thecircus | Epilogue Meme!

Twenty years have passed since the first Arena of the 75th Hunger Games. Many things have changed. The Arenas are gone, replaced by monuments to the fallen. The Rebellion is over; the Capitol has been replaced by a more progressive government. The Girl on Fire, Katniss Everdeen, has married the Boy With The Bread, Peeta Mallark, and have two young children. All over, Panem and its Districts are slowly, but surely, being rebuilt for future generations untainted by the Hunger Games.

But one thing hasn't changed: your presence here. You are still here, even all these years later. During the last battles against the oppressive Capitol, the very technology which brought the Tributes to Panem was destroyed. Though some Tributes managed to return to their worlds safely, the majority of Tributes were not so lucky: they were trapped in a world not their own, perhaps for the rest of their lives. Some have managed to regain some powers, at least between those who had any; others have remained stubbornly without them, even without the Capitol's interference.

Yes, many things have changed since that "Never-Ending Quell". Including you, the Tributes. But life must go on. After all, there are worse games to play.

Post here, use a prompt if you'd like, and respond to others.
Any character is allowed in this meme, even if they are not in the game. Perhaps there are characters who wish to test their characters for The Games.
This takes place outside of The Games game canon. Anything that happens here does not necessarily carry over into the game.
Since this takes place in the future, some things are definitely different. Characters may have jobs, injuries, got married, had children. Perhaps characters who regained some powers have become stronger since then - or are even using those powers, for good or ill.

~Prompts~
(But anything goes if you don't want to use these)

*Its been a long time since your character has seen someone from the Games, so your character's going to visit them.

*What you've been doing since the Games. Where is your character now?

*Something impossible has happened - someone who returned to their home world has found a way back. But it's only been a few weeks or months since they've left, at least for them...

*So you've decided to return to your home and time. You've woken up either exactly as you were before you left, or totally different, it all seems to vary. But one thing for sure is different; somehow or other, someone else has managed to come with you.

*For some, Panem has become their no home, but not for everyone. There are many who will be returning back. Is it time to say goodbye?

*Psyche! the games didn't end and the worst came to worst. And that worst is...

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The rebels had given the regime's plans a few hiccups, but it was not long before the Games were back in full force. And with that, a chance to rework the time-consuming and costly method of picking up bodies by air. Now, instead of bulky aircraft maneuvering itself down noisily between trees, one person-sized unit was airdropped into the arena to clean up. Avoxes were used for cleaning up bodies in the Capitol anyway, so the idea was not too much of stretch. Plus, this Avox could fly.

The doors of the plane opened for the Avox clad in a jumpsuit with no parachute. The Avox only truly felt alive when he was falling from great heights, wind in his ears drowning everything else out. He was dead inside all other times, heavily conditioned and reconditioned for this task since he was captured. When he wasn't being used as a weapon of mass destruction against the Districts, he was on cleanup duty.

Only when he reached a dangerous velocity did he release the bit of power the Capitol had restored to him. He slowed to a float, surrounded in a glowing layer of alternating red and blue psi. He landed quietly, just feet away from the Tribute's body. On the mark, as usual.

Before he could hoist the corpse up with his mind and rocket out of the forest, his digital goggles pinged, alerting him to the presence of another. He turned quickly. He must hurry, or risk punishment for interfering with the Games.