For once Lana saw a great advantage in living fairly close to the District 2 Justice Building. It allowed her to access it quickly and easily in the case of the annual Reaping. It, of course, was a pretty huge deal in District 2 where children who had been training for years would finally take their chance at honour and glory. Lana herself was determined to do this and wasn't about to let any of the others get in her way. This was only made clearer as she gave hard cold glances at the other girls who had begun arriving behind her. Among them was at least one familiar face: Amy. "going for it too this year I presume?" Lana asked the larger and slightly older girl whom she had spent time training with. She acknowledged Lana's words and simply nodded. This put a smirk on Lana's face. There could only be one female tribute this year and she was determined to make it her. 

Once signed in with the Peacekeepers as was customary every year, Lana positioned herself within the section for seventeen year old girls. Certainly the sense of segregation that occurred at the Reaping was technically less strictly enforced in Districts 1 and 2 as there was always somebody eager to volunteer, but by this point it was simply traditional. Tradition was always something important to the Capitol as Lana very well knew. Of course, this tradition only minutes later was accompanied by the usual protocol of a Capitol escort making an appearance and a short speech. It took a few seconds for Lana to recall the flaming red haired escort's name as Junia. Once she began speaking though, Lana listened even if she did know much of the Capitol's propaganda off by heart now. If anything, it simply served as a reminder to her as to why she intended to volunteer. The video that followed definitely helped in that mindset as well. 

"This is the moment I'm sure you've all been waiting for! The moment we determine our District 2 tributes for the 74th Annual Hunger Games! As usual, we'll start with the ladies. May the odds be ever in your favour!" Junia finally announced once the Capitol's propaganda video ended. Unlike what was protocol in the other districts, Junia barely managed to put her hands near the transparent glass orb before each of the girls began trying to shuffle their way to the front. Lana knew she was fortunate already to be so close, thus she shoved some of the others behind her and stepped out to the side, fully exposing herself. She glanced around for several seconds before finally opening her mouth, about to scream out the words that would have been dreaded by parents in any of the other districts. 

"I volunteer as tribute!" Lana finally bellowed out just before a pair of Peacekeepers proceeded to escort her up to the stage where Junia and the recent victors of District 2 were present. She knew that at least one of them would be mentoring her, or two if she was lucky. It was well-known that District 2, along with District 1, had such large victor pools that they could often send along two mentors for their pair of tributes. Lana didn't dwell on this for too long though before Junia made her announcement for the boys to get their tribute. Just as with the girls, each one began struggling to the front until finally a single boy stood out and bellowed the exact same words that Lana had just moments earlier. 

"Well there you have it, our District 2 tributes for the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Lana Viano and Mason Hua! May the odds be ever in their favour!" Junia announced once both tributes were firmly on stage and had given their names. This was met with immediate applause from all the proud families and wannabe tributes from District 2. It was perhaps the most damning evidence that the reapings in both Districts 1 and 2 were much different from those in the rest of Panem where only dread and sorrow were typically expressed as parents were forced to part with their children.