After Isla Prescott won the award, student enrollment at her studio and traffic on her social media both saw a boost.
For the entire next month, she was unbelievably busy. She was constantly on the go, and it felt as if her time had fractured into a QR code, where every scan only revealed another to-do item.
In Shane Sterling's words, she "had to time every breath."
At the end of the month, the Taoli Cup organizers invited her to the Nordenburg Grand Theater to shoot a promotional video.
As the Taoli Cup champion, Isla Prescott naturally couldn't afford to drop the ball. To ensure she was in peak condition on the day of the shoot, she started light fasting two weeks in advance and still had to squeeze in an hour of dance practice every day after work.
This past month, though exhausting, had also been fulfilling.
The end of the month arrived quickly. The day before the shoot, Isla Prescott flew to Nordenburg.
