The Fairest
Host: We've reached the final round of the Beauty on the Beach contest! Let the ultimate battle begiiiiiiin!
Summer Ranzal: This one's for all the marbles!
Host: Now then, let's meet the two beautiful ladies who have emerged from the battlefield that is the beach! First, we have contestant #5, the stunner of the seashore...Angie!
Angie: Tee hee! I'll do my best!
Host: Next we have contestant #260, a woman as enchanting as a cool ocean breeze...Verica!
Summer Verica: Er, it is a pleasure to meet you all.
Host: This is our first all-female finals in a decade! But who will emerge victorious? That's for YOU—the audience—to decide! You know what that means, ladies: Time to win over the crowd.
Angie: Hi, everybody! I'm Angie, the stunner of the seashore! I can't TELL you how much it would mean to be this year's Beauty on the Beach! I hope I can count on your support! You're the beeeeest!
Host: Goodness, I'm ready to vote for her right now! But next, it's Verica's turn!
Summer Verica: Er, hello. As a fortune-teller by trade, I don't have a tremendous amount of experience with this sort of thing. But hearing all of your cheers has filled my heart with courage. So I hope to steal the spotlight, just this one time.
Spectator 1: We love you, Verica!
Spectator 2: You're the best, Angie!
Host: Wow, listen to those cheers! Clearly both of these ladies have won a lot of hearts! That brings us to the moment of truth... Let the voting begin! Verica... Angie... Angie... Verica... Right now, the vote is tied... but we have one ballot left! It all comes down to this! This year's Beauty on the Beach is... Vericaaaaa!
Angie: It... This can't be...
Summer Verica: I'm sorry, but I haven't voted yet. ...And I'm voting for Angie.
Notte: OOOOOH SNAAAAAAP!
Summer Luca: The prize was hers for the takin'! Why would she DO this?!
Angie: V-Verica? Why?
Summer Verica: Angie, why don't you tell everyone why you're so determined to win this contest?
Angie: Huh?
Summer Verica: When you explained it to me earlier, I found it impossibly cute and endearing. I suspect that everyone else will be similarly charmed. ...Go ahead.
Angie: W-well, you see, I'm... I'm actually really shy. But something made me gather up my courage and enter this contest. I had a message that I wanted to deliver to a certain someone, but I knew that I wasn't yet ready to do so.
Notte: Oh man, is this going where I think it is?!
Elisanne: Look at the longing in those eyes... The woman is clearly in love.
Angie: Before this, I couldn't find the courage to confess my love to him. He just meant the utter world to me. So I challenged myself to become a person who was as strong as my feelings for him.
Summer Ranzal: *sniff* Ah, young love... It's the damn best.
Spectator 3: I remember how anxious I was when I first told my boyfriend I loved him!
Spectator 4: She needs our votes!
Summer Cleo: The female vote appears to be shifting dramatically towards Angie.
Host: Folks, this is unprecedented! And yet, all the votes have been cast...
Summer Verica: Surely you cannot ignore the will of the people?!
Host: You seem much more energetic now that you're arguing on behalf of someone else, you know that? Are you certain about this? You were going to win, you know.
Summer Verica: Quite certain. I think I'm just happier letting others enjoy the bright lights.
Host: Well, in that case... Our winner is Angie, the young maiden in love!
Angie: I...I won?! REALLY?!
Summer Verica: Now you can tell him how you truly feel.
Angie: Oh, thank you, Verica. Thank you, everyone!
Spectator 5: I wish I was the guy she loves!
Spectator 1: Yeah, I wanna see whoever this mystery man is!
Spectator 2: Tell him now! Confess your love!
Spectators: TELL HIM! TELL HIM! TELL HIM!
Angie: R-right here and now? I mean, I see him out there, but...
Summer Verica: You have all the courage you need.
Angie: It's so strange, but I feel like I could do absolutely anything with your support. So I'm going to do it!
Summer Luca: What, THAT'S how this ends?!
Notte: Give the people what they want, man!
Elisanne: Their happy faces have convinced me that this was the best possible outcome.
Summer Cleo: Do you think Verica perhaps foresaw how all of this would play out?
Summer Prince: If so, I'm in awe of her talents.
And so, the "Beauty on the Beach" contest ended...er...happily for everyone involved?
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