☆TRACK IIX: BETTER TO PRETEND PT. 1

[interdimanagers]

Who: Famous musicians, hopeful auditioners, and random onlookers.
What: Hit gameshow series “Fairy Trial” is celebrating one of its anniversaries, and it’s invited you onboard. For more deets, check out the OOC post!
When: March 11th.
Where: Sevetop Entertainment’s studio.
Warnings: Mingle log mystery bag.

“It's so much better to pretend There's something waiting for you here. Every letter that you wrote Has found its way to me, my dear.” ☆BETTER TO PRETEND For musicians in either Pride or Virgo, the job offer is delivered by their managers- a suggestion to accept an invitation from Sevetop to participate in a successful gameshow. (A message that is delivered perhaps a bit more pressingly to some, with the unsaid words of “This is a chance to make it up to us”.) For others, strangers just trying to make a living and wait for their chance to save their loved ones, the message is delivered over their communicators by Gold, with promises that infiltrating this event will aid you in liberating the captives from their label's control. Either way, all roads lead to Sevetop Entertainment. Sevetop might not have the weight that musical giants Pride Labels and Virgo Entertainment do, but that’s because it’s not into the musical industry. Sevetop is all about television and the big screen. For these purposes, it has its own little area of the city, a bustling kind of Hollywood filled with the more office-like buildings, auditoriums for additions, and even various sets. Whether you’re driven in style via limo, or brought to a regular line of buses, this is where you end up at. Musicians, of course, end up at the more posh meeting room. A spread of delicate little lunch sandwiches, veggie platters, cupcakes, and assorted beverages are on a table for anyone to snatch up, and regularly refilled. Every celebrity is handed a small folder with papers inside going over both the boring legal things and explaining the purpose of the show. “Royals” are the ones to be “saved”, but they don’t have to make the journey easier on their “Heroes” and are given tools at their disposal to help or hinder. Heroes have one goal to accomplish, ‘rescuing’ their Royal, but it changes depending on the challenge. Much to your surprise, some of those aspiring Heroes might just look familiar. Don't tell! ☆THE HEROES In another building, next door, various people picked off the street (some coincidentally, others not so much, thanks to Gold's glamour witchcraft) are being given very much the same kind of presentation… In a room much more cramped, with not nearly enough chairs, on a slideshow. The only refreshments available are small bags of chips (try not to take more than one) and coolers full of bottled water. After the separate presentations are done with, everyone is allowed to check out the sets for past seasons, which includes what look like giant mushroom tops that are made of very bouncy rubber, climbing walls made of fake vines, pumpkin shaped carriages (horses not included), and other such things. Of course, it’s not all play. While you’re messing about, you’ve all been given numbers. Once you’ve been called, you’re to stand in front of Fairy Trial’s hosts and commentators: siblings Bella and Maurice Hooks. Both of them are equally friendly, although her more outgoing to his easygoing, but they have plenty of questions for this little audition. Tell them about yourself: hobbies, job, your favorite fairy tale, what you think your best skill is - and then, the most important, you get to display a choice "talent" in front of the audience. It can be whatever you like, as long as it's crowd appropriate. Be careful, though, because the rock stars you're hoping to work with are watching, too. At the very least, don't make an ass out of yourself. Gold's enchantments are good, but there are some things that even magic can't charm its way through. After all this, you’ll get a chance to just rest and mingle while your rides come back to take you back to the mall or HQ you were picked up at. Obviously for certain famous names, they’ll probably be the first ones out, but who knows… Maybe there was a traffic delay, and now you have some time to spare waiting around here as well. Just take note that you’re not allowed to wander too far from the Fairy Trial sets. Security is keeping an eye on folks to make sure they don’t steal or wreck anything. And don’t worry, you’ll be told about the results within a week! They promise. “You can make believe that what you say Is what I want to hear. I'll keep dancing through this Beautiful delusional career.”

Comments

After

[eba02]

[At this point, J can tune out the skipping in people's tunes - he has to, around a larger group of victims like this. However, he's still attracted to dissonance, because that means trouble and that's where he needs to help. Somehow, he's not surprised to see it's Ivan. He heads over and leans easily against the mushroom.]

Y'know, if they hadn't specifically said fairy tales, I'd've called this something straight outta a video game.

Cerio Creator = Mario Maker

[sponsorigami]

Yeah. I'm tempted to make a few Cerio Creator levels inspired on what I've seen here.

[ And when Ivan turns to see who he's talking to, there's a feeling of deja vu. Where has he seen this guy before? Ivan's ventures to outside of Virgo have been few, and he's been very on edge during them. ]

[eba02]

Ooh. Do you make 'em winnable, or do you like watchin' people yell? [With that game, it goes both ways.]

[He hears that jolt of recognition, and he offers Ivan a smile. Might as well put him at ease.] You've been into Priscilla's once or twice, right? Think I've seen you there before.

[sponsorigami]

[ Priscilla's...? Oh, it must be that cafe outside of Virgo HQ. Ivan nods in understanding. ]

I make ones people can actually beat. I've made a self playing music level, but one based on here would need to be a little more traditional.

[eba02]

I'd imagine you could get pretty wild with a level based on this.

[He shrugs.] Any idea what fairy tale you're gonna be for this, or are they keepin' you in the dark?

[sponsorigami]

They're keeping me in the dark too.

[ He gives a small, forced laugh. ]

It wouldn't be the first time the higher ups didn't tell me something.

[eba02]

[Understatement of the year, that one.]

Yeah? I'd figure they'd want you in the know. It'd be easier on everyone, right?

[sponsorigami]

One would think so, but... well, I guess they have other plans for us.

[ Like kidnapping, brainwashing, and murder. ]

[eba02]

Huh. Like what?

[Definitely a moment where he wishes he could tell Ivan the truth, but with this many people around, there's just no way. J just has to read what he can in Ivan's tune and hope he's interpreting it correctly.]

[sponsorigami]

I don't know. I'm not in on the plan.

[ Some of that brainwashing still surfaces in giving Ivan a bit more sarcasm in his words. ]

I didn't know about my participation in this until this morning.