump forever.
My eyes widen, and I have no idea what to say.
Now I can't kill her. Ever.
I don't kill tributes younger than me.
Thalia Combe [3 Victor]:
Well, at least I have it off of my back. I nearly died at reapings when they called my name. I just exploded into tears, and they reaped Aiden Camelliston- Aria's older brother- with me. Bronze volunteered with me immediately. All I can say is that I don't want my baby to die, and I will do whatever it takes for her (or him) to live. I hold onto my stomach. She kicks me again. I feel bad because Bronze has given me all of his food the entire time, and I couldn't come out of the cave until now.
"I.. um.." Clyde begins.
I sigh and sit down, and hold onto Bronze's hand.
"It sucks that you're probably gonna die here." Michael tells me. I glare at him in shock.
Bronze stands up, but I pull him back down.
Michael rolls his eyes.
"Not my point. You may still live, but both of you won't this time. And whoever does win.. well, I'll make sure they take care of that baby. I swear." He tells me. I sigh. I can never have the family we were going to start now. I trace the ring on my hand. The engagement ring I brought as my token.
"Why are you so heartless?" The 9 boy hisses at Michael. "You should have died. Zacharius deserved to win."
Michael glares at him and I start freaking out. I look at the hole. I can't take it.
I push the rock off of it andpur all of my canteen water in it. She has burns all over her, and she's twitching.
I pull out my bow, and shoot an arrow down through her heart.
I had to spare her pain and misery. I just had to. I couldn't take aother second.
Bronze and I go back to the cave, he lays me on my sleeping bag, and runs to get me more water.
Michael Gray [10 Victor]:
After Thalia and Bronze left, I decided to show Clyde who deserved to die.
I throw him in he hole, light up a stick, and throw it down. He screams and begs me not to, but I just push a stone over the hole.
Dead already? I push the stone back off, and see the knife through his heart. So he commited suicide. I smirk, but then it fades as quickly.
I noticed after I won last yar what a monster I am, what a monster I wish I wasn't.
But I've been created to kill, and I plan on being ruthless. To anyone.
Celes Donova [2]:
The only thing we don't have is fruit anymore. We have meat, we have water, we have weapons and backpacks. But poor Zoe died. Times like these I wish the rebellion had lasted. And last year, with Aria, I really thought that was possible. I shake my head and frown.
My mother is in the Rebellion group. I knew Aria and her family.As well as Thalia and hers. They plan the 175th Hunger Games to begin the rebellion, according to Mrs.Camelliston.
The sky turns dark, and the anthem plays. I look up and see the dead tributes. 7 today.
That's more than the bloodbath.
I just hope that we get out of here sometime. I lay in my sleeping bag, and think about what I've done to Dexter Volts. Today Isabella found out and still didn't tell Aletta.
I think we have a great friendship coming up.
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Day 3:
Connor Steele [6]:
I wake up to the sound of Isabella and Celes whispering to one another in early morning, dewdrops on the ground. I am tempted to get up and see what they're talking about, but I decide to fake sleeping and just listen.
"I still never got why you killed him though." Isabella whispers. I frown and grow curious.
She hasn't gotten any kills at all so far. She even said so the other night.
Celes sighs.
"I paniced! I forgot he was my ally until I saw his face, so I made a run for it." She whispers loudly and sighs.
They sit quietly for a moment.
"Aletta is going to kill you if she finds out.." Isabella murmurs.
"But how would she if this is between us two only?" Celes points out.
"Dexter would have been a good ally too." She frowns.
"I know."
So she killed Dexter. Well, at least I can give Aletta the honor of killing her for me when it comes to.
I lay there a bit and we all wake up.
"Ready to go get some more water?" Aletta asks when she wakes up.
"Let's go." I tell her, and we head out in that direction.
When we get down to the water we see 3 girls that begin screaming. I smirk. They're bathing.
Aletta slaps me, and I touch the red mark on my face. Then Aletta nudges me in the stomach. Isabella stomps on my foot.
I moan and drop to the ground.
"Okay nevermind girls have cooties." I grunt. I hear Aletta laugh.
They girls are jumping out of the water and drying off, getting dressed again. Then we go get some water. Celes and Isabella walk away.
Me and Aletta sit quietly a minute.
"I think they're plotting against us. They spend a lot of time together."
I pause, and wonder if I should tell her yet.
"They were up early this morning." I tell her, and she shrugs. She picks up some gravel and plays with it in her hand.
"I know." She mumbles.
"Wait you heard them?" My jaw drops and I just sit there looking at her. She looks at me curiously.
"No, I saw them when I woke up for a minute.. why? What did you hear?" She asks me.
I hesitate, and decide I don't wanna be the one to die.
"I.. well, Celestia killed Dexter." I tell her. She clutches the gravel harder and it powders in her hand. Her jaw tightens and she looks off into nothing.
"She said so?"
"Yeah." I say. She's pissed.
"This whole time. My own damned ally." She growls.
I step back.
"I'm going to kill the b***h." She stands up.
She walks over to her happily and skipping.
"Hey girls!" She says.
"Hey!" Isabella says, but there's an awkward tension in her voice. She glances over at Celes.
"Hey Celes. I found something over there you might find interesting." She smiles.
"Really? Lemme see." She says.
"Okay, let's go girls." Aletta has a glimmer in her eyes, and I know it isn't a happy one. A devilish amused one.
She walks over by a smaller portion of the creek, and points by a stone. They murmur a second "you see that?" "no where?" "what is it?"
Aletta bashes Celes's head in the stone. Isabella screams.
"ALETTA NO!" She cries. Celes screams out in pain.
I just stare in shock.
"YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM AND LIED TO ME!" She puts her head down in the water and bloody bubbles surface. She bashes her head again. Celes gets dizzy.
"And now you're dead." She hisses, and twists her neck in an unhumanly way.
I cringe, feeling repulsed at the sight like Isabella. Isabella starts crying. Then she gets up, and runs. And keeps running. And keeps running.
Aletta and I look at each other.
"She's next." She growls.
I hate to admit, but I am kind of scared of this new side of Aletta coming out.
Ceritia Arrows [8]:
Well, we just got humiliated in front of the entire Fireashes alliance. At least we got clean. Now we're just following Elle and looking for an easy kill. Then I see the boy from 11 carrying a sickle.
"Let me get this one." I mouth to Elle. She purses her lips and stares at me a second in thought, then sighs irritatedly and nods.
I take my spear and throw it with all my strength at him. It hits him dead in the chest. He falls to the ground with a thump. Lena runs over to him with her sword to finish him off, but he chatches her off guard and swings a sickle through her neck.
"NO!" I cry, and he laughs with a bloody gurgle.
Then I angrily jab him in the eye with my spear, and he screams like I've never heard before.
I drop my spear and stumble back to Elle, bursting into tears. Lena died too.
Elle rolls her eyes and turns around to make a smart remark, but pauses and furrows her eyebrows. She sees how bothered I am. She drops her weapn and holds me.
"It's okay Ceri.. It's okay.." She whispers to me. I hug her back.
I look into the woods and see glowing red eyes flicker my way, then back to its original target. I shake Elle's arm.
"Elle." I murmur, and point.
A mutt runs over to Bronze Ashen, from District 3. Thalia screams when it sinks his teeth into his neck. Michael's face turns pale.
I see Thalia's stomach bulging out.
My eyes widen.
Michael picks her up and starts running the other way, covering her mouth when she reaches out toward Bronze with one hand crying his name, clutching her stomach with the other.
I decide we need to go check this out.
Elle jumps up and we look at each other, and nod in agreeance. We run towards them with all of our equipment.
Isabella Gray [12]:
I'm just sitting up in a tree with-quite strangely- a convenient hole carved out of it. Obviously a crafty tribute did this, and must have died. Or their stuff. Or theirself would be here. I have the little slide door shut, and I'm just playing around with my knife and rope and cry again. I miss my little sister. I miss Celes. I miss home.
I then hear a girl's yells throughout the woods.
What the hell? That isn't a I'm-dying scream. It keeps happening. I awkwardly turn away. I lean back, and my hand falls through a little hole. I gasp and jump forward, but it's too late. I'm falling down a hole. I start screaming, and land with a thump. Am I under the arena?
I look around. Then I hear voices above me. I notice the Career's voice leaking through. I can't help but smirk. I hear the 4 male's voice loudest. I pick up my spear and hesitate. It's obviously gotten late, as I hear them say goodnight and hear a thump when Ashton's head hits the ground. I turn my spear in my and and decide to do it.
I thrust my spear up out of the ground.
I pull it down and see blood. Gross. I stick it back up through the hole in his head and turn him slightly to the side. Better- now it doesn't seem mysterious from below. I fill the dirt hole in and clean off my arrow.
I sigh, and pull out a sleeping bag. I have all the time in the world, afterall, down here.
Elle Redmond [5]:
When we got there [in a deep cave], Thalia begged us to grab her hands. Ceri and I did as she pleaded, and then realize why when we realized she was in labor. And the baby's father just died. On its birthday... how.. ironic..
I begin to tear up.
Mainly because she is hurting my hand and I'm pretty sure Thalia cracked a few of my figner bones, but also because it's sad. The whole situation.
"Push!" Michael cries, and Thalia's face is red as a cherry.
I wonder if the Gamemakers are like. "Well WHAT THE HELL DO WE DO NOW?"
Bahaha... nothing. Then a silver parachute flies down and lands a few feet from me. I grunt as I pull my best over to it and grab it with Thalia gripping my other hand.
I open it and immediately notice the shot. I remember that they use these for wealthier districts to numb the birthgiver. Then I pull out the note.
" Use wisely. Remeber what she needs. - M"
I sigh and nod.
I dunno who "M" is... but I'm pretty sure it's Thalia's mentor.
I turn over with the shot. Thalia looks at me in horror.
I put it in her arm and inject the fluid.
Seconds later she seems at least a bit more relaxed.
Now I am wondering if the baby will live.. but now that I know it's here-
I hear crying. A baby crying. And Thalia is absolutely knocked out.
I pull out my knife and cut the umbellical cord. She cries.
It's a baby girl. Michael tears his shirt off and cleans the baby down. Ceri comes back from the woods with a crafty diaper made of leaves. We laugh, but it's creative. We have a little wild child. And she's beautiful. She cries and cries. Michael "shh"es her, and rocks her back and forth. I pull out my sleeping bag and cut a piece off with my knife, and make him wrap her in it.
"It's a girl." I whisper to Thalia. She smiles through her tears. The baby has strawberry blonde hair and golden eyes with hazel flecks. She's beautiful.
Thalia reaches out weakly for her. We hand her to her, and she nestles her closely. Michael begins a fire.
"Aspen." She whispers and kisses her forehead.
Aspen.. it's adorable. Aspen. Ashen..
I see what she did. I can't help but break out into a sympathetic and happy smile. I kneel down to the baby. Her pretty little eyes flicker to me for a moment. I smile at her. She begins to flutter her eyelids, and I notice she is falling asleep.
Soon she and Thalia are both asleep.
"I'm not leaving, you know." I tell Michael. His eyes glower a minute on me.
"I figured you wouldn't." he says.
I nod, and go grab my sleeping bag's remainders. I fall asleep, and wonder what tomorrow will bring me.
Day 4
Michael Gray [10]:
When we woke up, Thalia seemed really frazzeled, rocking Aspen, and Bronze look confused.
"Okay, what the hell are you two so wierd about?" I finally ask. Elle glares at me.
"Why don't you have a baby in a game where the point is everyone but one person dying?" She hisses.
I throw my hands up.
"Nothing Michael.. just.." Then fog begins appearing all over the arena. I cover my nose and poke my head out. The girl from 4 is caught in it. She begins choking, and falls out of a tree. I hear Az screaming her name, and gagging.
Marina died on compact. Az must have covered up as well. Thalia and Elle exchangefearful glances, and jump up immediately. They run out into the fog, and cover the baby close. Elle runs behind them. The male from 6 is farther back from up, trying to get water from a stream. Elle pulls out a knife and nails him in the back.
Ceritia and I stand up to follow.
"No!" Elle cries, and runs with Thalia. What are they doing?
I glance over at Ceritia. Now is the perfect time to kill her...
She looks at me.
"You want me to die." She murmurs.
"And how would you know that? Because you want to kill me too." I tell her simply.It's obvious neither of us like each other.
"I don't want to kill you." She rolls her eyes and laughs.
"Why is that?"
"I need a bodyguard for a bit." She smirks.
"I see." I turn around and pull out my throwing knive. Then the spear pierces my chest and I see it come out. I turn around in shock, and she just grins. And kisses me on the cheek.
Then I stab her in the heart. She falls to the ground in shock as well.
"If I die, you die with me." I choke out. She glares at me.
"Just to clear this up, I f**king hate you. Burn in hell." She splatters out with blood.
I start laughing. At least she died before me. I'm a monster, and I got outtricked by a pretty-face.
Karma's a real b*tch.
Isabella Gray [12]:
I hear noise outside and decide to finally come out of my hole. I dug steps and got out miraculously. What I seen surprised me. I start getting fuzzy when the fog gets to me. I look over and see Elle Redmond's arrow nudging through the force field at the bottom, and Thalia Combe looking everywhere in worry holding a- is that- a baby?
Whoa.. these illusions really get to you. Quick.
Then Elle pulls it up for a minute and her and Thalia share a few minutes with each other debating. The fog is completely surrounding, and I notice that only a couple cameras are working that I could remember locating in the arena by looking at their spots.
I woozily walk over there.
"Wha.. what is this for?" I murmur. I peek my head through and my hair blows everywhere. I'm seeing an unmarked hovercraft.
"We're on our way to Civinel." Elle says, pursing her lips. "And you won't tell. I know you hate Panem. They killed your damn sister, for god's sake."
I glare at her.
"And what does that have to do with 'Civinel?'"
"Civinel is a country away from Panem, only known by rebels. Are you going or not?" She raises an eyebrow.
Well, better take these crazy illusions to good work.
"Yeah, I am." I crawl through the hole and climb a ladder up the hovercraft, almost. I pass out halfway and some guy came out to carry me up.
Az Whinton [1]:
I've ran as far away as I could, and noticed that in the other side of the Arena it's much foggier- and darker. I was able to locate some cameras and know what they look like... but... they aren't working over there?
But the Capitol doesn't make mistakes.. so something wierd's going on. I sit here for a while and wait for the fog to clear, but it never does. I walk out into it and feel free, knowing nobody can watch me.
That's when I hear a bunch of thumps behind me. Only one remains standing. Every threat knocked out but the boy who should have been victor last year.
Zacharius Thorne. And he's holding a knife.
I notice only a few without stab wounds, so they must not be very immune to the poison. He's looking at me, his face contorted and confused. He lunges. I throw myself back, hit the ground, and cover my mouth as tears begin to form in my eyes. I'm going to die. I shakily move my hand down and see him over me, breathing evenly.
"Why are you crying?" He asks. I look at him with confusion.
"Because I'm afraid." I whisper. We sit there a moment, but to me it feels like an eternity.
"Why?" He murmurs. Okay... what's going on? Is he just midf**king me before he strikes? \
"I don't want to play games, just get it over with." I reply shakily. "Kill me."
"I.. I don't want to. But I feel like I have to. Like you caused me to be this." I frown. Did the Capitol teach them..
He strikes forward and stabs me in the thigh. I scream.
"YOU DID THIS!" He growls angrily and starts shakily me violently. "YOU MADE ME THIS!" He screams.
I cry at an uncontrollable rate, screaming.
"NO!" I yell. "STOP! PLEASE! JUST STOP!" He hold me still, gritting his teeth and staring daggers at me.
"I didn't! I didn't do this!" I wipe my eyes. His pupils grow smaller again, his eyes flicker black, then grow golden, and for a moment-just an instant second- they're green. Then golden again.
"Who are you?" He murmurs.
"Az Whinton, district 1 tribute." I whisper.
"That's impossible. The 1 female is Claudia Gerhart." He says with confusion.
"Yeah, she was until she died in the 101st Hunger Games, one year ago. Where even you died. Where Misty Calliden died." His eyes widen.
"No! No. Stop messing with my head.. Misty's still in the cave, safe!" He cries.
I sit up, and hold his hands, looking him in the eyes. Poor kid.
"No, Zacharius. She died. You died. The Capitol made you Anti-Tributes. The newes mutts. Designed to kill us." I whisper.
"I.." his eyes are green again.
"Holy sh*t.. oh my god.. MISTY! NO!" He yells. I pin him down when he begins raging.
"Stop. Misty is still an Anti. If you find her, she will tag you as tribute in your mind state right now and kill you."
"She's still here? She's here! I have to save her!" He cries.
I purse my lips, and allow him to look for her. His eyes flicker from green to murky-golden, but it's progress to his old self. Sort of.
Elle Redmond [5]:
We see Zacharius Thorne- an Anti- with the girl from 1. They're dragging an Anti around. I raise a curious eyebrow when Az points to us and she and Zach run to us. I get my weapon ready. They won't kill Thalia or Aspen. Over my dead body.
They stop and look at the spear wedges under the forcefield.
"Wait.. wha.. what is that?" Az's eyes widen. Thalia and I exchange scared glances.
"Civinel... it's real." Az looks surprised, amazed, and a bit scared all at once.
"What do you know about Civinel?" I ask her.
"It's a getaway for Rebels. It's still in Panem.. Sort of. It's in the same country it used to be. Just not the part making up Panem." She murmurs. "Nicknamed District 14." She whispers.
I'm shocked she knows so much.
"How do you know?" I ask her.
"My family shares stories of runaway plans that their friends and other relatives have done. They still don't know if they're alive.. oh my god. Oh. my. god. My mother. She left when I was a baby. Oh my god. Please let us go. Please." She whispers.
"I don't know if I can trust you." Thalia tells her.
"Then put me to sleep. Knock me out as well. Drag me away. Let me go." She begs. The fog starts clearing, and camera access returns nearby. No more time to hesitate.
I look deep into her eyes, and see a wanting and desire that must be there, deep down. She misses her family. She needs them.
"Go. I trust you." I whisper. She bursts out into tears and holds me in a lingering hug.
"Thank you. I will never be able to thank you enough." She whispers. I nudge the spear up and she runs out to the hovercraft. I look at Zacharius.
"I need to warn them about you." I murmur. He has special tracking, as well as Misty.
I peek my head out.
"SPECIAL UNIT NUMBER 00810. TWO OF THEM." I cry to the waiting medic. He gives it a thumbs up and runs inside, and two specialists walk out and await them.
"Go." I tell them.
He carries Misty in his arms, running.
Then I see the needle I gave Thalia injecting into my arm and curse her silently, getting angry.
I trusted her.
And now she'll leave me or kill me in my sleep one.
Day 5
Thalia Combe [3 Victor]:
I had to. I couldn't leave everyone I loved to die if we awared the Capitol of rebellion. So I put my sleeping medicine in her arm. I hold Aspen close, singing and telling her how much I love her. The cameras are almost back in this direction.
I feed Aspen a bit of the soup, scared of what will come next. I cry and won't stop.
Then it gets darker out.
I determine my choices. Run with Aspen, and live n a rinky-dink poor ass country, or go home with my baby.. clothed, fed, bathed, raised healthy...
But I wouldn't ever be happy again. And my family would disown me if they knew about the rebellion.
So I do what I have to.
I weigh my choices when the fog clears up, I silently thank Elle for what she did for me, and I do what I must.
Elle Redmond [5]:
I had hallucinations in my sleep. I heard trumpets, saw flash-forwards of my soon-to-come life in Civinel. And my soon-to-come death. Both of my possible outcomes at the time. I hear trumpets again, and I see light coming from the sky. Something heavy in my arms. My eyes flicker open.
"Congratulations! You are the Victor of the 102nd Annual Hunger Games, Elle Redmond. Your tiny guest may come with you, as the honored Thalia Combe has left you to her in her saddest moments. A hovercraft will arrive momentarily."
I swallow hard and sit up. Aspen is in my arms, sleeping. Gentle, soft, Aspen..
Wait. I'm not dead. Thalia didn't kill me.
I turn to the force field and see blood on the ground, but the spear points the other way, and only I would understand Thalia's message.
It pointed to a tiny, tiny, message in the dirt.
"Someday when you get the Rebellion going, I will see you and many more here. I needed my baby to love happily and surely. Take care of her. She's my life. I trust you."
I rub my foot over it casually. Aspen will not know her wonderful mother, so I will do everything in my power to be anything she needs. Civinel will see us, someday. I know that several die there, as they just got on their feet.
But I do love Aspen. With all of my heart and soul, and she's going to be raised my baby.
The hovercraft comes overhead me, and I can't help but smile.
Everything is going to be fine as far as I can tell.
Alliances (Choose from these only!)
Marina Sedello [4], Sean Baker [1], Rilos Madd [12], Ashton Prince [4], Az Whinton [1]
Threats (dangerous Anti-Tribute Mutts only):
Claudia Gerhart [1], Zacharius Thorne [2], North Blaze [3], ''''' Gunner Pann [5], Paml'''''ine Falcon [7], Aveline Kenway [9]
Elle Redmond [5], Thalia Combe [3 Victor]
Ansu De`Souza [7], Lena Bow [11], Ceretia Arrows [8], Mellie Maclyntyre [10]
les Donova [2], Dexter Volts [3], Aletta Sifonios [3], Connor Steele [6], Zoe Russell [6],
Ridge Malskin [8], Darwin Erkelstein Fadoosher III [10]
Lone Tributes:
Fatso Sun [2], Roman lemongrass [11], Clyde Jones [9], Sienna Goldsmith [9] Isabella Gray [12]
Previous Victors:
Michael Gray [10], Bronze Ashen [3]

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Hittin' It!
Morris (Howard Walker) and Malik (Maurice Patton) can't believe their luck when Uncle Fredo lets them use his ultra-hip Miami beach house. Things are going great until Malik's Cousin E (A.J. Johnson) arrives and steals their thunder, throwing the biggest party the beach has ever seen. Even so, they're still living large ... until the next day when they realize the house is trashed. Will they be able to clean up before Uncle Fredo finds out?


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Potato Planting Days - Lefferts Historic House
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Flatbush Ave. at Empire Blvd. - 718-789-2822
Flatbush, NY 11225
Description: Help spread manure, till soil and plant potatoes (and in the fall, you can come back and reap what you sowed!). Once the planting is done, wash up, and churn some fresh butter and spread it on freshly baked cornbread made on-site over an open fire.


text: Tara Reid and Ian Ziering to reunite in Sharknado 2: The Second One "We're thrilled to be able to bring back the talent that made Sharknado a hit," announces The Asylum as the freak weather storm heads to New York City Comments Written By Susanna Lazarus 11:53 AM, 31 January 2014 Get ready for the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty to be "Sharknado'd"... The sequel to last year's gory hit from Syfy and The Asylum will be set in New York City with original stars Tara Reid and Ian Ziewring confirmed to reprise their roles as April and Fin. Anthony Ferrante will return to direct, with original screenwriter Thunder Levin (yes, that's his actual name) also back on board. And rightly sticking with their winning concept, Sharknado 2: The Second One will see a freak weather system turn deadly once again, unleashing a whirlwind of sharks on the population of New York City and chomping its way through historic landmarks and (producers are hoping) social media. "Sharknado was an extraordinary 'perfect storm' which captured the attention of movie fans across the globe," said Thoms Vitale, Syfy's executive VP of programming and original movies. "You couldn't go anywhere without hearing about Sharknado! By reassembling the creative team – and dropping sharks onto New York's iconic sites – we're unleashing yet another 'fin' wave of shark-mania." The Asylum's COO, Paul Bales, added, "We're thrilled to be able to bring back the talent that made Sharknado a hit. Can lightning strike twice? I don't know, but it's a scientific fact that you're more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark. This film will have lightning and sharks, so that's got to count for something." Sharknado 2 will begin filming in New York on 13 February and is expected to premiere on Syfy this July. Visit New York with Radio Times Travel, see here for more details Follow @RadioTimes Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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The Patek Philippe Institutional advertising campaign runs alongside the renowned Men's "Generations" and Ladies' campaigns. The campaign reinforces the Patek Philippe brand values: its family heritage, unique levels of craftsmanship and constant innovation.
The Institutional campaign is presented as a personal dialogue from the President, Mr. Thierry Stern and always emphases the deeply rooted family values and unbroken history of the company.


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One tree hill quotes from the series that follows the eventful lives of some high-school kids in Tree Hill, a small but not too quiet town in North Carolina, where the greatest source of pride is the high school basketball team, the Ravens, since living memory coached by old Whitey Durham.
A very popular series with an exciting script. Please enjoy our one tree hill quotes below:
1. (Voiceover):Sometimes I wonder if anything's absolute anymore. Is There Still right and wrong? Good and bad? Truth and lies? Or is everything negotiable, left to interpretation, grey. Sometimes we're forced to bend the truth, transform it, cause we're faced with things that are not of our own making. And sometimes things simply catch up to us. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
2. (Voiceover): Truth is still absolute. Believe that. Even when that truth is hard and cold, and more painful than you've ever imagined. And even when truth is more cruel than any lie. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
3. Lucas: Have you ever wondered what marks our time here? If one life can really make an impact on the world... or if the choices we make matter? I believe they do. And I believe that one man can change many lives. For better... or worse.
Keith: Just breathe, Lucas. It's all gonna be okay.
4. Lucas: Peyton! It's you.
Peyton: What?
Lucas: When all my dreams come true, the one I want next to me. It's you. It's you Peyton.
5. Nathan: I need to ask you a question. If I don't go to Duke, if I don't play college basketball - I mean if today is the best it ever gets for me, will that be enough?
Haley: Of course! Nathan, as long as you are a good husband and a good father to your son.
Nathan: What?
Haley: It's a boy Nathan. You're gonna have a son! Although I have to tell you, someday he's gonna tease his father for playing like crap at the state championship. You might wanna change that.
6. Skills: You said "Oh!"? Hold on. Peyton Sawyer says "I'm in love with you" and you say "Oh"? Nice work player!
Lucas: She caught me by surprise, what was I supposed to say, huh?
Skills: Not "Oh". Ok, what else did you say?
Lucas: I mumbled something about us being friends and then I left.
Skills: You believe that? That you and P. Sawyer are just friends!?
Lucas: Look, you know what Skills? For a long time I thought that maybe we'd be something more. It just never seemed to work out, you know? So, at a certan point you just gotta face the fact that it's not meant to be.
Skills: Even if she wants more?
Lucas: She's just a little confused. She's had a hard year and I happened to be there and rescue her a few times.
Skills: So maybe you're the one who's confused! Cause you didn't just happen to rescue her a few times. You didn't just happen to run into the school that day or save her from psycho-Derek. Peyton happened to be there, but you chose to be there. So, maybe you gotta think about that.
7. You know, I thought it was a miracle that I survived that accident. And I guess I never really felt worthy of it. Now I know that miracle wasn't for me. It was for us. All three of us! - Nathan Scott (James Lafferty)
8. There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path while others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be honored by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or to simply give up. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
9. You ever look a picture of yourself, and see a stranger in the background?. It makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you. How many moments of other peoples life have we been in. Were we a part of someone's life when their dream came true or were we there when their dream died. Did we keep trying to get in? As if we were somehow destined to be there or did the shot take us by surprise. Just think, you could be a big part of someone elses life, and not even know it. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
10. Because it´s only when you´re tested that you truly discover who you are. And it´s only when you´re tested that you discover who you can be. The person that you want to be does exist, somewhere in the other side of hard work and faith, and belief and beyond the HEARTACHE and fear of what life has. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
11. But once in a while people push on to something better. Something found just beyond the pain of going it alone and just beyond the bravery and courage it takes to let someone in. Or to give someone a second chance. Something beyond the quite persistence of a dream. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
12. There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroad, afraid, confused, without a roadmap. The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. Of course when faced with the unknown, most of us prefer to turn around and go back. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
13. Someone once told me, Every song has an ending Jake, but is that any reason not to enjoy the music? - Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton)
14. You know it's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they are happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you've realized how wrong you've been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it. God, I love this game. - Nathan Scott (James Lafferty)
15. (voiceover) Every once in a while people step up, they rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you, and sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes, it can push pretty hard, but if you look close enough you find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, and if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back. - Nathan Scott (James Lafferty)
16. (voiceover) Have you ever heard the expression the best things in life are free? Well, that expression's true. - Nathan Scott (James Lafferty)
17. Most of our lives are a series of images, they pass us by like towns on a highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens and we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment, every part of it, will live on forever. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
18. (voice over) Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?" - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
19. (voiceover) At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world. Six billion souls. And sometimes -- all you need is one. - Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton)
20. Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote: No man, for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. - Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray)
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