Another actress at the audition leaned in and asked, "Avril, who is that? She looks kind of familiar."
"That's the star of the scandal with James Zimmers, all for a bit of clout! Except other girls in scandals aren't as ruthless as her. Right after the rumors started heating up, she hit him while he was down by 'clarifying' things, then slandered him with fake lip-syncing accusations. Her string of schemes is ten thousand times more dramatic than anything you'd see in a novel or a TV show!"
"Whoa! That's impressive!"
"And that's not all! She supposedly came to this audition by clinging to King Morrison. Looks like there's no chance for the rest of us!"
This last remark was a masterstroke, instantly enraging the four other actresses—
"What? So we're all just here as cannon fodder?"
"Then what's the point of even auditioning?"
"Yeah! It's already been decided, and they're just stringing us along!"
"This is outrageous!"
