[ Rise doesn't quite snort, but it's implied she'd like to. ]

No, believe it or not, my relative sent in an application for this competition that was going on. "Be the next big idol!"... or something like that. I didn't even know I'd been entered until they called me in for the next round to see what I could do. If I had what it took. Who knows, though... maybe it was the hair that got their attention.

[ she sticks the spoon back in her mouth, mumbling around it. ] I didn't even want to do it at first.