Nutmeg Spica

Nutmeg Spica is a tribute made by Wolfgirl23. Please don't use her without permission

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Name: Nutmeg Spica District: 1

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Personality: Nutmeg is a determined fighter - and if there's a tricky situation, she will refuse to give up. Additionally, she is quite sweet, and caring, making her the mother-hen of any group. She's also somewhat manipulative, and can always persuade other people to follow her orders, due to her way with vocabulary, and her detailed reasoning's. If people are immature or mean to her, however, she will show her hot-headed side, and get all shouty.

Backstory: Nutmeg was the only child of Garnish and Saffron Spica. Garnish was the victor of a games, after he volunteered to woo another girl. However, when he returned, she had died, but recommended Saffron for him in her will.

One day, Garnish took Nutmeg, now 6, to the career training academy, to make her become a veteran fighter, like he was. At first, Nutmeg had no idea whatsoever on which weapon to begin training with, but eventually settled for the throwing knives. The other students eyed her carefully as Nutmeg prepared to fling the knife. They knew she was the daughter of a victor, and were eagerly awaiting for her skills to be proven.

"Come on," She thought. "Get the bullseye!" She let go of the knife... and missed, leading the other to laugh at her. She was angry, but not because she missed. She didn't care whether she hit the target or not, since she knew it would take a while for her to get used to it. It was actually because of the other students, since they were still snickering away, believing Nutmeg to be a failure. More rage boiled inside her, and she gripped another knife, tightly in her hand. Without warning, she spun around, and let go of the knife, with much more power. The other students and teachers had to duck to dodge it, and even then, the knife barely missed them. It continued to zoom into the air, until it struck the heart of a dummy in the axe section. Everybody's mouth gaped wide open, and seeing this, Nutmeg smirked.

After a few years (at age 11), Nutmeg became a master with the throwing knives, and several other weapons. If you was to ask her her three favourite weapons, she would say that her best would be the throwing knives, followed by the bows and arrows, and finally, the axe. The bows and arrows would be on the list, because they're the most efficient long-range weapon, and the axe, because they devastated their victims.

Because of Nutmeg's unrivaled skills, a lot of the male career students had a crush on her, and at least four boys would ask her out everyday, on average. In response, Nutmeg would give a small smile, flattered, but then she'd reject them softly, giving at least two reasons why she wouldn't date them. Most of the guys shrugged, and would continue their training. One of the boys, Minoru Nagano, however, fled the district soon after, and was never heard from again.

When she heard of this, Nutmeg felt guilty, since it was entirely possible that she was the root to the rumours of his vanishing act. To take her disturbed mind off this, she watched a re-run of an older hunger games, and saw how the D3 boy, Beetee Latier, won when he friend 6 tributes, using a wire. Nutmeg was fascinated by this, and decided to follow a similar tactic, if she ever should volunteer or become reaped in the games. From thenon, she vowed to use her brains when needed in complex and tactical situations.

Nutmeg hired herself a private tutor, by the name of Key, who originally came from D3, and he gave her lectures on several subjects, like literature, arithmetic, science, and a huge variety of others. Neither of her parents had any ideas, or clues to Nutmeg's lessons. This continued for a while, until Saffron caught a glimpse of him in the window, sneaked quiet as a mouse upstairs, and spied on the two. She heard the two discussing about the law of indices, and had no idea whatsoever on what they were babbling about, which only infuriated her. She stormed into the room, and coerced Key to leave immediately. Fearful for his safety, Key fled the house. Meanwhile, Saffron scolded Nutmeg, and grounded her. Nutmeg immediately protested strongly, trying to win the argument, but all she got in return was a massive slap from Saffron, right across the face.

Nutmeg growled in fury, grabbed a cutting knife that was in her room, and flung it at Saffron, where it impaled her icy cold heart. There was barely any time for Saffron to gasp for air, before she collapsed, dead. Right at that moment, Garnish entered the room, gawking at Saffron's corpse. He glanced from the corpse to Nutmeg, then to the corpse, then to Nutmeg again. Nutmeg hid in the corner, fearful of what her father's reaction could be, believing that her would disown her, or worse. This wasn't the case for Nutmeg, though. Instead, Garnish gave Nutmeg a high-five, saying 'I never liked the batty old b*tch anyway!' Nutmeg gave a slight smile, until there was a knock at the door.

Nutmeg peeked out of her window, and gasped when a band of Peacekeepers were there, right outside their door. They held footage of Saffron's corpse, and the moment when Garnish high-fived Nutmeg. However, the two assumed that they had footage of the whole scene, and had been spying on the two all the time. Garnish quickly grabbed a handbag, and sprinted to the kitchen, Nutmeg right by his side. He shoved some of the food and drinks they had into the bag, before placing the rest in a different bag. He handed Nutmeg a purse containing $100 (Since Panem is where America is). The final items he gave to Nutmeg were a bunch of knives, some for chopping, other's for slicing, and several for throwing. Tearfully, he begged Nutmeg to run away, to save herself. Nutmeg nodded, and sprinted out through the backyard. Behind her, the sound of gunshots were fired, and Nutmeg knew for certain her father was dead.

Massive TBA (All of the backstory I have sof ar took me nearly an hour to type)

Height: 5,8

Appearance: Long blonde curly hair, with brown highlights. She also had crystal blue eyes, and has a tattoo on her head, which marks her as part of the Spica clan.

Weapon(s): Nutmeg is deadly when combined with throwing knives. However, if these aren't available, then she will also use bows and arrows, and for close combat, she wields the axe.

Strengths: Nutmeg is not only physically able, but she's also as clever as a D3 civilian. She is also very accurate, and rarely misses.

Weaknesses: Nutmeg isn't able to swim at all, and sometimes, she would charge into life-or-death situations to save an ally, even if it meant killing herself in the process. Finally, she has little stamina, so even if she runs fast, it wouldn't last for long.

Fear(s): Nutmeg suffers from toxiphobia (Fear of being poisoned), and she's also scared of falling from heights (Although she does NOT have acrophobia. It's the FALLING part that terrifies her).

Bloodbath strategy: Nutmeg will not only grab a weapon, but she'll keep an eye behind her, and try to ensure that no tributes gain any supplies. However, if she sees a tribute, heavily armed, she won't mess with them.

Training strategy: When with the other careers, she will mock tributes with them, or remain silent. If she's by herself, then she will give tributes who are doing well a thumbs up.

Alliance: The careers

Token: A rose hairpin, given to her by Minoru

Trivia
Nutmeg is my favourite tribute overall of season one.

Like with Madeva, Nutmeg was inspired from two songs. The setting in the meadow was inspired from deep in the meadow, and the partly tragic, yet beautiful past she lived in was based on Beautiful cruel world from Attack on titan - Translated by Adrisaurus.

Nutmeg was obviously named after the spice.