How It All Goes Down
- The foursome is in a car headed for the palace. After meeting their fans, the girls have a good idea of their relative popularity. In descending order: Marlee, Celeste, Ashley, and America.
- They arrive at the palace. Inside they find a crazy scene: the rest of the Selected are in the midst of a serious makeup sesh, while camera-people are scurrying all around. Yikes.
- Silvia hustles over and tells the girls that they're about to get photographed.
- America is brought over to a stylist who asks her what look she wants. She says she just wants to stick with what she's got. Good for you, girl.
- A team of makeup artists, hairdressers, and stylists get to work on her. She looks fine by the end of it, but she still looks like herself (which is more than you could say about the other gals).
- Afterward, America gives a quick interview. Once the rest of the girls have done theirs, they're all given a tour of the palace by Silvia.
- The girls also get some ground rules, the most notable being that they are "not to go outside under any circumstances" (9.86). Sounds like a fun time.
- Once the tour is done, the girls go to their rooms. To America's surprise, she sees three women hard at work when she opens the door.
- These ladies are Lucy, Anne, and Mary—the last one is America's new maid. She politely asks them to leave so she can take a nap.
- Sleep doesn't come, however, and before America knows it, it's time for dinner.
- Before they sit down to eat, the girls settle down to watch tonight's episode of the Illéa Capital Report. After all, they're its star attraction.
- The report shows brief clips of each girl. America is portrayed very positively in her clip, and she can instantly feel the room turn hostile toward her as soon as it finishes.