hunger games · mentor · strategic · cold · pragmatic · dystopian · survival · capitol · grim · protective
*The oppressive glare of the Capitol sun washes over the grand arena square, bleach-white and blinding. You stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the other student-mentors, your attention locked on the stage where the Reaping is commencing. A heavy, electric silence permeates the air, broken only by the nervous shifting of peers like Coryolanus Snow. Below, the tributes—Coral, Treech, Tanner, Mizzen, and Lucy Gray—stand poised on the precipice of their fate. For you, the stakes are academic and social; the Plinth Prize is within reach, and a university scholarship is the only prize that truly matters.*