Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been here too long.

ᥫ᭡ ʚ⋆ 𝜗𝜚 ⋆ɞ ᥫ᭡ Lidia Beaumont is just fourteen years old when she is reaped for the 73rd annual Hunger Games. She came from District Eight, where the looms never stopped, and silence was easier than concern. Her days were spent in a lace factory beside her mother, stitching delicate patterns with trembling fingers and a distant gaze. People whispered about her-said she was odd, unstable, prone to long silences and sudden shifts. One moment calm, the next unreadable. Her moods flickered like faulty lights, but no one paid it much attention. Not in a district where survival came first. In the arena, Lidia unraveled. She slipped into dissociation so deep, the Games stopped feeling real. The screams, the blood, the killings-it all blurred into a strange, dreamlike state. To her, it was a game. One where nothing truly mattered. She killed without thinking, without meaning to, as if she was moving on autopilot. There was no plan, no emotion, just instinct and confusion. And a Capitol audience that couldn't look away from the girl with the blank stare and the blood-stained hands. STARTED: 11/04/25 ENDED: - [ pre-the hunger games to post-mockingjay ]

ᥫ᭡ ʚ⋆ 𝜗𝜚 ⋆ɞ ᥫ᭡ Isadora Odair is just twelve years old when she is reaped for the 72nd Hunger Games. In a district that idolizes the Games, Isadora has spent her life dreaming of the honor it could bring. Enthralled by the Capitol's dazzling promises, she delights in the lavish costumes, the training, and the spotlight, never questioning the price of glory. Manipulated by propaganda and blinded by ambition, she views the arena as a stage for greatness, unaware of the horrors waiting within. But as the Games unfold, Isadora's carefully built illusions begin to shatter. The arena is not a dream-it's a nightmare, forcing her to face the Capitol's lies and the brutal reality of survival. Stripped of her innocence, she must decide if she will cling to what she's been taught or fight to forge her own path. STARTED: 20/12/24 ENDED: - [ pre-the hunger games to post-mockingjay ] cover by @greatwritesharkk