Beauty Queens
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“Less than a minute to go, Bollywood,” Nicole said.
“Hello! Well aware, thank you. ’Kay. Uploading now …”
Shanti pressed PLAY, and the PowerPoint presentation was in motion. It was an image of Ladybird Hope waving from a Corporation private plane.
Fun Facts About Ladybird Hope & The Corporation!
Tried to kill us
Kept rescuers from finding us
Made secret arms deal with Republic of ChaCha
Assassinated world leader
Her pageant-wear line poorly made
Again, tried to kill us
“Go to second screen!” Nicole said.
“Give it a second,” Shanti said. “I put it on slide show. That’s how we do it in IP.”
Two seconds later, an island scene came up.
“I picked that shot,” Tiara said, clapping. “Isn’t it pretty?”
There Is a Secret Corporation Compound!
Polluting environment
Harming animals
Making weapons
Avoiding taxes
Forming secret alliances
“Twenty-eight. Twenty-seven. Twenty-six …”
“Come on, come on,” Adina pleaded softly.
A shot of Ladybird Hope and MoMo B. ChaCha in the heart-shaped hot tub appeared onscreen. Ladybird Hope had been caught midspeech. Her mouth was twisted and her eyes were half closed.
“Not her best,” Sinjin said. “Still. Total MILF. Paranoid and very wrong, but MILF.”
Ladybird Hope and The Peacock!
Secret alliances = treason
Illegal weapons sales = also treason
Illegal campaign contributions = bad
Human rights violations = super bad
Killing defenseless Bambi = just plain mean