Out in the streets, the contestants followed Rei to where they will perform for their first competition. It was by the sidewalk with huge signs saying how there will be an event with some cops surrounding the area. People were allowed to walk by or take a look at what’s to come.
As Rei led the girls to their destination, they were stopped by a cop with a rough mustache. He was African American with large eyebrows and held a cup of coffee menacingly, especially towards Rei who tried to keep cool. He wiped some sweat from his forehead before taking a sip of said coffee.
“I’m glad that you got a permit for this,” the officer said. “At least one that I can recognize for once.”
“Oh no problem, Rudy,” Rei said.
“That does not mean you can just get in trouble,” Officer Rudy said. “If I find out that any of you girls do anything wrong, I will be there to snuff you out.”
“Yes sir!” Noel said nervously.
“Of course,” Killer said.
“Okie dokie!” Rosa said.
“Yes…” Jeanne said.
“And by what authority?” Eriza said.
“Eriza, shut the f*** up!” Rei whispered.
“By the law, kid,” Rudy said.
“I am no kid!” Eriza said as she started fuming. “I can take out all of you if I……”
Eriza noticed that she lost the ability to talk as she saw Rei pointed a wand at her. Rei went up to the cop and said.
“Excuse her, she’s a bit of a wild gal,” Rei said.
“I feel you. Kids can be a handful,” Rudy said.
“Funny thing, she’s actually an adult. Just a short one,” Rei said.
“Ooo, sorry about that,” Rudy said. “Must be those magic folk, like that Maya girl from ANGA.”
“Yeah, exactly!” Rei said. “If this girl does f*** up, I do apologize.”
“No no, I actually plan on putting the blame on her if it’s all her fault,” Rudy said. “Just make sure nothing illegal happens here or your store and we’re gold.”
“For sure,” Rei said as the cop left.
“Phew, I thought we were in trouble,” Noel said.
“That’s just officer Rudy. Someone who checks on me to see if my head shop is shady, which is not!” Rei said. “But I know his heart is in the right place. Though I am surprised he did not went after Killer for all of the threats she made.”
“We had a talk a couple of times outside of the show,” Killer said. “I just did not think it was important to report to you.”
“Warn me next time!” Rei said. “Alright, the order is this. Noel, Jeanne, Rosa, Killer, then Eriza. Hopefully, the type of hype and pain will make this an ideal order.”
“I’m surprised you chose to die by my hands before Eriza,” Killer said.
“No one is dying today!” Rei said. “Now Noel, just like we practiced.”
…
“Prepare yourselves,” Rei called out. “Our first contestant is Noel Livington! Say hi to everyone!”
“Hello everyone!” Noel said.
“She has a special trick up her sleeves,” Rei said. “Are you ready?!”
“YEAH!”
Noel with her wand pointed at Rei while saying a few magic words. The magician suddenly found herself constricted with her face turning white while her body became black. Rei then floated into the air until she was a Rei faced wand, looming over the air as she was whisked at the same time Noel whisked her wand.
The light post, benches, fire hydrants, and any random objects grew legs as they freed themselves from the ground. By the Rei Wand’s command, the objects surrounded the audience and circled around them as if they were doing a conga line.
A fire hydrant grew an arm and offered his hand to a lady. Said lady took the hand as it attempted to twirl the woman before using water to propel itself up and its metallic legs to match the woman’s height. The other objects went to do the same with the other audience members.
Noel was growing tired with Rei becoming more dizzy in the air. The young witch used her remaining strength to put the objects where they were previously before removing their sentience and turning Rei back to normal.
However, it was noticeable that some of the objects were placed in a slight angle and Rei was falling. Noel ended up blushing and tried to remember a levitation spell.
“AHHHHH!” Rei screamed.
“So sorry!” Noel said. “Wait, Jeanne, you're up!”
“Uhh!” Jeanne said as she strummed her guitar and had Rei float in the air.
“Nice save!” Rei said.
“Now it’s my turn!” Jeanne said as she started playing with a guitar solo.
There were no speakers but the guitar’s riffs were loud. Jeanne just kept on playing as Rei was in the air, almost blasted by random symbols of light that were shooting at random. Rei got her wand out and decided to play along.
“Not exactly as planned but close enough!” Rei said as she broke into body parts. “Let’s see you juggle Jeanne!”
“Oh right! The plan!” Jeanne said as she kept on playing.
Rei’s parts hopped or juggled by the symbols as Jeanne started singing. It was meek and weak but the audience grew sleepy and were tilting side to side. That included anyone outside of the stage who was in a zombie-like state.
“I present to you the second contestant, Jeanne de Luca!” Rei said.
Jeanne kept on playing as she tried to keep Rei’s parts in the air with the magic symbols moving around in place. The entire stage now looks like a real life screensaver with everyone being dazzled by the view.
“Phew! Racked up a sweat,” Rei said as her head was still in the air.
As Jeanne kept on playing, she heard people saying a bunch of stuff about pretty colors and silly stuff in the air. That was the intention but a repeat of that was annoying the vampire. The little vampire kept on playing until her hoodie fell off as her white hair shined. That also meant that she was sparkling.
The audience snapped out of their trance and noticed the sparkling vampire. Their amazement then grew to disgust as they started booing at the sparkling vampire.
“TWILIGHT STINKS!” said a guy.
“I was born this way!” Jeanne cried as she stopped her music and put on her hoodie. The girl started crouching down and tried to ignore the booing.
“Stop right there!” Rosa cried out as she transformed into Pretty Pink. “PINKIE PINKIE MAGICAL CHANGE ME!”
Pretty Pink jumped after the falling Rei parts and used her parkour skills to catch all of them. Hopping between buildings or using the lamp post to keep her up in the air and caring all of the parts with both of her arms.
“My hero!” Rei said.
Back on stage, Pretty Pink threw Rei into the air and said. “Now that’s settled, I shall change this magician into a magical magician!”
“That’s kind of redundant,” Rei said as she was reconstructed and had a silver magical dress similar to Pretty Pink. “I present to you the third contestant, Pretty Pink! Making a come back after saving the world from Darkbrine!”
“With my new ally, Pretty Silver, at arms, we are the Pretty Pretty Witches!” Pretty Pink said. “Let’s all dance!”
Belladonna’s house was on the side of the stage, acting as a radio. The song was fuzzy due to its age but it was loud enough for everyone to hear. Some of the ladies in the audience were having a sense of nostalgia. They would talk to each other on how they remembered the song or some past memories.
Pretty Pink and Rei started dancing with Rei falling behind. Pretty Pink was more well versed in the dance than Rei and it was notable. The oddest part was that there were some audience members joining in the dance and were worse than Rei. Unlike Rei, they did not practice and were just copying Rei’s every mood.
“Hey! Follow her, not me!” Rei said.
Pretty Pink kept singing along while Rei struggled to even get the lyrics right. Even to the point where Rei had to make things up as she went along.
“Uh… cheesecake on top of a… er…” Rei sang.
Pretty Pink ignored Rei and continued her song, leaving Rei in a confused mess. The magician had a hard time following along and wanted this to end. That was until she saw a knife thrown at her.
“I rather fail at dancing than start this routine!” Rei said as her head hopped off her body before the knife can hit her neck.
Killer appeared with multiple homing knives at hand and said. “Sorry, I thought it was my turn since the song was almost over.”
“I got to thank the audience first!” Pretty Pink said. “Thanks everyone!”
“Your welcome!”
“But I still will not allow you to hurt Rei, in the name of love and justice!” Pretty Pink said.
“I also fight for justice, the justice I deserve against Rei Shinozaki!” Killer said as she threw more knives.
“Our fourth contestant… Killer…” Rei said nervously.
Pretty Pink attempted to use her magic with barriers to just blasting the knives altogether. Rei, however, was constantly changing shape to avoid getting hit. She would detach her body parts, make herself stretch, liquefied herself, or become transparent. Rei kept on dodging while constantly doing tricks to impress the audience.
“I’m a trained professional!” Rei said. “I can handle this!”
Noel and Jeanne came on stage and prepared to help out. Noel would create stone barriers from the concrete to shield Rei while Jeanne would flat out blast the knives into oblivion with her guitar.
Rei was slowly getting tired but had to keep her guard up despite the fact that there were less knives going after her. The magician was breathing heavily while she kept on moving, trying to balance out the safety of herself, the audience, and anyone who so happened to be around.
Killer though had her final act that she kept secret ready with a flash bomb. Said bomb looked like a cartoony black ball with a string on top. All while having a painting of the face of a bunny.
“Here is my secret technique!” Killer said as she threw the bomb at Rei.
When the bomb blew up into a firework that was shaped like the bunny face. Everyone stared at the floating firework that just stood there in front of Rei since the bunny looked too friendly after what had happened.
“It’s so cute!” Pretty Pink said.
“The f***?!” Rei said.
Killer was behind Rei with a gun aiming at the magician. The bounty hunter showed no remorse as she immediately pulled the trigger. However, the gun for some reason burned up causing Killer to drop the gun. The two women suddenly winced in pain as they looked at their butts to see a giant stake up their asses.
“It’s my turn now!” Eriza said as her hand was burning. She raised her burnt hand that made Killer and Rei rose up in the air.
“F*** f*** f***!” Rei cried from the pain. “My ass!”
“I, Queen Eriza Bethy, am the fifth and final contestant for the day!” Eriza said.
“I was not done,” Killer said as she struggled to not react to the pain.
“I can’t have you kill Rei before my performance!” Eriza said as she breathed fire on the two.
In an instant, the two became what can best be described as human headed meat. Rei’s face was still normal but the skin was a roasted color while she had the body of a roasted pig. Killer was in a similar state but had the body of a roasted chicken.
“Behold, my dark powers as I use them for culinary purposes!” Eriza said as she jumped into the air and sliced the two.
Rei and Killer were reduced to being heads with slabs of meat for a body if you can call it that. Eriza had plates ready for the women to fall onto that they just splat onto them. The dragon girl then had apples shoved into their mouths as the demon queen looked content.
“Bon appetit!” Eriza said.
Hmmph! Hmmp!” Rei said as she did not expect the apples.
“That was weird,” said a man.
“It must hurt a lot,” the man’s wife said. “Didn’t the ads say that it’s her thing?”
“I guess. This one looked like it hurt the most,” the man said.
“Whoa,” said another guy who looked amazed.
Rei spitted out her apple and looked at Eriza. “I think it’s time you changed us back?”
“Fine!” Eriza said as she blew more fire at the two.
Killer and Rei were back to normal but were facing flat on the ground. The plates were gone too so they were laying on the hard concrete. Rei got up and brushed off any pebbles on her and said.
“That’s all folks!” Rei said. “Be sure to vote on who you think had the best performance tonight and the results will be revealed probably next week! See you then!!!”
“Clearly I’m the winner,” Eriza said.
“Just wait for the results,” Noel said.
…
Q&A
The five contestants and Rei were heads on a table once more. All while being able to answer all questions from before.
“Well then! Here is our first Q&A!” Rei said. “First question.”
From tigerman2011: Eriza, do you find anything enjoyable about having a detachable head and being a head while on this show?
Jeanne, why do you prefer having your hoody on your head when you pop it off?
Rei, what happens to the bodies of the heads who get added into the head store? Do the heads get to meet their bodies back every once in a while?
Killer, you seem to be the only one who seems to enjoy being a head the most compared to the other contestants. Care to explain why? Can you find how a detachable head could help in assassinations?
“F*ck you! F*ck you for assuming that I like being bodiless and f*ck you if you are an actual low class demon to have the nerve to ask your queen that. F*ck you ten times over if you are actually a mortal asking me this! I don’t like being a head. I feel small and restricted, things that I hate the most but it is a sacrifice needed for this contest! Also, what sort of name is tigerman2011?” Eriza said she was having a tantrum. “I seriously…”
“Okay, Jeanne it’s your turn!” Rei said.
“I wasn’t done yet!” Eriza said as her head hopped up and down in anger.
“Well, my hoody makes me comfortable against bright lights and well… I like hoods,” Jeanne said.
“Don’t tell me you watch TV or play video games in the dark,” Pretty Pink said. “That’s bad for your eyes!”
“I’m a vampire. My vision is different from a human,” Jeanne said.
“Wait… how bat-like are you?” Pretty Pink asked. “No offense.”
“None taken,” Jeanne said. “Well… my family scrapes and licks blood when eating humans. Not like in the movies, more like an actual bat.”
“Huh,” Pretty Pink said. “That bat-like.”
“Oh usually the heads I get were lost heads or heads given to me. Either they lost their bodies or their bodies get new heads or not at all. If the head wants to see their body, I make sure that is possible,” Rei said.
“I enjoy being a head for the relaxing sensation. Perhaps it can be used to calm my nerves in my missions or add to my abilities in stealth,” Killer said.
From 150adj: My question is to the killer. From being a feared assassin to being a head must be a very drastic change for you. Don't you feel a bit threatened? As of I have seen of you till now, you seem to be pretty chill about it.
My second question goes to to Rey. Can I ask her any question? Anyways I am gonna put it out there. Do you still fear Eriza, even in this condition? Have you prepared any safety measures or backup plan if Eriza does something suspicious or goes berserk all of a sudden.
" You can answer it privately if you want Rey. I am not gonna tell her."
“First of all, my name has a capitalized K. Secondly, being a head is more relaxing than a bother. I could fit and hide in places like this or be in two places at once as well. I do plan on exploiting this new ability,” Killer said.
“I was sort of afraid of Eriza but getting less and less afraid after knowing who she really is. Sure I fear her plans to torture or toy with me but she’s kind of an arrogant bitch. I plan on getting back at her by exploiting her stupidity,” Rei said.
“I’m not that stupid!” Eriza said.
“Look! Raw meat!” Rei said.
“Where?” Eriza asked.
“It’s a wonder how she conquered so many lands,” Jeanne said.
“Oh shut it you!” Eriza said.
“Sorry,” Jeanne said, looking embarrassed. “Just speaking from my mind.”
From Steve:
Hey there.
The name’s Steve and I’m studying Magicology at the University of Toronto.
Been loving the show so far, it’s been a great distraction while ANGA’s till in pre-production! Really helping out getting my fix.
I’ve got a couple of questions for Killer, if she’s okay with answering.
Is Killer your real name, or is it a code name? Also is there some other name I could call you by instead? I’m sure the name works really well for an assassin, but I must admit it seems a little dehumanizing to just call someone basically by their vocation.
I’m curious on what your plans are after you potentially kill Rei? Are you thinking of retiring, or just going back into the assassination game? The only reason I ask is because I fear a Dog Chasing Cars situation.
In any case, I’ll try to pitch a question when I can! My summer classes have gotten a little crazy, but I’m sure the show will go great!
“Killer is in fact my code name and the only name I rather be referred to because everyone called me that. I used to be referred to as ‘Unnamed’ because I could not think of a codename. When I just minded my business, everyone just called me a killer so I went with it,” Killer said.
“Your incompetence scares me sometimes,” Eriza said. “How are you able to just go out in public and just declare what you do for a living?”
“I’ll use any means necessary to kill Rei Shinozaki where she least expected it,” Killer said.
“And she ignores me,” Eriza said. “Great.”
“No killing allowed!” Pretty Pink said.
“After this mission, I shall continue my work as usual,” Killer said. “This is a mission like any other mission I accepted. Failure would mean that I must go hiding. I’ll even go after you if I’m asked to do so. Not just for money, though it helps, but for honoring my services.”
“Oh… me too!” Pretty Pink complained as she was ignored.
“I guess that’s it for now! Thank you all for whatever support you gave us,” Rei said. “Feel free to ask more questions and tune in next time for a surprise!”