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You open your eyes wide and read the name on the poster out loud!
“You’re <span class="mu-s">Pumpkin</span>?!” You’re in utter disbelief!
“P-Punk-P.” Ajna whispers her correction.
“Haha, you need better glasses.” Punk-P isn’t affected one bit by your misreading. “With the royalties flowing, you’ll afford a new pair.” She winks at you.
“I’d apologize for my mistake, but you lied to me! Your name is not on the poster!” You point at it with rightful indignation!
“What’s the issue? More people know me by my stage name, it’s practically my identity.” Pumpkin doesn’t understand your hold up. “It’ll be the same with your clients.”
“Nah, Ajna will always be Ajna.” You put your hand on top of Ajna’s shoulder. “And so will be the others.” Yu Yan, Ruby, Debbie and Mooriko will always be the same!
“Seems that logic doesn’t hold up with Clutz.” Pumpkin finds a flaw in your argument.
“That’s different, Pumpkin. To me, she’ll always be Clutz.” You smile from the bottom of your heart.
“And I’ll be Pumpkin?” Pumpkin wonders.
“And you’ll be Pumpkin.” You nod. “If you girls bothered to tell me your names, this wouldn’t be a problem.”
“I like Pumpkin, but it makes us sound like lovers, and that’s a no-go for marketing purposes.” Punk-P has her reservations. “Come up with something else after you’re done with these. I’ll be arranging one of the recording booths for you all. Peace.” She winks as she goes.
You stare at Ajna for a second, look down at the pile of papers, and sigh. You’ll get these done now. Ajna decides to help you, and you two scramble through them for a while until it’s all over. So many papers to sign, it’s kind of nuts. A lawyer would’ve useful here or something.
“Fuck, I’m done…” You’re relieved.
“Good job there, stud!” Yu Yan is here! And so is Ruby, and the-other-two-that-are-equally-important-but-were-already-here-so-you-don’t-want-to-waste-time-acknowledging-them are also here! “Glad you got this sorted out before we got here.”
“Sorry, Johnny, it wasn’t easy to figure out how to bring all the instruments here between us two.” Ruby apologizes for being late.
“Yu Yan! Ruby! Girls!” You smile at all of them. “You all got to sign <span class="mu-i">here</span>.” You deadpan and show them where they need to put their signatures. They all were prepared with their own pen for some reason. “And <span class="mu-i">here</span>, and <span class="mu-i">here</span>.” You check the signatures for the last time. “Yup, we’re done!”
