idolpro | avante en garde - SATURDAY NOON PST

avante en garde - SATURDAY NOON PST

[ The bar is unit-colored with light unit paraphernalia, although it's all just for show. Fortunately, comfort isn't part of the unit aesthetic this time—all seats are cushioned, whether the booth seats or the bar stools, comfy and lush. Idols can sit anywhere they like, it seems.

There's alcohol available, but everything else is locked behind the wall-cabinet. . . the recipe book is also available to peruse at one's leisure.

Ah—the door opens, and a fuzzy sort of shade steps in. It looks like idols will be serving the Damned, today. . . ? ]

RECIPE BOOK

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[ He's very clearly troubled. It's not any memory he's had before, and the entirety of it is a shock. ]

How... is that supposed to be an idol competition?

[ And why is his family being drawn into it... ]

Oh--that part was a surprise to you, too?

[Since honestly she'd thought maybe idols did way different stuff there than in her memories of them,]

...What you think you'll you do?

None of this seems even remotely normal. My unit- we can be rather combative. But only in the context of challenging other units on stage.

If we can not compete... how are we to win? I suppose... we can do talk shows. Or handshake events in order to win more competition currency. But...

[ Not competing in actual lives...? ]

And why has my family been drawn into this...

Was your family maybe bankrolling the competition...?

Or maybe they just wanted to just make it tough for you, specifically...

While my family is very wealthy-- we are the wealthy poor. That is, should someone want to go after a family for greater financial wealth, there would be easier targets. And my family-- I am not trying to make it sound as though I am bragging, but- because we are old money, we have numerous positive connections. Not too many would attack my family so boldly like this.

. . . Especially due to the existence of the branch family.

Could be somebody in the branch family trying to make you squirm. Pretty sure that's how it happens in TV dramas...

Still sucks. Guess you got time to figure it out, at least.

I don't know... the branch family exists to protect us from this sort of thing-- and they rely upon us financially. I suppose... I am a little taken aback that they are placing such an emphasis on them.

You're right, though. While I am unhappily held captive here, it does provide us all the time in the world.

. . . Or it may even be concluded already.

Yeah. Might take another memory and find out how it ends.

Either way, guess this ain't your first shitty rigged competition, huh.

I feel especially spiteful about it actually.

Despite this circumstance...... I was to destroy the competition as well as show up that inelegant man. It makes me want to utterly obliterate his expectations for daring to act this way.