Thread: Paragon, Feminist (Vicious and Supple)

Austin did not move from behind his desk as Sarah entered and sauntered across his beautiful office floor towards him. He did not move around to shake her hand, nor did he sit once she sat down herself. He remained standing, motionless other than his hands dipping into the pockets of his finely tailored jacket. His sharp, grey-blue eyes followed her every step and bounce, until she finally sat straight and stared back at him. The confidence, and even defiance that Sarah displayed in just her posture, body language, and facial expression finally elicited a more genuine response from Austin, rather than the carefully considered routines he performed mechanically at this point for professional purposes he smiled. Not a polite, subdued yet required smile of welcome, but one of amusement. She was clearly stewing already, angry she had to explain herself at all, let alone in person, in Miami. Everything about her seemed outraged, from her glaring stare to her crossed arms, and when she eventually spoke, again with defiance, Austin finally laughed. It was soft, momentary, and he seemed to wipe it away as he looked down at his desk and pulled out one hand from his pocket to stifle the chuckle. When he looked back at her again two seconds later, he was finally showing teeth from his smile, before it slowly started to subside once more. We offer lots of programming for the female demographic, and I have the numbers to prove it. Not that I have to explain myself to you , but Hot Chat Daily, Superstar Search, and many others rate exceptionally high with women. No, what you mean is feminist programming, and of course we're not going to waste our time with such pursuits. I go where the ratings are, Ms. Morten, and like it or not, you feminists may be loud, obnoxiously so, but you're not many. He paused just briefly as he looked back down at his desk, considering what to say and do next as he played wistfully with a silver money clip he had pulled from his pocket. His eyes looked back at his guest without moving his head as he continued. I don't need to justify any of this to you. My success is well-documented and irrefutable. If you think you can make some feminist tripe that will be successful, be my guest, but it won't be on my network. Unless... he finally tilted his head back as he motioned back-and-forth with his money clip towards Sarah, a somewhat wide gesture, ...you plan on flaunting those moneybags as often as our advertising department has. Austin barely skipped a beat, raising his voice slightly for the next words to come from his mouth to preemptively quell Sarah's inevitable outraged interruption. He knew women well enough to know how much she'd love to get emotional, loud, and argumentative, and he also knew how to handle such nonsense. Speaking of which, our advertising department is allowed to use any and all filmed material to promote our content. If you have a problem with that, maybe you should blame yourself for wearing such tiny tank tops and bikinis on your so-called educational program. After the enormous success your show has had following our advertising campaign, you should be thanking each and every one of them for every paycheck, not criticizing them, and me, on another network. You say you gave an 'honest answer'? What about the honesty in thanking every single member of your audience for their time, regardless of their intent? What about the honesty is acknowledging how you've become a multi-millionaire and megastar thanks to this network!? Austin's voice finally started to raise as he explained to Sarah the depth of her transgression. He took a deep breath as he looked at the time. He figured it best to wrap things up now and send her on her way. Here's what's going to happen now you are never to appear on any programming outside of CUT. You will immediately issue a public apology, across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and every other social media outlet, for your comments made about your beloved network. You will appear on 'Tonight's Gossip' tonight to issue both your lengthy apology in person, and to extend your gratitude to every employee and viewer of CUT for your continued success. Oh. And you will do it all with a beautiful, cheery, infectious smile on your face. Austin tapped his money clip on his desk once, placed it back in his pocket, and move to finally sit down, signaling that this 'meeting' was over. That is all, Ms. Morten. Thank you for your time.