Episode 22: The Voting System

Mayor of Komona: And thanks to our brilliant engineers, you too will be able to participate!; Yes, yes, my friends, feast your eyes on these technological wonders our hosts and hostesses will provide you!; The green button gives a point to a candidate, the red button removes one. It's you who decides!; "And the jury?", I hear you ask. Don't worry, we've thought of everything!; Each juror has a special remote, able to give or take a hundred points with a single press!
Pepper: Wow!

Mayor of Komona: And the icing on the cake— the scores will appear directly above the participant's head!
Writing: 1337
Mayor of Komona: The three witches who obtain the best scores will proceed to the finals!; Don't forget, the grand prize winner will take home the amazing sum of… …50,000 Ko!
Audience: Clap

Audience: Clap
Carrot: Tap
Pepper: Such a great concept, isn't it Carrot?; Innovative… Amusing… Democratic… … the perfect system!; We no longer need experts to judge for quality! What progress! We really do live in a fantastic era!
Mayor of Komona: Everyone have their remote?
Audience: Great!; Yes!; Yeah!; Yes!; Yes!
Mayor of Komona: Good! Let the contest… BEGIN!!

Writing: 5861
Mayor of Komona: Camomile obtains a very good score! It is now Shichimi's turn!
Audience: Clap
Shichimi: LUX…
Sound: Fiiiiiiizz!!
Shichimi: MAXIMA!
Audience: Aah!!; Ow!!; My eyes!!!; Boo! Booo!
Pepper: Carrot… give her a green thumb anyway; she's our friend after all…
Carrot: Tap
Audience: Booo! Booo!
Writing: -42
Mayor of Komona: Ah, it would appear the crowd was not dazzled by this "brilliant" display! We now turn to Spirulina!
Audience: Boooo! Booo! Booo! Boo!

Spirulina: RELEASUS KRAKENIS!
Sound: Wwwloo!; Splaashh!
Writing: 6225
Mayor of Komona: Beautiful! Powerful! Spirulina gains the lead! Coriander, over to you!
Spirulina & Durian: Tap
Audience: Clap
Coriander: MORTUS REDITUS!
Sound: Groowooo!
Writing: 2023
Mayor of Komona: Oh, it seems that skeletons are out of fashion… Now for our dear Saffron!

Saffron: Grrr! There's no way I'll let myself do worse than Spirulina! It's time to give it my all!; Stand back, Truffel!
Sound: Frrrshh!; Frrrshh!; Krchh!
Truffel: Meow!
Saffron: SPIRALIS; FLAMAaaaaaaah!
Sound: Fwwwooooshh!; Swwwiiip!; Fsssh!; Paf!
Saffron: ?!!
Sound: Fsssh!; Fsssh!
Saffron: Aiiiiiee!!

Saffron: Oh no… How embarrassing!
Audience: Clap
Saffron: ?!
Writing: 14 849
Pepper: Tap
Lord Azeirf: Tap Tap Tap
Writing: 18 231
Mayor of Komona: Please... please! A little decorum! Shichimi and Coriander are eliminated!; Camomile, Spirulina and Saffron have qualified for the finals!

Mayor of Komona: Ladies, are you ready for one more challenge?; Over to you!
Writing: 15 703; 19 863; 13 614
Audience: Clap
Sound: Plonk!
Pepper: I take back everything I said about this system...
Lord Azeirf: Tap Tap Tap
Narrator: - FIN -

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