opening:
haley:
winning means fame, fortune
and monetization.
losing means certain death,
demonetization and no ad money.
i guess i wouldn't mind dying but dying
means losing the ones i love,
my fame and my fortune.
ellie's workroom.
the lights flicker on. haley hides her eyes from the sudden light, trying to adjust her eyes to the bright lights, slightly startled. she is naked, except for a bra,
underwear, and a tank top. ellie circles her, examining her body like a piece of work.
district 6.
days later:
pham household.
hayley stretches on her bed from the effects of just waking up. she finds the other side of her bed empty. she props herself on one elbow, finding gabe curled up by her mother on another bed, both asleep. pham, the cat, sits at the feet of gabe. haley gets up to get ready to hunt. once ready, she takes goat cheese from the table. haley goes to gabe and kisses him on the forehead.
haley:
thanks, gabe.
haley puts the starbucks in her bag as she steps outside. she proceeds to walk towards the edge of the city. she leans towards the fence and listens. it's silent. she slips underneath the fence. she picks up her archery set and equips herself. she looks at a kid trying to order postmates.
haley:
district 6.
where you can starve to death in safety.
she climbs hills to join hannah. she sits beside her.
hannah:
hey, pham. look what I shot.
she shows me a person with an arrow stuck through it for haley to see. she looks at me with fear in hear eyes. haley then examines the body and takes the arrow away from her. hannah removed the arrow from the woman's chest.
haley:
still breathing. when did you shoot her?
hannah:
a while ago. but i saw that she had some valuable items on her and my family are struggling at the moment.
haley:
well, we all feel a little closer
today, don't we? gabe left us some money.
haley takes the money out from her pocket.
hannah:
thank you, haley. we'll have a real
feast.
she takes some of the jewelry off of the
dead women's body.
hannah:
i almost forgot.
(capital accent)
happy youtube hunger games! and may the
odds-
she finishes the phrase in a similar imitation.
(capital accent)
-be ever in your favour!
they laugh. they settle down and eat.
hannah:
we could do it, you know.
haley:
do what?
hannah:
leave the district. uber to la. live
in the big city. you and I, we could
make it... if we didn't have so
many kids around to take care of.
haley:
i never want to have kids. gabe and
my mother are enough. how about
you?
hannah:
i might, if i didn't live here.
haley:
but you do.
hannah:
forget it.
beat.
haley:
what do you want to do? i was
thinking of being a twitch streamer. maybe
have a second channel too.
hannah:
let's chill at the lake. we can
set up a hammock and gather in the
woods. get something nice for tonight.
they leave.
cut to:
trading:
lake, forest at border of the city.
hannah sleeps. haley skinny dips. hannah glances at her.
hannah:
having fun there, pham?
haley smiles at hannah and they go back to work.
she gets out the water and runs to her towel.
cut to:
they enter the hob with three bags and some
of the dead woman's jewelry
the hob, the city.
they walk to trendy trahan's stall.
hannah:
so, we got three bags and some really beautiful jewelry to spare. do you want trade?
trendy trahan:
whatever tickles your fancy. i'll
give you two hundred for it.
hannah:
done.
they hand trendy trahan the food and the jewelry.
trendy trahan gives them a stack of money.
trendy trahan:
there you are, two hundred for your families.
haley:
thanks, i'll stop by for some bubble tea
in a few days. hey, what's the tea
you put in there?
trendy trahan:
variations. but once it's in the
cup it's always black.
trendy trahan winks. haley raises her eyebrows.
hannah yanks her away.
cut to:
mayor's house, district 6.
they go to the mayor's back door to sell half of the
jewelry to him or this daughter. they knock on the
door. after a few moments, the mayor's daughter, lia,
opens the door.
