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Zoe · #1 (**permalink**) 11-18-2017, 12:35 AM

After everyone has been seated, the lights in the theatre begin to dim. A quiet lull fills the entire theatre, leaving only silence for nearly a minute. Then, without warning, grandiose music begins to play from the orchestra. The sweet melody fills the room as the curtain slowly begins to open.

Soon an enchanted garden is revealed on the stage. Fairies of various colours flitter about as other creatures -- ranging from gnomes to mooncalves to even a phoenix -- move about freely. Plants of all shapes and sizes add to the scene, flowers blooming and vines gently swaying left and right. In the centre of this garden stands a beautiful fountain, which rhythmically gushes out water clear as crystal.

The music gradually lessens, allowing for the first scene to unfold...

OOC: This thread is reserved for the characters who were casted in the play.

ArianaBlack · 11-25-2017, 03:40 AM

So, like, Zoryn didn't have a lot of lines. Actually she hardly had lines at all. She had one. One line. And it wasn't all that important. BUT she would still find a way to make hers the MOST important. Which is why she had spent the past month PERFECTING her interpretive GROUND DANCE.

Yes, she was a DANCING ground. And a DANCING QUEEN.

And she was about to steal the show. Starting with the first act and continuing through all the following acts. 'Cause let's be real, the ground is EVERYWHERE and Zoryn would be too. Like, no offense.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-25-2017, 11:11 AM

Derf was on EDGE and the only thing keeping him from ruffling himself bald was the fact that his bard costume as a narrator included a hat and a feather that kept falling in front of his fact as he paced around - which he naturally swatted away. His tights were ITCHY too and he would stop every now and then to do one of those ballet squat thingies to try and shift the material into a more comfortable position. His uncomfortable tights were almost enough to take his mind off the fact that HE had the OPENING line to the ENTIRE production.

........what if his voice cracked?

Which brought the Hufflepuff crashing down from his distracted thoughts to the pit of despair. Abey, his co-narrator, had been pulled from school and this PLAY was CLEARLY under attack and the school was STILL putting it on despite NOT catching WHO had DONE EVERYTHING and STILL NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE ABOUT THE MISSING DARK ARTS BOOK.

Honestly...Derf was expecting the worst and hoping for the best. At least he had a lute on him that he could use as a weapon, you know?

"Hey...Zoryn," he stage whispered to his friend as he played a few notes on his lute - he was actually half decent too since he had taken up guitar this year. "...be...be careful out there, okay?"

DaniDiNardo · 11-25-2017, 11:56 PM

It was weird, y'know, how many times she'd stood here practising and how often she'd said her lines, just to glance out at the audience from her spot off stage and suddenly feel a large wave of anxiety sweep over her. Though she couldn't make them out, her dad and sister were sitting out there somewhere and a couple of her friends too. Suddenly, the Ravenclaw could only focus on hoping she didn't forget her lines.

Jessa paced back and forth, not moving too far from her original spot. In the last few weeks, she hadn't been studying her lines the way she was meant to. There were so many things vying for her attention, where was she meant to find the time or the motivation.

It took several deep breaths before Jessa was finally able to bring herself back to some level of calm.

She knew her lines. She'd known her lines for some time now.......what were the odds she'd forget them the moment the curtain lifted and she was meant to get out there??

Nope. Wouldn't think about that. Not right now. No need to psych herself out early. Jessa fidgeted with her dress a few times. While she tried not to worry, she couldn't entirely stop the anxiety. School plays weren't foreign to her, but usually her role was minimal. A second appearance was rare. Now she would be there the whole time and it was a little nerve wracking.

ArianaBlack · 11-26-2017, 09:37 AM

Zoryn was getting into character, of course, which included a lot of unnecessary stretching and making weird noises. Warm up, y’know? For her ONE line. Maybe her lack of significance in the play was the reason why she wasn’t nervous, but Zoryn would attribute it to her knack for show business if anyone brought it up. She was always feelin’ herself, ja feel?

As for Derf… Her friend looked like he felt the EXACT opposite… Which is why Zoryn was shook when he told HER to be careful out there. “I will!” she stage whispered back with a bright smile and two thumbs up. “I know Abey’s not here, but you’re gonna do AWESOME!” In fact, “Break a leg!” Only once she said it, it occurred to her that Derf was real literal and def not cut out for the acting life. So she very quickly added, “Only, not literally.” Incase he really did go out there and break his leg.

The wouldn’t be good. It would be the exact opposite of good. She wouldn’t be able to do her interpretive dance and the whole play would be cancelled! Uh, and Derf would be injured. That wouldn’t be so great either. Aheeeem.

Jessa looked kinda uneasy too, so Zor made sure to make a big gesture of smiling at the girl and giving her all sorts of encouraging hand signals from a few steps away. The third year also couldn’t help her curiosity and MAAHAAYBE poked her head between where the two sides of the curtain met so that she could see how many people were sat out there. “Looks like we’ve got a full house, folks!!” EEEEEE!!! She bounced excitedly. This was gonna be her BIG break.

Man, Zoryn deserved a raise. She was doing all of the heavy lifting and morale work around here. Geeeeeeeez.

*PhoenixRising* · 11-26-2017, 02:45 PM

All those hours of practicing ... all those late nights, rehearsing, the obstacles in the way, with regards to, Juniper and Junia and Myers getting cursed, it seemed foolish almost now. Because it was the night of the show and she knew her parents and siblings were out there watching her. Her friends - although Vivian had practically seen half the play already with helping her rehearse. And strangely, Skylar felt calm? She knew her lines and even though the cursed happenings at the rehearsal months ago, even though OWLs were a month away, she would be okay.

Not to mention that she adored the costume she got to wear and only wished she got to keep it. Maybe if the play was a success they could all perform at a bigger wizarding theater in London or something?

Could they raise the curtain and start the show already? She was calm, but all this waiting around was making her nervous. She did give a brief smile to her co-actors who were there. Ooh, and a full house, was what Zoryn said?! Were there news outlets there? Perhaps she'd get to wear the dress again after all...

SarcasticStrawberry · 11-27-2017, 12:32 AM

Juni was about as ready as she could be. With everything that had happened during that practice, she even more determined to stay in the play. She moved over to Derf and patted him on the shoulder without word. Of course she had all the confidence in the world in him. But after all whose last name was Botros was pulled from school after Professor Myers, Junia and herself had been cursed, that left her friend Derf to be head Narrator.

Okay now she was pacing….

Her costume was PERFECT. She was absolutely in love with it even though it was in the style of some time long long ago. Jessa and Skylar’s dresses were pretty too. Very medieval, it all was. She really hoped that she would be able to keep it after the play was over. She tried twirling in it but well that was hard to do. With the sleeves been so wide she flapped her arms around, maybe she could fly away if something bad happened.

She did know her lines, and practiced them more as the time got closer. It was nerves that was getting to her right now. What if she froze and forgot a line? Or tripped on stage and break a leg... literally. Her stomach hurt. What if she threw up on stage? It was possible that she had ate too much, she did eat dinner with Slate. But she didn’t remember eating butterflies or other fluttery things. Then there were other things for her to be worried about too.

Resisting the urge to peek through the curtains to see how many people were actually out there. Or it was more like she wanted to see if her mother was here. She had sent her a flyer and not received an answer so she took that as a no… but she could show up right? ”Really?” She didn’t realize that Zoryn had a peek through the curtain. She pushed Zoryn over and peeked out quickly. Ugh no Mom yet.

She walked off and stood to wait. Were they going to start soon? She was ready and hoped that it would start soon before she completely lost all of it.

TakemetotheBurrow · 11-28-2017, 12:39 AM

Junia stood in the wings, waiting for Derf to start telling the story. The absence of Abey made the brunette's heart hurt because doing this without him felt wrong somehow, but she was also relieved he was no longer in this place. If something went wrong, she'd be sure her family members were safe and that was enough to quell the uneasiness in her stomach.

...Why was she doing this again after everything?

Oh right, Professor Myers. He'd been working so hard on getting the play together and letting him down didn't sit right with Junia. She'd just...keep her wand close just in case and get through her part as quickly as possible. Wouldn't be hard considering how small a part it was. ~~Yes, still bitter here.~~

sweetpinkpixie · 12-03-2017, 05:17 AM

...............right.

Taking off his hat just a second to ruffle his hair, the third year simply gave Zoryn an apprehensive thumbs up - and probably could have done without knowing it was a FULL house because that really just only made him wish Abey were here all the more. They had worked really REALLY hard practicing lines together...and now...

Rubbing his face, Derf gave his surroundings a double, triple really, glance before going to take his position behind the fountain with his lute in hand. Changing up his fingers a bit to play the same two strings the play required for this setting, the Hufflepuff took a few looooooooooong deep breaths and heard the curtain pull open as the lighting changed.

Here we go.....

Clearing his throat, Derf stepped out from his hiding spot behind the fountain and was GLAD to find that the stage lights were bright enough to essentially wash out the audience. Also helped that his feather had fallen in front of his face - even if it was tickling his nose quite a bit.

"HiiiiiIigh," he belted out, eyes widening as his voice CRACKED right on cue and cheeks reddened. Fingers even slipped a little on his lute before he recovered them and found their positions on the strings. "....on a hill in an enchanted garden, enclosed by tall walls and protected by strong magic, flowed the Fountain of Fair Fortune."

Breeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaathe, Derfael. Breaaaaaaaathe.

"Once a year, between the hours of sunrise and sunset on the longest day, a single unfortunate was given the chance to fight their way to the Fountain, bathe in its waters, and receive Fair Fortune forevermore..." he continued as he side stepped in a bit of a slow motion grapevine across the stage while he continued to light strum on his instrument. Walls began popping up behind him as he moved, as if his footsteps had magical construction abilities. "On the appointed day, hundreds of people travelled from all over the kingdom to reach the garden walls before dawn. Male and female, rich and poor, young and old, of magical means and without, they gathered in the darkness, each hoping that they would be the one to gain entrance to the garden...."

Derf paused here, partly to blow the feather away from his face again as it had continued to insist upon falling in front of his face while he spoke - though thankfully it had never accidentally slipped into his mouth....yet.

Though he did take this pause to fuss a little with his hat and twist it so that it the feather was in the back while he looked out into the audience and continued, slowing down his lute playing just a little.

"Three witches, each with her burden of woe, met on the outskirts of the crowd, and told one another of their sorrows as they waited for sunrise...."

ArianaBlack · 12-03-2017, 05:18 AM

Zoryn nodded in response to Juni's bewilderment. Tbh she wasn't the girl's biggest fan, but y'know. They were here and about to be in the spotlight so there was no point in starting anything. Ahem. As much as Zoryn lived for the dramatic arts. This stage was reserved for the scripted kind.

Giving Derf a BIG thumbs up, the Gryffindor ran off stage where she'd wait for her turn to come on in her first scene. This was gonna be sooooooooooooo great!!!!! She had been waiting for this moment since the womb.

Aight.

Let's break a leg, folks!

AND Derf was on!!!!!!!!! She QUIETLY cheered for him from her place off stage, which included lots of bouncing in place and silent chants (which really just meant she was mouthing something completely undecipherable).

Goblinfrog · 12-03-2017, 02:05 PM

Instead of her usual pale as the moon makeup and black robes, today Kitty was wearing green face point and a realistic tendril covered vine costume. The tendrils were enchanted to writhe and squirm on their own.

She didn't say much as she waited backstage for her entrance into the play. Charlotte, Ronan, and her were the creepers and creepers came out in scene two of act one.

Very soon...

*PhoenixRising* · 12-03-2017, 04:50 PM

It was when Derf started with his narration, that Skylar made her way around the stage toward the gathering with Juni and Jessa, because she was meant to be singled apart from the other gatherers as one of the three main witches in the play.

Listening to the cues and to the speech from Derf, she knew her line was first once the narration was done with, just needed to wait for the word: sunrise. For her to inform the other two girls of her woe.

And there it was, inhaling deeply, she spoke to Altheda mostly, but her periphery eye contact was also on the audience and on Amata as well, "There is no Healer that can cure my illness. I hope that I get chosen to go to the Fountain so I can bring an end to my symptoms and live a long, happy life." With that tone of sincerity that she had down to a pat, "What brings you here, Altheda?"

DaniDiNardo · 12-03-2017, 05:30 PM

Jessa caught the gesture of encouragement from Zoryn, offering a faint smile in return while she did her best to NOT have her heart jump right out of her chest. The initial anxiety was always the worst and would naturally take the longest to go away.

When the time came, the Ravenclaw got into position with the others. She hadn't bothered to peek through the curtains like a few of them had, knowing it'd only psych her out and now with the curtains lifting and all lights on them, it was virtually impossible for Jessa to see anyone or anything in the audience. A comfort really. If she could just convince her mind that this would be like any other empty theatred rehearsal then there was a good chance she'd make it through this thing with minimal to no error. Afterall, she DID know her lines inside out, it was only the anxiety that would mess her up at this point.

Jessa remained among the gatherers as Derf came to join them, turning her gaze to Skylar when she spoke. For now, she was meant to look sad, so that was exactly what she did.

Not too hard given the turn the school year had taken for her honestly.

SarcasticStrawberry · 12-03-2017, 10:15 PM

The butterflies were really starting to flutter in her stomach, Juni was a nice combination of excitement and nerves. She was going to throw up for sure. She knew it. Though once Derf started it off. So far so good.

Taking a deep breath Juni went out with the gatherers and mingled with them for a bit. Then meeting Jessa and Skylar aka Amata and Asha. Now it was just them and Sir Luckless with his faithful steed…. Horse was .

Showing the deepest of concern for Asha’s perdictment. At first Juniper thought that she was going forget her line, but suddenly remembered it. Nerves please Juni had this now. ” Oh, Asha, it was a terrible thing that happened to me. Everything -- my home, my gold, and even my wand -- has been stolen from me by an evil sorcerer. I am powerless and living in poverty. I hope that the Fountain will relieve me of this.”

Sad, sad times

*PhoenixRising* · 12-04-2017, 02:25 AM

Knowing full well what Juni was about to declare of her predicament, Skylar was prepared for it, listening intently as the younger girl declared her woes. When she was finished, the fifth year took a deep breath, sadness evident in her eyes, because despite her own 'illness', at least she didn't lose her money and was not living in poverty.

Gently, she raised a hand and placed it on Juniper's shoulder, patting it gently, as if to say there, there, it'll be okay, but no words entered, it was entirely in the comforting actions. And then, after a moment of silence, she turned toward Jessa, curiosity along her facial features.

"And what about you, Amata? What good fortune do you seek from the Fountain?"

DaniDiNardo · 12-04-2017, 03:01 AM

Oh, oh that was her part. One of the many lines she would have to utter that reminded her of how little like her character she was. Heartbroken to the point she'd waste a super powerful wish on something a simple obliviate could solve? Getting so hung up on it in the first place instead of coming to the rational conclusion that nothing was meant to last forever.

Honestly. Nothing like her. No logic to half the things she did during the story. But ANYWAY, she wasn't here to judge, just here to read off the lines from memory.

The Ravenclaw trained her expression into an even sadder one, working the devastated angle. "It is my love … or rather someone I thought was my love. He deserted me, breaking my heart. I wish for the Fountain to end the grief and longing that I feel."

Aaaaaannnndddd cue the look that said her life might as very well had been over. She made a sort of strained noise, similar to what you'd heard when someone was all choked up with tears, nevermind how impractical crying over the situation actually was. It was what the script called for.

Professor Myers really needed to appreciate how much logic she through out the window when she accepted this role. Not once did she question the poor decisions Amata made.

Goblinfrog · 12-06-2017, 01:30 AM

The creepers moment was coming! Skylar (aka Asha) just had to vocalize their intentions and then the creepers could drag her away.

Kitty hunched over in a twisted position and started creeping towards her. Ronan and Charlotte would be with her but she didn't look to be sure. (She completely avoided Ronan.)

Close now, closet now, close enough to grab her prey! Wrapping her arms gently around Skylar, she began to drag her towards the wall.

She was careful to be as gentle as possible to avoid accidents.

*PhoenixRising* · 12-06-2017, 03:31 PM

At Amata!Jessa's line, it was then that Skylar took her hand and gently placed it on the younger girl's shoulder in a consoling manner. Acting, obviously, because she was sure that Jessa would never break down as she displayed on stage just now over a guy breaking her heart. But then again, she was only fourteen (?), so who really knew?

Regardless, more acting and sniffling from the snakette, as she said quietly (yet loud enough to be heard by the audience), "Should one of us be chosen to go to the Fountain, let’s unite and reach it together. Agreed??"

Because that was the whole point, togetherness.

And just then, creeper!Kitty came and dragged her toward the wall, to which Skylar in perfect cue, shrieked from the suddenness of the actions, to which she grabbed for Juniper's robes, finally taking hold of her wrist. Together; if she was gone, so were you, Altheda!Juni ...

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