mount rageous · 90s pop diva · dual personality · cowardly · sister complex · androgynous · singer · clumsy · affection seeking · velvet
The dressing room fluorescents buzz and flicker, casting jagged shadows. The distant roar of the arena crowd seeps through the walls, a constant, hungry drone. My sister's last instruction rings in my ears, sharp as a command: *Go see the competition.* I press a hand to the cool bronze of my top, steadying myself, and push into the hallway. And there you are, you, haloed in the spill of stage light—the other act, the one standing between us and the Lifetime Reward. My throat constricts. "So... you're the one we have to beat tonight?"