Lucien P.O.V
The judges came on to the stage and stood there looking at all of us. Everyone was in shock and awe upon noticing that the judges are the cream of the crop in the modelling world. Savanah Theos, Rin Li Zwei and Aros Forza. Top models and giants of Stellare Celeste Entertainment. I, myself, was in shock. To be judged by the best...is more than anything we deserve.
Savanah stepped forward and addressed us all.
"Hello, future models. Welcome to Stellare Celeste Entertainment's model auditions. What we are looking for is your passion and fire in your walk. The world of modelling is something that you cannot take for granted. We expect your best and remember the clothes wear you not the other way around. Give them the respect they deserve. " Everyone nodded solemnly at those words. Disrespect to the clothes that the designer put in a lot of effort was the highest offence anyone could commit.
Savanah stepped back and Aros stepped forward.
"Models, we will begin our auditions shortly. Now for the instructions. All of you have been assigned to a particular group. Each group will have to perform a show with a particular designer that we will allot to. We will be judging all based on your walk, time management and handling of your clothes." Rui Li Zwei stepped up as Aros stepped back.
"Once the auditions are done, we will be picking 3 groups that we feel are best suited for the agency. Once that is done, we will begin training for all of the selected individuals in those three groups. Remember that you all are not alone but have the strength to fight for your rightful place. Good luck and your runaway awaits."
A loud cheer erupted from us as the judges left and the people from the registration desk came towards us. One of them made their way to us and began to speak. "Good morning models, you guys will be Group 5 as per the tokens assigned to you. Your designer is Amara Krinos. She is a specialist in both menswear and women formal wear. Your stage is on the 9th floor. Good luck." with that she handed us a key. A tall boy with olive skin and red hair stepped up and took the key. The woman left and the boy turned to us. We are a group of 10 in total. The boy spoke up. "Hello, team mates. My name is Apollo Grayden. I know you guys are probably thinking why should we do this but for a minute consider the fact that the judges' impressions of us first hand will be in what we do not only on the runway but also behind the scenes. I humbly request your full cooperation in ensuring that we do the best we can. Thank you." I was very impressed at his astute observations. Everyone looked at him thoughtfully and with a hint of suspicion. I decided to break the ice. I stepped forward to him. He looked at me with a curious glance. I thrust my hand in his face. "I would like to thank you in advance for the effort." I said with a diplomatic smile on the face.
Apollo stared at my hand and then tentatively shook it. The twins walked up and then followed suit. After them came two boys, one with brown hair and another with sapphire blue hair. They also joined with us. A girl with long purple hair also nodded and joined. We looked at the remaining to see a look of thought and then they nodded. With that settled we began to talk and get to know each other and decided in the following order -
Team Leader - Apollo Grayden
Deputy - Eros Dietros
Third - Lucien Fabbri
Fourth - Enzo Dietros
Fifth - Callie McAllen
Sixth - Roy Jones
Seventh - Fernando Dane
Eigth - Savòy Luz
Ninth - Theodore Grant
Tenth - Esteban Valez
We saw the crowd for the lift and decided to race up the stairs. All of us took the steps two at a time. We were laughing and talking as well as assessing each other. Apollo was the oldest at 26, Enzo, Eros and Roy at 24, Callie and Fernando at 23, Savòy and Theodore at 22, Esteban at 21 and finally myself at 18. They immediately started rubbing it into me and crowned me as the youngest. It was fun to see them get comfortable with me. I liked this team already. We reached the ninth floor to see a runway being set up. A man walked up to us. "Hello Group 5, welcome to your audition show. As we are setting up your walkway, follow these people to head into the dressing room. You will be modelling both menswear and womenswear. We are going to divide you into two and from there we shall see you walk in front of the judges. All the best. Good luck." With that another person came forward with a black velvet bag. "In here are 5 blue tokens and 5 red tokens. The blue represents menswear while red is womenswear. Once you have chosen your token, there will be no exchanges. Once you pick the token, reds go the dressing room on my right, blues go on the left. Good luck." Another volunteer took the bag and handed it around. Quickly all of us picked the tokens.
We opened up our fists and immediately headed to the rooms after wishing each other. I opened my fist to see a red token. I was extremely thrilled at the fact. I made my way to see the twins, Roy and Savóy join as well. We all entered to see booths and a rack of clothes all set up. The rack consists of formal evening wear. An attendant popped up and handed each dress to us. We all shared a look and nodded. The hard part is about begin.
All of us went into the changing stalls and quickly stripped. I carefully put on the dress. It was smooth and beautiful in navy blue. I stepped out to a matching pair of navy blue stilettos with ribbons. The dress has a sweetheart neckline with a tight bodice. The skirt was straight till the knees with a slit to showcase the ribbon shoes.
As I was putting on the heels, Savóy stepped out in a Chinese red qipao with white cherry blossoms that reached to his knees with white pumps. He immediately made his way and knelt in front of me to help me with the stilettos. I smiled in thanks which he returned. As we finished, Roy and the twins stepped out. Roy had on an off shoulder champagne gold dress with three layers of fringe on the bottom and pale gold wedges. The twins were dressed in a yin and yang combo. Eros had on a dark green bodice with a ruffled skirt and black stiletto heels and Enzo was dressed in a sleeveless dark maroon dress with a thigh high slit and red peep toe heels. "Wow. We all are certainly going to shake the rest. They will definitely not expect this." Roy said grinning. All of us were smirking at the idea of stunning the other five. We certainly make a picture.
Let the games begin.