Aeon Nether & Idol Effigy

Chapter 50- Insults on Injuries

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People online were aware of Emma's story more than Trina could have ever wanted to believe. But none on the show were aware of this except for Felixe with his omniscient abilities and Aeon's fellow school pupils that were still on the show. The former had a means to search through Emma's past route and the latter paid close attention to Aeon, remembering the self-deprecating jokes she made about herself that somewhat match Trina's target.

In a way it showed the scary powers that most teenagers had when searching about someone. Only, this time with a person who didn't go online much there rumours and attention to Aeon's slip-ups had revealed her transmigrator status to them, they realised it with less than a school year passing-by. In their minds this was a confirmation that there was a special place that had recognised Aeon's place in their hearts with all the effort they put into paying attention to her.

So, whilst most people online saw and knew from other commenters that had flooded the show's broadcasting livestream in disgust when they pieced together some of Emma's death causes, those that knew about Aeon in the competition were vigilant. If they didn't remain vigilant wouldn't they have trouble understanding the drama that Trina tried to redo with Aeon? What's more is they were guessing a few things. One of those guesses happened to solidify itself when it was time for the judges comments. It was also a guess that the audience members on the Livestream picked up on Trina coming out as a transmigrator when she was young to try and wipe her slate clean.

"It was terrible." He said a few things before as critiques, but this time Felixe simply commented that it was terrible.

"It can't be that bad, to say that!", the motherly judge seemed to have taken to Trina's defence.

"But it is terrible. She didn't make the song by herself, but got someone else to produce it. So there's no saving grace to her performance. She should have had more time to practise and offer some respect to the music piece she was given. We've all seen the recap video shown on the stage before her stage started and after her introduction. It doesn't even seem like she took the 'private' training sessions with you lot seriously. Her singing didn't see any improvements capping off at mediocre at best and was combined with a dance routine she half heartedly did. The parts she forgot to dance and sing are painfully obvious. But she got through it as everyone before her was below mediocre."

It took a second to digest those words. He wasn't wrong. Everyone before was equivalent to the beginning attempts made by people who'd just auditioned for a talent show as somewhat amateur. Trina's was the only one you could say looked like she was on Idol Effigy, but compared to the extra help she got in the recap video that seemed to be showing off how most of the judges love her... It was disappointing.

Maybe that was expected, but seeing how the other judges were so easy on her compared to how they judged me... It was clear that the judges only seemed to be better in my mind, because I was comparing them to how they acted with Emma. The favouritism and hatred they were blatantly showing between us was bad. It was so bad that I honestly wondered if they thought this was a reality TV show and they had chosen the wrong persona to act out.

Their judgement as judges had drawn a clear line. Most judges loved to brown nose Trina and even had their moments of giving bad advice to contestants in order to trip them up. Then there were those who were neutral, but had drawn a line with me that made me think they were crappy judges. I wasn't necessarily wrong, but compared to their treatment of the other contestants, they were neutral in their half heartedness. Then there were a few actual judges, but even these could be said to be neutral with me in giving general advice. However the best judge was definitely Felixe who gave constructive criticism when allowed to elaborate. Although sometimes he didn't elaborate, because he wasn't asked to or didn't care enough. He was someone the contestants wanted to hear even if they didn't like him.

Trina's thought process was obviously different, as her face quickly turned ugly before switching into acting mode. "Why would you say that about a song my friend worked so hard to make?! It was difficult to even think about performing it let alone performing it. Why don't you come up and show me how I should have executed the dance moves or even sin- Ah, sorry! I forgot!"

It was easy to see that she was insulting Felixe on being sick and not really being a person 'worthy' enough to be an instructor or judge on the show. However, what once would have caused thousands of people to deport to her side when asking themselves why a dying person who they've only known to have composed couldn't have been more humble and comforting to the upset young contestants.

It was funny how the audience were now all laughing, because Felixe was healthy and they had realised Felixe was the same age as the contestants. It was easy to see how Felixe was once putting up with someone who was nothing compared to him, especially since he was healthy now. It even made the size of Trina's hate group grow, because she just insulted a person that she thought was dying on not being able to move or sing well.

Felixe's voice answered Trina's question, "If you're done complimenting yourself on being deaf instead of being completely tone deaf and without two left feet, please exit the stage. You may have not noticed, but I'm here for the people who have at least some seriousness in respecting the entertainment industry and doing well. If you want popularity from being third rate in everything, including acting, please direct your attention to the people I have to call fellow judges. Honestly, they've already shown themselves as being the type to be bought."

With a sigh Felixe finished, seeing how Trina and everyone around him was in shock or something similar to anger, he motioned to his bodyguards who then succeeded in getting Trina off of the stage to make way for the next competitor. In a way the use of his own bodyguards was a blatant warning to people around him. It made me wonder what the real audience was thinking whilst they viewed everything through their screens.