Episode 118

## Chapter Link

Ep. 118

CPC OST vol. 8

* Track 16 "Flight of the Murder Hornet"

**Episode 118**, titled **Piano Face Off (part 1)**, is the 118th episode of Cursed Princess Club.

## Synopsis

*The Pastel and Plaid families arrive at the gala, and Maria goes to attend Blaine's piano duel with Griffin, which goes disastrously.*

## Characters

* Princess Lorena
* Princess Gwendolyn
* Princess Maria
* Prince Frederick
* Prince Lance
* King Leland
* King Jack
* Queen Isolde
* Prince Jamie
* Laverne
* Blaine’s Fan Club
* Beckett (flashback)
* Prince Griffin
* Prince Blaine

## Music

* CPC OST vol. 1
	+ Track 9 "Tea Time"
* CPC OST vol. 8
	+ Track 16 "Flight of the Murder Hornet"

## Location

* Polygon Kingdom
	+ Polygon Palace

## Story

The Pastel and Plaid royal families have just arrived at the Polygon Palace for the gala. Lorena greets the Plaid Princes, and Maria asks if they came early to see Blaine's piano performance. Frederick informs her that Blaine had told them they were "strictly banned from attending", though that wouldn't stop their father from coming. He then nervously greets Gwendolyn and tries to apologize for what happened in the art exhibit room. Gwen, who's thinking about how she's wanted to reach out for his hand ever since that day, reaches out for his hand while asking him if it's okay. This causes Frederick's face to go fully red, and he decides that there probably aren't any problems like he thought.

Meanwhile, Maria is trying to find the venue for Blaine's competition in the palace. She passes by Blaine’s Fan Club, briefly wondering if they have new merch before continuing on. The fan club sees her as well, and the leader reminds the others they can still take her down. Maria eventually finds the room. As she finds a seat, she sees Queen Isolde, who is glaring at her, and her husband. She remembers their last conversation at the dinner party, and reminds herself that though she may not know Blaine or what he wants, she does *want* to learn. Just as she's about to tell the queen this to her face, the host appears to declare the beginning of the duel. He introduces Prince Griffin - 1st place winner of the last two Inter-Kingdom Piano Showcases and Blaine's piano rival - who makes an unsavory joke, before moving on to Blaine. He's staring at his piano worriedly, and Maria notes that she's never seen him like this before. The host announces that the two will be playing Bozart's most "finger-crushingly-difficult" duet, Flight of the Murder Hornet. After the performance is over, the guests will stand up and clap for whoever they think is the superior musician.

Griffin counts them both in, but his tempo is far too fast for Blaine, who's forced to follow his tempo. He quickly falls behind, causing the other guests to start whispering about how Griffin is clearly the better prince, and worrying Maria. Blaine, knowing he seems like a fool, looks out at the audience to see who's there. He sees his disapproving father, and begins to imagine himself slipping from a mountain where Frederick stands as he panics. He then sees Maria, looking down, before she suddenly runs out of the room.

The episode then cuts to the end of the duel, with the host asking the guests to clap if they believed Prince Griffin played better. The majority of the crowd gets up and claps for him. The host then asks about Prince Blaine, but nobody gets up. Once again, Blaine starts to imagine himself falling, and Frederick looking down on him from the top of a mountain - however, his thoughts are interrupted by someone yelling "*WAIT!!*" He looks up to see the Blaine Fan Club and Maria, dressed in cheerleader uniforms reading "BLAINE-IACS" and holding pom-poms, and yelling "*WE'RE THE BLAINE FAN CLUB AND WE'RE HERE... TO CHEER*!!!"

## Episode credits

* Art, writing, and music by LambCat
* Edited by Eunice Baik
* Art assistants:
	+ @sheidraws
	+ @CatBurgerHelper
	+ @i.aint.shihwi
	+ @kyorin24
	+ @spudinacup

## Trivia

* The piano piece Blaine and Griffin play during the Piano Face Off, Flight of the Murder Hornet, is a parody of the piece Flight of the Bumblebee.
	+ The piece is stated to have been composed by Bozart (from his duet book Two Showoffs, One Piano), despite the actual piece having been composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.