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"Don't worry, you'll soon get back to your family. You just have to believe in yourself!" Kayda tells Emmie encouragingly. She almost gags at her choice of words. Seriously? The power of believing in yourself? Everyone here will need a lot more than belief to survive the games. "It's nice to meet you" Kayda tells Emmie. "Hopefully we'll get to talk a bit more" Kayda walks away from Emmie

"Well, I suppose I helped a little bit. But Shion helped the most" Tempest responds humbly. "He was the unspoken leader of the group" she adds. "It's no secret around here that I have the power of shape shifting. It's quite useful. Most people think shape shifting can only be used for attacking, but it can also be used to forge food and spy" she remembers the early days when she first learned of her powers. Back when she was allowed to go to school, she would read lots of biology textbooks. Trying to learn all the extends in which she could use her power. Those were much simpler times

Emmie smiles a bit. She is thankful. She remembers what Cat said about a girl named Kardia in the last games and stops. "But she was nice." she seems to say to herself.

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"He really was a kind soul, wasn't he." Gateguard mused, a sad smile crossing his face before it was replaced by a far more neutral expression. "Your power is quite impressive, I must say. Quite versatile and useful in the arena." He nodded along, remembering the short instances of Shion's praise about her. "So I'd say you more than helped 'a bit' and that Shion was right. You truly were instrumental in the teams survival."

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Tempest flushes under the praise. "Well, it's no big deal. I was just trying to do what I thought was right" she responds. Of course, doing what was right didn't turn out well for her. But that's not what matters. What matters is the big picture. Everyone in their heard survived because they were all able to work together. That's what is most important to Tempest. "Well, enough about me. Tell me about yourself"

Rose shakes her head. "Maybe I'll find someone I know." she murmurs. She begins walking around, looking for familiar faces. Her pale hair has streaks of gray.

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"Doing the right thing is always admirable. Especially in times like these " he pointed out, quirking a quick smile. "As for myself, there's not much to say... I have the same power as Shion albeit more powerful. My voice can out any animal under my control and I mean any, human beings included. I'm not much of a socializer like my brother, but I do know how to make a good shelter and what things are generally safe to eat."

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"That's a great power to have. Don't underestimate the power of being able to calm someone" Tempest points out. "And those two skills are huge out in the arena. All we really need to do is learn how to build a fire and then we are all set" Tempest wonders how she'll spend the next few days of training. Maybe she'll focus on strength training

Rose walks into a room. "Tempest?!" she stops. She looks shocked. "She probably doesn't remember me" she thinks. Her pretty hair has been pulled into a ponytail.

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Tempest has to pause and think for a little bit. From what she remembers, she barley saw Rose back in the arena. After a moment, it clicks. "Oh hey! How are you?" Tempest asks. For a moment, she almost expects Mallory to be standing next to her. The two were almost inseparable.

"I'm okay. As okay as I can be, going back into the arena." she says with a shrug. "Without Mallory." seems to be her unspoken grievance. Rose smiles. "Who are you?" she asks.

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Laughing lightly, Gateguard couldn't help but agree. He would probably spend some time in the weights area. He was strong from lifting his siblings up as well as general manual labour. The ropes courses and the camouflage stations also didn't seem like a bad idea. Shaken out of his thoughts by a call of Tempest's name, Gateguard twisted around to see who it was. He recognized Rose but stayed silent until he was addressed. "Gateguard Dorje from District 10, at your service." He nodded.

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"Hi!" she waves, trying to be friendly. "I'm Rose. Textiles." she tells him. She turns her jacket red with her fingers. "How are you doing?" she asks.

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Soon they had arived and everyone was sent the their own stylist (female tributes get men for their stylist and vice-versa, dont ask, that's how it works in the HG world I guess.). Once they were cleaned, waxed from any unnesiary body hair, nails being turned into perfect shapes, their stylist went to work. The outfits choosen carefully to match the tribute's home district.

Molly's dog was taken away from him, however, in turn they fixed his eyes through surgery to give him a chance in the arena.

Rita entered the bottom of the remake center for the tribute parade. Both her and the other girl from Five were wearing the same outfit: A plain coal-black suit with and strapless dress. Small lightning bolts imprint the strapless dress with a yellow stripe near the bottom. The kitten heels on the boots give Rita a boost of height, even if one could still tell she's one of the smallest ones here. On the front of each shoulders is a small hard plastic bolt of lightning. There’s another one on each side that starts from the middle of the other bolts and juts out from the back to the shoulders.

Kyu's outfit consists of a magenta sparkling dress with a fluffy pink tutu under it. The skirt has several layers and they are colored pink, magenta, and purple. There are also royal blue clefs that are wrapped around her dress. A shoulder strap circuit the top of her dress as well, this strap is tricolored with red, white and pink. Her boots are purple and also have royal blue clefs wrapped around them, her heels are curved too and they are light pastel purple. Her hair is knee-length is styled into odango buns and her pigtails are filmed. She wears pink fluffy hairbands and two more regular hairbands. She has very light pink eye shadow and a pink lipstick applied.

Leaf's outfit is a halter green and pink leaf top with a flowy pink trim that hangs beneath her top. Her skirt consists of layered tri tone of green. There are two bands on both of her sides that are connected to a magenta heart above her skirt. She has two different shades of pink leaf bracelets on her arms and wears high heeled light green sandals with green vines and pink drapes on top. She also has matching pink lipstick and eyeshadow along with green ribbons in her hair. Even in with her baby bump, her outfit still adorned her figure.

(This is what's going on
And here's another example (exert from Rita's Story))

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Rose smiled as her prep team did her make up. A pale pink here and some red there. Rose smiled as she was put into this dress.

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Tempest wears a silver gown. If you look closely on the gown, the sparkly design looks a bit like a fish's scale. It becomes most apparent when she stands in the light. Her long golden hair is left down. Tempest raises an eyebrow at her reflection. Well.. it could look worse she thinks to herself.

Harlow and her stylist debate on her dress for a bit. After awhile, they choose a short knee-high brown dress. They stick leaves in the form of a crown on top of her head. They tie her hair up in a bun and even put makeup on the girl. She sighs, like Tempest, she is rather unimpressed with the capitol's sense of style. If Harlow didn't have a say in things, they would've made her into a tree.

Kayda was new, which meant she was the least resistant of the three. She happily accepted her over-the-top outfit. If acting like this meant the capitol would adore her, then she'll continue to be their little lapdog. They take a conductor's outfit and somehow turn it into a dress. It's basically a simple black dress, with gold buttons along the middle. She has pockets that come with a golden chain that holds a pocket watch. She even has conductor's hat. They leave her hair down as well, but they leave it curled and slightly untamed. Somehow, the crazy outfit suits the girl

When Molly opened his eyes after surgery, he immediately had to squeeze them shut again. A few tears escaped at the sudden influx of stimulation his senses that had sharpened from years if being unable to see suddenly overwhelmed. Some of his tears were also she'd for his companion but he had no time to cry. He was immediately dolled up and presented in a garishly bright swath of pink that fit snuggly around him in a suit with tails that flared out to touch the ground. Apparently the designers wanted to go for a spool of fabric which was horrendous and awful but who was Molly to complain?

Gateguard groaned at the excessive makeup he was given, golden makeup drawn over his eyelid and dusted on his cheeks. His motif was a butterfly apparently with the other tributes from his district receiving other animal like costumes. The motif made his heart pang as he recalled the butterfly pin his boyfriend gave him, the joking spirit animal of their relationship. Sighing through his nose, he allowed himself to be tugged this way and that as he was dressed in thin translucent material that accentuated his natural beauty and gave off an almost ethereal feel. He hated it.

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Chakti squirmed uncomfortably, not feeling very happy in his minimal clothing while waiting for an outfit. Since he hasn't gotten to talk to anyone but Kayda, he knew none of the other tributes. His stylists had been annoyed with his hands, rather filthy, his nails chewed and uneven. He had been waxed and shaven, both painful and awkward for him, then had gotten to put on a pair of boxers. That's where he had been left, his stylists picking an outfit for him. He wanted to start fidgeting with his hands and such, but he had to keep himself from chewing on his hands. He continued to wait, his breathing uneven.

Once his stylists had chosen something for him, he looked at his reflection, eyes wide. "I don't know why you thing this looks good on anybody."


( I'll let somebody else describe it for me if that's alright)

Leaf smiled when she saw Harlow. "You look really pretty." Leaf murmered softly taking her hands into her own.

Kyu looked at Molly. "Hey, where's Squall?"

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"That outfit is a monstrosity" she jokes. "But I don't know how you manage to look good in that. Your stylist has a good eye. Although his job is easy, you could look good in anything" she says in all seriousness. She glances out towards the crowds of people swarming the Capitol. All who they would eventually pass. "Are you ready for this?" Harlow asks.

Chakti let them pamper him more, although he wanted to resist. He frowned at the poking and prodding, and the minor amounts of makeup. "Why- Why do I even need.. What is that, blush? Why do I need blush?" He tried to lean back in his chair some more, but only ended up hitting his backrest again.