☆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.”

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[missknight]

"Oh!" Instantaneously, her eyes light up at those words. "I'd love to! I love reading about knights and heroes- is there armor?" There's probably not any in the size of a twelve year old girl, but... She still sort of wants to hope.

[warmsetter]

Suga had a feeling that would work. He happily turned to the rack and flipped through it. "Hmm, we have armor, I'll see if we have any small versions of it. If not, I'm sure I can find a hero outfit your size." He walked a bit down the rack and flipped through it before he pulled out a dark green hero costume that looked like it could fit Connie. "Here! Let me know if it's too big and we can find something smaller for you. I'll keep looking for that armor too."

Suga wasn't sure if there was armor that fit Connie. There were still piles of items he's hasn't sorted through yet. He's sure he could find something.

[missknight]

Even if there's no armor, Connie seems perfectly happy just looking like any kind of hero. Taking the outfit, she looks around for a curtain or changing room of some sort. As she disappears behind one, she keeps talking passionately.

"You know, this reminds me of a series I love back home! I don't know if it's the same in other places, but, have you heard of The Spirit Morph Saga?"

[warmsetter]

Suga stayed close when she disappeared behind the curtain, looking through the pile of hats near by to find one to match Connie's outfit. "No I don't think I've heard of that one. Can you tell me more about it?" The name of the series made him think about the pile of books he had at home on his desk. Still, he didn't think he's ever heard of that series before. He always looked forward to hearing about another series.

[missknight]

"Yes!" Like he even needs to ask. "The main character is named Lisa, and she starts off having to go out into the world to find her father who's been kidnapped by a mysterious one eyed man! But she's not alone. Because everyone in the world has a familiar, and hers is a talking falcon named- whoa-"

As it turns out, trying to talk and get into a change of clothes sometimes leads to a little clumsiness, and Connie hastily straightens up so she doesn't trip over her own feet.

[warmsetter]

Suga happily listened as he flipped through the nearby hats that would fit Connie and her outfit. The series she described sounded interesting. He knew they didn't have it where he came from, he would have really liked to read it. He opened his mouth to ask her the name of the familiar when he heard her exclaim behind the curtain. Suga quickly walked over to it with the hats in hand.

"Everything alright in there?"

[missknight]

"Fine! I'm fine. I. Um. I tripped a little, but I'm okay." That's sure embarrassing. Connie's so relieved that there's a curtain to hide her blazing red face.

"I.. just really like the series a lot."

[warmsetter]

Suga stayed close by if she needed some help. He relaxed when it was nothing serious and Connie wasn't hurt. "Okay, well, I found some hats maybe you'd like them." He pushed the hats through the curtain before he looked around again to see what else he could look for.

"It sounds like a good one. Whenever I read those books I always like the archers if they have them. How about you? Which character is your favorite?"

[missknight]

Accepting the hats, Connie doesn't hesitate to answer. "Well, for this series, it's definitely Lisa. Sometimes I like to pretend I'm in her shoes, going on amazing adventures and getting all sorts of magical items." As she tries the hats on and glances in the mirror, she hums thoughtfully.

"My friend Steven really liked Lisa's familiar. It's a talking falcon named Archimicarus. We dressed up one time!"