I always dislike having my chapters at the end of a chapter, it's something I'm very particular about for no reason. So, here's a repost!
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Kenny, Hobbes, and Faith are 'featured' in photos. I know they don't look like you guys, but please bear with it!
Chapter 7
Lights, Camera, Fashion!I walk with the rest of the contestants in the basement of some building. We're in the Survivalist Capitol, but we haven't been above-ground yet...
The train to the Capitol was filled with luxurious foods and pompous beds to sleep in overnight, but I miss the training valley. It's stupid to let us train first, and then give us a break for twenty days. We could forget the skills we've learned! At least we still get over a week to practice again, right before the Hunger Games begin...
"You seem to be zoned out, Zetsu. Something up?", Robin asks me.
"Yes, I don't get the point of this fashion show when we could be training", I reply. "One of the guards said that the person in charge of us Gwarashnar was insane, so that's worrying".
"You did good during the training, unlike me! So good luck!", Sophia says, before running off to the Údnei fashion room.
Robin and I separate, and I join my group. Cosmo eavesdropped on the guards as well. Apparently, the person in charge of us for the fashion show is indeed nuts.
Let's see what happens!
"Welcome, Gwarashnar brothers and sisters!", yells an old man as we enter the room.
"Baba Ji is the name, and I will ensure that we are represented for the gatherers that we are! The Overseer has entrusted me to dress you up...I have a vision! You will appear strong, and hardened from growing up in the bleak badlands". His booming voice definitely has a strange edge to it. But he seems fine-
Suddenly, Baba Ji produces a
human skull filled with blood. What in the world?!
"Drink the love potion, Gwarashnar, it's good for your soul! I can get a better read on your fashion choices. You may even fall in love...it's made from the blood of mice, and even their hearts...", Baba Ji whispers to us.
I try not to vomit.
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No thanks, Baba Ji! I'll get my daddy another way, sans eyeballs and blood...Ay-Chao slaps Baba Ji. "Uncle! I know that the Games were hard on you, but you said that the therapy helped! Man up! Sorry everyone, Baba Ji hasn't been the same since the Games. He won the 41st ones, and his health has only gotten worse recently", she tells the group.
"No! You misunderstand, Ay-Chao! The love potions allow me to gain insight into your minds! But they're not necessary, I suppose...well, take a look at the outfits. We're going for a primal hunter-gatherer look!".
The outfits look alright. I guess Sayla found her twin in Baba Ji. Poor Ay-Chao! There is something interesting about Baba Ji, though...he seems to have a lot of stories from his Games. It's almost time for the fashion show, in any case.
The Survivalists cheer as the fashion show begins to start. They're all so excited! The artists are ready to sketch the outfits for anyone not present, so that all of Oros can see the contestants via the newspaper. Mystic Phiri has donned a beautiful indigo silk dress, and is ready to present with her new co-host, Kirby. The Survivalists swoon over both of them as they are the first to strut down the walkway.
"Mystic Phiri has never been so pretty! That foundation is doing wonders!".
"It's Kirby! IT'S KIRBY!".
A lot of the Survivalists look flat-out alien to our contestants!Both of them chuckle, as Mystic Phiri begins to announce the groups of contestants starting to walk down the huge, spacious, and luxurious walkway. "North to south, we're going Charngashnar, Gwarashnar, Suxnei, and Údnei! We have a cozy modern winter style, a rugged primal style, a style that's a throwback to the foundation of Oros, and religious wear, respectively!".
"Meet your contestants, Survivalists! We know how much you love them! Swoon over 'em!", Kirby yells, as the crowd goes crazy.
The vast Capitol of the Survivalists is unlike anything the contestants, with the exception of Kowhai, have ever seen before!The Charngashnar stylishly walk down in a rehearsed, synchronised walking pattern. The women and girls throw their sunglasses to the boys, who put them on.
"The designer of this pattern, Gucci Boi Brandon, wants to show all of Oros that Charngashnar is past its days of poverty and is going to the future!", Kirby tells the audience.
The Survivalists aren't surprised that Jayma, one of the last hunters of the Charngashnar, seems grumpy, but that's forgotten once all of the boys start swooning over Kenny!
Kenny is rocking that coat!"Next come the Gwarashnar! The group commonly called poor and primitive shows that primal don't care! This ancient style has been worn since humanity's beginning, and famous victor of the 41st Hunger Games, and now fashion designer, Baba Ji wanted to channel that look!", Mystic Phiri says.
This time, the Survivalists are all over the women and their stylish but indeed basic outfits! The runway doesn't match them, though...but that problem's gone once a simulation shows up! The audience goes wild!
Sayla's really catching the audience's eye!The simulation ends as the Suxnei come out in a carriage, decked in a style from almost two centuries ago! The audience goes crazy once more! Some teenagers are grossed out by the old-fashioned look, but the makeup on the contestants makes them look flawless anyways!
"The fashion designer for the Suxnei, Panda In Da Hood, got her muse from looking at our first-ever Hunger Games records when this style was doing a comeback! Our audience seems to love seeing this old style!", Mystic Phiri yells out amongst the screams.
The Survivalists especially loves Faith's dyed hair, and Hobbes' retro suit! They might have the most fans as of right now!
Hobbes and Faith are really popular with the audience, their looks are perfect!Finally, the runway floods with water as the Údnei arrive in their traditional boats! The Survivalists haven't seen the Údnei's traditional clothing ever before!
"The designer Question, infamous sole victor of the 67th Hunger Games, went to the many temples of the Údnei to gather inspiration for this style on a journey of self-discovery! Priestesses and priests, give it up for our finale!", Kirby practically screams.
The Survivalists dig this style! High Priestess Batari looks majestic in her necklace and headpiece, but Roshani wins the hearts of the audience with his boyish, but handsome, looks! The audience is a bit tired so they aren't as enthusiastic, but they love this just as much as they did the other styles!
Roshani's quickly gaining friends in the Capitol!The Survivalists vote for their favourites based on the amount of claps as Mystic Phiri and Kirby also judge the contestants. Within a few minutes, Mystic Phiri announces that Faith has won for the females! Her retro classic look and strawberry blonde hair has gone over very well with the crowd!
Congratulations to Faith!Kirby announces that Roshani has won for the males! The priest look of the Sun-Men-Nei religion of his people gave him a handsome but adorable look!
Congratulations to Roshani! He's quite surprised!As the fashion show ends, and the contestants are applauded over and over again, Overseer Neff watches from his office...
