Hi Maggie,
I just wanted to congratulate you and thank you for sharing these excellent scenarios. Each one is extremely detailed and incredibly well thought out. You really are a talent. Personally I think the two Kingdoms scenario is the strongest and definitely is my personal favourite. It most certainly has the potential to become its own little saga. As multiple stops, means multiple incidents and not every stop will be catfight
However a suggestion of mine would be to use AI to make images of the two priestess's wearing their own unique traditional dress. The outfits should complement each other in term’s of layers yet show the cultural differences between the two kingdoms.
As for my ideas, here is one of my own:
It is Monday morning and you’re in a foreign land… well Japan to be exact. You work for a bank and have been sent to Tokyo to consult on an international acquisition. This is your first business trip out of the United States and your excitement is palpable and your trip so far; has been a huge success. What has not been a huge success however is your Japanese, you tried to learn a little before your trip but alas to no avail. However with the help of colleagues at the bank, you’ve successfully navigated the cultural and societal challenges of working in a foreign land….so far!
However this morning you will quite literally put your foot in it. At 7:44am when your train arrives at Hibiya Station for your journey across Tokyo to Nihombashi. This is roughly about a 25 minute journey and as per normal it is standing room only on the train. However this morning in the melee to get everyone on board you find yourself staring into the eyes of a Japanese business woman. The train sets off…but this morning you were distracted by a message on your mobile. You stumble forward and clatter into the woman in front of you. First your foreheads collide, then your chests. You frantically step forward with your right foot and try to steady yourself, but you accidentally step on her heels and she is p***ed!
You try to apologise, yet she doesn’t speak English and you don’t speak Japanese. To make matters worse, in the chaos of the moment other passengers moved around you two and now there is no space between you at all. You stand chest to chest, the tips of your noses are nearly touching. You can smell the sweet scent of her shampoo and feel the warmth of her breath. You decide to try and ignore her and this works for about 5 minutes until you feel her heel pressing down and crushing your right foot. This is no accident…
(Now I could go on but I think this is enough. However to put it simply the premise of this encounter is how do two women communicate and agree to a catfight etc while neither of them speak the same language? The answer is body language, a roll of the eyes, a dismissive flick of your hair. An aggressive step forward pressing your chest harder into hers, all subtle and discreet movements.)
Xoxo
Kate
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