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[ And Stella being Stella is currently puddled on the table Rain's using, giving herself some well-earned rest after all the work they did this morning. Now, though, she's eyeing Rain and her crystal mirror a little suspiciously. ]

Aww man, don't say that. The second you start talking about the weather, it's jinxed!

It doesn't always work that way, Stella! Though then again, if enough people believe it, it might... Don't worry! I'm sure the backup plans they've got will be fine. I mean, there are always backup plans.

[She tentatively pats the Stella-pile.]

Guhhhhhh.

[ She lifts her head up a little, if only just to rest her chin in her hand. ]

Back-up plans always mean just running around like headless chickens. 'cos they always happen last minute!

Oh, it's not that bad, is it? Well... I guess some of the time. But I think the roof can convert in the stadium, though then we'd lose the fireworks.

That suuuuucks. The fireworks were the coolest part! ... Apart from us, I guess.

[ She huffs a bit, but then she looks thoughtful. ]

Couldn't we just fake some fireworks, with our powers?

You know, we probably could. Or at least one of those new-style light shows! I know I could use my water for that. Why don't we try and get everyone together to see what we can accomplish with it? Even just with an easy song, since we'd be putting so much into it.

That'd be super cool!

[ And all of a sudden, she's full of energy again. That's Stella for you. ]

Maybe we could get Celeste to do some weird gravity stuff, too?

Do you mean having things move through the water and around the projections? That sounds great! We've got to draw up some ideas and talk it over with everybody. Even if we don't get to do it this week, this is a solid idea!

Yeah! Or even, maybe – having cool stuff inside the water globs too. Lights and stuff, so they're kinda like disco lights!

[ She's bubbling over with ideas now. ]

D'you think Citrine could do anything fancy as well?

That depends. I know getting lightning near water is hazardous for sure, and I'm not sure she'd be happy toning it down to power the projectors, but if we can keep everything out of the way of where she could put hers...

That's what planning's for I guess! Eheh, I'm getting all pumped up.

[ She's kicking her feet a bit under the table to work off some of the energy. ]

What about you, Rain? What do you wanna do?

Oh, there are great water projection shows out there! Let me show you, have you seen any?

[She pulls her phone out and looks up one of these.]

I could make a screen out of water, and that's what the light goes onto. Or your globe idea's great, too!

[ Stella nudges in next to Rain so she can peer down at the phone screen and her eyes immediately start to light up. ]

Whooaaa, this is crazy! I've never seen anything like this before! How's it even work?

Light refractions in water with lasers! Sometimes they can look 3-D in real life. I have to admit I don't know a lot of the technical details.

We're just gonna have to do a bunch of research! I bet we can bug some of the light techs to get some ideas, too.

[ She ducks under the table for a second so she can fish her notepad and pen out of her bag and starts scribbling some of this down. ]

What song d'you think it'd be best with? Definitely a big group one!

That's true! Hmm... You've got a big part in "Unlimited Stars," and since light is probably the most important part of a projection show, maybe that would work. But I don't want to put too much pressure on you, either, since you're new. How about "Merry Merry Land?" What do you think that would look like?

Uwahhh, I don't wanna be the center right away for a big performance like that... scary, scary.

[ She makes a note of that anyway, though. She's a diligent note taker, if nothing else. ]

Merry Merry Land could be fun... I think if we're gonna do something big and fancy like this then it definitely needs to be all of us on stage and sharing the spotlight properly! Otherwise it's not fair.

[ She taps her pen on the page as she mulls it over. ]

Mrgrgr... what's the setlist for that show again?

Let me find it. I know we're starting with "Red Carpet Rainbow" since we're riding the limo onto the stage, and we only do that at the start or end of an act. [She pulls her phone out again and scrolls through.] Ah, there! "Red Carpet Rainbow," "Sailing on a Sweet Rocket --" you know, before we got the video backdrop for that song, I didn't even realize "sweet rocket" was a type of flower, did you? I thought it was about candy.

[ Immediately distracted; ] It's not about candy?!

[ TODAY SHE LEARNED... ]

But the lyrics are all about sugar and stuff tasting sweet! ... oh, that's probably a metaphor, huh...

Maybe they had both in mind when they thought about it. They've been doing this for a long time.

I guess. Eheh, a lot more goes into the lyrics than I would've thought... I guess when you write so many songs you get pretty good at it.

[ And then her eyes start sparkling. ]

Wouldn't it be fun for us all to write a song together someday?

You know, I think so! It'd be a lot of work, but I'm sure everyone would love it. We're coming up with a lot, aren't we?

Well, you said it sounded like something was gonna happen. So this is like... our backup plan! Everyone'll be super impressed once they find out we've got one.

[ Stella? Forward planning?? Say it ain't so. ]