#( tik.tok being redownloaded was a Choice )

[clochanamarch]

so i fell down a rabbit hole and now i have the hunger ga.mes verse embellished a little more:

aisling is twelve when she's reaped, celebrates her thirteenth birthday in the arena (which is a snowy pine forest that year) and survives by memorizing poisonous and venomous plants and toxins, which she winds up using to inadvertently kill her fellow tribute, who consumes the tea without her knowing and goes on to kill the last career before dying himself, leaving aisling the victor.

the capitol decide not to send her on the victory tour bc a capitol psychologist (ajay) basically insisted aisling was way too traumatized and would ultimately portray the capitol in a negative light. the punishment ended up being ajay's husband getting killed and aisling's father facing the same fate, although not before managing to send her siblings to safety, leaving aisling an orphan and entirely alone.

it wasn't until three years later, when aisling turned sixteen, that an unexpected thing happened. the games didn't have a victor. or at least, the victor they had died shortly after leaving the arena. aisling being the victor's mentor, it was decided she would go in his place and have her own tour. the victor who died was fiachra.

now that aisling was in the limelight, and her talent highlighted in culinary arts, she quickly realized the intricacies of the political corruption in the capitol, and made a deal with the president. she would monitor the risks of an uprising in her district and control them, if he'd allow her to film a cooking show.

and so when she turned eighteen, aisling became the star of café capitol, a rustic and cozy cooking programme that became greatly beloved by the viewers. she cooked capitol dishes, dishes from the districts, fusion food, seasonal meals, you name it. but the most vital detail she refused to omit was her choice to talk about the other districts in detail.

now she had limits. but she still succeeded. "the fish i'm cooking today is a lovely salmon from district 4! it's absolutely beautiful there this time of year, i bet everyone is getting a really great tan!" or "today i'm smoking the bacon over a charred cedar from district 7! all my artistic chefs out there, i gotta tell you, the forests? so beautiful!"

never too much. but enough to get the capitol to start to look at the districts. she'd always do it in an off-hand way. but once the rebellion began, she began to adjust her tact. still friendly and warm, but the message shifted. "we found these blackberries growing near a lake out in district 11, but it's a good thing we made the jam last year, because i think the weather might be a little harsh for them to survive" (aka avoid any conflicts in district 11 as the peacekeepers are too plentiful")

[clochanamarch]

i have more:

aisling does get married to eoin in this au! but she does it while the president is very much using it as a means of distracting and dissuading a rebellion. so eoin is the co-host of her programme and happens to be from district 2, but he got moved to the capitol after his skill as a musician was noticed by a young capitol family who came to observe the peacekeeper training facilities.

eoin and aisling fall in love, and the fans all deem them to be the mom and dad of all the viewers. their reputation soars. they make insane amounts of money, with aisling as a victor and eoin as a rock star, but behind the screens is a different story. their success is one lined with death and pain, the trauma of aisling's games haunting her and the harrowing choices as a mentor pursuing her through her life. eoin knows everything, and agrees for their wedding to be televised. what better way to silence the districts than by taking one of the youngest victors and wedding her to the son of a district 2 farmer and a capitolite heiress?

eoin and aisling marry when she's 22. eoin is killed when she goes off-script during a capitol-focused episode filmed live, resulting in an uprising in three districts that ends rapidly, but not before taking out the power grid for three weeks, forcing the capitol into a blackout. eoin is killed in response. aisling is 23.

so i fell down a rabbit hole and now i have the hunger ga.mes verse embellished a little more:

aisling is twelve when she's reaped, celebrates her thirteenth birthday in the arena (which is a snowy pine forest that year) and survives by memorizing poisonous and venomous plants and toxins, which she winds up using to inadvertently kill her fellow tribute, who consumes the tea without her knowing and goes on to kill the last career before dying himself, leaving aisling the victor.

the capitol decide not to send her on the victory tour bc a capitol psychologist (ajay) basically insisted aisling was way too traumatized and would ultimately portray the capitol in a negative light. the punishment ended up being ajay's husband getting killed and aisling's father facing the same fate, although not before managing to send her siblings to safety, leaving aisling an orphan and entirely alone.

it wasn't until three years later, when aisling turned sixteen, that an unexpected thing happened. the games didn't have a victor. or at least, the victor they had died shortly after leaving the arena. aisling being the victor's mentor, it was decided she would go in his place and have her own tour. the victor who died was fiachra.

now that aisling was in the limelight, and her talent highlighted in culinary arts, she quickly realized the intricacies of the political corruption in the capitol, and made a deal with the president. she would monitor the risks of an uprising in her district and control them, if he'd allow her to film a cooking show.

and so when she turned eighteen, aisling became the star of café capitol, a rustic and cozy cooking programme that became greatly beloved by the viewers. she cooked capitol dishes, dishes from the districts, fusion food, seasonal meals, you name it. but the most vital detail she refused to omit was her choice to talk about the other districts in detail.

now she had limits. but she still succeeded. "the fish i'm cooking today is a lovely salmon from district 4! it's absolutely beautiful there this time of year, i bet everyone is getting a really great tan!" or "today i'm smoking the bacon over a charred cedar from district 7! all my artistic chefs out there, i gotta tell you, the forests? so beautiful!"

never too much. but enough to get the capitol to start to look at the districts. she'd always do it in an off-hand way. but once the rebellion began, she began to adjust her tact. still friendly and warm, but the message shifted. "we found these blackberries growing near a lake out in district 11, but it's a good thing we made the jam last year, because i think the weather might be a little harsh for them to survive" (aka avoid any conflicts in district 11 as the peacekeepers are too plentiful")