The Fifth Annual Writer Games: The Fall

Semifinals: The Fall of Lucifer

"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost."

― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

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"No, we really mustn't."

"Sir, the people want to see us. They want to see our faces."

"They cannot. If they do, they see a face rather than a system, they see a person rather than the machinery that runs the Games."

"Well, perhaps you'll reconsider. The families of the tributes left are requesting motions of transparency. I mean, they'll be shut down, but the fire has been sparked and it must not be allowed to smolder."

"Right, well, which of them have passed away?"

District 1 Male, Chet Jackson [CrocodileRocker],

District 2 Male, Eitan Mizrahi [TheCatKing],

District 7 Female, Elowen Ilana [katniss-everdeen].

"Alright, well then let's reconvene in another day or so. The pool should be narrowing down now, finally. Try to make it two weeks."

"Orders received."

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Well, welcome tributes to semifinals. Congratulations on making it here and again apologies for the delay(s).

At this point, the tributes likely don't even know what day it is. After the feast, each is nursing some form of wounds—physical, mental, psychological etc.

Many of them will not live to see another day, whether that's because of succumbing to injuries or being put out of their misery by roving tributes or animals.

THE TASK

Straightforward: your tribute truly believe they are going to die. I don't care what happens in the entry, per se, but this is the family task. You're allowed a note from a family member to reach you by parachute (but whether it's written by the member or by the Capitol is an entirely different question...) which must then inform an overarching theme of home, of what was before and what could be after.

As well, this is the song task, but it's going to work a bit differently this ime around. Because I am busy and because y'all know your characters well, I want YOU to pick a song for your own tribute. This enables you to choose whatever mood or theme you really want to push for, but also allows you a more stringent focus on the theme and/or lyrics of the song incorporated into the entry. Send me a link to the song attached to your entry.

So, two requirements: a letter (possibly written by a family member, or very highly forged by the Capitol), and a song. The contents of the entry are up to you but there should be a heavy tilt towards incorporating reflection of either the past or the future with regards to family/friends.

BALLOTS

None. Two of you will receive byes, four of you will go up, and two will die.

DUE DATE

Saturday September 7, 10pm Atlantic time.

May the odds be ever in your favour.