User blog:Addfire/Brackets and Battles

Uli scratched out a name. Lounging in his office behind the bar, he'd begun to work on a bracket, a real one. He stayed up all night thinking over each and every part. It had to be perfect, absolutely perfect. And it will be. His fingers fumbled for a gear to fiddle with as he looked over it.

"Desert! Cheng!" He called. "It's finished!"

The two walked over. they smarted over the fact that while they hadn't gotten in, some random anons had. Uli, in haste to keep them from spoiling the excitement, offered them temporary jobs as henchmen. And they excelled. Micromanaging and advising him on many things, Chengsha was always by his side. The reason that Desert wasn't was because he Eavesdropped on the people, finding out their feelings.

"Good news, Uli," drawled Desert. "Everyone's hyped for today! They also really wanna see the bracket."

"Um... I've kinda thought of something, if it isn't too late," put forward Chengsha. "How about the competitors don't see it? That way their reactions will be genuine."

Uli nodded slowly. He then passed Desert a piece of paper. "Whaddya think?"

Desert's grinned mirrored the Cheshire Cat.

That morning, each and every member of the town that didn't make it was packed into the bar. Desert and Chengsha went through them, distributing packets.

On each packet was this picture:



Whispers spread through the crowd like wildfire.

"Look at how close Spicy and Sondz are! Not likely that Spicyz1911 is gonna survive that!"

"Nevermind that, YIS and Octo are practically gonna be chomping at the bit to fight until they see each other at the opposite end."

Desert returned to Uli's side.

"Seems like the crowd is super excited, boss!"

Uli beamed.

To be continued!