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Grace's fault.

Pocket sized dictator part 5

there was a vote, which means there was a list, which means they probably came up with criteria over several weeks of arguments and discussions. then, they tried to find people that fit as many of them as possible, and that's how you get said list.

a very, very short list. diplomats, politicians, leaders — capable people that are good at what they do and speak several languages and seem like they could handle the pressure. people that are already perceived as something other than human.

then, they voted. maybe in rounds, maybe the list was short enough to sort it out with one. either way, eva won, but it didn't feel like a win.

it felt like being chosen as a sacrifice, a scapegoat, turned into someone who gives up being human for the greater good. they honour you, at first, revere you maybe, but people care about exactly two things: money and power.

so soon enough, saving humanity became secondary to selfish gain. eva stopped being the noble leader and became the enemy, and she knew it was going to happen, knew it was only going to get worse. but she didn't really have much of a choice, did she?

she has no immediate family.

she doesn't even have a dog.

she has no one who cares about her as a person, a human.

entries include:

a blurry picture of stratt covered in confetti, holding her worlds #1 director mug, a second mug that says worlds #2 director, and the most disappointed look on her face. The photo is taken by ilyukhina, with several people in the background also running.

a video of someone giving grace a monster energy, smash-cut to 14 hours later, and he's pacing and talking to himself about astrophage.

a picture of hatch wearing several feather boas, a tank top, and high heels. He won "least lab safe outfit"

a picture of yao with a hat that says "worlds most astronaut ever" and ilyukhina giving him a thumbs up.

a badly edited wedding montage of dubois and shapiro.

A section dedicated to images of Lokken and Grace arguing (one is an incredibly blurry picture of her beginning to throw hands, Komorov stepping in before she actually hits him, it was deserved, Grace was ragebaiting) (DuBois took the image)

Lamai and her monkeys, Grace cringing in the corner (little does he know one day he becomes the monkey)

LeClerc drunk and sad after the bombing, head buried in his knees, several penguins surrounding his body, Eva bent over patting him on the shoulder

Another blurry picture of LeClerc running after the lunatic who paved the Sahara (it was on sight, poor Redell and his old man knees)

Hatch cradling his beetle prototypes like if theyre his babies

Follow up of Hatch's lack of lab gear with him on his knees while Lokken lectures him about lab safety

Follow follow up of Komorov and Grace trying to calm her, and then another of the both of them now on their knees next to Hatch

Lamai and her team giving flu shots on the Vat, resulting in an image of her vaccinating a crying Hatch being consoled by Komorov while another one of the doctor's is giving Eva her flu shot next to him, completely stone faced and a little annoyed at his dramatics

Ilyukhina convinced Eva to take a picture with all her team leads so now there is a picture of all the astronauts plus the leads absolutely mogging (all except Grace and Hatch, neither knows what having aura is like)

Title: The Pipe of Freedom Artist: Thomas Stuart Smith (Scottish, 1815-1869) Date: 1869 Genre: portraiture, genre art Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 106.8 cm (42 in) high x 78.7 cm (30.9 in) wide Location: Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Stirling, Scotland, UK