Jagged Stone performs a song on his guitar, jumping around and sliding into his knees, "Mah Miraculous!" Penny applauds as Bob watches with his arms crossed. The rockstar hands his guitar to Penny as he walks over, "So, what do you think of the first single of my next album? Can you feel it, Bob? Isn't it killer?"
"Not bad, Jagged, not bad. But if you really wanna be making something killer, let's talk about this duet with Mr. XY." Bob points at an album cover of a popstar.
"No way. He's not a rocker. He's a baby! I bet he doesn't even shave yet." Jagged Stone touches his beard.
"Well, this "baby" just pushed you out of the number one sales spot."
"And? Doesn't make him a true musician like me. Penny thinks everything I'm doing's rock star material. She thinks I'm killer."
"Penny might be your agent, but I'm your real boss. Listen. Bottom line is that Bob Roth Records cannot afford to be number two in sales! Or rep a number two rock star! Get real, Jagged! You're gonna have to modernize your music. Change the way you look. Get a whole new style!"
"You wanna talk about real? I'm a genuine rock 'n' roller, Bob, not some pop star in diapers. I'm a real artist. Real talent! Even my hair is real. And that's what people love about me." Jagged Stone lies on the floor, laying against his crocodile, "Isn't that right, Fang? Yeah." he gets back up, "And the artwork you came up with for my album is a waste of my time!" he gestures to the artwork, "Seriously, Bob, what is this trash? It looks like a perfume ad!"
Bob points a finger at Jagged's chest, "And that's what people want these days!"
"Well, I don't. My album covers are raw to the bone, exuding the smell of sweat and leather!"
"You do know, don't you, that if your next album doesn't rate #1 on the charts, it'll be the last one you'll ever do with Bob Roth records!"
Jagged Stone crosses his arms and turns away, "I'd rather put out nothing at all than sing some pathetic duet with a baby-faced nobody."
"Bob, Jagged and I had an idea. Its concept is modern, but it also respects Jagged's own...rugged style." Penny told him.
Jagged takes off the glasses Amber made, showing them to him, "The schoolgirl who saved my life and made these glasses has some real talent. She totally gets my style. She's gonna design the cover of my new album."
"A schoolgirl?" Bob asks as Jagged puts the glasses back on.
"See? That's just it. She's the same age as the target audience." Penny pulls out a piece of paper, "Here's her addresses."
Bob folds his arms and groans, Fang growling at him and making him jump away in alarm, taking the paper and leaving the room, "Okay! But just think about that duet with Mr. XY."
"Find that girl, Bob!" Jagged told him.
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"So, are you interested?"
Amber places some chocolates down for Chloé to eat, "Let me get this straight. Jagged Stone wants me to design his next album cover?"
"That's right!" Bob Roth pulls out an XY album and hands it to her, "I brought a few visuals so you can get a sense of what we're going for."
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Miraculous 1: Welcome to Paris!
FanfictionAmber Bourgeois, formerly Cimarosa, is a foreign exchange student from Italy. At a boarding school, she met Chloé Bourgeois, her half-sister. After finding out about how Chloé wanted to change, she transfers to her school and lives with her at her f...
