Coronavirus has caused many deaths and has sent the US into an economic depression like never before seen. Evil Jeff Bezos, fresh from quitting as CEO of Amazon, exploiting people, has decided to team up with Supreme Leader, I mean, President Joe Biden to present a way to deal with the economic crisis: put on a show like no other. One that cements his strength and brings in billions upon billions of dollars in revenue. The Hunger Games, straight out of the movies.
One every three months, for a total of four, because they're split 13 states each, plus DC and Puerto Rico. Each area only has a Hunger Games once every year though.
First up, it's the Central Region:
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Each giving one boy and one girl, each between the ages of 9 and 17. 26 will fight to the death in the blistering cold at the flat lands of South Dakota, one will survive, with the whole United States watching, waiting for their turn.
What would you give to have one more day alive on Earth?
These twenty six souls would risk their eternity. These tributes have come from all sorts of different backgrounds, have died in tons of different ways, and have left all manners of unfinished business left behind on Earth. This is their shot to make everything right.
These Games will put a big spotlight on characterization. Why does your tribute need to have that one extra day? This does not mean every tribute needs a cheap sob story, only that they need a reason to live for one more day. However, they are still in a fight to the death. Physical tasks will play just as big of a role as they do in normal Games,
The winners get one more day alive. The losers lose their soul. These Games are no games. It's a matter of life and death.