Hello dear! I'm sad to see you're deleting your fanfics, but since you're sure that's what you'll be doing, I'm simply just glad I had the chance to actually read them <3. You're an amazing writer, never doubt that. - And I really hope to one day I can walk into a bookstore and buy one of your books. (I only have one question, which I never think was really explained in the books: What exactly was 'The Hunger Games' in Fine Line? :) <3)
Oh, thank you so much! That means a lot to hear you say that. :D
Ahahaha, truth is I never fully figured that out myself. Whoops. What I had planned on it being (and was still working out the last little kinks) was that The Hunger Games were a scholarship opportunity.
They would go to the 12 “school districts” and choose a boy and girl ranging from the ages of 6th grade-12th grade (ages 11-18 respectively). They would compete against each other in a type of capture the flag tournament where you had to be the last one standing with your flag still wrapped around your waist (if you got your flag pulled by someone, you were “dead” and eliminated). If you won, you were required to spend the rest of your education at Panem Academy on a full-ride athletic scholarship (which was unfair for those who competed and weren’t athletic—they didn’t stand much of a chance).
If you were in 12th grade and won, you got a full-ride athletic scholarship to Panem University, and were forced to study athletic training of some sort.
Those who won The Hunger Games and were in high school (junior high is exempt from this) would coach their “tributes” on how to be at the top of their game, give tips, and such for winning.
Escorts were members of the student council who would go to their designated district and do a raffle type thing to pick the tribute. They would be with the tribute much of the time telling them how the school worked, should they win, and what was expected of them as a student.
Stylists were aspiring fashion majors (must be a junior or a senior in high school) who designed the uniforms. If their district won, they recieved a full-ride scholarship to Panem University for fashion design and/or fashion marketing.
The Gamemaker would design obstacle courses (arenas) for each round (Seneca’s job). There would be one round per day for a week, a total of seven “arenas.” It was kinda like his submission to university for engineering/architecture for a two-year scholarship. Since it’s such a big project, each year since freshman year, you designed one of the seven arenas. when you’re a senior and you’re chosen for Head Gamemaker (the opportunity to submit for a scholarship to Panem University), you designed six of the seven arenas. You could also qualify as a junior if there were no seniors who wanted to submit (which Seneca did—so he had to do his final projects for two years, which allowed him to receive a full-ride scholarship).