The party easily slides through the crowd. Alpha slams the taxi door just as Lita opens it. She looks down and immediately surrenders.
Moments later Station Security catches up to you and arrests Lita. StatSec takes your statements, and then tells you you're free to go. A quick look at a watch reveals that if you huff it back, you'll see the end of the show!
The crowd waits with bated breath as Lynthia hands Radat a closed envelope before returning to her seat at the judge’s table.
“Well, folks, here it is,” Radat says, waving the envelope in the air. “The reason you came out tonight. The one and only Star Sugar Superstar!!!” The crowd cheers and Radat waits for the room to quiet again before continuing. “But first, did I ever tell you about my last vacation to Absalom Station? It’s a really long and boring story…” The audience boos and Radat holds his hands up in a placating gesture.
“All right, all right! You’ve made your point. Without further ado… the extremely official and formal title of Star Sugar Superstar goes to… Sonic Tumult!” The crowd goes wild, cheering as the shocked and bewildered members of Sonic Tumult are led onstage to receive pink crowns shaped like frosted cakes.
Sonic Tumult performs one final time, and the event comes to an end. The crowd filters out of the theater and the cleaning crew gets to work. Backstage, Tsuchi-ko approaches you.
“I haven’t had a chance to thank you for everything you’ve done,” she says. “In the grand scheme of things, it might not seem like a concert is that important, but we brought so many people together today, and your actions saved it from disaster. You helped spread love and joy in a time when we desperately need as much of it as we can get. It’s a tragedy that someone who was supposed to be sharing her joy and good energy with people was so twisted on the inside, but…” her gaze shifts to where the members of Sonic Tumult are being congratulated by several other contestants, “there’s going to be plenty of people ready to fill the space Lita Starr leaves behind.”
The sphere is full of investigative reporting. In the end it seems rather straight forward. Behind the scenes, the diva Lita Starr was furious that she was being overshadowed by Strawberry Machine Cake. With her protests failing to sway Zigvigix and the other event organizers, Lita Starr decided the only way to receive the attention she deserves is to ensure Strawberry Machine Cake is removed from that spotlight… permanently.
The next weekend, you are welcomed back to the Ruby Theater for the Drift Crisis Revue, this time as VIP guests who get to enjoy all the food, drink, and entertainment the event has to offer. Both Faleen and Tsuchi-ko are present and recovered.
As the lights come back on after Abysshead’s pitch-black performance, Zigvigix and Celita approach you, Zigvigix with characteristic enthusiasm and Celita looking surprisingly relaxed. “This couldn’t have happened without your help,” Celita says. “Your hard work kept the Star Sugar Superstar!!! contest from ending in disaster, which would have irrevocably stained what the Society was trying to accomplish with this event.”
“Yes!” Ziggy beams. “You helped make the Advocates’ first big charity event a runaway success. We’ve collected lots of credits for the Drift Crisis Relief Fund. Not enough to help everyone who’s suffered, but enough to make a difference in many lives.”
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α-CloudChatI.Q.Prime enjoys the Revue, glad to be able to divert processing power to musical analysis, rather than watching out for security anomalies.
"All in a day's work... is what I would like to say. However, I certainly would not like something like that to be an everyday occurrence. Still, some people can be tone deaf to tragedy, focusing solely upon themselves. I am just glad that we were able to limit the fallout, and ensure a good outcome."
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"You make a good point. You do."
The buzz around the complex is clear though. Agents talk about how you discovered and took down an assassin, a famous one no less! It's more than that, people talk about how you did that AND actually came in clutch with the show. Your reputation among your fellow agents grows...
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"Thank you all for working with me this adventure. I felt like we all did a great job. My only regret is that I couldn't get my keyboards up and running when we really needed them. That performance. could have been our big break .. Oh well. Let me play for you now instead. This is what I really wanted to play for everyone!"
Will ping you on Slack.