Mata Dari

Mata Dari is a story by Dennis written for Round 1 of the 2010 March Madness fanfiction competition on PPMB.

These are the specifics of the Round One match:

Contestants: Dennis, RLobinske

Judge: Shull Bitter

Challenge:

Let's see a winner-takes-all power struggle. The stakes must be high, and no compromises allowed—there must be a winner and a loser. The participants in this struggle must be characters who would not socialize with each other on a regular basis. Any genre will work. You can focus on the lead-up to the struggle, the struggle itself, the aftermath, or any combination of them, just so long as there is the struggle and the winner.

Setting

"Mata Dari" is set in the postcanon period in or around 2010. Nearing 30, Daria finds herself in a dull job with a small company owned by Upchuck, who has changed his last name from Ruttheimer to Stewart. However, the situation is not what it seems. Upchuck's company is larger than expected and Daria is not working there just to make ends meet.

Characters

• Daria Morgendorffer
• Charles "Upchuck" Stewart (nee Ruttheimer)
• Megan, an officemate of Daria's