How to Win an Election Without Even Running

[not_over_yet]

[ So. Many things have been pretty awful lately. But Randy gave Basil a very unique opportunity, and. Well. Freddie had always been as much for showmanship as their first host--down to the execution: she went out on her terms, with very impressive results. Basil's not about to pass up the closest thing to a victory they've had so far.

He can't do much on his own, but he finds a few others willing to help ok so they did the majority of the actual work. Point is, there's something to celebrate, and they're going to do just that.

Going through Freddie's room (of course he's looting it, she told him to) and setting things up both take time, but eventually the others will find handwritten invitations slipped under their doors.
You Are Cordially Invited To The
~INAUGURAL CELEBRATION~
of
Manor President
~ Freddie Facilier ~
( Dining Room; bring your own liquor, due to compromise )

Hanging on the wall opposite the room's casino-side entrance is a large blue banner--oddly on-base as far as matching the color of that wand-splosion--which sports metalic-gold lettering, declaring:

winner of the 2018 Manor-Presidential election
~ FREDDIE FACILIER ~


Vice Presidents
MABEL PINES and ACKBAR THE PIG
will act on her behalf during our president's absence

...That may be the most tasteful decoration in the room, as Basil told VP Mabel to raid both the sewing and art rooms for "anything in colors that would remind one of our president". There's a lot of extremely vivid violet everywhere.

There's food, naturally--provided by Lekmet--and. Well, technically no alcohol served, but as the invitations stated, there's nothing preventing you from bringing your own. ]

Comments

[scrapplinghook]

[Mabel still felt sad. She really liked Freddie, after all. She'd worked on her sweater the hardest! She... she helped her and Ariel figure the whole dating thing out... how could this not hit her the hardest of all the trials so far?

But she can't let that get her down! Freddie gave her some last requests and oh boy she'll definitely honor them! So she's here at the party, making sure nobody looks too sullen as they drag themselves in. She's got a blue sash hanging from her shoulder reading VICE PRESIDENT, and Ackbar the Pig is close on her heels as she makes her way around the room.

... Care to talk to your new VP, guys?]

[athleticallyinclined]

[ Did you say sullen because Gaston is.

Not only had he lost the election, the new vice president is now a pig. ]

[scrapplinghook]

[Good. Good. This is why you don't mess with the Pines family!]

Aww, someone's jealous!!

[athleticallyinclined]

[ What. He looks insulted, and a little like he's trying not to cry. ]

No I'm not!

[scrapplinghook]

You totally are!! [She sticks her tongue out at him.] How's it feel to get beaten by two girls and a pig, ya big jerkface!

[Yes she's counting Freddie, because Freddie WAS president before her.]

[athleticallyinclined]

[ He scowls at her. ]

That election was a sham!

[scrapplinghook]

Well nobody voted for you, so it's not like you'd get to be Vice President anyway! This is totally fair!

[athleticallyinclined]

You weren't even on the ballot!

[ Wait a second. ]

...But your uncle was! This is nepotism!

[scrapplinghook]

Neither was Freddie, but she was president first!

[... oh hey a word he knows that she doesn't. She kinda gets the meaning though??]

He didn't give it to me though so that's a moot point!

[athleticallyinclined]

Well, maybe she shouldn't have been president either!

[ Mabel, you're not convincing him of anything here. ]

It's still cheating.

[scrapplinghook]

She'd be better than you by a longshot! 'Least she cared about some of the people here!

[She knows by now she can't convince him of anything. She just likes annoying him.]

[athleticallyinclined]

I guess we'll never know now, will we?

[ Hey remember when everyone though Gaston was improving and redeemable because uh. ]

[scrapplinghook]

[SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT FOR A MINUTE]

We will, cause we're gunna help all our friends escape, and she's gunna help on their end! And we can rub it in your big dumb face that people like her better than you!!

[athleticallyinclined]

[ THEN WHY DID SHE MAKE HIM A SWEATER ]

Weren't you listening? That murder wasn't a mistake. She wanted to kill someone!

And blame it on me!

[scrapplinghook]

[BECAUSE SHE'S A NICE PERSON AND MAKES STUFF EVEN FOR JERKY JERKFACES]

you tried to convince us a bunch of times that Beast did bad stuff when it was really other people, and you celebrated when he died! You're way worse than she is!

[athleticallyinclined]

I was protecting all of you!

Wouldn't you celebrate the death of a dangerous monster?

[scrapplinghook]

Not him, cause he never did anything to hurt anyone here, unlike you! He was super nice and helped us talk to people with that mirror, and all you did was talk about how awful he is!

[athleticallyinclined]

He did hurt someone here!

[ Gaston rolls up his sleeve to reveal the scar from the Beast's bite. ]

He attacked me!

[scrapplinghook]

Because of the stupid magic curses that week! You can't blame him for something like that! That's like... that's like saying you're not strong and you can't lift heavy stuff 'cause you were weak that time.

[athleticallyinclined]

[ Opens mouth




closes mouth. ]

...Well no one else attacked me that week!

[scrapplinghook]

'Cause no one else had his curse, duh. I mean... I was invisible that week. If anyone else was forced to act like he did? Maybe they would! Curses are usually really dumb like that.

[Is she... trying to reason with him now...?]

[athleticallyinclined]

Maybe the curse was only revealing what he really was!

[ Gaston you don't wanna go down that track... ]

[scrapplinghook]

... So does that mean the curse was showing us that you're really kinda weak and scrawny inside?

[athleticallyinclined]

Of course not!

[ He looks shocked and a little terrified at the thought. ]

Not a bit of me's scraggly or scrawny!