Mason Brick (he/him). 133rd Victor. D2 Escort. Twenty. Mitchell Hope.
Mason Brick is the son of Clayton and Paloma Brick, two very successful and respected business owners in District Two. Unfortunately, though, Mason was not brought into this world for good reasons. Even before he was born Mason had his entire life planned out for him. He would join the Career Academy as soon as he turned of age. Once he was ready to Volunteer for the Hunger Games, he would come out as reigning Victor, then he would help run the family business. One would think having their entire life planned out would make things more simple with no worry if things would turn out okay or not. But for Mason, it made things harder. He was the complete opposite of who his parents wanted him to be. They wanted strong, tough children who could be stern and leaders to whoever they were around. Mason on the other hand? He was more quiet and innocent. He hated to speak up and he was definitely more of a follower. His parents knew Mason was going to be an issue but they did all that they could to keep him on the correct path that they wanted. Even though he begged to get out the Academy, they kept him in.
Also to toughen Mason up, they were very cold when raising him, though they were that way with all of their children. If Mason had a nightmare and wanted to cuddle up with his mother to feel safe, she would send him back on his way to his own room to calm himself down. If he got hurt while playing outside and scrapped his knee up, his father would tell him to get over it and ‘walk it off’. When Mason was young and hated making the walk to school by himself, his parents refused to take him and made him walk on his own. Although his parents tried their best to make Mason tougher, they had failed. Mason had fought against it, wanting to keep his kindness and innocence.
Of course, Mason also had help. With two very loving older brothers, they did everything to help make the situation better. When Mason’s mother had sent him back to his room after his nightmare, Miller was outside the door waiting to walk him back to his bedroom and calm him down. When his father told him to walk his injury off, Smith was there to tell him funny jokes so that Mason could be distracted from the pain and laugh the tears away. And when Mason was meant to walk to school on his own, his brothers were there to walk with him. Miller and Smith were the one’s who kept Mason sane, for they were able to handle their cold and not-so-loving parents better than he was. And for that, Mason had always been appreciative of his brothers. The three Brick brothers had always been inseparable.
It wasn’t surprising to anyone who had met Mason that he wasn’t a big fan of the Hunger Games. Even though he was born in District Two and was supposed to be a major supporter of it, he had refused to show any interest in it. Which could also come off as ironic since Mason was one of the higher ranked Careers in the Career Academy. He was good with weapons, he was good at survival, and he was pretty quick at learning things.
In the middle of the 132nd Hunger Games, the District Two escort had an emergency and quickly left their position unfilled. Mason’s father was very close with the Capitol and heard the news almost immediately and an idea struck him. He had two sons doing nothing this summer so one of them had to be a perfect fit. Also because Miller was already there and it would get one of the younger, soon to volunteer, sons a closer look at the Games. Which, could also lead to them being more willing to Volunteer. His father had a hard time between picking Mason and Smith but ended up going with Mason for many reasons. Smith was very hard headed and was more difficult to persuade. Mason, on the other hand, could possibly be more open to the Games if he had a closer look at them, or that was what the father was hoping for anyway. So without even telling Mason, or the other brothers, Clayton had signed Mason up for the position. And of course, since Clayton was so highly respected, the Capitol didn’t even think twice about allowing Mason to become the District Two escort for the remainder of the 132nd Hunger Games. Then once it was over, Mason would return to District Two and continue training at the Academy. It all sounded so perfect to Clayton.
After returning home from his first Escorting job Mason immediately went back to his busy home life. Wake up early in the morning and go to the Career Academy. After a full day there he would go to Brick Industries and help out wherever he was needed as an assistant. And once he was released from there, he would go home and quickly eat some dinner, grab a shower and go straight to bed. Every single day was the same with not a moment of rest and Mason began to grow tired of it. Not only did he have no interest in becoming a Career, the Academy was becoming even more physically and mentally demanding. He even felt like things were getting worse since the rebellion had started.
So Mason decided that things needed to change. He was done going to the Academy and he was going to start living life the way he wanted to. His father had also been super busy with Miller and dealing with the rebellion, Mason figured he would never notice anyway.
For a week straight Mason skipped his classes at the Academy. Instead of going there he would hideout in the basement where he knew his father would hardly ever go down to. There he would finally find the time to study his books in hopes to eventually be a school teacher. He knew that many of the kids in his district didn’t care about school and were just excited about the Academy but Mason hoped to make a difference and help children enjoy learning about Academics.
Mason thought his plan had been going smoothly. His father had never mentioned anything about it so he figured he either didn’t know or didn’t care. That was until one day Mason was studying in his room and his father came home early from work. Mason was about to hide but his father came straight to his room and Mason knew he was in trouble. He must’ve known already that he was there. His father dragged him out of his room and down to the office where he began to yell at Mason. A trainer from the Academy had notified Mr. Clayton Brick that Mason hadn’t attended his classes in a week. Of course the trainer had given Mason the benefit of the doubt and asked Clayton if Mason had been sick. But Clayton knew better than that. Not only was he mad that Mason went against him, his father was embarrassed. Embarrassed that his son was caught skipping classes at the Academy. Mason apologized and told his father he would never skip his classes or disobey him again but his father wasn’t having it. He told Mason he was going to deal with the consequences of not listening to him.
Without a second thought, Clayton had made a few phone calls with his connections at the Academy. He told them that he felt Mason was ready to volunteer and of course he offered whatever he needed to persuade them.
That night, Mason was informed that he had to volunteer to be a tribute in the 133rd Hunger Games.
The 133rd Hunger Games was even worse than Mason had imagined it. Not because of the theme of the arena or because of the other tributes.. but because Smith, his older brother, decided to rebel and Volunteer along side Mason. Mason didn't know how to react, he had only wished he would wake up from whatever nightmare he was having. The two Brick Brothers in the arena meant only one was going to come out alive and Mason knew it couldn't be himself. There was no way he was going to live without his brother. The theme of the arena was a Modern Day city that soon became over ran with zombies. Mason made it through the arena by having zero enemies. Being allies with almost everyone was definitely difficult in ways but also made his time in the arena more manageable. Though things turned dark for Mason pretty quickly. Within the first couple days of the arena, Smith and Mason found themselves in a bad situation. The robotic bank tellers turned against the two brothers and attacked them. While Mason desperately searched for a way to stop this, Smith had other plans. He pushed Mason away and sacrificed himself so his brother could live. It was Smith's intentions all along, to make sure his younger brother had a chance. And now that he was given one he wasn't going to waste it. Even though a part of him died that day with his brother, he was going to win the Hunger Games. No matter what it had took.
After losing Smith, Mason fell into a dark hole mentally. He had a brief moment where he felt like giving up. That there was no longer a point to living.. He hid himself in a building where his 'bestie' Caspian had found him. Caspian, somehow, talked some sense into Mason and got him out of the dark hole helping him find the will to fight. After that, the two were pretty inseparable for the rest of the arena.
By the end of the arena, all of his allies were slowly dying, all due to the zombie virus. Mason ended up having to kill his two closest allies. River and Caspian. It wasn't easy and the only thing Mason could tell himself was he had no choice. It was all out of mercy. They were basically already dead anyway.. He still sees them in his dreams.
Mason was the reigning Victor of the 133rd Hunger Games with three kills under his belt and one less eye.
The 134th Hunger Games was off to the rough start. He was the newest Victor and mentor of Two's team. Though, with everything that he did, he felt he was doing it all wrong. He had many arguments with his close friends and his own brother.
With only a day or two of the Games left, Mason was pulled from being a mentor by his father. It was a family emergency and his father needed to have his sons home to deal with it. The Bricks had almost disappeared for the last six months, not seeing even his closest friends. Mason still refuses to speak on what happened but he is just happy to be back at this point.
Deciding the Mentor role wasn't for him, Mason is coming back as an Escort once again with a goal of being more helpful to not only his tributes but his team as well.
Strengths: Fast learner, Kind, Smart
Weakness: Innocent, Fearful, Anxious
PENNED BY: Haley
