Clicking sounds can be heard across the terrace with the coffee brewing smell and sweet buttery fresh baked bread. What a cozy atmosphere to do your “work from cafe” work until a grinch hair looking girl ruined that.
“HOW the heck can those people have the time to go to yoga class at 9 AM ? on Monday ?, and what do you mean this matcha prize is matching with ahhaahahhah noooo, not two but one commission that took me hours to make ?” said Gina while almost losing it.
“Capitalism darling, what else ?” said a girl with overpriced coffee in her hand that matched her straight grey bob hair.
“Shut up Edna Mode”
“Rude ass medusa”, following with her sipping the overpriced coffee.
“I mean, can you see Edna ?, everyone is either getting a job, dating, doing the master degree, or starting a business or family but look at us? Are you not concerned ?” Regina asks nervously.
“So… I have been thinking, how about we make this creative business by selling… brat, are you even listening….?” Regina word disappears seeing Edna reading those corny transmigration stories, the so-called romance fantasy while blushing. I mean, what is her mental age again ? sixteenth ?
“They holding hands Gina asmaldksdjak, they are holding hands”
“...., YOU little – “ Gina word gets cut by a suspicious looking flyer get slammed into their table.
“Hi cutiess, are you two girly pop interested in making a lot of money in just 3 months ?” said a plain looking woman with long black hair wearing a waitress looking uniform.
Suspicious ? of course. Remember the saying that “stranger danger” your elders keep saying to you ? But for these two jobless, moneyless, not so hard working girls, that woman looks like an angel that was sent to end their misery. In short they are stupid.
“Can we do that ?” they said in sync, in a hopeful tone.
“Of course, WE ARE NOT A SUSPICIOUS AGENCY are doing a webtoon contest–”
“You are not a suspicious agency ?” Edna asks
“Yes”
“What is your agency name?” Regina asks
“Like I said, WE ARE NOT A SUSPICIOUS AGENCY”
“...”
“It's the name,” the woman continued.
“Well if you two are interested, here is the brochure for the competition! See you soon” with that, the not suspicious-looking woman left their table.
Regina and Edna then looked at each other and smiled while laughing like a creepy villain.
“The deadline is still 3 months from now and the entry fees are not that expensive.. Why don't we give it a shot ?” said Regina with a creepy looking smile.
“I agree with you my friend”
“Should we continue discussing this ?”
“The deadline are still in 3 months”
“Yeah but shouldn't we–”
“The deadline. In. Three months.” Edna said calmly.
“Fine, you win. Lets just go home my bed misses me”
“Sure, Let’s share the cab”
With the two friends going home, inside the cafe, the same plain looking woman is getting scolded.
”YOU GOOD NOTHING TRASH, YOU CAN’T DO THIS SIMPLE TASKS ?” said a big fat guy while throwing water to the plain looking girl with a waitress-like costume.
…
From the driver's point of view, Regina and Edna are going to kill each other. Bless the poor drivers' sanity. He didn't get enough pay for hearing this ridiculous debate for the whole trip.
“Regina. I dare you to say that again” Edna said with the most monotonous tone you have ever heard.
“TrANsMigrATor RomANCe FAntASy is OvERratTed” Regina said without knowing the murderous aura beside her keeps growing and growing.
“After that.”
“The duke of north are slow, emotionlessSSARGGGH YOU CRAZY WACKO” and that’s how Regina ends up with more less hair. String by string hair keeps falling with the driver's silent tears.
“OKAY FINE WE DO THAT TACKY GENRE OF YOURS” Regina surrendered.
“And ?” ask Edna smugly.
“The Duke of the North is amazing, yippie.” Regina said without a trace of soul in her voice.
Edna smiled, “So like I said, the story should have a crown prince, wronged rich villainess, north duke, and those three are in a love triangle. I am gonna draw them perfectly and win this shit”
“Fine. And who are going to get transmigrated ?”
“The villainess of course”. Regina mentally strangled Edna.
“Look, as the writer, it's too mainstream. How about we make someone else that transmigrates ? How about the extra ?”
“The extra..?”
And then suddenly a screeching tired followed by a loud crash are heard. People are seen crowding a certain spot. Screams are heard from outside the car.
“CALLS THE HOSPITALS THERE HAVE BEEN A CAR ACCIDENT”
“EVERYONE MOVE ALONG NOTHING TO SEE, MOVE “
At that time Edna and Regina felt a cold wind brushing their skin out of nowhere.
“What happened ?” The drivers open the window and ask the motorcycle beside him.
“A woman in their late 20s got hit by a white truck, poor woman. She looked tired from work and tripped the crossing line while it was red. May she rest in peace”
Edna and Regina look at each other and deep down both of them think the same thing. What a cliche way to get transmigrated.
…
Three months have already gone after that accident, and three more days until the competition closes. With a lot of banter, surprisingly those two did well with their competition preparation. Regina focuses on picking the right names, making the most good plot, with many alternate endings and storyboarding some of it. Edna makes a lot of sketches for the characters and backgrounds. Now they just need to meet for the last choice, which is to choose what the ending story is and how the main villain will look. They are so immersed in their work that sometimes they forget the other's one job. But it's fine, that's why they decide to meet up one last time before submitting the webcomic to catch up with each other's work.
On this beautiful night, the moon shines brightly with a calm breeze. Two women walking while smiling. Each of them imagines what they will do with that much money. Until one of them chooses to ruin it.
“ARRRGHHHHH NONOO GOD NO” Regina shouted in despair while looking at her phone in horror.
“Stop over reacting will you ? Please, it's a little bit embarrassing, don't you think ?” Edna smiled threateningly.
Regina shoved her phone to Edna's face. Edna's eyes betrayed her. The post said the competition already closed one month ago and is currently being judged.
“Nononono. It can not be happening, I swear I read the deadline is still three more days” Regina said in panic while searching for the brochure in her bag.
“SEE, HERE ” Regina pointed at the deadline date in the brochure, and it does say the competition is still open for the next 3 days.
Edna then comes into her senses “Let’s contact this number from the brochure”.
The two of them try to call the number vigorously but no one answers it.
“THIS IS RIDICULOUS, did I just waste my 3 months like that ?” said Regina while Edna felt hopeless. Feeling bad seeing her friend like that, Regina tries to light up the mood.
“Edna, maybe we can self publish this..? I think it's such a waste if we...”
“THESE DAMN SCAMMERS” Edna suddenly yelled.
“SCAM THE RICH ONE OMG ?! WHY SCAM A POOR GRADUATED, JOBLESS PEOPLE LIKE US”
“Edna please calm down.., people are looking” Regina said while taking more steps away from Edna.
Suddenly Edna punched a wall in front of them
“EDNA, you anger issue is showing” Regina said while opening her phone camera. She may be in stress, but ain't no way she misses Edna embarrassing herself. Edna punches the wall again and again while Regina keeps recording while saying useless stops. Well, this scene is set at night right ? it’s dark, what Edna and Regina didn't know is, the thing that Edna punched is not a solid wall. It's just a bunch of bricks. With Edna's angry power punch, “the wall of bricks” fell and crushed them. That's how the matcha and coffee combo besties died in the most ridiculous way.
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Not far from them you can see a pale woman smiling victoriously.
“just as I planed”
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