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The siblings had arrived at the venue early in order to beat most of the crowd as they piled into the auditorium. Their spots were on the edge of the orchestra level - that is, on the floor instead of a balcony. Neat maybe if you were big fans of the performer, but far from optimal viewing. 

"They couldn't have sprung for better seats?" Gianna grumbled lightly. As far as both heroes and idols went, "Kirara" was still a budding Talent. How expensive could her concerts actually be?

[color=F59932]"Aw c'mon, it'll still be fun. Where we're sitting isn't gonna change what we're hearing anyway, right?"[/color] Cas said, patting his sister on the head. She sighed, leaning away from the reach of his hand. Then she tipped her head back against her wheelchair, looking up at him.

"Aren't you supposed to be doing research... or something? You'd think they'd set you up with a much better view of her."

Cas rubbed at the back of his neck. [color=F59932]"You're kind of making it sound weird."[/color]

"It is weird," Gianna pointed out. "An idol-hero for a rival... do they expect you to sing and dance, too?"

[i]'Maybe I should stop telling her [b]everything[/b] that goes on,'[/i] Cas thought to himself. He did agree with her, though. A hero's rival should be their nemesis, both striving for victory over the other, and not a fellow hero competing to see who could become more famous. On that front, Kirara already had him beat anyway. It was the kind of cheap publicity stunt that Astraeus wanted to steer away from. Unfortunately that wasn't an option at the moment, if he didn't want to be dropped from his agency.

Truth be told, he didn't want to think about work right now. The fact that he even considered it to be [i]work[/i] was telling enough. Before he'd needed to join up with a talent agency in the first place he'd been content, happy even, to just take the time to help people. Now before and after every time he aided someone, he had to sit in on meetings about image, promotion, reach, [i]timing[/i], [i]brand focus,[/i] and [i]numbers.[/i]

God, it sucked.

But this was where he was at. This is what it took, or so he'd been told.

[color=F59932]"Hey, have you listened to any of her songs before?"[/color] Cas asked his sister, leading the conversation away from scouting out a peer and towards general chatter about the concert itself. It worked, though whether Gianna read the thoughts on Cas' face or just wanted a change of subject herself, Cas couldn't say. They talked until there was movement on stage, and the swell of the audience grew into excited cheering.

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[color=#FFFFFF]"[/color][color=#FEF8F2]S[/color][color=#FDF2E5]h[/color][color=#FDEBD8]e[/color][color=#FCE5CB]'[/color][color=#FBDFBE]s[/color] [color=#FAD2A5]s[/color][color=#FACC98]o[/color] [color=#F8BF7E]c[/color][color=#F8B872]u[/color][color=#F7B265]t[/color][color=#F6AC58]e[/color][color=#F6A54B]![/color][color=#F59F3E]"[/color] both siblings said at the same time once the encore had concluded. It had been the first time Cas had actually heard any of Kirara's music, and though it had that stereotypical pop-fare sound the earnest enthusiasm with which it was performed gave it a little something extra. It had been an enjoyable hour or so.

...which made Cas think it was sort of a shame that she was splitting her time between heroics and music. If she focused her all on the latter, maybe she could develop her own musical style and really take off, especially when combined with her light powers. He had to wonder why she'd decided to to become a hero in the first place. He wanted to ask her.

[color=F59932]"...you think they'll let us backstage?"[/color]

It was a rhetorical question; he was going to try it regardless of Gianna's answer. Cas gripped the handles of her chair and steered the both of them out into the aisle, then whizzed by the growing queue that was forming for the idol's handshake event. Maybe being part of such a storied agency had its perks beyond just free concert tickets, and he could drop a couple names to open a few venue doors? If he could talk with the 'Dazzling Brilliance' for longer than the few seconds that a handshake would take, well that would be the best type of scouting there was now wouldn't it?

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