#{ forwin vc: okay this HAS to be rigged- }

[galeforged]

“And hats off to the enchanting, the peerless, the breathtaking Monica von Ochs for clearing the Rising Hero vote in the women’s division! I had every bit of faith that she would turn a few heads – I even voted for her myself!” Because why shouldn’t friends support one another?

“Now let us see who won among the men... Someone bold and charismatic, or perhaps timid yet no less courageous? One does love an underdog story, after all! And who better to fit the bill as the topmost Rising Star in the men’s division than...

“...Chancellor Desaix?”

As far as employers went for whilst he roamed... well, Desaix certainly was one of them. A scant couple of months were spent in Zofia Castle playing for the man, and while the time spent certainly proved worthwhile for information gathering, by the Goddess was the man himself unbearable!

Despicable, contemptible, and utterly reprehensible, with such thin skin that any amount of criticism saw people mysteriously vanish from the castle walls. Forwin shuddered at the memory of all the baseless ass-kissing he had to work into his music... It felt dirty-!

And that man would go on to win “Rising Star”, really? The bard rarely ever cursed, but this time, stunned as he was, he could not help but let slip his honest feelings.

“...okay, what the fuck-???”