Weather Barons and a musical tease

"Welcome back! I'm Kisha Shinbun, joined by Smoothie Cueball Mifsud, don't give me that look, and the Latvian ladies team plus one more. Why don't you introduce yourselves," Kisha smiled.

The Latvians nodded and introduced themselves, with the 6th woman revealing herself to be Ināra Barons, wife of Ilze. The two had both majored in meteorology which led to them eventually meeting at a weather station and falling in love with each other then and there. Since then, they ended up forming a channel known as Weather Barons, where they would post weather-related content.

Ināra was also skilled at chess, but had failed to make the team. She was invited along to cheer everyone on though.

"So did you bring the Weather Barons here to give a forecast? I didn't think this had been promoted to a full-blown news show," Mifsud quipped.

"Well, since we were called here, we can happily confirm the weather is nice and sunny, with about just a 10% chance of rainfall. And on that note, the rain would only have a chance at happening at night, so feel free to enjoy the day without worry for rain," Ināra smiled.

"And welp, that's all we need them for. OK, no it isn't. But I guess we should pop the question Mifsud's got, which is whether any of you are gonna participate in the 6B tournament."

"That's the shit- Ahem, that's the thing we have to shave our heads for, correct? My apologies, but that will be getting a pass from me, and likely the other girls as well," Santa frowned.

"Hmm, shaving my head for science would be fun... I'd love to know what a bald head feels like," Ausma mused.

"Then just give that bitch a good ole, SLAP!" Dzintra grinned as she gave Mifsud's head a mighty slap.

The sensation naturally elicited a moan, and anger from Mifsud, as she wasn't the kind of person to forgive someone that slapped her head without consent, even if they were a cute girl. But perhaps this was deserved as Mifsud already had a nefarious plan for the Latvians long before they came on the show.

Forcing a smile, she beckoned Gundega over in order to whisper something in her ear. Whatever it was, it sent Gundega into a cold sweat and caused her to run out of the studio in a hurry.

"Hmm? What did you just tell her?" Ilze asked.

"Hmm, nothing much, just the finer details of the prize for the 6B tournament."

Ilze didn't buy that, but decided it was best to go after Gundega. "Sorry, but I'll be taking my leave."

The others decided to leave as well, but Kisha stopped Ināra as she wished to keep her on for a bit longer.

"Well, you did specifically request Weather Barons, so I guess I'll stay on for a bit longer," Ināra sighed.

"That's the spirit. We'll try not to keep you too long if you have plans."

"Assuming those plans weren't with the ones participating in 6B," Mifsud smiled.

Now Ināra too shot Mifsud a suspicious glare, that quickly fizzled away as Kisha began steering the show in a different direction.

"Now, since last time we had problems bringing on certain guests, this time we've carefully filtered everything to try and avoid having two or more people that hate each other come on and start fighting. Look, I love the drama, but well, you saw had bad shit got with Serbia and Kosovo, so none of that. Anyway, our next guest is the slutty scientist that will sell her body for funding, Dr. Yanmin van Aitzema!"

A woman clad in an orange dress, white jacket, sneakers, and a grey undershirt smiled as she walked on set. Her biggest defining feature was her platinum blonde bob, which was styled in a way that it wrapped around her face like a helmet, obscuring her left eye in the process.

"Hello. If you could be so kind as to support my channel, that would be appreciated," Yanmin waved and smiled.

"And I got more. She's basic, but we all love her, Mari Melopan!" Kisha called out.

A young woman clad in jean shorts, white sneakers, a blue jacket, and turquoise sports bra smiled as she walked out. She sported a short lime green bob which did not obscure her eyes in contrast to Yanmin.

"And that's al for now, OR is it? Sadie Or might just be sneaking her way out!"

A beautiful young woman with a freckled face and long blonde hair clad in a light turquoise bra top, dark turquoise capri jeans, and black platform sneakers smiled as she strutted out.

"Well talk about fine company. It's a shame Santa and Ausma took off," Ināra smiled.

"Take it you know of each other, but have ya ever met all at once? My research says no, so mark this as the first of it's kind," Kisha declared.

"Um, we actually attended Streama festivalen together," Mari interjected.

"Nobody cares, shut up."

"Oof, shade. But Mari's only operating on technicalities. Yeah we all attended SF, but we sure as hell didn't meet n' greet each other, nor all gather like this," Sadie smirked.

"And even if you did all meetup, who's to say you all met up with the other guests I plan to invite on?" Kisha smirked.

"Oo, guessing game. But before that, who's smoothy over here?" Sadie asked as she pointed to Mifsud.

"Oh you comedian, Smoothie Q IS my name. Though now I'm bald to my name," Mifsud giggled as she playfully stuck her tongue out.

As the banter continued, Yanmin and Mari built an uncanny kinship over the fact that they were the more quiet and reserved of the bunch, which was ironic in the sense of the stuff Yanmin would post to try and garner revenue.

"Anyway, the original plan was to just have you all on to chat n' shit, but Smoothie Q's roughed all that up," Kisha smiled.

"How could such a smooth woman like myself possibly "rough" anything up?" Mifsud giggled.

"By splashin' cash, that's how. You told me in the break you had some big plans for our guests, but only when everyone's here."

"Big plans? Then bring everyone here," Sadie scowled as she raised her arms.

"In time, in time. First I gotta interview some teams now since they're on a timetable. And first up is team... MALASANGRE! Or if you want me to be professional, team Korea, but the whole team's Malasangre anyway!"

Everyone clapped as the Korean women's team walked on set. However, they were not alone as the Bulgarian women's team, Venera, Raya, Fidelma, Helle, Eglė, and three other women, all dressed similarly in workout capris, sneakers of varying color, and black tank tops, though one of the girls had further enhanced her outfit with a black baseball cap and jacket.

The girl in question was Russia's Lada Hada, a rapper, vlogger, and SPCM who was born to a Russian-Jewish father and a Japanese mother. She also was known for her iconic long violet dreadlocks, though she'd frequently flirt with shaving them all just for giggles.

Another member of this group of three was a girl with long silver hair that partially obscured her lapis-lazuli colored eyes named, Pnina Sapir. Despite her Hebrew name, she had originally been born in Japan to a branch of the wealthy Ginkawa family before moving to Norway to live with said family's Norwegian branch, the Sølvhavet family.

Since she had Jewish lineage on her mother's side, she had opted to adopt "Pnina Sapir" as her stage name, with Sapir initially being her mother's maiden name. Her real name was actually Aimi Ginkawa-Sølvhavet, but she only used it for official documentation purposes.

As for the final girl, her name was Iwona Białek. Sporting long beautiful white hair that obscured her left eye, Iwona was known as one of Poland's biggest female heavy-metal rappers infamous for her brash and combative personality on stage and film. But off stage and camera, she was actually a chill and down to earth girl as well as a devout Catholic. As such, she'd generally be very well-mannered in interviews, only bringing forth her rebellious persona if the situation called for it.

With all these people here, the issue of whether everyone would even be able to fit in the studio was raised, but resolved just as quickly as the cameramen backed up and stagehands brought out additional couches for seating.

"Not like my main studio in Tokyo, but the crews do good. Shoutouts to them. Anyway, I'd love to dive into the juicy deets of why everyone's here, but in true corporate fashion, I'm gonna agonize you with a commercial break. It'll be quick, so just go grab a drink and snacks," Kisha smiled.