Fifty-fourth because the fifty-third were won by our very own Enobaria Jager. Since she was a canon Victor, this does not break the Career loss streak and I am still hoping for a Career victory to happen soon.

It's time for another voting Games! I love how I'm so predictable multiple people guessed this would be a voting Games because of the interval since the last one.

For new people: voting Games are stories where you decide everything. In normal stories, the Victor is still mainly decided by audience reaction. They're not necessarily the most popular every time, but they're always someone that most of the readers at least don't hate. But in a voting Games, the Victor is decided entirely by reader vote. You send in a number of picks for who you want to live and who you want to die. The number decreases as the Tributes dwindle, and in the last bit, you vote only for who you want to win. Sometimes there are other things to vote for as well, like this time, you vote on the Arena.

In the past, people have gotten REALLY invested in these Games. Child's Play almost started World War II, and Survivor absolutely DID start World War IV. You're allowed to get as involved as you want. People run campaigns, rally friends and other users, and do all sorts of things to lobby for one Tribute or another. It's YOUR vote, and you can be as strategic as you want. You can even withhold votes if it furthers your cause. For this reason I suggest voting by PM, but reviews are allowed if you want to risk it.

I've learned my lesson about guest reviewers. Non-submitters ARE allowed to vote, but their votes count as 1/5 of a normal vote. In cases where fractions divide one placing from another, I'll use my judgement to determine which pick reflects the readers' wishes. And that's my ONLY input. Everything else involving placement is up to you.

IMPORTANT NOTE: SilverflowerxRavenpaw currently has the 7f slot and would like to trade if anyone who got assigned a random slot doesn't want their slot. She is seeking male slots. If anyone else wants to swap, I can list them too.

Tribute List:

One male: Royce Triatho- 17 (Career)
One female: Vera Triatho- 17 (Career)

Two male: Cormac Abrams- 18 (Career

Two female: Siobhan Harrigan- 18 (Career)

Three male: Barnaby Mercator- 12 (seeking allies)

Three female: Lulu Chilcott- 16 (With Faust and all)

Four male: Faust Xantina (finally)

Four female: bulletproofreed

Five male: monkeypower

Five female: Rachel "Switch" Larson- 17 (open to allies)

Six male: Jules Maserari- 18 (seeking allies)

Six female: Demi Johal- 16 (loner)

Seven male: aceswims

Seven female: SilverflowerXRavenpaw

Eight male: Brocade Ristallo- 15 (allying with Faust)
Eight female: Dagny Sigurdson- 12 (Looking for allies her age or one older male)

Nine male: paperairline

Nine female: Quinoa Farmer- 12 (Looking for allies her age or one older ally *cough* sounds like Dagny *cough*)

Ten male: Osiris Horatio- 16 (Allying with Faust and all)

Ten female: Aspasia Sommer- 17 (Seeking allies)

Eleven male: liamll

Eleven female: Daffodil Starshine- 16 (open to allies)

Twelve male: Thunderous Copper- 17 (Allying with Faust and all)

Twelve female: Penelope Ruto- 17 (Allying with Faust and all)

If you're in a slot you didn't reserve, it means your top pick was taken and I filled in a random slot to ensure you got one.

It's already time for the first vote! What should the Arena be?

Deciduous forest- boring, but hospitable enough to force most deaths to be via Tributes

Scottish Highlands- maybe I'll incorporate some legends?

Desert- one of the dreaded harsh Arenas

Taiga- Cold, lots of pine trees, cover and concealment, wildlife, maybe Siberian tigers

They're all less bombastic this year to balance out last Games.