a commoner and a celebrity [Kirito vs Jimmy Debate]

What an experience it has been. The day I volunteered in the pub during the meeting, I never thought it would be like this. Everything is so constant, dusk till dawn, even during the night when I am trying to sleep. I can’t complain, this must be the taste of what to come. Getting the job isn’t the hardest part, it is keeping it. I’ve seen many mayors in my lifetime, all of them admirable but the District has stayed the same over the years. False promises for change, I am sure the citizens like me are fed up of hearing such lies. All I have to do is prove that I am not like the others; I am not going to repeat the past actions of those who have had residence in the mayor’s house. I can do better than them and I can do better than the boy who is pouring out his bucket of scripted words.

A victor, I am sure he is used to having his words written for him. It’s a gift, surviving the games but I am sure the Capitol has puppet strings tied to them before they even step out of the arena. Brainwashed by the eccentric individuals with their smooth palms and overflowing stomachs, it is such a farce. The only downside to this act is that I am going to have to be in contact with them. Hopefully Killian and his shadows will make a move before I lose my mind.

I give credit to Kirito’s response; they really do have him trained although to me his words feel flustered, so typical of a politician always taking the long route. The citizens want us to get straight to the point, give them strong answers to they can assess it, we have so much information to share, it will be hard for them to handle paragraphs of nonsense. ”The Capitol wants a raised quota and you want less people working shifts, okay Kirito.” I am able to slip in the words as he turns on to attack my own speech. It was inevitable but his response makes me sound like an inexperienced fool, he forgets I once worked the fields and have my own plot of land.

”As a boy, I spent my days out in the fields, my father loaned his own land from the Capitol, I have first-hand experience with the Capitol about land ownership as I inherited that land and still own some of it now.” Dry mouth begins to halt my words and I am ever grateful for the glass that sits on the podium. ”I have negotiated with Capitol officials in the past. They were going to pass my land onto someone else due to a failing crop season although I promised a change in the type of crop, I swapped tomatoes for barley and due to the nutrients from the failed fruit, the barley was the best quality that I ever harvested. The dividing of fields will be a scheme that I will not force onto land leasers but an option. It will allow us to rotate crop more efficiently across fields and therefore creating a larger yield and better quality harvest. Because if a field continuously has the same crop in it, it means the nutrients that the crop needs will disappear from the soil. Other crops leave behind different nutrients. If farmers work together by sharing, dividing and rotating land, we will make better quality products for ourselves and the Capitol. I am positive the Capitol will not give up on the opportunity as they will have greater yields of crops that will meet their ever growing demands. These are common facts and we have failed to use them to our own advantage and well, I want to lead us to take on this change that will allows us to become a stronger District. The Capitol will certainly not forget about us and we will be granted with so many benefits.”

And pause, a quick breather and I turn my attention to Kirito, it’s time to attack. ”As you all know, Victors have their duties during game season and I am sure the Capitol will not be pleased if Mr Miristioma does not meet these duties. The games are a sensitive time for the District, a time where we must all come together in comfort and love and well, Mr Victor over here will be on his train to the Capitol, likely living the life of luxury during the games period. What will you be doing during this crucial time for the District, every year? How do you intend to conduct mayoral duties when you will be partying with the many Capitol residents?”