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==> AT: Get ready for that damn speech.
You startle awake from dozing off for... 5 minutes? Meh, who knows. One of Ma- Jane's servants, Lucy, has just finished doing your hair. It's not *super* long, per se, but it definitely reaches past your shoulders.
Your name is Tavern Crocker-English, the adoptive kid of the CEO of Ceterra's Crockercorp(which is now just a simple bakery chain), and the CEO of Skaianet(A pretty prestigious tech company). Yeesh, talk about expectations, am I right? But, it fits you, the Page of Breath, to be without freedom.
You're internally rambling(sH1T. sORRY. }:( ). After a few moments, your hair is finished being blow-dried, and now it fluffily falls down over your shoulders. You love how your hair is like this.
Oh shit, reader. You're out of the loop. Damn.
For some reason, in your reincarnation, you're a girl. ...The worst part is that you don't hate it. You don't exactly want to unpack that.
Lucy: Hey! Tavern!
You finally notice that Lucy has been snapping in front of your face.
Tavern: wHUH..? }:?
You can tell how she winces at your voice. Something about it tends to hurt human ears.
Lucy: Anyways, what type of makeup are you thinking of for today?
Tavern: uHHH... mAYBE SOMETH1NG TO MATCH MA? }:D
Lucy: Yeah! That's a good idea, as this is for Crockercorp.
She brings out the nececary things to do the look, then works away. So you kinda just. dissociate for the next couple minutes.
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Once she's finished with your makeup, there's a knock at the door. Behind it is Jake and Darren.
Darren, or, to Jake, Brain Ghost Dirk, is someone you *know* you shouldn't be able to see... And yet you do for some Gog-forsaken reason. Of course, you can't tell Jake that. That would be *really* awkward.
Jake: Ahem.
Lucy: Oh, yes! Hello, Mr. English!
Jake: Hello to you too, dearie!
Lucy: You got here just in time! I just finished getting Tavern all dolled up for the speech!
Jake: Wonderful! Here is the script.
Jake hands you a stack of papers. You take them out of his hands.
Tavern: hEH. tHANKS, dAD. }:)
You get up out of your seat and dust off any hair that got on your clothes, as you put them on before the other stuff, and head out the door with Jake and Darren.
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As you're walking out of the hallway, your phone rings.
You then proceed to have a conversation we already saw.
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As you put away your phone, You realize that you're in the kitchen. So much for paying attention, you guess.
You sit down at the table and very quickly eat your breakfast. It's actually pretty nice, but you can't really take it all in considering how quickly you ate it all.
Jake: Good Lord, Tavern, you couldn't have eaten that any faster!
Tavern: hEH. }:)
You wipe up the mess that is your face with a napkin before elegantly sliding out of your seat, proceeding to then walk over to the door.
After a couple minutes, Jake walks over to where you're standing, and the two of you walk out of the house and to the place where you would be doing your speech.
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As everyone is seated for your speech, you clear your throat.
Tavern: aHEM. tO THOSE THAT ARE L1STEN1NG TO TH1S THAT L1VE HERE ON CETER-
You're interuppted by a loud alarm.
Tavern: dAD?! wHAT'S GOING ON? '}:(
Jake: I DON'T KNOW!
The crew what was planning on recording this speech also seem to be very confused about all this, and those in the audience are in complete dissaray.
The confusion is stopped by the TVs starting to play a message.
???: CITIZENS OF CETERRA! THE CHILD OF THE GODS ROSE LALONDE AND KANAYA MARYAM, SCORUN MARYAM-LALONDE, HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE KIDNAPPED! I REPEAT, SCORUN MARYAM-LALONDE HAD BEEN REPORTED TO BE KIDNAPPED! ANY TIPS ON WHERE SHE IS WILL BE PAYED GRACIOUSLY!
...wELL SH1T. }:(