Kawaii princess's Arc

Chapter 27 of 54

Inside the small wooden cabin, the broadcast light still blinked red. The shutters were locked from the inside, but the jeers leaked through the stone foundation. Outside, someone had lifted a brass air horn, frost-crusted and loud, aimed straight at her booth. Each blast punched through the walls. Her quieted crowd was finding its voice again, and the live feed was about to catch every sneer. She stepped to the wooden amplifier on the desk. Frozen condensation dripped from its speaker vents. She turned every knob to its limit and pressed her lips close to the microphone. She did not sing her melody. She sang the low note from the steps again, but this time the amplifier caught it and threw it back through the cabin walls. The sound rolled out across the lot. The air horn squeaked and died. Her single held note buried the jeers under its weight, and the broadcast carried only her voice to every city listening. When she released the note, the lot outside was silent. The red light still blinked. She had drowned them out instead of being drowned. But her throat felt torn again, and three full songs remained before the broadcast closed.