Chapter 1 - Bernkastel Vermillia - Demon District
"....." The sun was just beginning to set below the treeline, and with each waking minute, more pairs of glowing eyes were in her pursuit. "......" SNAP. Another arrow lodged into one of her pursuit's eyes, making for a clean kill. Still, there was no turning back to retrieve the body. She was still being hunted herself. But, the rush of adrenaline was what she lived for. The ONLY thing she lived for. Yet, it wasn't something she smiled about. It became a boring sport after the next few tries. I mean, a pack of wolves were no match for her speed as a demon. Everything simply rushed past in the blink of an eye, and stray bugs were snapping onto her cheeks as though her face was a windshield.
With a hoist and a few jumps, she managed to avert herself away from the pack, and high up into the branches of a tree. The pack immediately ran out, not noticing their prey had disappeared from sight. However, her eyes kept glowing their hypnotic emerald green as she watched the beautiful colors of the sky disappear.
The hunt was over, and hopefully a bigger, better hunt would be awaiting this adrenaline-seeker...
"They better not bore me this year as well..." With a slight shiver from her branch, she was off; back to her home city where...She truely did not belong.
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Sitting atop an abandoned warehouse, this young woman gingerly flipped through her books; her expressionless eyes glancing towards the government building every few moments. She had been attending these reapings since she became a teenager, and she probably would continue until she came of age. Then, she could repeat the same, endless cycle she had seen her parents go through. Wake up, work, eat, sleep. Nothing to keep up the excitement except for these...Population Games. It was the only thing in the world that could really keep her going on. For the adrenaline rush to come again. Yes, again.
"L-lady Bernkastel! Kuze is calling for all the teenagers now!" It was Harrold; the young, optimistic retailer who was calling out to her. Looking down from her perch, Bern saw that he still had his exciting little smile, even though children were going to be picked that day to potentially die. Perhaps he knew that Bern was going to be in this year again? After all, because she was there after her last games, meant that she had beaten the rest of the districts. She was the only victor of sixteen people.
"...Fine." Bern slipped herself from the rooftop, and landed neatly beside Harrold. Though he knew she wouldn't land on him, he flinched every time. Harrold was an amazing man, as he was the only one who really paid attention to her before her partake in the games. "Let's go."
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It took longer than expected for them to get to the government building, but...If she had anything to blame it on selfishly, it would be Harrold's blown-off leg. Yeah, he got a new, artificial one, but it was still not enough to keep him from tripping over like the clutz he is. But, they did manage. She couldn't possibly leave Harrold hanging, and it was a wonderful thing that the Population Games did not affect him much. He's single and has no kids...So, he's living his life rather well.
However, Bern seemed to be the unlucky one. Two Poppy Games have taken the lives of her friends, instead of her own. Now, she did not care if she got picked. There will be nothing to come back to after this. The adrenaline rush will be over.
And Bernkastel Vermillia, will finally die.
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With the night-time air around them, Bern casted herself back onto the stage in front of the governing building, knowing without knownledge that she was indeed going to be picked for the third time in a row. The first one had apparently been a fluke, but now... These demons were betting on if she was finally going to die this time around. Some even have rumored that Bern was immortal.
Standing up beside Kuze -the government leader- Bern couldn't help but have her hands trace the symbols burned onto both her arms. Each year, you got a symbol embedded into your skin to show your participation...Where were they going to burn her this time around? It wasn't any secret that Kuze hated Bernkastel's guts; especially after killing off his youngest son in the first games she had participated in. Now her life was in total balance. Die here, or die in the arena for his justice.
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The horn was blown to signal the start of the reaping, and immediately Bern synced herself out of the speech. Her eyes just scanned the crowd. Ever since coming back from the second games and not going to the Victor's District, she had decided against making any new teenage friends, which she might have had to kill later on. Her relationships died along with her very emotions back in the second games.
"Xavier Harrah. Bernkastel Vermillia...Ryuu Akuma...And Paris Junibe."
Paris. Bern winced at the name, and watched as a beautiful,young woman
of seventeen walked onto the stage with enormous purple-feathered wings. Glossy brown hair and stunning cranberry eyes; completely gorgeous. The other two boys seemed to be in the looks department as well...And the one who certainly caught her eye was named....Xavier. Too bad most, if not everyone here was going to die.
However, it didn't seem as though Bernkastel was the only one to notice the odd selection of players this year. So did Kuze, and he seemed to be enjoying it. Kuze was-don't vomit-a handsome old man. Blood red hair to match his eyes, and he always looked as though he was simply DIPPED in gore. He probably was, as he always reaked of blood and booze. He stepped up to the mike amazingly, and began to speak in his low, no-nonsense voice.
"Seems we have a bunch of supermodels to look at this year! May our eyes be sinned by their disguising beauty." Did Bern ever mention how he HATES beautiful teenagers?
At first, Bern thought that maybe she wouldn't get her burning this year. Oh, was she so wrong...After the three participants were symboled by their arms and the smell of burning flesh was in the air, did Kuze pay notice to Bernkastel.
"Our third contestant to the games..." He raised the white-hot, metal seal into the air, and the small flickers of heat licked the air hungrily. Abruptly, strong arms grabbed Bernkastel, and pinned her down to her stomach. Kuze leaned over her as one of the demon's extended her left wing. Her beautiful, raven-black wing. "May this be Bernkastel Vermillia's..." He positioned the symbol just abover her feathers.
"Final Population Games."
With that final saying, the metal snapped down onto her wing, and everything was colored in everything painful.
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Chapter 1 - The Reaping of the Population
Summary:
It is now the beginning of warm, beautiful weather. However, your blood may be shed within the week, to stain your local white roses red. To be exact, it is the beginning week of May. You know the saying: April showers bring May flowers. However, it seems that your blood will be the showers, and there will be no beautiful flowers afterwards.
What Will Be Happening?:
*You will be introducing your character like I did with mine. Point out key points to their personality, or their hobbies.
*You will either be guilded or dragged to the reaping. Go crazy with your reaction to participating in the games.
*Make sure you give off clues to how your district is different to others. Their systems of how they choose players.
*Your post will end after you are choosen for the reaping, and you can either have a reaction to something another player did, or you can move on to the trains.
Angels:
Demons:
Vampires:
Humans:
*All train desinations are to District 5, which is a small piece of land outside the vampire district. Camera's are only at the reaping. This chapter is mostly for interaction between the participants of YOUR district.