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robot-unicorn-attack · 5 years

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alicia’s plotting ideas/notes??

SNOW (MARIVANA)

ideas & stuff!! feel free to message me either here or on urstyle or wherever else u have me, or comment directly on this post, to plot! ill put finalized notes w/ rest of snow’s info once we have it down :)

Sky - so since seraphina’s a newer racer, she and marivana don’t know each other super well? but they’re almost complete opposites, in terms of like racing specialties, and marivana doesn’t feel threatened by seraphina in any way. she probably keeps her distance whenever they aren’t doing things their agency has sent them on?

It would be kind of fun to say that maybe, as a publicity stunt, twilight’s official statement is that snow has been mentoring sky behind the scenes?

and they have to pretend that’s true, even though it’s not lol

LOL but it would be funny if one day marivana showed up at the track while seraphina was doing stuff and was just like, “so twilight wants me to teach you something that makes it look like i’ve actually been helping u. u free atm?”

but overall I don’t think marivana has too many strong opinions about seraphina, unless we want to create some kind of drama?

Ice - premade; tbd

Supernova - Marivana is…pretty indifferent? when it comes to Supernova. She knows who she is and what she’s done, of course-who doesn’t?-but if you think that she’d be starstruck and/or falling over herself when Supernova’s around her…well, you’d be wrong. Marivana’s had multiple trusted parties tell her that she’s just as good as Supernova was, at her peak, so she knows that she’s not a threat-for now, at least. Marivana’s a bit wary of the other racer, but also a bit curious to see as to where this comeback will lead.

So, depending on how much of the wedding and divorce was public....Marivana def would remember 1) the wedding, and 2) not giving a shit about it

The 2 of them have raced together, right at the very beginning of Marivana’s career? like 10+ years ago? and if As even remembers all that girly snow princess stuff, she could be like “lmao so twilight really pulled a 180 on her”

AHHHH so I know I never made this explicitly clear because I suck as a human being but - the deal with unicorns is that agencies/manufacturers/etc say that they’re just robots? agencies probably actually believe it, but in terms of the manufacturers they might be vaguely aware of otherwise but also don’t want to jeopardize any profits so they keep that shit on the DL

but obviously for ppl like Mari/As who have been riding for p much their entire life, they can tell when horses are distressed, happy/content, etc?

and robot unicorns are basically horses in terms of how sentient they are?

so i have no fucking idea when this would happen, but the 2 of them mutually acknowledging that RUR is pretty fucked up for the unicorns?

also like....IT WOULD BE SO CUTE if the two of them sort of rolled their eyes at the same time about some kind of story regarding another rando racer who quit maybe a lil after As did (so the newer racers aren’t familiar with her)? and then they realize that they both rolled their eyes at the same time LOL

honestly just being Tired Grandmas together

anyway. @interluxetumbra LMK what u think!!!

Sunbeam - tbd

Flower - Marivana knows exactly what 𝑅 𝐼 𝒮 𝐸 is pulling with Flower (her own agency did the same thing to her, after all), and she is not fooled at all. She’s not stupid; in the robot unicorn racing industry, nobody is completely, utterly unknown when they debut unless they had no prior experience with robot horses/unicorns in the past. Marivana knows that Flower probably had to work her butt off to stay with 𝑅 𝐼 𝒮 𝐸, and she would bet her right hand that the image that Flower puts out to the public is just that - an image.

*chanting* AURIVANA AURIVANA AURIVANA

is the lil club plot we have how they meet/1st time they actually talk 2 ea other????

speaking of which - how do we want to write that? collab in a gdoc???

& then they just keep coincidentally running into ea other randomly????

aura saying something super Flower-esque and marivana just rolling her eyes and being like, “ok great now tell me what you really think about __” ??? lol

aura somehow discovering that marivana is into BOTANY, of all things????

maybe this is when she makes some sort of dry remark about the bio for Flower on the RISE website? “[Flower] grew up in a lush green meadow, hidden away from prying eyes by miles and miles of ice. How Flower managed to get the ice to melt for long enough to plant flowers and trees will always be a mystery.” and marivana’s like “lol magic my ass there’s literally no fucking way”

she explains it with a good amount of scientific jargon thrown in and aura’s just like watttttttttttttt :0000

literally hit me up ANYTIME i already adore them

also - their aesthetics as racers? put together? a+++++++++

OMG THIS IS LIKE WAY IN THE FUTURE BUT LIKE, we should say that their secret relationship somehow ends up going public for the ~drama~??? and instead of being super freaking pissed off, both of their agencies are just like “lmao okay ice queen x fairy princess? best ship” and use it for publicity?????

Flame - Marivana knows about 1) the image that she projects, and 2) that this image is pretty true to who Flame really is, for the most part. Her verdict? Flame could prove to be annoying, if she gets relevant while Marivana is still in the industry as a racer. Marivana doesn’t know what life not racing would be like, but she’s well-aware that she’s the oldest racer out there (well, besides Supernova, who doesn’t count. She’s making a comeback, after all), and that retirement is probably not too far out in her future. So, if Flame is still around within the next 5-10 years, then Marivana might start worrying about her. For now, she’s just the irritating racer with ʟᴀᴢᴇʀ who won’t ever stop causing a scene.

So they haven’t really interacted much yet, do we wanna say?

they’re wary of each other because both their unicorns specialize in high power/strength so they’re like, more directly in competition?

are they going to engage in the RUA equivalent of a twitter fight??? in a publicity stunt that both of their agencies are putting on?

maybe snow has once insulted kehlani in an interview??? though it was fake/staged/scripted by her agency so she doesn’t actaully feel that way but ya know. doin it for the vine

and kehlani responds in kind, maybe at the behest of lazer, maybe not?. and it just keeps going???

but ya, marivana prob finds her personality kinda annoying so would generally avoid her unless kehlani approached first

Nyx - so like, snow probably thinks sol is way too flashy and all over the place, & does not engage her ever? she knows of the rumors of foul play, ofc, b/c who doesn’t, but she assumes that the rumors are super blown out of proportion (as rumors tend to be)?? and snow knows that if sol ever tries to target her/other ice world racers specifically, twilight will literally strong-arm lazer into dropping her. so she’s not that worried about that stuff????

definitely thinks her razor-sharp precision with U-800 is something to be admired, though, even if it’s not the flashiest skill like dressage or speed

OMG LOL spoiler alert but the 2nd event is a race on lava world, so they’re all on the main LW training/practice facilities in the days leading up to the race???? and we TOTALLY need to have them do that weirdly super aggressive staredown/pre-game smack talk sesh that they do in super extra sports anime LOL

Widowmaker - snow’s heard of her, knows of her, has competed against her, but since they both tend to keep to themselves they haven’t really talked? it could be potentially cool if eleni guessed about/found out about what actually happened with marivana’s 1st unicorn?? OMG DRAMA but what if she actually knew of the armed thief? who was on ice world for whatever reason lmfao we can hand-wave it. bonus points if she’s pissed that 1st unicorn killed the person?????????? lol

and it could be POTENTIALLY FUN to write a scene with them where eleni basically calls her out on the fact that, yeah marivana fucking hates twilight for deactivating the first unicorn so why tf does she still race for them/earn them so much money???

also marivana has literally no retirement plans atm so.....i have NO FREAKING IDEA if this would ever be possible or not, but if she somehow?? gets involved? with the people who wanna fuck up TEF govt for not giving a single shit about black hole ??? ? ??? ?? thru eleni????????//

idk dude feel free to just be like “lmao alicia that would never happen” if it feels too OOC!!! it’s also like 4 am & i’m only half coherent so ;D

but i literally have no idea in what context the calling out would be in!!! maybe if marivana saw some top sekrit info that eleni might have access to and was like “i won’t tell anyone at TWILIGHT if you tell me why you have this”? and eleni is like *eyeroll* “not like u have any reason to like ur agency”

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#plotting #snow #marivana #this is....so incoherent #and i am sorry #racers #writing #i guess??? lol

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ayzrules-art · 4 years

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#marivana #rua #doll #aurivana

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allcaponeee · 4 years

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bakın arkadaşlar kokain için şeker atın marivana için lan gidin bonzai bile için ama eroin içmeyin

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krishnajehovah · 6 years

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2nd National Teachers' Congress Inaugural Ceremony Address

#Holy Bible/Revelation 12/10: He is Marivana/canapa user: Late Satan Sathya Sai Baba (Got Caught& standing in front of my Pappa God Jehovah)

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youtubermarivanasilvaworld-blog · 7 years

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Per me stare bene non vuol dire stare insieme.

#marivanasilva #istra marivana 0210

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ao3feed-fenhawke · 6 years

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Broken Table

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2w08dKx

by Some_Dwarven_Writer

Over a simple dinner, the Inquisitor sits in audience to the storm that is the Champion of Kirkwall and the Hero of Ferelden's clashing personalities.

Words: 2297, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Broken Table

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M

Characters: Leliana (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Cassandra Pentaghast, Sera (Dragon Age), Marivana Caidier, Killian Tabris, Ashton Hawke, Tailesin Tabris, Female Cadash, Female Tabris, Female Hawke

Relationships: Leliana/Female Tabris, Fenris/Female Hawke, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Blackwall/Female Cadash

Additional Tags: One Shot

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2w08dKx

#fenhawke #fenris/f!hawke #fenris/hawke #f!fenhawke #IFTTT #ao3feed

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ayzrules · 3 years

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WRITEBOARDWALK FERRIS WHEEL DAY #1: PROTAGONIST

writeboardwalk ferris wheel - day i, main characters { marivana }

the ice does not forgive

A B O U T ; In the professional robot unicorn racing industry, Snow is the reigning ice queen. but she was once, surprising as it may seem, Ice World’s sweetheart. She was scouted when she was 17 and dubbed ‘Snow Princess’, and with her blonde curls and blue eyes, she had a smile so pretty and sweet that people said it could melt ice. Her first unicorn was the same - gentle, with an even disposition and as pretty as a picture. That all changed when an armed thief tried to rob Snow on her way back from practice with her unicorn. That first unicorn, the one who was pretty and sweet and gentle, saw Snow panicking and attacked the thief, killing him. In order to avoid legal sanctions, TWILIGHT was forced to deactivate the unicorn, and Snow Princess disappeared from the racing scene. She re-appeared with { Sparkle Charmer } three seasons later, but she was different. Cold. She dropped the ‘princess’ from her name, becoming just Snow, and would go on to become an industry veteran. She’s now over 30, but shows no signs of retiring….and she’s perfectly capable of competing with the newer, younger racers, thank you very much.

I M A G E ; Cold, determined, aloof, and a bit cruel, a bit ruthless, a bit brutal. Snow is robot unicorn racing’s Ice Queen, steely and frigid and diamond-eyed; untouchable. Considered Ice World’s top / most recognizable racer.

S T Y L E ; Diamonds, diamonds, d i a m o n d s ! Spiked heels { a la Lisa’s white Balenciaga shoes in DDU-DU DDU-DU MV }, dark velvet (see: Paolo Sebastian S/S 14-15 }, glittering crystal headdresses, cascading chandeliers of diamond earrings, sharply tailored suits { decorated with more diamonds, of course }

I M P A C T ; Popularized optometric cosmetic surgeries involving iris alterations when TWILIGHT debuted her for the second time { with diamonds surgically implanted into her eyes } ; widely recognized for ‘brutally beautiful’ racing technique that emphasizes power, form, and technique over speed and agility.

H I S T O R Y ; Debuted as Snow Princess 12 years ago { 4018 }, took an extended hiatus in 4020, then debuted a second time as Snow in 4023.

#boardwalkevent #writeboardwalk ferris wheel 2k20 #marivana #rua #writeboardwalk #my art

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robot-unicorn-attack · 5 years

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CHAPTER 03 – SNOW

@ayzrules

@bebemoon

@interluxetumbra

@kzombi3

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@jay-swagsby

@interluxetumbra

@filthysoulls

[from the gossip section of STELLAR MAGAZINE, written by a columnist named KRYSTAL (FC: Xiao Wen Ju)]

EXCLUSIVE: SNOW QUEEN’S HEART STARTING TO MELT?

WITH THE COMPETITION SEASON WELL UNDERWAY, THE ENTIRE GALAXY HAS BEEN ABUZZ WITH NEWS OF OUR FAVORITE FREEZE-YOU-WITH-A-GLARE ICE QUEEN, SNOW, FLIRTING WITH NEWBIE FLOWER AT AN EXCLUSIVE UNICORN CITY NIGHT CLUB.

YEAH. YIKES!!! SNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS-AND LET’S FACE IT, FLOWER’S PROBABLY HAD UPWARDS OF TWENTY PLASTIC SURGERIES, SO WE KNOW SHE’S FREAKING GORGEOUS-BUT I THINK YOU JUST STARTED THE BIGGEST WAR, FAN-FUELED OR OTHERWISE, IN THIS QUADRANT OF THE GALAXY.

TWILIGHT’S DIAMOND-EYED GODDESS HAS REFUSED TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON THE INCIDENT, BUT VARIOUS SOURCES HAVE SPECULATED THAT WHAT APPEARED TO BE PLAYFUL FLIRTING WAS ACTUALLY AN ATTEMPT BY SNOW TO PSYCH THE NEWBIE RACER OUT, RIGHT BEFORE A BIG RACE. I’M NOT SURE HOW MUCH I BELIEVE THIS THEORY, CONSIDERING THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SNOW GIVING A SINGLE FUCK ABOUT WHAT THE COMPETITION THINKS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS LIKELY AS GL8CIER SCOUTING A GIRL WHO HASN’T SLEPT WITH ONE OF THE JUDGES, BUT DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. THE SNOW QUEEN HERSELF WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO COME IN FOR A Q&A, WHICH YOU CAN READ HERE:

KRYSTAL: I'm here today with Ice World's most famous racer and resident ice queen, Snow. Just yesterday, Snow came in second place in the first race of the month! If you missed that, check out our highlight reel on our website. Snow, can you tell us a little more about how these past few weeks have been?

SNOW: Thank you for having me, Krystal. These last few weeks, well, they've been pretty much the same as the start of any competition season.

KRYSTAL: That's right, you've been racing for - how long has it been?

SNOW: Almost fourteen years, I would say.

KRYSTAL: Fourteen years. Wow. Most racers are only in it for five or six, right?

SNOW: That's right. We also see some lasting for seven or eight years, but I don't know many racers who go past an entire decade.

KRYSTAL: And do you think you're going to retire soon?

SNOW: It's up in the air. I'm playing it by ear, right now; I don't see any reason to retire just yet.

KRYSTAL: I see. Snow, can I ask you something?

SNOW: That's why I'm here.

KRYSTAL: Is there a reason you haven't dated at all for the last fourteen years?

SNOW: I don't have time to be dating. And I'd be a terrible girlfriend, anyway. I spend most of my time with S.C.

KRYSTAL: But if you could date, would you want to? Is there someone you're interested in right now?

SNOW: Not particularly. None of the men I'm around regularly are very appealing.

KRYSTAL: Ouch. They don't call you the ice queen of the industry for nothing. And the women? We’re all dying to know what the deal between you and Flower is, you know.

SNOW: It depends. Most of the women I'm around are people I work with, or other racers, which means that we're all keeping things professional. And with Flower? There isn’t much to tell. I ran into her at the Neon Demon, just the way that you’d into any other racer who’s currently competing.

KRYSTAL: I see. I gotta ask you, though, what was happening in those shots of you two at the Neon Demon last week? You've seen them?

SNOW: Yes, I have. Like I just said, nothing was happening. We were sitting in the same general area, because all the other racers from the Big Three were doing the same thing.

KRYSTAL: You weren’t trying to psych her out?

SNOW: Stars, no. Why would I do that? Who do you think I am, Nyx?

KRYSTAL: Point taken. So if you weren’t trying to psych her out, then were you flirting? Or was Flower the one who started it?

SNOW: Again - I’m not Nyx.

KRYSTAL: You saw Nyx flirting with her?

SNOW: Not that I know of. But Nyx would do something like that to piss off RISE, so I’m not putting it past her.

KRYSTAL: You seem to have something against Nyx.

SNOW: Hmm? No, not really, but she’s been around long enough that I think we all know what we can expect from her.

KRYSTAL: That’s true. And what do you think of Supernova’s comeback? Are you worried?

SNOW: Why would I be worried?

KRYSTAL: Do you think that she’ll be serious competition?

SNOW: It wouldn’t matter to me, if she is. She’s a good racer, and I respect that, but the industry has changed a lot since she was at her prime. I don’t really have an opinion, right now, but I guess we’ll wait and see.

KRYSTAL: Playing it by ear, huh?

SNOW: You could say that.

KRYSTAL: And Flame? You were...pretty disparaging towards her before Torrid Gorges, I must say. Where’d you hear that Iron Pegasus was modeled after S.C.?

SNOW: And what of it? I meant what I said, and I’m not one to sugarcoat things. Like you said, Krystal, fourteen years is a long time, and I don't have the patience for some of the bullshit people put out, nowadays. About Iron Pegasus, well, it was just a rumor, but I believe it, considering that S.C. and Iron Pegasus both have high power stats.

KRYSTAL: Huh. And the final scores from the judges at Torrid Gorges? I mean, nobody was expecting it. Were you?

SNOW: Oh, sure. I’ve been around long enough to be able to figure out what the judges want, based on the track. You’ll understand if I’m not allowed to go into detail about how that works? Part of my contract with TWILIGHT, and all. I’m not supposed to talk about trade secrets.

KRYSTAL: Ah. No worries. Contracts are pesky things, hmm?

SNOW: I suppose so.

KRYSTAL: And do you believe the rumors about Nyx having a hand in Councilman Abraxas’ death? I mean, that came out of nowhere. Everyone thinks that it’s her.

SNOW: Can I be honest with you, Krystal? I don’t really care. Nyx is a racer, not an assassin. I’d be more inclined to think that the rumors you heard about Nyx’s alleged role in his death were being actively floated by her PR team, and LAZER. Everyone likes a good publicity stunt, yes?

KRYSTAL: Hmm. And what about all the crashes in Torrid Gorges, then? You don’t think Nyx had anything to do with them?

SNOW: Who writes these questions for you? They should be fired. No, I don’t think Nyx had anything to do with them. I saw one of the crashes happen; the racer from VOLCANIX literally ran straight into a wall of rock. That’s not uncommon for racers who don’t know what they’re doing, and Nyx was nowhere in sight. Again, all those sabotage rumors were probably started by LAZER themselves, just for the publicity. They love to play up Nyx’s image. I’ve been in this industry long enough to know deliberate PR moves when I see them.

KRYSTAL: I see. Well, thanks for coming in, Snow. It was a pleasure.

SNOW: The pleasure was all mine. Thanks for having me.

#finally got this out #ch3 #writing #ayz #mari story #marivana #snow #krystal #stellar magazine

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ayzrules-art · 4 years

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allcaponeee · 4 years

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saksıya gül ektim marivana çıktı

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krishnajehovah · 6 years

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H.H.THE DALAI LAMA-BODHGAYA-12

#Holy Bible/Revelation 12/10: He is Marivana/canapa user: Late Satan Sathya Sai Baba (Got Caught& standing in front of my Pappa God Jehovah)

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ayzrules · 4 years

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random mari edits!

#rua #my art #marivana

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robot-unicorn-attack · 5 years

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CHAPTER 01 – SNOW

(written by @ayzrules)

… CHAPTER 01.

The Neon Demon was pretty much exactly how she remembered it - the music was too loud, the lights were too annoyingly strobe-y, and the people were just as plastered.

Marivana, Ice, and Sky (whose real name was Seraphina) had all arrived fashionably late, of course, and after the usual barrage of greetings and niceties (which Marviana was usually able to get out of without much fuss after the first ten minutes or so - thank the stars that she was Snow, now, instead of Snow Princess, otherwise she would have been stuck exchanging pleasantries for the entire damn night – Marivana found herself a drink and a comfy chair on the raised dais reserved for the racers, and waved her publicist away to let her get in all the socializing she could want. The security detail that TWILIGHT had assigned to each of their racers were mixed in with the party-goers, preferring, as many Ice Worlders did, to remain discreet

Gods, but she hated these kinds of parties. The Neon Demon marketed itself as some kind of classy, high-end nightclub, but when it came down to it, all of these “luxury” nightclubs were basically the same as the trashy underground clubs she’d snuck into as a high schooler with a fake ID from one of her friends. It was just sweaty people and booze, though the people in the clubs Marivana frequented at the behest of TWILIGHT wore outfits that cost more money than her parents had earned in a lifetime. And the booze was also considerably more expensive.

Speaking of expensive outfits, though; Marivana grimaced, just slightly, as she adjusted her gown, the edges of the jeweled bodice digging into her skin. No matter how many of these diamond-encrusted gowns her agency forced her into, Marivana would never be able to get used to all the jewels. Tolerate or ignore for a short period of time, maybe, but there was no way that she’d wear something like this every day. She felt a good hundred pounds heavier just sitting in one of them. That, plus the heavy diamonds dangling from her ears and the gigantic diamond headdress her stylists insisted was a must, meant that Marivana was considerably weighed down. It wasn’t the end of the world, but it was…annoying. Very much so.

The jeweled bodice in question was laden with more diamonds than Marivana could count, arranged in a way to make them look like artfully jagged shards of ice. Perhaps the most eye-catching part of the gown, however, were the sleeves; diamonds that had been cut and polished to look like icicles jutted out from the wide strip of fabric covering the tops of Marivana’s shoulders. Adding to the effect were the huge earrings bedazzled with crystals and diamonds and arranged to look like snowflakes. It made her pretty hard to miss - though there was also the matter of the headdress, of course. Marivana couldn’t wait to get that monstrosity out of her hair – both literally and figuratively.

Marivana let her gaze flit idly towards the other side of the room, past pyramids of glowing drinks and curved sofas and crystally curtains. Her publicist, Lanie, was chatting it up with one of the department heads at Galaxy Cosmetics. Figures. Marivana had GC to thank for the diamonds in her eyes; they probably wanted to have her come in for a promo event or something. And Marivana spotted a few of the managers from her agency, as well as from RISE and LAZER, scattered around the dais, sipping on drinks and making small talk with other people involved in the business.

She hadn’t, however, seen any racers yet (besides Sky and Ice) - not until her eyes landed on Nyx (whose real name was Sol) sauntering over to someone sitting not too far away from Marivana. Marivana took a brief moment to roll her eyes, just out of spite - Nyx’s whole image was just so annoying. It was always so loud and so in-your-face. Marivana was of the opinion that she saw quite enough of Nyx on the race track. She didn’t need to be seeing anything related to her off of it, too.

Nevertheless, Marivana glanced in the direction that Nyx was walking, her diamond-blue eyes following the black spikes that extended out from the sleeve of the other racer’s one-shoulder dress. The sight of one of the RISE racers (Flower, it had to be; neither Supernova nor Sunbeam would have ever been dressed in something so....girly? Holo-butterflies and all) gave Marivana pause. Nyx is going to talk to her? she wondered to herself, briefly. Her agency’s going to be pissed. Though it’s not like Nyx cares all that much about what her agency thinks, anyway.

Just then, Lanie popped up, almost out of nowhere, positively giddy about....something. She took a moment to flip her glittery golden locks over her shoulder before looking Marivana in the eye.

“Marivana.”

Marivana raised her eyebrows questioningly. “Yes?”

“Guess who just booked you the gig of a lifetime.”

Marivana shook her head, unable to stop herself from letting out an amused huff. “Stars above, Lanie, you say that every damn time. Of course it was you. And I don’t think you can have three hundred `gigs of a lifetime`, for your information.”

Lanie waved her off. “Semantics. Anyway, do you want to know what this thing is or not?”

“If it involves me interacting with people, then no.”

Lanie rolled her eyes but forged on. “Oh, shush.” She lowered her voice, casting a furtive glance at their surroundings, before continuing, her eyes bright. “The marketing department at Galaxy Cosmetics - the Galaxy Cosmetics -”

Marivana snorted. “Lanie, I know what GC is. Or did you forget that I was the one being operated on when they put in the diamonds?”

Lanie rolled her eyes, again. “Stop interrupting me. Anyway, GC wants you over for an ad, sometime in November.”

“And you agreed to it? Lanie, you know how busy November is. The IW Circuit starts in December? You remember that, right?”

“That’s why I arranged for it to be at the beginning of the month. It’ll be your last ad of the year.”

Marivana nodded. “I see. Vanya and the others still trying to earn their money back from the diamonds?”

Lanie flipped her hair over her shoulder again, already typing away at her holo-pad. “You know how expensive that procedure was, Marivana, even with the deal that Vanya cut with the execs over at GC. They want to squeeze all the money they can get out of it. Thank gods for the sponsorship stuff, though.”

“Mm.” Marivana went quiet as Lanie started talking into her earpiece. Her eyes wandered around the room again, just in time to see Nyx walking away from Flower.

“...anyway, it’s all in the process of being booked, and everything will be finalized within the next week or so,” said Lanie, and Marivana brought her attention back to her publicist. “And now I...ooh. And now, I have to go.”

Marivana glanced at the entrance of the club, where the CEO of Equa Industries - AKA one of the premier manufacturers of robot unicorns - had just walked in. Marivana arched an eyebrow, amused, at Lanie’s reaction. “Goodness gracious, Lanie. Most people react that way when they see someone attractive. You react that way to corporate executives.”

Lanie snorted derisively, flipped her hair a final time. “Well, I’m not ‘most people’. You, for that matter, aren’t either.” She winked, and stood up. “I’m about to book you the gig of a lifetime, Snow Queen. And after that’s done, I’ll get you a drink to celebrate.”

“That’s the three hundredth and first ‘gig of a lifetime’ to date,” Marivana called out as Lanie strode away, smiling despite herself.

Marivana found that Lanie always put her in good spirits. Although the others at TWILIGHT certainly didn’t appreciate Lanie’s bluntness (“She’s so Lava World,” one of the other publicists had complained), Marivana liked how honest Lanie was. Her publicist had no patience for superficial artifice, and Marivana was glad. Gods knew that there was already plenty of that in the RUR industry.

And besides, Marivana rather liked Lanie’s dry wit and scathing sarcasm.

After Lanie drifted off to sweet talk the CEO of Equa Industries, Marivana decided that a change in scenery was in order. She stood up, with more than just a little difficulty, considering how fucking heavy all the diamonds were, and skirted along the edge of the crowd towards the crystally curtains that she'd noted earlier.

Marivana had just arrived when she caught the tail end of the most disgusting "pick-up line" (could it be called a pick-up line if it was more like straight-up harassment?) she had heard in a while. The recipient of the crude remark was none other than Flower herself, RISE's newest addition to their team.

Marivana rolled her eyes and strode purposefully over to the man as he continued to be, quite frankly, a piece of shit. As she closed her hand over his shoulder, she realized that he was Aindrew Clenym, one of the creative directors with GC. She knew almost nothing about him, besides the fact that he was, uh, married.

Marivana pulled him away from Flower, perhaps with more force than strictly necessary, and adopted the icy Snow Queen expression that TWILIGHT had her wear for every promo and photoshoot that they did. She used two fingers to gingerly pinch at the fabric of his collar. "Hey, Aindrew," she said, feeling the sudden absurd urge to laugh out loud - if only Lanie could see how Ice Queen she sounded, right now. Her publicist would want to get the entire thing on tape and make it a new promo video, or something equally dramatic and ridiculous.

"How’s your wife?"

Aindrew rolled his eyes, snorted. Marivana nodded, glanced over at Flower-she seemed surprised, but otherwise unharmed-then turned back to Aindrew and narrowed her eyes. "You want to leave her alone?"

It took Aindrew a moment to meet her steely gaze, and when he did, Marivana almost rolled her eyes in his face. He was so drunk. “Listen, buddy, this diamond headdress weighs something like fifty pounds, and I’m more than capable of knocking you out with it if you want to try me. Leave.”

The man took one look at the massive headdress, decided against testing Marivana’s supposed strength with said headdress, and walked (more like stumbled, he was so drunk. And where the hell were his shoes?) away.

Once Aindrew was gone, Marivana sat down, slowly, beside Flower. She cast another glance at the Sky World racer, arching an eyebrow. “Your bodyguard goes on break and the wolves descend.”

“Thank you for that," said Flower, and Marivana let a faint smile ghost over her lips before laughing softly, adjusting the crystals and diamonds dangling from her ears.

“Of course. Hi there. I’m-”

“Snow- !” the other racer blurted out. “Oh my god, I know. I’m a huge fan of yours.”

Marivana was a bit taken aback by how....frank? the other girl was being, especially to someone she was technically going to be competing against, but she had to admit that it was also quite flattering, when other racers from the Big Three reacted like that to her.

“‘Marivana’, I was going to say- but thank you. Do you know Nyx well?” Marivana asked, letting her gaze float in the direction that Sol had walked off in.

“We’ve spoken before, years ago. Danced, also.”

“I see…" Marivana trailed off, focusing on Flower once again. "I’m sorry, your name has slipped my mind.”

"Flower."

Well, duh, Marivana thought to herself. “No, I-” Marivana paused to laugh, again, this time a bit wryly. “I know your nickname. I meant your actual name.”

“Oh- Aura. Aura Philyra.”

Aura. The name was quite pretty, as far as names went. And much better than a stupid nickname like 'Flower'.

Just then, Lanie came back over, appearing out of thin air to wink, hand her an icy blue drink, and saunter off again, without saying a single word. Huh. I guess she set it up with Equa Industries, then, Marivana mused to herself.

She took a dainty sip of the drink. "And where are you from?"

“Ice World.”

Ice World? Both of Marivana’s eyebrows shot up, an incredulous expression flitting across her face. “Really? You don’t strike me as someone from Ice World.”

“Oh. No?”

Marivana resisted the urge to let out a derisive snort. “No. I buy it as much as I buy the little fairy story your management made up for you.”

“Ah, well. I’m actually embarrassed now.”

Marivana shook her head. “Don’t be. Every racer has a gimmick," she replied, matter-of-factly.

“Yeah, but mine is...stupider than most. But at least the clothes are pretty.”

Marivana smiled, bemused. “They certainly are.” She paused, appraising the other racer. “So, you’ll be racing this week?”

She watched, intrigued, as Aura almost blurted something out, then settled for something different. “Yes. I can’t stop trembling. Everyone keeps telling me how important this race is- like I need to be told.”

Marivana’s lips twitched upwards into a small, sympathetic smile. She set her drink aside.

“Give me one of your hands?” she asked, and when Aura obliged, Marivana ran her fingers lightly over her palm, before clasping it in her own hand, briefly. “Powdered chalk. For your nerves. You’ll want a light coat of it over your hands, to keep them from getting clammy while holding onto your reins-”

Just then, Aura's tattooed security detail came back. Marivana took that as her cue to go. "I’ll see you soon, Aura. I’m sure,” she said, and strode past the bodyguard without so much as deigning to give him a second glance.

Marivana settled back into her original chair, and not two seconds later, Lanie was there.

"Marivana!" she hissed, glittery hair flashing in the dim lighting. "What was that?"

"What was what?" Marivana answered coolly, taking a sip of her drink.

Lanie scowled. "Don't give me that bullshit, Mari. What the hell were you guys talking about? I haven't seen you smile that much since the time you met my three-year-old niece."

Marivana hummed quietly, took another sip of her drink. "Does it matter?"

Lanie let out a huff. "Uh, yeah? One, I'm like, your only friend. And two, what the fuck am I going to tell the paparazzi when pics of you two being all buddy-buddy get out?"

"My god, Lanie, you're so dramatic. Calm down. All I did was get Aindrew to stop bothering her."

Lanie made a face. "Aindrew from GC? Ew. Just, ew."

Marivana nodded solemnly. "My point exactly."

Lanie crossed her arms and gave Marivana a scathing glare. "You still haven't answered my question, Marivana. Why were you all smiley? You're the Ice Queen, for crying out loud! You can't just randomly smile."

Marivana met her gaze, evenly. "I hope you know how ridiculous that sentence sounds," she said in response. Marivana contemplated Lanie's question - why had she done...that?

"She kind of reminded me of Shimmer," Marivana found herself saying, unsure of what exactly had prompted her to act so un-Snow around Aura.

"Your first unicorn?" Lanie asked, skeptically.

"Yeah. She was always skittish before a big race."

Lanie gave Marivana a look. "You do realize that the unicorns are, uh, robots, right? They don't feel anything."

Marivana bit back an indignant reply. Yes they do, she wanted to say. Marivana grew up riding robot horses; wouldn't she, of all people, know if a horse (or a unicorn, for that matter) could feel anything? But saying something like that was more than just a little bit dangerous, around all these people who profited off the assumption that robot unicorns were just as Lanie said - robots. Machines.

So Marivana sighed, sipped at her drink. "Right." She paused, for a moment, then changed the subject, hoping that Lanie would be willing to start blabbing about her niece, again. "So, you never told me how Ruby has been doing. It's been years since I've seen her. What's she up to?"

Thankfully, Lanie was all too capable of going on and on and on about any subject in the universe. Her baby niece included.

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