DROUGHT First Paragraph

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I know it's not the most enticing first paragraph so any suggestions are most definitely welcome! Thank you Thank you!

Acrux watched the door swing open. A journalist walked into the cell. The woman’s overly stretched smile was brilliant white, just like the walls which were made almost blindingly bright by the lights that intensely lit the space. The journalist’s blond curls cascaded over her bright pink blazer wide and her azure blue eyes sparkled cheerfully as she jaunted over to the table, taking the seat closest to the door. Sighing, Acrux meandered over to the table and sat down directly across from the woman.
“Let’s just get this over with,” Acrux grumbled unhappily.

[Zooks]

Acrux watched the cell door swing open. A journalist walked into the cell entered. The Her woman’s overly stretched smile was brilliant white, just like the walls which were made almost blindingly bright by the lights that intensely lit the space. The journalist’s woman's blond curls cascaded over her bright pink blazer wide as she jaunted [jaunted?] over to the table.  and Her azure blue eyes sparkled cheerfully as she took taking the seat closest to the cell door. Sighing, Acrux meandered [I'm guessing the cell is really too small to allow for meandering] over to the table and sat down directly across from the woman.
“Let’s just get this over with,” Acrux grumbled unhappily. said. His grumbled tone let her know he was unhappy with the situation.

Am recuperating from the badgering I received from my critique group who strong-armed me into deleting all unnecessary adverbs and anything ofther than 'said' following a quote.  Ignore all suggestions at will.  I found this intriguing.  I gave you your 1st Karma.  Good luck with this.

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Thank you for the suggestions! These were very helpful!

[Nina]

Acrux watched the CELL door swing open. A journalist walked into the cell. The woman’s overly stretched smile was brilliant white, just like the walls which were made almost blindingly bright by the lights that intensely lit the space ( I think it would read better if you chose between blindly and intensely. It's the same description twice). The journalist’s blond curls cascaded over her bright pink blazer wide and her azure blue eyes sparkled cheerfully as she jaunted ( Huh? Jaunted?) over to the table, taking the seat closest to the door. Sighing, Acrux meandered (Eh?) over to the table and sat down directly across from the woman.
“Let’s just get this over with,” Acrux grumbled unhappily.

I think it has way to much description of the woman, for me. It's very distracting and leads me to believe the journalist is your MC.  The contrast between her happiness and Acrux unhappiness is nice, but it would have more power without going into what color her clothes are.

Nice! I want to know why she is in a cell? Government cell since it's lit?

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Thank you all so much! I'll post the revised paragraph soon!

[munley]

It's a good scene in having a sense of impending drama. Interesting contrast in between the manner/mood of the journalist and that of the prisoner. The verbs "jaunted" and "meandered" don't seem to fit here. You'd need a lot more space than a prison cell to do either one in.

As for description, I get to see a lot of the journalist physically, but none of the prisoner. I don't even know if the prisoner is a man or a woman, since I've never heard the name Acrux. If Acrux is a man, you could substitute "he" for repetitions of Acrux. If a woman, you'd have to be clear which woman "she" referred to, of course.

Maybe get rid of the curls cascading, since it's a bit cliche. In general, though, I like you descriptions. Nice work!