Chapter 4: ColbyDay two. The end of the competition. Well, the end of episode two of the competition, or at least Colby’s and Jason’s part in it. Colby was fairly sure more work would continue—editing, sound mixing, and so on—but their role as guest judges would be done.
He watched cake pieces fly, fascinated. A vast amount of carving was happening. So much artistic skill. So much creativity: one contestant was planning a cool and graceful Druid-inspired Winter Solstice scene, another had come up with a rather dramatic Roman Saturnalia, and a third was exploring classical Persian traditions, just to name a few.
He hoped they’d been excited about the theme. He and Jason hadn’t chosen it—the show’s producers had—but it’d seemed to please everyone; they’d all had immediate ideas and favorit
