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Hunger Games Part 1
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GM (Jessie) brings the players (Davita, Luke, Ariana, and Mike) through The Hunger Games. They join districts. They get chosen. They impress or disgust the sponsors. This is another fan made game and no affiliation with the actual Hunger Games and actually a lot of it doesnt fit the books or film.
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Rolling Across the Pond'
00:00:07
Speaker
Hello everyone, it is 1230 in the night time for me so it's gonna be a little bit weird but we're doing another side quest, minigame, hoopla, I'm not sure what to call it still and I'm a little bit off right now but welcome to Rolling Across the Pond and I'm your GM Jesse and I'm also the game maker as we're doing Hunger Games and all the fun other children that are going to die.
00:00:37
Speaker
if you want to look at it that way.
Meet the Players and Their Characters
00:00:39
Speaker
Hi I'm Luke and it is currently like quarter to eight and as a night person I am thriving and I'm going to be playing a supermodel handsome dude this time around. I'm going to be playing myself but from district two. My name is Arianna and I am playing
00:00:59
Speaker
hopefully also myself, and I don't know what's happening. Okay. Oh, it's 4.40 here right now, PM, and I didn't really eat lunch, so I'm a little bit like not fully here, but I am from District 10, and we deal with livestock there, so I'm going to channel my inner cowgirl.
00:01:26
Speaker
Hi, I'm Vida and I am from District 5. So you better watch out. I'm playing myself, so you better watch out because I'm gonna like dodge all the explosions and steal the apples. I'm Mike and I'm from District 10 and I'll be playing myself.
Game Rules and Mechanics Explained
00:01:44
Speaker
So to let you all know, we are playing Hugger Games, we are playing the first film, and only the first film, and we are playing it through the mechanics of D&D, and we are not going off of books, we are not going off of other films, we are doing strictly the first film, because that is the one I know, and that is the one I prep for.
00:02:07
Speaker
Now, Meta Knowledge exists and all of that, so these guys will know each other, these guys will know the ins and outs of what happens. It's kind of like, hopefully, if Jumanji's been released, if not, then that's fine. Where we know about the game, we know about the film, we know how it's played, we know the consequences and the obstacles, so they will be looking out for those things.
Speculating Game Twists and Interactions
00:02:29
Speaker
but there are gonna be twists and turns so hopefully you can come along with us and enjoy this time and hopefully at the end we don't all hate each other and they just continuously hate me that's you know standard has to happen so yeah let's get going don't worry we don't hold grudges at least i don't luke might but um oh luke is a huge grudge holder yeah dishes
00:02:57
Speaker
I don't even, like, have you punched somebody before? No, why would I do that? That's what I thought. He's not a killer. He's gonna lose this game. Okay, that comes to my first question. Well, I mean, I'm not a killer either, but... What did you mean by this? We'll see, maybe I will. No. I don't know when this is gonna be released, but... I'm gonna say this right now. Hob is a killer.
00:03:25
Speaker
Luke, go ahead. I'm going to say this right now. Wait, no, I'm just going to... That's so me. Go ahead, I will not interrupt. If I win this, I'm going to be very surprised. That's fair. I'm hoping to win this. I would also be surprised if you didn't, Jesse. It's not really a win for you, though, if all of us die.
00:03:55
Speaker
Depends on who I'm playing as. If you're just Jesse, then I guess it's a win. But if you're the game maker, it's not really a win if all of your tributes die. Oh yeah, all the tributes. But if I can get an NPC to win.
00:04:07
Speaker
I kind of wish I was from one, but that way I could be vicious with no repercussions. Well, so just so you guys know, we did roll a D12 in order to determine which district we were from. So we didn't choose our districts. I don't. Yeah.
00:04:26
Speaker
And she's a little bit bitter from that I can hear it in her. Well, I mean, I'm fine. But if I had chosen, I probably wouldn't have chosen five. But you know, it's not the worst. It is not the worst. There's I have mechanics for all of them. It was. Yeah, it's it was a bit crazy, but.
00:04:44
Speaker
that's us guys this we are the crew for this side quest and we're gonna get into it so we're gonna start with picking tributes that's where we're gonna start because i know the film has a whole prologue of Katniss and all that but we're not gonna do that
00:05:16
Speaker
Bye!
Unexpected Selection of District 2 Tributes
00:05:38
Speaker
So each district now is choosing their tributes, and so what I'm going to do is I'm going to roll a die, and that will decide if you have been chosen or not. And I'm not gonna go, everyone, I'm gonna do it as if you're all one big huge crowd.
00:05:57
Speaker
This is for, I guess, we're just gonna go straight to District 2. So, they call out the first tribute, which is the woman, and she's chosen, I don't think there's much of a, like, they say it, but she volunteers, and she's excited and pumped, and everybody's cheering for her.
00:06:19
Speaker
as district two is they're not too you know they're not too excited but they're at the same time they're like you know we we we she's ready for this and she's been training for this and they all know that so and how how do people react when they pull your name out luke how how would as a community would they know you would they know of you would they would you have been training
00:06:45
Speaker
where everyone knew it was me, but I somehow got like them mixed up that I thought next year's was this year's. And so I was like, wait, she's not, what? I thought I had a year. Me? Yes. Come along. Come along. Okay. Fastly underprepared for this. Walk up to the stairs, like, yay. And you get it.
00:07:11
Speaker
Kind of like a concerned room. Are you 12 years old? Are you 12 years old? That's a good question. So 16, I think, cannot be in the world across the planet. No, you're not. You're not Peter Parker.
00:07:26
Speaker
No, you took me from school. Oh, so you could be between 12 and 18. So yeah, so if like you buy one more year, that's why I thought so you'd be 12. Like you didn't, your name isn't in yet. Oh, right. Is that what you meant? I would say I'm about, I would say I'm 18. I think they would probably just put things at 18, right?
00:07:47
Speaker
it you could yeah your name was chosen and no one's volunteering basically so and and no one's really cheering for you so they're not too excited if you want you can roll performance and change that yeah if i'm gonna die i'm gonna go the guy is a loved one 17
00:08:09
Speaker
Uh, so yeah, you get a decent applause, you get a decent, yay, wow, okay, I think he's got it, I think, okay. So you get a decent, and your family's probably like, you can do it, we believe in you. And so that's district two, we're gonna go straight to district five. That's very funny, that is so funny. So how do people react when they pull your name out, Davida? Applause.
00:08:45
Speaker
because I'm actually pretty known in the area actually. My dad is like the governor or whatever of the area. And so like technically we're not a career, we're not career tributes, but we are pretty like our district is one of the richer districts and we always have power on. And there's actually a huge population of people in this district. So like,
00:09:14
Speaker
I'm pretty well known in the area and I am 17. OK, so I was like almost out, but not quite. I'm not really great about this. I didn't really want to be. I had a good life and now I'm getting forced into this competition. So but everybody else is like kind of excited because I'm famous and they already know me.
00:09:38
Speaker
cool wow nice very cool and now we're gonna go to district 10 which includes both of you so we'll see how okay oh wow the dice are not your friends ariana how do you how do people take you being chosen how do others take it yeah
Mixed Reactions to District 10 Selections
00:10:01
Speaker
For the most part, there's not a whole lot of people in district 10. So we get to know each other pretty well. I'd say the bulk of them, it's just a collective sadness. Obviously there's no cheering going on. There's a recognition this is not a good thing. It's not a thing of like the district one or two, like they might try to get in there for honor. There's none of that. Though there's maybe a handful of people
00:10:27
Speaker
I say like make some of my classmates who would be classified as bullies are taking their pleasure in this. And, uh, that's mostly due to the fact that I was supposed to be trained to be a milker and I was fine with that. But due to a shortage, I got upgraded to a butcher when I was 15. And so I hated that, but they made jokes that, you know, this was just training me to be in the hunger games and I better get used to the blood. So.
00:10:56
Speaker
When I got chosen, that was kind of like, they were like, there it is. So maybe I've become a little desensitized to the blood over the past few years. I'm 18 now, but still hating the job that I have, wanting nothing to do with that. But that's the reality. Fair. Cool. Cool. Great. And Mike, what happens when you get chosen? I think there's a little murmur, but a sense of,
00:11:26
Speaker
slight hope in the fact that I'm I'm uh I've been working with large animals for a long time so the district kind of knows that I have the strength that might bring victory cool wow all right that's that's very different uh in a way it kind of sounds like you guys are even in a similar circle we didn't talk about this at all before there is no way
00:11:52
Speaker
no but it's great no it's it's it's perfect you know the he said he's very involved animals he knows how to handle him you know and that's very transparent and and and yet you were very much desensitized very much like i i need you need to be ready to kill and
00:12:11
Speaker
Yeah, so yeah, very different upbringings in the same village. It's amazing. Just that different aspect. I love it. It's great. So yeah, these are our tributes. Of course, the other tributes are exactly the same, including Katniss Everdeen. So we'll look forward to that happening. So you all have heard of what Katniss has done for her sister and all of that, just to keep that in mind.
00:12:40
Speaker
you obviously say goodbye to your loved ones and meet your mentors and the lady that comes with you too or the man whoever's associated with your transport and you are transported to district one and you are debriefed and kind of given the layout of what's to be expected and
00:13:07
Speaker
whatnot and how are you guys taking this in like should we start Davida? How are you how are you taking being on this train being I mean yeah you Luke is not going that far but you're going quite a distance. Wait no I'm not going that far. Well you're not going that that far but you're not going as far as like Luke is literally. I'm walking with the female tree be over okay because I was like we're power our our our district powers the
00:13:38
Speaker
I think I'm pretty much just like trying to ignore everybody right now, like staying in my room. I'm not interacting or trying to talk with anyone right now.
00:13:53
Speaker
The maybe maybe I've chatted with the male district a little bit the male tribute from district five, but and basically just like trying to like, I don't know, get sympathy, basically. Sure.
00:14:11
Speaker
for, I'm kind of like disparaging my situation basically and saying like, I can't, I can't, like how, how dare they choose me? I am the governor's daughter. I can't believe that was even a possibility. Like I only had my name in there like a couple of times just for each, like I didn't, I, we didn't have to buy the, like, I just can't believe that they, they let this happen. Why didn't somebody volunteer for me? Like, I think
00:14:39
Speaker
This shouldn't have happened. It happened. You're here. Let's not do your little pity potter right now, okay? We need to focus on getting you support and sponsors. So that is the most important thing. So this is what you're doing. It's not going to cut it. Whatever. I'm just going to walk away and go to my room.
00:15:02
Speaker
And now how are you Ariana and Mike doing? How, how, it's going to be easy because you guys can bounce off of each other. I think I'm quietly trying to process through what's happened. I'm a little bit confident, maybe a little overconfident in my ability. So I'm just kind of like, okay, I knew this was a possibility and I knew it could happen. So like trying to prepare myself for.
00:15:32
Speaker
That, that makes, yeah. Cool. Cool. And Ariana, how are you feeling? Not great. Just sitting there. I think maybe, maybe sizing Mike up a little bit, wondering, is there going to be a moment where it's, it's going to be me or him? I wonder if he's, if he's loyal to our district, like would he be willing to lay down his life for the sake of our district winning? Is it going to be, you know, he wants the glory and he's going to take me out if he needs to. I think also just thinking of.
00:16:01
Speaker
my family that I left behind and suddenly maybe a little bit grateful for my butchering job, but suddenly it doesn't seem so bad.
00:16:09
Speaker
and uh your mentor is like hey champ you look you look like you're ready you you got this you got this he's talking to you mic and he's like you know you prepared for this you got you you look like you got a good head on your shoulders so just keep at it keep a good attitude and then he's like to ariana just hey you wanna he's pointing to your mic
00:16:33
Speaker
Do you want to talk with her? Do you want, she seems a little bit spacey. And he's like waving his hand in front of your face area. And I'm like, hello, are you here? I just give him a death glare. Like not now, please. And I'm like, all right, I'm going to stay out of her. I'm just going to back this. Yeah, let's go talk. And we'll leave you to your actual mother. And finally, Luke, what's going through your head?
Mentorship and Preparation for Challenges
00:17:02
Speaker
I'm trying to remember if it was, I guess it happened in the first film. So that's the major one. We're not necessarily looking at each other as if we're going to kill each other, right? Like we're going to group up as a careers. So mostly just kind of be like, ah, I thought it was next year, but let's do this. Like, just kind of want to be training up, be like, see if there's anything around, get mentors, input, like watch it again during this ride.
00:17:28
Speaker
like if she has any like thing to say talk strategy because i'm probably not the best fighter but i'm probably a good like support person from a medicinal stance great sounds good and of course your your mentor is like um you sure you're okay with this you see yeah i know i'm i i just thought it was next year right yeah that's easy mistake you know age is a bit just a number right
00:17:58
Speaker
Right, but at least I'm there and it's not some 12 year old who has to take it. Yeah, it's strange that no one volunteered for you. Well, I just got dates mixed up, but I was sure, but it's my turn. If it saves a kid from having to do this, then let's do this.
00:18:18
Speaker
All right, great. And that is it. That is you and you all arrive at District 1 and we are going to just fast forward to your entrance on your chariot.
00:18:40
Speaker
Well, I guess first things first, do you have any input on your downs or apparel? Any last minute things you would like to say before you do go out? Yes. That's what I definitely thought.
00:18:56
Speaker
Oh, I want to talk to my stylists first and encourage them to do something cool. So like maybe with electronics or like, cause we're the power, we're not the electronics place, we're the power place, but like I want to have something cool, like some like electric cords that like spark and like make like, yeah, like sparklers, but on our outfits that are like a bunch of cords and
00:19:24
Speaker
Chords that look like they could be like telephone, telephone cords and stuff, but they like spark. Okay. Sure. Sure. I'm going to need you to roll persuasion.
00:19:38
Speaker
Were we gonna just roll like to see how good our costume is? Yes. Okay. Now I've rolled a one. They're like, we'll see what we can do. I mean, it's a four with my modifier. We'll see what we can do.
00:19:55
Speaker
Darn it, I look so stupid. I thought I would at least be able to look cool. I really just don't want to be here. Can't somebody else to take my spotlight? Come on. Go back to your mentor and your team, please. I'll bring you your dress shortly. Does anybody else have any input they would like or would you just like to roll or not performance? No, I guess yeah, either slight of hand or performance.
00:20:22
Speaker
I think I have an idea of like what my costume would look like if I load rolled really low or like rolled high. Okay. But I don't know if like I can, I don't know. Roll and see. Or are we just rolling? Well, if you have one that you would like to see, then you can roll persuasion. Otherwise, just roll performance or sleight of hand. Why sleight of hand? Because they're using their hands to make the costume.
00:20:52
Speaker
Oh, okay. I don't feel like I would, I don't think I would have any say, realistically with my stylist of what I have. So I don't think it makes sense to try. Then just roll how they do. I'm kind of in the same boat where like, I'm not the type of person you'd be like, the costume I want is this. But if I could, if they came up to me and was like, is there any input you want on your thing? Then it was like, I kind of want to have like rolling across the pond references.
00:21:21
Speaker
like just antlers as not like knive antlers. I guess if we're combining weapons and on is like knives antlers. And I think the I think they would want to relate it to your district. Yeah, the knives and stuff. I guess so. It's more patrol in them in the movie. They were in the books. They were dressed as gods to represent their district. So so when to go.
00:21:52
Speaker
Yeah, so roll performance or sleight of hand. What about you, Mike? Do you have any input or would you just like to see it, to roll to see how they do? I think I'm just going to roll to see how they do.
00:22:10
Speaker
You guys are just going to look like cowboys. If we're just rolling to see how we do, is that with any modifier or it's just? It's just whatever it is, whatever it lands on. And if I'm just like, I don't necessarily want to persuade them, but if they are looking for something like this is what I might suggest. They would only take your input if you roll a good persuasion.
00:22:35
Speaker
Yeah, I don't want to I don't want to feel like they're so just want their luxury. So yeah, they know what they're doing. Yes. I'll leave it to them. OK, cool. So for the fan role. So Raul, Raul, see how they do. Raul, see how they do. 20. D 20. Yeah.
00:22:54
Speaker
Oh, I thought you got it. So, okay. I have a question. Okay. What if we, Mike and I roll very, very differently. They do better on his and yours. I'm just going to look like a telephone pole. That's probably what they're going to make it look like. So I rolled. I don't know if you want me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Go for it.
00:23:17
Speaker
Okay, so I got a two. Two? Okay, what did you get Mike? 17. See, that's what I mean. So wait, what is yours look like, Ariana? So my thought was like, if I roll really low, they're just gonna put me in like a like a Chick-fil-A cow costume.
00:23:40
Speaker
Yes. Like not, not realistic looking, like nothing fancy about it. And if it was a high roll, it was like, wouldn't it be cool? It was like some kind of like leather, like armor looking kind of thing or something. And like wielding axes or something. I don't know. So what, so you roll 17. So what are you thinking, Mike? I was thinking along the same lines of like that leather, like armor look, I think I was going more towards like,
00:24:10
Speaker
maybe holding like a cattle prop or something. Oh, very cool. Very cool. Great. He's like, uh, I'm the cow and he's like, got like a branding thing. Yeah. And what about you, Luke? What did you get? Uh, 21. I'm, my head is in this now. Like I didn't, I didn't understand it before that I was like, Oh, it's this year, but now I'm in this. I'm like,
00:24:36
Speaker
people love me yes and you look fantastic you have the antlers with the swords on them they're like so modern so like so uh trend setting and everyone else and like Canadian background of like a wendigo looking thing
00:24:57
Speaker
so you guys are going out with your districts and so you all see district two as you're circling you do still see district 12 and then they're on fire they and i'm jealous that's what i wanted it to be now i had to be a stupid telephone call
00:25:22
Speaker
With the blue transformer hanging off your head. Oh, and your partner's basically similar. Yeah, and so you all enter that way.
00:26:03
Speaker
And once again, we're gonna just fast forward into you guys get into your hotels. How does it feel like for those like district two, I assume this is somewhat luxurious, but it's also kind of like meh. It's like, okay, I already have a bed. I already have this and that.
00:26:23
Speaker
But what do you guys feel like? Same with me. Yeah, yeah, sure. Ariana and Mike, what do you guys feel like, like, while being in this luxurious hotel-ish thing? Like, sweet. This sweet, yeah. I was gonna say, I think I feel kind of uncomfortable. I'm so used to being, like, outside and almost like my life has been camping, almost, that I'm, like,
00:26:53
Speaker
And this is, I don't like being in clothes and all this luxury around me. It feels weird. Cool. Great. And Ariana? Maybe a little bit similar, but kind of having this thought of like, all right, I have a very limited amount of time before this thing really gets going. I hope I can get some really good sleep, like eat something, like get some, basically do whatever I can to try to be as prepared as I can.
00:27:22
Speaker
And I think I'm like trying to get some information, some like help from my mentor, but she's pretty, she's not very helpful. Okay. She's like addicted to more fling. Yeah, I think by the traumas of her past. Okay. And then from there, we're going to just go straight into the practice arena where you guys are gonna just prepare, you know, brush up your skills on what you can and can't do and
00:27:49
Speaker
So this is just for the other contestants. Just the tributes right now. Yeah. So you're all in the same room-ish. Yeah.
Nature Skills and Herbal Knowledge Displayed
00:28:09
Speaker
I think I would probably play it close to the vest and try and show off something that isn't necessarily strange-based.
00:28:19
Speaker
but probably more towards like my understanding of nature. I need you to roll a nature check, I guess then. Okay. Yeah. That's an unnatural 20. Nice. So yeah, how, how do you almost perfectly demonstrate your nature? Well, I'm thinking of like there being like a bed of like herbs or different. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:49
Speaker
grass things and, uh, like separating them. I don't know how it would show that some are deadly or not. I mean, you could literally be saying, look guys, this is the poisonous one. And you can take a bite of the next one. And then you're like, try it. Try it. Something like that. Yeah. So I think something like that or like sifting through the poisonous and the medicinal
00:29:14
Speaker
Yeah, that's awesome. I'd say, yeah, so in that you, just in general, would get a bonus if you were looking for medicinal herbs in the future. What about you, Davida?
00:29:30
Speaker
So I'd probably be actually mingling a lot and I'm going to be chatting people up and stuff, uh, trying to gain favor. And I mean, I'll be practicing some stuff here and there. I'm going to be practicing with some of the, probably the heavier weapons because I'm actually pretty strong in general. And so I was able, I'm able to like lift some of the heavier things I'm trying to like hammers, like other bludgeoning type of weapons and stuff like that. Uh, maybe an ax or something like that. So.
00:30:00
Speaker
I'm practicing strengthening myself, but I'm also mingling and chatting with the other tributes, especially the career tributes because I don't want them to kill me immediately. So I'm actually, I'm really not wanting to be here, but since I am, I'm going to make the most of it. So I'm going to be trying to persuade the career districts to take me on as an ally.
00:30:25
Speaker
All right. So I need you to promptly roll, not performance, persuasion. Against my wisdom or just general? Well, yeah, you, yeah, exactly. So you can contest it with your wisdom and the others. I'm sorry, what were you persuading again? That we. 21. She's just trying to not have you guys kill her basically.
00:30:48
Speaker
For myself, I'm already like, I know Davida, we're friends. I'm not gonna really try to kill her. The other three, they can roll. So, hey, Luke, you're from two, right? Yeah. Before we continue, there was something that I wanted to grab while we were in our rooms. Can I just say that I grabbed a candy?
00:31:11
Speaker
So I'm wondering if you want to team up. I won't kill you and you don't kill me. If that sounds, you know, good to you. Maybe we can partner up and make a truce. Yeah, no, I well, you had to you'd have to talk to a lot of money to be quite honest. This is the first time we've ever met in person. So I'm glad.
00:31:40
Speaker
able to at least be together even if it's for a day before
00:31:45
Speaker
We all die. And then the other three kind of walk up to you guys and like... Can I ask if they did well? Did they do well? Just so I know how to roleplay it? With a role? Yeah, they did okay. Yeah. I mean, they basically like, oh, she's pretty cool, dude. Do you know her? Like, should we... I heard she wants a team up. Yeah, she says she won't kill us if we don't kill her, which... But can she kill all of us?
00:32:15
Speaker
But she doesn't know that. I think one-on-one she'd die. But we're friends and I don't want her to die. At least I think we're friends. Channeling my inner reader be like, are we friends? Yeah, we're friends. We're friends.
00:32:34
Speaker
And so they all, they're all pretty. And I'm just going to be kind of flattering and being like, Oh my gosh, you guys were like, yeah. And I, and I just want to be kind of charming to them or like trying to flatter them and stuff like that. Because I'm like, you guys are so amazing. Like I totally want to be with you guys. Like we're, we're gonna, we can totally.
00:32:51
Speaker
like work together and and the rest of them are not even a competition for us like if you do break that though we will break you if you kill any one of us we obviously that's not that's not a threat that's just like a warning yeah haryana what are you doing
00:33:08
Speaker
I am kind of taking you in the room, seeing what everyone's doing, where they're at. I want the opportunity to improve in something I'm not really great at at the moment. My goal is not to impress with my fellow tributes. Oh, like, look, I have this opportunity, so why not take it to the page? So I'm going to look around for whoever seems like they might be the best set.
00:33:32
Speaker
stealth at kind of being able to hide well. I don't know if I noticed Ru's good at that from district 11. I feel like I'm naturally drawn to the outlying districts. I don't really want to associate with the careers or the richer ones. They don't really, they don't know. They have no, no understanding at all what it's like for us to live out here. So I'm looking for someone who I can hold a normal intelligent conversation with.
00:33:58
Speaker
Yeah. Well, I would firstly say to roll perception to see if you can find Rue. Right. That's a good point. That's a 14. 14. And yeah, yeah, you just spot her. She's kind of actually spying on Katniss. Right. Okay.
00:34:21
Speaker
Where is she? So Katniss is kind of walking towards the bows and arrows and kind of just taking a look around and so Rue's kind of behind the weights and the area where she can kind of be seen but not be too obvious to where people will notice her and look for her. Okay so I'm gonna
00:34:49
Speaker
attempt to tip-toe over to her and whisper, but I bump into a thing of weights. They don't fall over, it just rattles a little bit. I'm like, hey, Roo. And she kind of spooks. She's like, oh, hi, hi, hi there. Hi, I'm Roo. Yes. Yeah, I saw you in your reading.
00:35:15
Speaker
Yeah. I'm Arianna. I'm from District 10. Oh, nice to meet you. Look, here's the deal. Okay. Yeah. You seem to be really great at stealth. Hi. I just barely glued you back there. I could really use some pointers. If there's anything I can help you with, I'd love to. We can make a little exchange here.
00:35:36
Speaker
Um, it's hard for us, you know, outline districts. We're, we're glanced over a lot. So, uh, I need you to roll persuasion. Okay. Nine. Oh, she rolled a 17.
00:35:53
Speaker
She's like, um, I don't really know you. You're welcome to tag along, but I'm not interested in training right now. I want to see what she does, and she points to Katniss. Okay, what is she doing?
00:36:12
Speaker
Right now, I can't remember what she actually does in this time. I think she is... She's trying to make friends, she's trying to find allies, but with all the people that Heymitch doesn't want her to be allies with.
00:36:26
Speaker
yes and i think or no no that's the second movie no i thought it was i thought she does approach oh no rue was like gets spotted behind her yeah rue's behind her and then yeah yeah she wants to ally with rue yeah catas is doing something
00:36:43
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, she's doing something. She's probably shooting bow and arrow. Yeah, she's trying to figure out what to do. And I would say PETA. Like PETA. PETA? Not how you actually say his name, but I said it like, you know, like PETA, the animal rights activist.
00:37:03
Speaker
He's, you know, gonna test his strength. So I think, yeah, Katniss approaches him and says, go, go do it. And so that's what you guys are watching. If you guys want to, Luke, what are you doing? Sorry, I know you approach.
00:37:20
Speaker
I was approached by Davida and I was like, hey, nice to get to know you. But something that I did want to do and want to take that candy and find the district nine male. No, not the district six male, just for the sake of. OK. And also so that everyone knows who it is because I think it's good to make up. OK. If I'm thinking of the right person.
00:37:42
Speaker
Are you thinking of, oh, I know who he dies. Scott T. And Scotty. Yes. What district? Sorry. District six. Child escape artist. Character. Definition here. Empathy for kids is just be like, hey, oh, man, what's that behind your ear? And just do the candy. Here you go.
00:38:10
Speaker
Yeah definitely sleight of hand. If anything we're sleight of hand. 19. Oh that's so funny. Why you got you got 20? I got a 19 as well but but with the modifier because I'm using wisdom or no am I using investigation. Is it dexterity? It might be dexterity. Would it be like a saving a dex save?
00:38:36
Speaker
No, it's not. But I think it would be a wisdom safe to be, no, dexterity to do it, wisdom to see it. Yes. And he gets plus one, so he's got 20. So he knows how the trick is done. Yes. I'm a kid, but I'm not stupid. Saying you are. Give me the candy. I do just want to make sure that you have the greatest chance that you have. So I come from a medical studies for medical sciences.
00:39:04
Speaker
And I just want to say, if you have as much sugar and as candy as you can, um, each 1.5 pounds should be about a day that you survive without food. So if you want a greater chance, uh, at this, just an extra bonus, you have that. Okay. If you ever need food, see those scary people over there. I'll point to the careers and you, I guess Davidas, we'll, we'll try to.
00:39:32
Speaker
If you need to, try to find us, okay? Okay, okay, we're all persuasion. Well, it's trying to help him, but not 20. Yes, you're persuading him.
00:39:43
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Okay. It's like, okay. Yeah. I was trying to push it into his hand further and further. You're like, here you go. Oh, okay. Cool. And so he takes candy. He's like, yes, I'm with you to the end. You help us. We help you. Okay. You have. And if you have any questions, any, I can help you. Not, not anybody else. You, I am with you. If there's any way I can help.
00:40:04
Speaker
I have your back. And he like literally walks up behind you and he puts his back to your back. I have your back. Thank you my little dude. And yeah, so everybody knows you are Ally with the District 6. So from there, as you guys are kind of not coming down from this, but it is now the time to show off in front of the sponsors.
Showcasing Skills to Potential Sponsors
00:40:29
Speaker
Oh, we have a question. OK. Are we able to gain anything from that time? You did not do well. No, I know, but I wanted to try.
00:40:42
Speaker
Okay, you can try one more time. I wanted to just like switch tactics and be like, all right, sneaking like clearly this is not gonna work out. I'll just practice my tiptoeing later and try to then like head over to where Thresh is, the District 11.
00:41:00
Speaker
male and and see if he can yeah I'm not even sure at this point if I want to try to ask him to help me or just start mirroring what he's doing with his strength like as he's whatever if he's lifting stuff or he's throwing beer or something. Then I would say role performance. 19. Cool.
00:41:19
Speaker
he's impressed most people are impressed i would say everyone's kind of like you you've got some strength behind those arms behind those eyes you cool wow all right and you can gain a plus plus one to your strength or plus one to your charisma
00:41:42
Speaker
to my ability score. Yes. Are you just handing out stuff like that? Not handing out. She rolled a 19. I rolled a 20. I earned a train. I rolled a 21. And you got allies.
00:41:57
Speaker
I kind of just like, I want Ru and Thresh to be my allies, but so far Ru is just sort of like, K, she's just sort of here. Thresh is a bit more impressed. So I'm just hoping he's impressed with my actions because I didn't try talking with him.
00:42:13
Speaker
He's watched you, he was like, he watched you mimic him and he was like, huh, and he picked up something heavier and you picked up something heavier and you kind of doing it and you were matching him and he was just like, whoa, look at you, all right. Can I like, I don't know, I want him to consider me like a potential
00:42:37
Speaker
like help or like we could we could benefit from each other rather than like i don't want him to consider me a threat because i'm as strong as he is i'm gonna say you can't do that now okay because you already i've given you an extra thing no one else
00:43:01
Speaker
So now you are going to sponsorships, who wants to go first? Is it, or is it numerically? I guess we could just do the interviews. Yeah, not the interviews, the sponsored abilities. Oh, right, right. Yeah, the ability to check that. Actually, yeah, I believe it does go in order.
00:43:26
Speaker
Uh, one through 12 because Katniss was the last and it goes male than female. Oh, right. Yeah. That, that makes sense of why they were bored at that point right now. Well, they just finished district one, so they have less excitement, but they're still, they're still like, okay, let's see. Let's see district two now compares. Like the problem is not knowing what to do or like, because there's nothing, but because there's everything. Yes.
00:43:57
Speaker
And I also don't want to do something too crazy. I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but it...
00:44:03
Speaker
but I don't know if you would allow it. What is it? I, I have peculiar friends now because I am with them, but have helped them in real life. So I wanted to do a performance based thing, put my shoes under a table and be like, yo, I'm not going to win this, but Scotty will. And it will be the greatest thing you will ever see. I won't tell you how he's going to do it, but it's just going to be a bomb under the table and just
00:44:33
Speaker
I love my shoes. Now I need you to roll performance. With advantage. First one was like a 6 in total. So thank you. And math. And 19 again. They are impressed. They give you a slight clap and yeah, that's it. And then you carry on. And then we'll go to District 5. What is on your mind? And what are you doing to be deaf?
00:45:01
Speaker
I'm, I still want to kind of talk my way at this. I'm going to go in there and just start talking to the game pickers. Okay. My dad, he's like the governor. So like, I'm sure he has a lot of money if you guys are interested in a, like, you know, a possible monetary, um, you know, uh,
00:45:19
Speaker
Yeah, just so that we can make me safe. You guys don't need to try and attack me or hurt me in any way. And then I'm going to set up some sort of electronic trap with some wires and stuff. I can make electronic traps here. You never know what you might touch. It might electrocute you. I'm going to need you to roll in a suitcase if you're going to do that.
00:45:44
Speaker
investigation wait for what you need to find the electronics no no no they're they're like set up it's already there because remember when Katniss goes in the bow and arrows it's already there so they know from the electrical just the bow and arrow
00:45:59
Speaker
It was just the bow and arrow first. Oh really? I don't remember that. Which you went in. Yeah. So they provide you with what they know is kind of your proficiencies already. Sure. Then I need a... You convinced me. I'm convinced. I know. I just think that's really funny because that's what I'm doing right now is I'm trying to persuade the game makers to give me a favor and I just did that with you. Boom! You don't even have to roll.
00:46:27
Speaker
You do need to roll. I just persuaded the game maker, the GM, to allow me. You have to roll. It just succeeded. It just happened. You guys all heard it. You got your equipment. That's good enough. Just saying. Okay, I'll roll.
00:46:53
Speaker
Uh, so that's nine. They're like, some clap, but yeah, they're like, okay. Can I roll for my electronics trap though, to see if for my, for my arcana, just so if my persuasion didn't work, maybe my, my electronic skills did. Yeah, definitely.
00:47:12
Speaker
Yeah, it doesn't go off. It kind of fricked them. And you kind of do notice that they are kind of disengaging quite a bit more. None of them are really looking, like one or two are still looking over. Well, whatever. It's not like I care for you guys anyway. You guys are just kind of, I can't believe you guys, this is your job? I'm going to start yelling at them. You're doing this. You're just tilling off the children. And you think this is fun? This is entertainment? Well, and I'm just going to storm off.
00:47:42
Speaker
Okay. Ariane. Oh no, no, it's Mike because it's a male person. All right. So to show off my strength, I think I coming from like the livestock and like the rancher kind of a background, I want to have like something 250 to like 300 pounds, like rushing towards me.
00:48:11
Speaker
and like redirecting and like push it to the side to show that like I can like okay yeah cool yeah that's probably there ish they would know as to be they said yeah roll uh strength strength save with advantage and I rolled a 19
00:48:33
Speaker
So plus four. 23. You like they were kind of disengaging quite a bit. None of them were looking, but then they see this massive thing being put up and and then they kind of got intrigued. But then you do it just like an uproar. Incredible. Do it again. Do it again. Can you can you lift this?
00:48:59
Speaker
And so you're like, they're very, I just think about I'm not going to risk it. All right, Ariana. All right. I know what I want to do, but it's not really fully possible, but I'll do my best. OK, so I'm going to go in and I'm guessing, Ben,
00:49:24
Speaker
if they, if that just happened, we have their attention, like they're not. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not like a cat in a situation where they're spaced out. No. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Hello. As you know, in district 10, we, we provide basically this wonderful feast you're enjoying right now. And there are certain methods in which we bring this meal to your table. The beef that we kill, you have to understand they have the strength to murder us.
00:49:53
Speaker
if we are not able to, we're not able to get the upper hand as a butcher, I myself, and as I'm speaking, I'm like walking around the room and I wanna like, I don't know, I don't have great sleight of hand, but I wanna like pick up a knife at some point and not be like, not that I'm trying to be sneaky, but it's not obvious, like here's my weapon, I'm just like walking next to people and that's it. Okay. That's an eight. Yeah, you're not sneaky at all.
00:50:22
Speaker
Okay. So I just pick it up as I'm talking, I'm not trying to hide it. And basically I'm trying to let them know like that, like it's a vital skill to basically be able to not let your prey or I don't know what you would call it. The animals know that their death is about to come. And you want to make that happen in the most silent way possible. Um, where if we're slaughtering animals all day, nobody wants to hear this uproar, right? We've mastered the skill of basically being able to end something.
00:50:51
Speaker
in the quickest and quietest and cleanest way possible. So I'm gonna just be walking around and as I'm saying that, just go to the mannequins and start slitting their throats from behind. Roll performance? I don't know. An attack? Whichever way this works best. Wait, what do you mean attack? I don't know. You can roll an attack or performance. I don't know. Oh, I see what you mean, an attack. Okay.
00:51:21
Speaker
Yeah, you're attacking the back. That's a four? Wait, wait, hang on, how do I roll an attack?
00:51:29
Speaker
a d20 plus your strength modifier. Oh, okay. And then if it hits, which it's a mannequin, so I guess it does. So that's a five. But okay, so I'm not actually like, I'm not trying to take off things head. It's more about what I'm saying than my actions that makes sense. Okay, roll persuasion or performance. Okay, that's a 21.
00:51:56
Speaker
Yeah, they listen and they're like, well, she's not wrong. Cause the, so what I, like, I wanted to be able to show that skill, but there's nothing alive in that room, right? I can't show my animal, animal handling. I can't show me like, sure. Okay. They've listened to your words and you can see they're quite, they're quite quiet, but they're mostly thinking. I'm going to just say, enjoy your, enjoy your feast, ladies and gentlemen.
00:52:19
Speaker
And they kind of give you a small clap as you leave. And then the rest of the tributes go and you receive your scores. Mostly you've all done average. No, super high P. I thought they were going to hate me for yelling at me so they would give me a higher score. You got one of the lowest scores. I think you got four or five. Yes.
00:52:48
Speaker
Yeah, I'd say you're pretty, the rest of you are pretty average in the middle between six and seven. You're not Mike, you've got like a standing ovation. Yeah. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. Let me reroll that then. And myself for being really cool. You advocated for Mike. You get an extra plus one. So you get an eight. You have eight. I like District 10's approach here. We're like the strength and like also gonna sneak up and slay your throat.
00:53:19
Speaker
This is awesome. It's great. That's what I mean. Your guys' dynamic is fantastic.
00:53:28
Speaker
What we get back though, I'm, I'm like going to be tinkering with some electronics and I'm going to be trying to
Session Wrap-Up and Future Anticipations
00:53:33
Speaker
like prank. I'm going to try and figure out where the game makers sleep and trying to like set up trap electronic, like electrocution traps for them. Probably won't succeed, but after the, after the like testing. Yeah. But then roll investigation for me. Oh, I really hope she rolls high.
00:53:53
Speaker
I kind of want to see how it plays out. Oh, how did you roll? Three. Well, I rolled two, but you definitely do not know where they are. But you do. You can probably find some mechanical words, but you're also told by your mentor to not do that. She can't stop me from tinkering with stuff, but I can't figure out where the game makers sleep. Yeah. But I'm muttering, muttering all the time about how horrible they are.
00:54:19
Speaker
I think we'll end it there for today. Thank you guys for listening and thank you guys for playing. I hope this has been a good anticipation for what's to come and it's probably short, but that's okay. Be ready for next time when we do the interviews and then get into the Hunger Games. Bye.
00:54:40
Speaker
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