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: Cid engages in a match against Rose Oriana , the academy's top swordswoman. Instead of winning, he focuses entirely on his "48 ways of getting owned," specifically executing the "Spinning Drill Fall: Bloody Tornado".

: Cid treats her as a secondary character, off-handedly giving her chocolates which she mistakenly interprets as a romantic confession. The.Eminence.in.Shadow.E07.GerSub.720p.Web.x264...

: While Cid is preoccupied with his "Mob" persona, his subordinate Nu reports on the Cult of Diablos and their "Third Children". In typical fashion, Cid ignores these world-threatening details, assuming they are just flavor-text for his roleplay. Escalation: The Shadow Garden Imposters : Cid engages in a match against Rose

: Cid uses fake blood and dramatic falls to look like a weak loser, yet his "determination" to keep getting back up accidentally earns the deep respect of Rose. To Cid, this is a successful "background" performance; to everyone else, he looks like a tragic, resilient underdog. The "Named Character" Complications : While Cid is preoccupied with his "Mob"

About the Author

Elaine Chiew is a fiction writer and visual arts researcher. She is a two-time winner of The Bridport Prize, amidst other prizes and shortlistings. Her debut short story collection, The Heartsick Diaspora, will be coming out with Myriad Editions (U.K.). She is also the compiler and editor of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World (New Internationalist, 2015), and has had numerous stories in anthologies and journals. She also writes flash fiction (named Wigleaf Top 50 twice, along other honours). In October 2017, she was the Writer in Residence at Singapore’s premier School of the Arts. She received an M.A. in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. In addition to writing freelance on Asian visual arts for magazines like ArtReview Asia, she also blogs about contemporary Asian writers at AsianBooksBlog and the visual arts on her blog, Invisible Flâneuse.

About the Artist

Fanny Cammaert is a digital artist living in Belgium. She adopted the stage name Lizzie Stardust as a member of the electro group Velvet Underwear. Since recording and touring with that group, she began working in visual media. Drawing on the kilim weaving that is part of her Ukrainian heritage, her art explores the interplay of digital patterns and electronic glitches. Thematically, her work brings digital infinity into connection with human emotions.

This story appeared in Issue Sixty-Three of SmokeLong Quarterly.

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