Chapter 7
A Dubious Deal
Further investigation into the 'movie contract' reveals it's a magical pact designed to enhance Sacry's talents to an unnatural degree, trapping her under the enchantress's control.
Antoinette clutched the crumpled flyer like a life raft in a sea of bewilderment. "A 'Magical Movie Contract'?" she whispered, the words tasting like burnt sugar on her tongue. "Sacry, you signed away your soul for better sourdough starters?" She glared at the imposter, who was currently demonstrating, with infuriating grace, how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet. It was a skill Antoinette had long ago conceded to the realm of myth.
"It's not quite like that, Antoinette," the imposter Sacry replied, her voice as smooth as polished marble. She didn't even glance at the flyer, her attention wholly devoted to the crisp, flawless corners of the sheet. "It's more of a… synergistic partnership. A talent enhancement agreement."
Antoinette snorted, a sound that was less a snort and more a distressed pigeon attempting to escape a particularly sticky jam jar. "Synergistic partnership? Sacry, you're practically levitating those sheets! The real Sacry once spent an entire afternoon trying to fold a pillowcase, and she ended up wearing it as a hat."
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