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BEFORE
"AH! Ms Flame, thanks so much for coming to this meeting, I'm Mark Ketting from Marketing, please have a seat!"
>he gestures to a rickety office chair, one wheel is missing and the leather has clearly seen better days
>Amy shakes the Mark's hand, it's slightly clammy, and she perches awkwardly on the seat in front of his desk which feels just about ready to collapse
"We've got a WONDERFUL idea for your character and we REALLY think you're going to like it"
>he places a laminated binder on the desk facing Amy
>there's a large gold sticker on the front with some awful comic sans text that reads "FORBIDDEN LOVERS"
>Amy raises an eyebrow
"No."
>Mark pulls a stack of papers out of a drawer and scatters them across the desk
"Amy we've done EXTENSIVE research and we really think this will be good for your career."
"Think about it! A babyface! And a HEEL! In a forbidden secret romance! Don't tell HR I said this but dykes draw dimes! Do you have any idea how much money the company can make from this? At least five!"
"Five?"
"Yes. FIVE!"
>Amy thumbs through the binder, there's a lot of pie charts and bar graphs but none of the data seems to make any sense
"Okay but why me?"
>Mark points to a line graph stuck to the wall with what appears to be chewing gum
"Our research shows that your character is viewed as a plucky underdog but a large number of people view you as innocent too, which is why we have the PERFECT heel lover to pair you with!"
>Mark switches on a projector and Nikki Kade's face appears on the wall for a split second before the machine dies
"Kade? That's ridiculous, we just had a PPV match together and now you want to do this? Nobodies going to believe it."
