Chapter 103 : No I created this design.
"Are you fine?", Anan quickly asked Adi who is sipping some water.
"Yaa...it's been too long that I've designed something so...", She warmly smiled at him.
"You did well. Ele is a top-notch designer she will surely recognize your style.", Anan kissed her forehead.
"I hope Riya will pay for what she did.", Adi smiled and placed her hand in his as they stared at the screen.
Venue.
"Now that we have all of our designs...let us ask for Ms.Lilly's opinion.", Abby spoke.
"Loved all, but Ms.Wendy I would love to meet the unknown partner of yours. She has the handiwork I have back then. Her design made me rethink about the prime age of mine.", Lilly spoke as the audience gasped in awe. Lilly has always been strict and has no comment face teacher. Seeing her voluntary ask to meet someone is special.
"Wow...the sun has raised on the other side. Master Lilly wants to meet someone. This is huge.", Abby felt surprised too.
"Master Ele we would love to hear your comments.", Abby spoke.
"Before I start commenting I have a few questions for Ms.Riya.", Ele spoke as the audience became curious.
"Sure.", Abby spoke as the mic was passed to Riya.
"Ms.Riya may I know what inspired you to create the dress in the first round ?", Ele spoke as Riya couldn't help but shiver.
"Ah...Like I said...Five elements as petals of flower...and a knot to bind them all.", Riya spoke nervously.
"May I know what color method you used for the design ?", Ele spoke again.
Riya shivered in fear. How can she know? She just took that dress from Adi when she was done. How can she guess?
" It is onyx black.", Riya took a wild guess.
"Are you sure ?", Ele scoffed. Her suspicion was correct indeed.
"Ms.Ele is there any problem ?", Abby was confused by the way Ele was behaving.
"Indeed there is a problem. Bring over the dress here.", Ele spoke as she walked towards the stage.
People below all were curious about the turn of events.
"What happened? Why the sudden commotion ?", Ram spoke as he stared at the stage.
"The unknown designer left a clue. Ele is a top-notch designer how could she not see that? This designer is something.", Jason commented.
"You mean this Riya stole the design in the first round ?", Ram questioned.
"Not bad you can understand my words.", Jason smiled as he turned his head towards the stage.
Rohit felt a sense of pride. He knew who designed the dress and who that unknown designer was. He felt proud that the unknown designer will soon be his...his only.
On stage.
The designer dress was brought. Ele walked towards the dress and started examining it. After a few minutes, she sighed and looked towards the audience.
"Master Lilly if you don't mind can you come on to the stage once.", Ele spoke.
Lilly stood up and walked onto the stage with the help of Meera and Henna.
"What happened Old Man ?", Suhani whispered.
"Adi must have given a clue out. Let's wait for a good show.", Elder Mishra mysteriously smiled. Of course, he knew what the clue was.
Suhani was pissed at her husband being mysterious. She turned towards Bharghav and Varun who are smiling too.
"What's the matter you both also know what's going on ?", Suhani questioned.
"Aunt Suhani although I don't know who that unknown designer is I must bow to her. How could she think of this method to expose the criminal. This is simply so cool.", Varun felt a sense of pride.
Suhani wanted to shout and say that she was his daughter but she knew this was not the time.
"Hey can you not keep me in dark.", Suhani felt left out.
"Maa...the key to the suspicion started from a single clue.", Bharghav smiled and spoke.
"What clue ?", Suhani was still confused.
"The color.", Varun spoke as they stared at the design.
On stage.
"Master Lilly, would it be too much if I ask you to examine the design once?", Ele smiled and politely requested.
"No no. I would love to.", Lilly walked towards the dress and started examining it. Her eyes turned wide after a careful examination.
"This...This...", She shuttered.
"Abby can I get the design the codesigner of Wendy sent.", Ele spoke.
Wendy smiled as she passed it to Abby and Abby then gave it to Ele.
Ele sighed and passed the design to Lilly.
"Master Lilly check this out.", Ele spoke.
Riya was on the verge of breaking down. What is going on? Why all of a sudden all this shit is happening? She didn't even know where what went wrong.
"This...", Lilly was really speechless.
Abby who was beside was also curious and couldn't help but butt in.
"Master Ele...Master Lilly, may I know what's wrong? In fact not only me all the audience here are curious to know what is happening and why is this commotion started.", Abby politely spoke.
"Firstly I must praise the Anonymous designer. Where on the earth could you get this rare material? Ms.Wendy may I have a chance to meet this person ?", Ele spoke.
"Master Ele she is really not so interested in this field she is a person who enjoys designing as a hobby.", Wendy spoke. Now the audience was really curious about what was happening that the legendary masters' were interested in an anonymous designer.
"Please don't keep us in the suspense please let us know too.", Abby pleaded.
"Ms.Riya when you try to cheat please be thorough about the whole making. If not you'll turn out to be a joke like you have become.", Ele words were blunt and merciless.
Riya's blood boiled at her words.
"Ms.Ele please mind your language what you are speaking is an insult to my hard work. This is my design and what are you to comment about cheating and all.", Riya lost her cool.
"What a joke? The person who isn't even aware of what color she used is the designer of this dress? Don't make yourself a fool.", Ele disgustingly stared at Riya.
"Hey what are you saying?", Riya shouted.
"I'm saying that both designs are created by this Anonymus designer.", Ele spoke making everyone speechless.
"No I created this design.", Riya shamelessly spoke.
"Then tell me what is this shade of black you've used ?", Ele questioned.
"This this...", Riya shuttered.
"You can't because it is not yours' Not only color but also the strokes and penmanship the design you drew doesn't match the style of your design from the first round. They are too different One is Master's level and the other is rookie's.", Ele spoke.
"You...you...", Riya's mouth was out of words.
"Do you even know that this shade of Black is rarest ?", Ele spoke as Riya speechless stared at the design.
"This is Vantablack. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A COLOR. Color, as we humans know it, is the result of the way light is reflected off of an object and into our eyes. Different light frequencies translate into different colors. Vantablack isn't a color, but a material. It's made of a "forest" of tiny, hollow carbon tubes, each the width of a single atom, "a surface area of [1 centimeter squared] would contain around 1000 million nanotubes." When light hits the tubes, it's absorbed and cannot escape—which means that actually, Vantablack is the absence of color.", Lilly spoke as the audience was amused.
"Because it's not a pigment or a paint, you can't just buy a bucket of it and dip a brush in and slather it onto your walls. The nanotubes that makeup Vantablack must be grown in the Surrey NanoSystems lab using a complicated (and patented) process involving several machines, a few layers of different substances, and some extreme heat. From start to finish, applying Vantablack to an object can take up to two days, First of all, They can't sell you a bucket of Vantablack, but if they could, I don't think there'd be much on the planet that would be more expensive." Vantablack is a lot more expensive than both diamond and gold.", Meera added.
"Artists are also clamoring to get their hands on Vantablack and make some crazy, mind-boggling works of art. But for now, much to the chagrin of thousands of creatives, only one artist is allowed to work with the material, and that's sculptor AK. Surrey NanoSystems gave AK the exclusive rights to use Vantablack in "creative arts," which Northam says translates into anything that's meant to be observed purely as a work of art. Many people would wanna get their hands on this stuff But I suspect many would not want to pay the prices for it. It is ridiculously rare, impossible to get, and expensive.", Henna spoke.
"Vantablack could take the "little black dress" to a whole new level if it can successfully be applied to fabric without compromising its physical properties. Vantablack's foray into fashion is probably a long way off. But seeing this possible made me awe and feel respectfully towards her.", Ele spoke making everyone speechless.
"At first I thought I was thinking too much much the design she sent made be speechless. I wonder how could she even get this color ?", Ele smiled and she curiously looked at Wen.
"It's nothing much. She helped Ak once and he as a return helped her obtain this.", Wen spoke as everyone were instantly surprised. This person is too prestigious.
Wen was smiling while Riya was paled in comparison. 'That Adi she must have done it on purpose.', Riya was beyond agony.
"So Ms.Riya now that we have proof what more do you have to say...?", Ele scoffed.
"I...I...", Riya shuttered as tears ran down her face. She threw the mic and ran away towards the backstage.
Everyone felt embarrassed on her behalf.
Author's special:
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