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Austri hated New Hemisect City.

It was dirty, it was drabby, it was poor. It was for wannabes like Scorpa to live, pretending they were important or... Whatever. But Lorata had assigned her with the special mission of checking out all her sponsors, as she couldn't visit any out of town sponsoree's. And... Flydra and Scorpa were also part of those being sponsored. Which left her, the only one... Not doing anything. It wasn't her fault, alright! Her arms had started aching again, so being anywhere near them would've hurt more than helped.

But none of that was important right now. She'd been left with a critical mission. And that was to oversee... everything. So she shacked up in Scorpa's tiny apartment. In dirty, dreary, NHC. Austri wanted nothing more than to be in Civisect with the rest of her team, but right now she needed to analyze all of Lorata's sponsors in order to help out the radiant purpleblood. So here she was, pen and pad in hand, visiting an redblood's booth with half a grimace on her face, covered by her hat. She steeled herself. Austri needed to get better at infiltrating and being an asset to her friends, so this was one way to help, right? Right. She inhaled, exhaled, swallowed. Lifting her black clipboard and her purple pen, the greenblood strode over toward the front of the crowd, first checking to see if-- Aha, Lorata's sponsored item wasn't being offered? Well that was just a bad decision. Redbloods needed to learn their place, especially if they didn't have their sponsor's items on the table. Austri sneered, but it was soon replaced by a sweet smile.

"He-llo~ I'm Austri Coriol, designated helper for the esteemed Lorata Gorgos. Opimus Fellah, right~? I see you haven't displayed a certain item she's sent for you to sign~? That is definitely noted~" Austri snickered a little, jotting down a note on the paper she'd written specifically for the redblood. "Other than that~ I'm just here to check up on you~ Is there anything you'd like to tell Lorata~?" She smiled sweetly at Fellah, not really caring but doing it more out of obligation than desire.

Unaru

Oooh! Please! I want one of those!
Name: Poeias Claudy
Swag: Cover Album
Request: Poe would like to get a hug from Fellah!

Poe wasn't sure he'd ever get used to the lights, even with his heavily darkened goggles, they strobed strongly and hurt his eyes. But, he wanted to meet one of his idols! He had already been a fan of Fellah, from before this event, so perhaps he was a little biased about the different booths set up... As he approached the booth he spied him, and he broke into a wide grin, waving wildly at Fellah. "Hey! It's me, Poe! I'm so excited, to see you here in the competition!"

He laughed and looked at the items he could get, and struggled to choose. He wanted it all, honestly, but if he could only choose one... "Could I get, the album," he said, and wrung his hands nervously. "And also a hug? If that's not too weird!"

Barius and Panpapa had made their NHC for the event. Barius had been ranting and raving to Panpapa and his cactus friends about the big super star event ever since he saw all the stars introduce themselves. One stuck out the most to him though and that was Fellah. Fellah looked so strong and so proud of himself, something Barius admired and looked up to. He reminded him a bit of his panpapa, which is probably how Barius convinced Papa to let him come. Flattering Panpapa seems to go a loooong way.

Barius enters the booth, Panpapa waiting outside, because he felt he'd be too cramped inside. He peers around examining the shelves, and glimpsing at the other trolls. Before his eyes light up and hone right in on Fellah. He quickly, but shyly tries to inch his way through the crowd to him. Holding tightly onto the present he brought with him, trying to not let it get touched by others or messed up. A Small little cactus with large spines, and about three vibrant red and pink flowers bloomed out the top, sitting in a nicely red clay pot. He hurries up to Fellah, stops and waits his turn and instantly hands out the pot, his head lowered slightly with a small yellow blush covering his cheeks. "H..He..hello! I brought you a..pr.present Fellah! I hope you win..you're a really strong guy!" He says bashfully, but tries to look up with a grin "M...May I have a p.poster! I wanna see you every day...to have inspiration to be g..great like you one day!"

Austri's eyebrow raised, distaste etched in her face. "Oh." She had not remembered the lowblood, nor did she make an effort to do so. She looked down at his items midscribble, suppressing an eyeroll and instead, giggling. "Oh, sweetie," She clicked her tongue a few times, shaking her head. What kind of an excuse was that! "Money is never a problem for Lorata~ But, you wouldn't know that, right~?" She'd definitely be reporting this to her bestie later.

"Oh, nevermind that, though~" Austri smiled brightly, finishing what she'd started and crossing her arms around the clipboard. "Ooooooh. No no, no thanks, I'm good~ Pretty sure she already has one of yours, not sure what she'd do with another~!" She didn't think his music sounded that good, anyways. She tilted her head a little, giggling. "I'll let her know~" Along with how dumb you are, sure. "Anyways, toodloo~ I've got to go check up on her other sponsorees, aha~" She turned, hip accidentally bumping into the fruit and vegetable tray on display and watching it fall to the ground with a clatter. "Oops! So sorry." She sneered before turning her nose up and shuffling away, not even bothering to pick it up before leaving, uncaring.

It really rarely did cross Fellah's mind that beetles were so trivial to the highbloods. The farm troll was just used to trying to not put others out of their way. "Oh ya, guess that's right. Some times I just try not to trouble others, but don't really realize some times it isn't a trouble at all. He chuckled a little.
"But, this is the uh, album debut...I don't think she'd..." Fellah trailed off as the greenblood seemed to just not give any care in the world. "Umm...thanks for stopping by?" He said as she was already walking away. Fellah always gave trolls the benefit of the doubt, but this one...this one just seemed downright rude. He'd have to make sure to ask Lorata later if he'd done anything to upset her greenblooded friend.

After Austri left, Fellah turned back to the adorable yellowblood. "Thanks there kiddo, I really appreciate it," he said flashing another charm bomb smile. "Have a great night kiddo! Feel free to swing by whenever ya feel like it."

Another kid made their way up to his booth, and Fellah couldn't be more pleased. Any exposure was good, but kids were the future of Alternia. The redblood always seemed to do well with kids. "Well howdy there, Floren. Nice to meet ya." He said with a smile, taking the album to sign for the young greenblood. He had a very nice shade of green, but Fellah wasn't quite observant enough to realize that Floren was in fact a jadeblood.
"Yup, I sure do got my own farm. It's what I've done since I was 'bout yer size," he chuckled, handing the CD back to Floren with all bright eyed.
"The plains're great to grow all kinds'a different crops. Just takes a lil' terraformin' and know-how. I just got some nifty new mountain and desert crops. Still waitin' to see what I can do with 'em, but they seem ta be growin' nicely."

The Superstar event was so glitzy, and Wander was in awe. Wander liked the bright lights, the blinking, the colors. It was overwhelming in a way, but in a good way. It meant something, a symbol of, well, stardom. She loved it, as dizzying as it was. The crowds were a different story. It's not like Wander had never been to a shopping stem before, much less crowds. She'd been pushed about in Bloodfest's boardwalk and all that. Not her favorite, but she just had to deal with it sometimes.

Like now. NHC was neat to check out but it was a lot... Especially with all of the troll idol things going on...

Abby was with her, as always, but she couldn't hold Abby's hand like she could Poe's. And Poe was good and went with her. First to NHC, but Poe had more to check out than she did. But she followed along to this booth, because the troll in charge seemed like a nice lowblood.

She watched Poe go up first, then hesitantly went up herself. She looked at the quackbeasts. They were so cute...so dancy... Wander wanted one.

After some other people spoke up, she finally tried to get some attention, shooting a glance at Poe first. Poe's presence made it easier. Also, interesting fact. They seemed to know each other. That was good, she thought. "U-um, hi. Y-you were r-r-really good o-on the TV... Ah... C-can I have o-one of th-th-those..." She pointed to one of the dancing quackbeasts.