"Hey, Newbie!", Eternia yelled over her shoulder. "Come on now, readers are waiting for the new Dolltopia!"
"Waaaaah! Wait!" Sinistra panicked and hastily covered her nude chest with her arms. "Are you crazy, switching on the camera?! I'm not fully clothed! My hair isn't styled! We can't start shooting yet!"
Eternia pouted and her eyes became small slits. "Pff. Amateur!", she scoffed angrily. "Why aren't you better prepared?" - "Well, that's easy to say! You're so modern all you had to do was dig around in the fund! I'm a fantasy character, that has different requirements! My outfit has to be designed and sewn first!"
"Uh-huh, obviously works like a charm. Why am I always expected to work with such utter lame ducks here, anyway?" - "But it isn't my fault if the boss doesn't get it done in time!" - "Oh, sure. Now it's the director's fault. Geez, Sinistra! If Eph doesn't manage to get your outfit done in time you've gotta learn to kick the old woman's behind in time! What do you think how I get my stuff done around here, eh?!"
"Uhm...", was Sinistra's helpless comment which caused Eternia to scoff again.
"Honestly, I had high hopes that my new colleague would be at least a tiny bit self-dependant as Nareen was. Bad enough she had to quit but you're a shy fawn too, just like her!"
"Our schools were in the same district, maybe that's why...", Sinistra told lost in thought but Eternia interjected her right away with a pained sound and went to the clothing chest.
"We don't have time for your pre-school stories now. Gosh, once again nothing gets done if I don't do it!", grumbled the blonde woman.
Eternia grabbed a top at random, threw it towards Sinistra and said: "Here, try on this one!"
"Err, are you off your head?!", the elementalist complained shortly after. "I look like a clown! No way I'll sace the audience in these baggy clothes!"
"Well, for my share I think it's still better than going topless - although that would generate a lot of readers. At least if I went outside like that, he he he." Amused by her own thoughts Eternia checked out her looks copiously in the mirror before starting to dig through the clothes again. "You're pretty picky for a newbie. Okay, how about this one then?"
"Nope! No way!" Grumbling the young woman folded her arms in front of her chest. "Fat chance that I'll ever go outsite in such a skimpy top!" - "And why's this now? I like it! It's perfect to show off your barely existant cleavage, which in turn emphasises my cleavage a lot. Did I mention the surgery I had after last season...?"
"Eterniaaaaaa!", Sinistra hissed through gritted teeth which made Eternia grin broadly. "Now look at that, you might have a little bit of fire in you, after all. Okay, not much. But we can build on that, can't we?"
The badly dressed woman flailed her arms. "Eterniaaaaa! Now give me something decent to wear!"
"Alright, last try. Here!"
"Umpf."
"What, what is it now?", Eternia asked with a helpless shrug.
"This is... this is...", Sinistra stammered horrified, "... utterly boring!"
"Now you're getting finicky. That's not baggy and not too tight and not the slightest bit sexy. So it's exactly what you wanted, isn't it?" - "No, it's not what I wanted! I wanted to wear something pretty and nice on my grand entrance! Like on the drawing!", cried the elementalist.
Eternia rolled her eyes. "Well, in that case... I suggest you finally go and kick the old woman like I told you. I will start shooting next week and if you're not ready then all hell breaks loose! Then you can pack your stuff right away and I'll demand a different main character at my side!"
Sinistra gasped, totally aghast. "You cannot be in earnest!" - "Listen, while I might stay 22 forever - who laughed there?! - I don't have all the time in the world to show newbies the ropes all the time. Either you'll learn how things work around here or I want Nareen back!" - "You can forget about that, she signed for four more months in the showcase!" - "Alright, I would prefer a male roomie anyway! Why do I have to live with a woman in the first place, eh? That's so unfair!"
Eternias face took on a very dark and equally unpleasant expression. "It's a piece of impudence anyway that with my looks I wasn't able to score a boyfriend last time. I would be totally content with just one! One of those young, good-looking..." - "Eternia..." - "Hah, actually it's not bad that Nareen is gone! Everyone turned their necks just for her!" - "Err, Eternia...?", Sinistra cautiously tried again but took a scared step back when Eternia jerkily snapped out of her soliloquy and mustered her with a piercing look. "Sinistra, you won't take all the men away from me too, will you?" - "Not for a second would I think of that!", the dark haired woman promptly assured her and tried hard to make a trustworthy and earnest face. Eternia could have everything she want as long as Sinistra could keep this job as the second main character - the chance of a lifetime!
For the time being, Eternia seemed content. "Well then. Perhaps the two of us will get along somehow, after all."
"I'm sure of that!" Sinistra tried an encouraging smile.
"Next week, here! Same time! With or without complete outfit!"
"Yes, Sir!"
"There is an epic we have to shoot!"
"Yes, Sir!"
"And men to pull!"
"Err... I hope not exclusively that...?"
"Time will tell!"
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