Over and Over: The 32nd Hunger Games SYOT

Chapter 17

Polyphemus Ignotus POV

"Are... you... ready?!"

"One sparkles in their effervescent ensembles. Priscilla is dazzling in a tube top and skirt encrusted with jewels of every color. She's moving to the music and raising the roof! The crowd loves her! Rapture is covered with... feathers? Uh... it's very colorful! He's just trying to stay out of Priscilla's way."

"Two never fails to show us their ferocity. Alex and Margo wear matching suits of armor and formidable swords at the ready. They stare straight ahead as if daring their foes to attack. I know I wouldn't mess with them."

"Wyatt is wearing a sedate suit and the tackiest tie I have ever seen. It's covered in computers, mouses, and whatnot. He holding it up and pretending to play a bombastic game on it, reeling back and making sound effects. Emmeline watches him in confusion in a much more tasteful silver dress that catches the light like she's covered in bulbs."

"Four matches as well, and it's a sight. Whyte wears little more than swimming trunks, and a sheer net outlines his form. His scaly shoes seem to flow like water. Vera's suit includes a top, of course, and fine pale green fringe brushes her skin like foam. She's looking out at the crowd and waving at anyone who catches her eye."

"Adair is wearing... a plain white suit? Anyway, Sky has on a tight one-piece suit and a bright red cape. There's a lightning bolt on her chest and she looks ready to fly away. Good Heavens! Light just shot out of Adair's shirt and I'm just about blind. He's saying something to Sky, who is laughing like a maniac. There it goes again! Cover your eyes, folks!"

"Yasmine's dress is as light and sweet as she is. It has nothing to do with her District but I don't think any of us care. She's a little angel. Hermes' suit is black and made of some sort of thick material. It looks like he can barely move. They're both very still, like they're overwhelmed by it all."

"Seven usually provides lumberjacks or lumber. This year they showed us both. Allen is your standard lumberjack, while Myrtle is dressed as a plank. She looks none to happy about this, but the suit doesn't allow her to move more than a few inches. Allen, bless his heart, hasn't laughed once."

"The District of textiles has no problem thinking of costume ideas, but this year they're a little dry. Haber is wearing a lackluster pink dress and Ryker's white suit lacks inspiration. He's cowering against the edge of the chariot as Haber unleashes a torrent of language I can only imagine we wouldn't be able to air even if we could hear it."

"Here we go agrain. Barley is dressed as a scarecrow made of corn, which much defeats the purpose of a scarecrow. He's itching like crazy and fidgeting like a maniac. Dominique's stylists took a more artistic approach. Her dress, with a green train and a yellow sequined top, makes her look like the prettiest ear of corn I've ever seen. She's pretty on the inside, too- she's itching Barley's back."

"Unbelievable! Unfathomable! Inconceivable! Castiel is a cow. Not just any cow, though- he's a longhorn, and he's struggling to stay upright under the weight of his enormous hat. He pays no attention to the crowd and looks bored with it all. Serena got off lighter. She's wearing a blue dress and holding a pail. She's the milkmaid and Castiel's the cow... that seems somehow profane."

"Eleven... has lost it. Pepper is wearing a baby blue dress that is admittedly cute, but has nothing to do with her District. She waves merrily at the crowd and catches a rose thrown by some ardent fan. Jay's suit seems simple at first, but whenever he moves, the gray suit flickers like a bird in flight. Oh ha, because he's a jay! That's clever."

"Finally we have Twelve. Oh wow, Elara is wearing a black dress. Could she be a lump of coal? Ben matches her, making this by far the dullest District. Even Ben and Elara aren't much to see. Ben looks lost, and Elara is looking around her like she's in a museum."

"That's all for this time, folks, but don't turn that dial just yet! I'll be back in a few weeks with final eight interviews, and that's a show you won't want to miss."

Cocoa Mizrahi, Seven Stylist POV

So, I'm stupid, am I? My clothes are tacky and bombastic, are they? Here I had a gorgeous couture gown all ready for you ungrateful lump. Guess it will have to wait until next year.

It's hard to show from Polyphemus' position, but Adair's shirt lights up when you come into contact with it and say "lights up". Sky was being a troll and setting it off over and over, so that's why he was yelling at her and she was laughing.