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TASK 005 // PRIVATE TRAINING

TRIBUTES // The last day of training is dedicated to the private sessions. One by one, starting with Nashville of District One and ending with Primrose of District Twelve, tributes take their turn alone in the training centre to impress the sponsors and Gamemakers with their chosen skill. Your tribute has fifteen minutes to spend presenting their skill, and all stations from the training task will be available to you.

So the choice is yours: how do you make an impression?

Write a self-para and submit it to the main detailing what your tribute does in their private session. They can be talented and display their skills well, or perhaps they crumble under the pressure: whatever you decide is most in character for them. The admins will score these private sessions based on dedication to character choices, creativity and innovation, and how the tribute demonstrated their skills in character. This is a chance for you to have fun, explore your tribute’s talents, and write something that blows us away!

This task must be submitted to the main by 5:00 PM EST on AUGUST 29, 2019. The next day, on August 30th at noon, we will post all of the tributes’ training scores along with the self-paras to share with the group. This will allow all characters to react to the scores in their threads if they choose, as well as for the scores to be reacted to during the tribute interviews which will follow.

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TASK 004 // WELCOME TO STARBUCKS 

What would you like to order?

Every person has a drink that they prefer to order at Starbucks or any café in their hometown. Whether it be a black coffee or an iced-half caff-Ristretto-Venti-4 pump-sugar free-cinnamon-dolce soy skinny latte, there’s a go-to order that we would like to hear about. As they say, your Starbucks order speaks volumes about a person.

In a post, tell us what your character’s Starbucks (or generic café) order would be! If you’re feeling up to it also describe where and how they prefer to drink their order (i.e. at a table with a book, in the park, on a walk, etc.)! Be sure to tag it with #ttwtask so everyone can learn the coolest Starbucks orders!

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TASK 003 // PAINT ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR CAPITOL GIRLS 

We here at tothewater think that we are sophisticated and contain multitudes. We can like Vines as well as fine art.  What piece of art best captures the essence of your character’s actions, personality, or story? Maybe they are represented by the sophistication of Michelangelo or the post-impressionism of  Van Gogh. Maybe they’re more modern and prefer something more akin to the self-expression of Frida Kahlo. Whatever they like, we know that the characters here are represented by all kinds of art. 

Choose a painting, drawing, or other piece of art that best represents your character and share it on their blog! Be sure to tag it with #ttwtask so we can all see it!

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TRAINING BEGINS //

The morning after the tribute parade, tributes find a clean uniform in their size hanging in their Capitol closet. The training centre on the ground floor of the tribute tower is now open, and tributes may begin training at the various stations to prepare for the Arena. While tributes are training, mentors may be bargaining with sponsors or helping their tributes learn new skills alongside the trainers. Stylists may be working on the outfits for the upcoming interviews, and escorts are working hard to keep everyone on schedule!

Training threads may begin now and can continue until we launch at NOON EST ON SEPTEMBER 7TH. Below the cut, you’ll find a list of stations to train at, along with some prompts. These prompts are to encourage you to interact with characters you may not have considered meeting yet! Prompts are just for fun, and can be completed in or out of the training centre!

Don’t forget to tag @ttwstarters in your opens!

PROMPTS //

Interact with a character your character has not yet met.

Interact with a character from a different district than your character’s.

Interact with someone who has a different role (mentor, escort, tribute, stylist, trainer) than your character.

Work with another character to learn or teach a new skill.

Share an anecdote/story from your past with another character.

Talk about the upcoming Quell with another character.

Speculate about the Arena with another character.

React to training scores (when they’re posted!) with another character. 

LIST OF TRAINING STATIONS //

Archery

Axes

Camouflage

Edible plants/insects

Fire-starting

Obstacle Course / Gauntlet

Hand to Hand Combat

Knives

Knot-Tying

Medical Training / First Aid

Navigation (compasses and tracking)

Ropes Course

Shelter-Making

Slingshots

Snares and Traps

Spears

Swords

In addition to the training stations, there are several other places to explore in the Center:

Pool

Weight Lifting Room

Changing Rooms

Sponsor Lounges

Cafeteria

Don’t think you have to stick to these places to interact! There are plenty of places around the Tower and just outside of it where tributes, mentors, stylists, trainers, and any other characters can interact! 

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TASK 002 // THE TRIBUTE PARADE

TRIBUTES // You’ve arrived in the Capitol, and first order of business is to get camera ready for the first event of the Games: the Tribute Parade. How do your stylists prepare you for the big day? What do you think as you cruise down the avenue in your chariot? You may write a self-para or participate in a thread about the process of being prepped for the big day and/or your experience during the parade.. Tributes who do not have stylists are welcome to post their own costumes!

STYLISTS // How do you prepare your tributes for their debut to the Capitol stage? Post a photo of your tributes’ outfits! You can use a collage, a drawing, found art (be sure to credit the artist!), or Pinterest photos to display your tributes’ unique look.

EVERYONE ELSE // The Tribute Parade is exciting for every person in the Capitol. What advice does your mentor give to their tribute before the parade? What is your escort thinking while watching their tribute try not to fall off the chariot during the event? What does your trainer say to their tribute afterwards to try and get them to switch gears from the parade to training? Feel free to write a self-para or a thread about your character’s experience during the parade 

Be sure to tag your posts #ttwtask, so everyone may see your tasks! Outfits must be posted by August 15 to be included on the gossip blog! Any outfits posted after that will not be reblogged with parade commentary on our gossip blog @ttwsponsorsweekly.

Players are also now welcome to do threads in the stables following the parade!

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TASK 001 // THE REAPING

The Reaping affects everyone in Panem. Future tributes make their way to the centre of the District for the Reaping, mentors prepare to meet their year’s tributes, escorts run the ceremony, and stylists watch anxiously to see who they’ll be creating outfits for. In a self para or a thread, tell us about your character’s Reaping Day. What are your tribute’s thoughts as they wait to hear their name? How do they react to being chosen or to volunteering? Who comes to say goodbye to them, and what do they say?

Escorts, mentors, stylists, or other characters may choose to write a self-para about a different notable Reaping from their past, if they wish to participate but do not have a strong reaction to the 79th Reaping.

Tag your tasks with #ttwtask so that others might be able to view all the Reapings in one place!

As outlined in a previous post, our sponsorship structure is changing for this season. We have scrapped the sponsor funds system as we were constantly getting feedback that we couldn’t implement in a way we felt was fair to everyone. So, to reiterate, each tribute will be getting 1 entry per survival draw when the Arena hits. An extra entry may be earned if a character makes 4 IC posts that week. 

Tasks will be used to help drive your own plot forward, as well as provide fun ways to help build your characters! We encourage people to do the tasks if they find them fun and helpful for their character and plot building! Tasks also count towards the IC posts!

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to message the main and soon our rule and sponsor pages will reflect this change as well. 

Happy Hunger Games!