Rising Stars! Rise to the Top!

[Mystic Mina]

"It's not as though we had a choice. Only certain people can go through certain processes, and you just happened to be one of them Kat. And don't worry about not being able to pass as anything. You'll find that it's easier than you think. Anyways, about your question Jasper... No. After you win the contest, you'll be able to return to your normal mundane lives."

Taylor followed Katherine's lead, getting a plate for himself and piling mounds and mounds of food on top of it.

"Unless you DON'T want to change back, that is."

[Ookalf]

I... I think I'll want to go back... *Not having much of anything more to say, Jasper grabs some food to distract herself.*

[Maiden Miki]

"Yeah. I think I would like to change back once all of this is done," said Micheal as he prepares a plate for himself.

[Harri-chan]

Kat looked annoyed, but didn't immediately announce she wanted to go back to normal at the end of this. Quietly, she filled her plate without thinking, ending up with a rather less healthy selection than her usual strict adult diet required in order to keep her figure. The reason for paying so little attention to her breakfast choices was that her mind was working overtime considering each pro and con of her strange new situation. It was embarrassing for sure to be stripped of her adulthood and plunged back into her teenage years, and it would be quite a long wait before she got her mature body back, but now her best years lay ahead rather than behind. Even if the band failed, she'd have another go at becoming an adult, with all the knowledge of her first experience to help along the way, and if the band DID succeed, she'd be rich, and famous.

There was a gap between the end of her pale blue t-shirt and her small denim shorts that showed off her flat tummy as she carried the plate piled with sausages, bacon, egg and baked beans over to a table and sat down infront of it. Her subconcious seemed to realise she could eat like this and the metabolism of her young body would keep her in shape, even without all those gruelling gym sessions she went through as an adult. Squirting tomato ketchup across the food, she looked up at Taylor, and now her initial anger had faded, she was suddenly struck by how cute he was! It felt pretty strange, as she'd not found him attractive the night before, but it seemed that Kat was now at the mercy of teenage hormones. She'd felt this before, like any schoolgirl that had found herself with a crush on a teacher, but even with this knowledge, she couldn't stop herself patting the chair beside her...

[Hira Kanaki]

"Well that's good to hear, that we can go back after this..." Rick said.

[Mystic Mina]

Taylor, though he was oblivious to Kat's sudden affection for him, decided to move next to the teenage girl and continue eating his breakfast by her side. After devouring a little over half of his literal mountain of food, Taylor cleared his throat and started to speak yet again.

"Might as well tell you the rest of the agenda for today. Once you're done with breakfast, we'll go to the studio and I'll show you what you'll be working with. Then, hopefully you'll start your training! Ah, that reminds me! You can't use your old names while you're there... Or anywhere except around me, for that matter. If you do, then someone might find out about the experiment, and we can't have that. So, any suggestions for new names? Don't use anything common... They have to be worthy of a new pop star!"

[Harri-chan]

Kat's smile grew as Taylor sat beside her. Her brown eyes never seemed to wander away from him as she ate her own large breakfast. In the back of her mind, she was knew it wasn't right, but being so close made her heart flutter. Her tongue rubbed her top lip as he asked them to come up with suggestions for new names, and only then did she glance around at the other girls. Setting down her knife and fork, she wiped her lips with a napkin. "Could I be... Cherry Blossom? I thought... with my hair... ", she murmured, pinching a strand between her finger and thumb, and tugged it over her shoulder, twisting it around. "Cherries are red... right, Taylor?", she asked, leaned towards him slightly with a hopeful expression, setting one hand on his thigh. "Is it a good name?".

[Maiden Miki]

Micheal was having a hard time eating all the food she had served herself. She was halfway playing with a slice of her pancake and then hummed.

"Makino?" asked Micheal as she as playing with random names.

[Mystic Mina]

President Taylor absent-mindedly brushed Kat's hand off of his thigh, paying no attention to the young girl's gaze or the smile on her face.

"Cherry Blossom? Heh, sure. The kids in the audience will eat it up. Makino... Exotic! I like it!" He got up from his chair and moved next to "Makino" to give her a pat on the shoulder.

[Hira Kanaki]

"As for me, how about Midori? Unless you have a better idea?" Rick said.

[Mystic Mina]

"Midori also sounds good... But since we already have Makino here, audiences might get the names mixed up. How about a name that starts with a letter besides M?"

[Hira Kanaki]

"Hmm...Let's see what about Chiaki?" Rick said.

[Harri-chan]

"Kids?", muttered Kat, looking rather shocked. The expression transitioned to hurt as Taylor rose from her side and walked over to Michael, or Makino. She winced at the twinge of jealously she felt from watching him stroke the other girl's shoulder, while showing a far greater excitement at her choice of name than he had over Kat's. Her un-glossed lips pressed into a flat line, and she glared at Makino and Taylor. "I can get us older fans too... ".

[Mystic Mina]

Taylor chuckled to himself when he heard Kat's remark and gave the young girl a somewhat sarcastic look.

"Right, sure. You do that, Cherry Blossom. Really, you're just here to attract younger audiences. Anyways, Chiaki is good too! Unique, and it has a peppy taste to it!"

[Ookalf]

*Jasper looks up from her food.* Names? Uhh... Jasmine, maybe?