#saros ; hunger games v

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SAROS SCATTERGOOD.

FACECLAIM: Raffey Cassidy (kid & teen) / Aisling Franciosi (adult). AGE: 18-35. GENDER: Female. OCCUPATION: None. SPECIES: Human. SEXUALITY: Asexual. NATIONALITY: American. EYE COLOUR: Grey. HAIR: Long, dark brown. HEIGHT: 5"5. SCARS: A starburst birthmark on her left shoulder. LANGUAGES: English. ZODIAC: Leo, August 4th. SKILLS & HOBBIES: Good with a blade / Animal husbandry / Plant Care / Charming when neccessary / Sewing / Reading / Murder. MEDICAL: None. CONNECTIONS: None.

BIOGRAPHY

TW: Murder, cult activity.

Pronounced 'Sair-os'. Daughter to cult leader Saffron Scattergood. Saros was raised to believe in higher celestial beings from the stars, and that men only wish to destroy and abuse everything they touch. After the cult was disbanded by the FBI, Saros found herself adrift in the foster care system, losing contact with all of her siblings. Though she came to terms with the fact she didn’t have the blood of the stars in her veins, working through all the years of indoctrination with her psychiatrist, Saros still held an inclination for violence.

When she fights, she fights dirty, just like her Mother taught her. The many lessons of Saffron Scattergood included being wary of men, but also how to use them to her advantage, especially the so revered innocence of teenage girls. Saros can cry on command, make herself a wilting flower, a weeping child that only needs protection, and this was exactly what she did when the FBI took her entire family into custody.

Though sexuality was an open subject at the commune, Saros never really connected with it, never understood the desires of other women around her. Her Mother insisted this was a divine blessing from the star people, that she had a gift that could be used to her advantage. Desire was a weapon, and Saros would be able to wield it far more skillfully than anyone else.

She struggles to fit in with other teenagers that don’t have a life stained with bloodshed and lies. When she turned 18, the foster system abandoned her, and Saros began taking up the mantle of her now incarcerated mother. With barely any effort on her part, just the simplest false smiles and batted eyelashes, Saros began killing men who dared to approach her, thinking her a silly young girl that could be easily manipulated. Gradually she started going to bars and clubs to find more victims, and they were oh so easy to find.

VERSES

Hannibal Saros is living in Baltimore, bouncing from foster family to foster family. The cult, Daughters of the Celestial, was taken apart by the FBI two years before the main events of Hannibal. She is 18 years old and a serial killer.

Promising Young Woman Now in her thirties, Saros has established herself as a serial killer of men and remains uncaught.

The Hunger Games Born in District 10 and reaped at 14, Saros was an underestimated tribute.

Alien Hybrid Rather than an insane fantasy, her Mother really did procreate with an ancient alien being. Half human, half something else, Saros is able to bend the DNA of living things to her will.

Yellowjackets A member of the ill fated all girls soccer team that survive the horrors of a plane crash in the wilderness. And do whatever it takes to survive.

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@hvbris // & EFFIE

God, this was humiliating. The girl wondered if it were possible to throw herself from the train. But this was only the start, and she knew it. Once they got to the Capitol she wouldn't be able to breathe without being supervised, scrutinised, judged.

Saros tried her best not to frown, having already been scolded for that. She did as she was told, trying to imagine a stupid china cup on her head, keeping her neck straight. It was so unnatural. But everything she'd ever seen about the Capitol on the broadcast screens was unnatural.

She walked to the end of the carriage, turned on her heel, and walked back, trying to keep her back ridiculously straight. But it felt all wrong. She felt stiff, like a mannequin.

"Dainty enough for you?"

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“Don’t be quite so literal, dear,” huffed Effie, still turning around Saros to fix her posture, “no one has an actual teacup on their head, it’s an image. Picture you are holding something fragile on top of your head. If you move too abruptly, or don’t stand straight, it’ll fall and break.” She was unceremoniously placing her hand on Saros’ shoulders, neck and chin.

“Here, much better.” It was still a work in progress! And Effie was nothing if not ambitious. But she had a vision for her tribute now, and she would make that vision come true. 

“Oh, it’s just practice, you’ll learn,” she assured Saros, and her words held the promise of a next lesson: how to walk in heels. Still, she looked happy that the girl had noticed how skilled she was in those shoes!

Slightly pushing Saros’ shoulders away, she exclaimed: “Now, walk to the end of the wagon, and come back. And watch that chin!”

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District Headcanons

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District 3 (Abel)

One of the only Districts to have a hospital (besides 1 and 2), making them very lucky indeed. This is because of how much tech the District builds and develops for medical use. Most equipment is tested in 3 and techniques developed before being rolled out to the Capitol.

They are a landlocked District without a massive amount of greenery. Mostly parks and some small woodland along the border with a lake. There are many factories and laboratories taking up the main space.

District 3 is also one of the only Districts to have a higher education available to its children, due to the nature of what they produce. However, these spaces are limited and have to be earned with a lot of hard work and a written letter from the student as to why they should be considered.

Doctors and health professionals with the highest skills are usually snapped up by the Capitol once their talents have been noticed. This is also for true for technicians and engineers.

District 10 (Saros)

Responsible for livestock and the production of meat and dairy products for the Capitol. There are also a number of apiaries for the production of honey and honeycomb.

There are many large farms spread out across the District, each one uniform and given a specific quota to be met each week. The farms are assigned to groups of four families who run and maintain everything under the watch of Peacekeepers and the District Mayor.

District 10 has the highest number of dogs and cats in all of Panem, as they each work on the farm with specific roles (ie, herding, guarding, rodent control).

There are a number of official veterinarians in the District, but most citizens know herbal remedies for their own livestock, which doesn’t cost them anything. 

If animals become sick or too old for Capitol use, citizens are allowed to take them and make whatever use of them they can. If something can be nursed back to health, it gives each family a much needed boost in regards to food or income. Many families make their own cheese or sell milk from recovered cows and goats, but if the meat won’t make anyone sick, a dead animal can still be of use.

Each family has their own home and reports to their assigned farm everyday. Duties are usually rotated and maintained by the head of the households.

Due to the level of work involved and ever increasing demand from the Capitol, it’s very common in District 10 for families to be large, more children meaning more hands to meet the quota. (And for Saros’ family, more children means more Tesserae that can be collected for food rations. While providing ample amounts of food for the elite, the District is not allowed to partake in any of this supply with the exception of sick or ageing animals).

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SAROS SCATTERGOOD: HUNGER GAMES AU

Saros was born in District 10, responsible for raising livestock and providing the Capitol with all of its meat supplies. Born to a large and chaotic family, she learned how to handle numerous kinds of animals from a young age, rising early and working long hours along with most people in the District. 

Her name was called at the Reaping when she was 14. With an unimaginative stylist and an abrasive attitude, Saros was not a popular or striking tribute and fell to the wayside during the betting pool. At the parade, her costume was little different to the overalls she wore at home for a days work, though significantly cleaner. Despite a decent training score of 8, she slipped under the radar, expected to be one of the first tributes to die at the Cornucopia.

Instead, she emerged as the victor of her games, comfortable with taking lives after years of unofficial training. 

She was not a stranger to the slaughterhouses of her District, nor to killing the livestock her own family raised. It only took a shift in her mind to do what she needed to survive. That was the advice her eccentric Father had given all his children as they grew up; people were no different to animals. They could be slaughtered with a swift and merciful hand just the same. He made sure that every single one of them understood violence, that they were immune to it.

None of the kills she made were done with anger or malice. They were clean, quick. Clinical. The way to get home. Her success was a surprise, but it made the games that year particularly exciting. 

Two years later, Saros is a mentor for her District and considers it a vacation from her hectic household. 

The Scattergood family are considered unusual in their District, her Father taking multiple ‘wives’ unofficially. When Saros won her games, the family split between their original home and the new home at the Victors Village, giving everyone a little more breathing space. The Scattergood children have very few friends outside of their own circle and Saros has come to value solitude, often spending her few hours of free time each day reading in the fields.