"Then they'll be the Capitol's problem, not ours", replied Ivy.

"We can't deal with any more problems here in District Twelve", she continued.

"If they die in the Games, then they'll be off our hands, and even if one of them wins, then the Capitol can be left to deal with their insanity."

"What if they don't get chosen?", a small man spoke up from the edge of the circle.

A few people nodded agreement.

Ivy frowned.

"I suppose, since they seem to have amnesia of sorts, we could convince them that they should volunteer?", someone else suggested

"I hate seeing those poor children dying every year, but we can't afford to help strangers at this point", someone else agreed.

"So it's settled. Now lets get them back over here and tell them about this.....exciting opportunity....", said Ivy, clapping her hands together.
"Now, uh....what did they say their names were again?"

"Kate and.... Uhh.. Something with a D..." a woman shrugged, "Tell them the Games have the time travel.. Its the best bet unless they are killing maniacs.. The man looks a little rough.. He might jump on the idea but the girl seems nice..aah to hell with it!"

Dmitry was petting a goat.. Watching the circle curiously and occassionaly looking around.

Ivy nodded. "They both seem a bit mentally unstable..... This should be interesting."

"Hey, Kate and um....why don't you bring your friend over? We think we can help you!", she called.

Kate perked up, "Hey, Dmitry, they're going to talk to us now", she said, heading back to the group.

"Meehh...." Dmitry stuck his tongue out and followed Kate, his hands stuffed into the pocket of his coat. "I feel like we're going to be judged to hell or something.." he muttered.

Ivy smiled widely at them.

"We think we can help you", she said cheerily.

"Have you heard of the Hunger Games?"

"Hunger Games?", Kate looked confused. "What?"

"Hunger Games...? I'm not hungry so I'll pass there.." Dmitry frowned some, "Do we look like we need it or something?"

A woman, Lily, backed Ivy up, "No no dear. Its not about food.."

"Oh.." Dmitry yawned, "Whats it now?"

"See, we're ruled by the Capitol....and they hold these Hunger Games each year.....people are chosen from the Districts to compete, and the winners receive fame and glory", Lily said hurriedly, conveniently leaving out the bit about how the losers die.

"And, we thought, if you won, the Capitol could maybe help you with your.....er...time travel problems", Ivy continued.

Kate just looked confused, staring blankly between Ivy and Lily.

Dmitry smirked and leaned against a near by cart, "Fame and glory ehy? Sounds nice to me~."

Lily gave Ivy a look of slight relief. Seems as if the plan was working with the boy. "The Capitol has all the nice things and all the abilites in the world. Only they can help you. We have no power."

"So they commies can help us?" Dmitry blurted out, biting his tongue afterwords as the others stared at him. "I mean the Capitols..."

Kate nodded slowly.

"So how do these Games work, exactly? What do we have to do?", she asked curiously, still confused.

Lily hesitated, "W-Well.. You two go in and have to survive a few weeks in tough terrain!"

Dmitry laughed, "Easy stuff! We'll do it! Right Kate?!" he slung an arm around Kate's shoulders, sniling boradly and wanting to get away from these judges. Lol..

Kate managed a small smile. "Yeah, we're good at that! Just tell us what to do to get into these Games!"

Ivy and Lily relaxed. "Oh, well, why don't we take you over to the Justice Building to register?", she began leading them away.

Kate shot a glance at Dmitry. "Geez, you'd think these people would want to be in these "games"", she whispered to him. "They probably already know how to survive tough terrain", she waved at the dilapidated houses and bumpy ground that they passed through.

"But I'd say we're more well fed then the rest of them.." Dmitry eyed the people they passed, "Maybe they don't know how to get food or hunt or something?" he kept his wits about him, one hand clenched around what he thought was the small blade in his pocket.

"But still, you'd think they wouldn't turn down a shot at fame and glory....", Kate looked around at the people, most of whom were staring at Kate and Dmitry.

"Maybe fame and glory is the least important on their list." Dmitry tilted his head as the two women stopped at a door. "This is the building?" he looked up at it as the two nodded.

"What a dump", Kate muttered to Dmitry. "No matter what this Games is, at least we'll get away from this place and from these people"

Ivy and Lily led the way up the steps and down a hall, where they knocked on a door.

"Twas the reason I jumped at the idea. I also wouldn't mind going home within a few weeks." Dmitry coughed and let out a small yawn, looking around and eventually staring at the door. "This the regristration place?" Lily nodded and knocked again.

The door opened, and a tall, harried looking man stepped out.

"Ivy? Lily? What is it?", he asked.

"Mayor Undersee", Ivy began. She shot a glance at Kate and Dmitry.

"These two showed up in the meadow about an hour ago. They seem to have amnesia, and they don't seem to be from District Twelve.....", she lowered her voice.

"They claim they come from the year 2000", she muttered.

"Anyways", she returned to her normal tone. "They need to be registered for the Games."

A range of emotions flashed over Mayor Undersee's face. He thought of how this seemed to be taking advantage of the two strangers, how they were surely being set up to die, then thought of his own daughter, and how he didn't want to see her die.

He nodded tensely. "All right", he signaled to a peacekeeper at the end of the hall.

"What are your names?", he asked Kate and Dmitry.

Dmitry smiled at the man, "Dmitry Vladimir!" he held out a hand happily to greet, "Make sure you spell it right too. No one ever does." he stuck his tongue out in disgust and laughed.

Lily and Ivy rolled their eyes and sighed. Easier done than said on this account.

"Katherina Smirnoff", said Kate, not quite as perkily as Dmitry had.

She then looked back at Ivy and Lily.

"So, um, what do we do if we don't get picked? This is a random drawing, right?", she asked.

Ivy smiled nervously, "You can volunteer! Then you are automatically in!"

Dmitry was shaking the Mayor's hand happily, babbling off about the town and stuff like that. The Mayor grumbled and pulled his hand away. "How do you spell it then?" Dmitry happily spelled it out, winking at Kate, "I'll spell Kate's out too for ya!"

"Oh, er....thank you", said Mayor Undersee. "Please do". He was slightly taken aback by these odd strangers.

Dmitry laughed and spelled out Kate's name too.
"So we can volunteer?! What do we say?! I volunteer..? Or something else?!" he was getting a little excited now. A little too much. "I'm ready to kick some nature ass!"

Mayor Undersee smiled awkwardly.

"Well, you two are just in time!", Lily butted in quickly, clapping her hands together. "The reaping is later today!"

"Reaping....?" Dmitry smirked, "Grim gonna be there?!" he he swayed back and forth on his feet in wait. "Can't wait~! How long do we wait?"

"Uh..", Lily looked confused, but replied.

"In about an hour....here, why don't we show you around....?"