The Author Games: Literature

Task Four: The Fallen

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18. District 9 Female: Eliza Clarkie

The girl hidden behind a disguise of innocence was the first of the tributes to meet her end in the peaceful land of the Shire. Encountering Bilbo Baggins with an air of hostility, she refused to give up her weapons. After all, what could a measly hobbit do to her? Eliza Clarkie made an assumption that was far from the truth- though the incident was not seen by any witnesses, her place was noticeably empty as the other tributes ate. It was the last rule the girl from 9 refused to follow, and the only one she couldn't find a way to escape.

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17. Capital Female: Nadia

It was a child's death that the small, childish girl from the Capital died. Unable to resist the temptation of the tree under which the table sat, Nadia ran over to it and began to climb. The branches were aligned so perfectly for the girl rise higher and higher into the sky, and for the first time since she had entered the games, Nadia felt a burst of happiness. She grew more and more distant from the ground, barely noticing the rapidly thinning branches. Smiling brightly, the Capital child turned to look down, accidently letting go, shocked as she saw her true height.

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16. Capital Male: Kolya

Overcome with grief after the death of his little sister who tumbled from the trees, breaking her neck, the Capital male revealed how much he had truly cared about the twelve-year-old. His only goal had been to protect her, and he had failed in his quest. The moment of hysteria made the boy to go as far as to pick up one of the dulled knives at his place and ram it into his chest, making a weapon of what had been designed specifically not to kill. The Capital wept as they lost their second tribute in a place made to be peaceful.

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15. District 1 Female: Ruby Grace Faberson

Cextus Citrine could not deny that a certain sadness ignited in his heart when his sponsored tribute from District 1 was the victim of a small bout of poison deposited in her food by the tribute sitting next to her. Ruby Grace, who many had thought would go far due to her heritage, had a quick and painless death after just a few bites. Despite all the harshness he had shown to her in the past, her father even shed a tear or two as her cornflower blue eyes stared into the distance lifelessly, her limp body pulled away by the emotionless hobbit.

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14. District 2 Male: Ares Finn

It was a shock to all of Panem as yet another Career fell in the Shire. Ares Finn's death was one out of the blue, unexpected, and unaccounted for. As the tributes exited the birthday party under Bilbo's banner, the hobbit handing each tribute their weapons once more, one decided to lash out, sending a knife flying towards a random, unlucky tribute. The boy from District 2 sank to the ground, impaled through the forehead. Even the Shire, despite all its placidity and great measures taken to avoid violence, could not quench the urge to kill each of the remaining adolescents were developing.

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