Sense and Insensitivity

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[Open on Eda's Human Collectables stand in the market. King holds up a tray of mostly inedible things.]

King: Partake of my free snack samples! Take it! I demand it as your ruler, the King of Demons!

[Several people pass but none even look at him. He throws the tray on the ground.]

King: Nyeh! Why isn't anyone paying attention to me? I'm their rightful overlord. Intellectually and such.

Eda: Yeah... hey! [Grabs a passerby by the cowl, sniffs.] It reeks more of nerd than money today.

Luz & Lena: Guys!

[Eda lets go of the passerby.]

Passerby: Ah!

Luz: You will not believe what's going on! [Poses under a banner.

Lena: It's a book fair! Where books come to life!

[A book jumps off one of the stands next to them.]

Book: Hello.

[Luz screams and Lena gently kicks it.]

King: A fair without rides?

Boy: Who needs rides when this [Shoves a book in King's face.] can take you anywhere?

King: Nyeh.

[King throws a strip of bacon on the boy's head. A winged demon flies by and picks him up. The boy screams.]

Eda: A, ew. [Throws book on the ground.] B, I'm bored. C, I feel like pickpocketing some dork while they browse. [Walks off.]

Lena: No, wait! 

Luz: [To King.] Will you give it a chance? I'll let you ride in my hoodie! [Puts her hood up.]

King: Ooohoohoohoo!

[Cut to Luz and Lena walking through the book fair with King in Luz's hood.]

Luz: This book fair's got everything! A zine-making workshop, meet and greets, and—what's that? 

Lena: [Gasps.] A writing competition!? Luz! You've always wanted to be a writer.

King: Writer? What? I thought you both wanted to be witches?

Lena: Of course we wanna be a witch. But where were from that's kinda... impossible. 

Luz: So my runner up dream was to be a writer. [Pulls a picture out of her pocket.] I've had this about the author picture since I was seven years old. I know my good angle. I'm gonna enter the competition.

Lena: And my runner up dream is to be a popstar.

[Bo laughs as she runs by but stops when she sees Lena.]

Bo: Lena!

Lena: Oh. Hi.

Bo: I'm a big fan of your songs! Can I take a picture of you? Is that okay?

Lena: Of course! Want some selfie action?

Bo: Yes. 

[Bo pulls out her magic scroll and takes her selfie with Lena.]

Bo: Thank you so much.

Lena: You're welcome. Have a great day!

[Bo smiled and left.]

King: Ugh! What are these basement dwellers doing out in natural sunlight?

Tinella Nosa: Um! We're in line for Jon De Plume, most famous writer on the Boiling Isles, famed author of the Realm Warriors series! I'm gonna have him read my story... and marry me.

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