Gideon Flynn | District Two {FIN}

The woman about to give birth to an unwanted child, or a child she can't take care of? She makes a deal. She pays him to take the child off her hands. A small fee, and he takes the child, raises them. The child never meets their parents. That's part of the deal.

As he takes a seat on a chair at the front of the small room they're in in that old, rundown building, which is far from a sanitary space- or reasonable place to have children living- but Flynn doesn't mind it. He grew up in far worse conditions himself. The children quickly gather around him. They all want to impress this man that they call Uncle Flynn. They do everything he asks- and sometimes more- to make sure that they don't disappoint him. A disappointed or angry Uncle Flynn is not the Flynn you want to be around.

Upon taking in these children, Flynn said that he'd protect them. That was a blatant lie. Rather, he makes sure they all have the most tesserae they can have each year as soon as they turn twelve, so that he can profit from the extra food and such that he's given. He sells it to others to make money, never telling them where it came from, and he gets an extra chance at one of his 'gang' of kids getting chosen and winning to bring him back a fortune.

Unfortunately, the only child of his that ever was chosen, Andesite Obsidian, was reaped almost fourteen years ago, for the 72nd Games, and he was the first to die. Pathetic, Flynn thought. The boy could have done so much better. The boy even tried to get Flynn in trouble with his dying words, but it didn't work. You see, Flynn has a great amount of money and a great cover. To the outside world, he's just a successful businessman. No one would dare question him.

Besides, no one knew where Andesite Obsidian even came from. For all the rest of the world knew, he was just some orphan boy. Fourteen years later and Flynn's little business was still going strong. He was still training the children that survived long enough to be reapable. He'd even send them to do his dirty work. They were all thieves. They'd steal things for Flynn, bring them back to him, and he'd sell them to turn a profit. The kids were praised if they had brought something of value. If what they brought didn't bring in a satisfying amount of money, or perhaps they didn't bring home anything at all, then they were punished.

Abuse. It was something that these children would experience quite regularly, whether or not they were one of the 'good' or 'successful' ones. If Flynn came home angry, it wasn't a good sign for the kids. He kept knives and belts on hand, hanging on the wall as a threat, and if he decided it was necessary, he'd bring them out. He'd never kill the children, no, but he'd certainly damage them if he thought that was what needed to happen, and sometimes that was just because one of them hadn't been punished in a while.

Flynn was always a con man. He'd swipe medical supplies from shipments that were brought from the Capitol for the hospitals in Two and use his hired henchmen (sometimes even some of the older children) to sell the medicines and drugs to those who were willing to pay enough. He had his gang of teenage children who do his dirty work and many loyal followers of an older age (between children who became too old to live with him anymore and other people who found out about him and had the choice of death or obedience). Therefore, it was easy to get work done without doing much work at all.

Gideon Flynn grew up on the streets with his father for most of his life, but he did most things on his own. It's likely what's caused him to be so rough on others, thinking that they need to get their work done and quit whining. That's how he was always treated, after all. He and his father were thieves, and his father would punish him if he couldn't get anything decent for them to sell. That's where he got it from. He learned from his father, up until he was seventeen. Then, his father passed away, and Flynn's been on his own since.

He's always been a solitary individual. Perhaps that's why he lives the way he does. Now, it's as if he takes out his angers on these children and teenagers, causing them to live pretty similarly to how he used to as a kid.