Later, back at your school…
AUTUMN: Hey! Addison! I’ve got big news! I found out more about Max’s plan to shut down our school. The school inspection is going to be conducted by three members of the state board. And I even found out who one of the board members is! Mr. Kernsprickle, the President of the local Actors’ Guild!
ADDISON: So… what does that mean?
AUTUMN: It means we’ve got an edge! We know what he cares about… performing arts! We’ve just got to do something to impress him…
ADDISON: So we put on a play and then invite him?
AUTUMN: Exactly!
[ A Level 4+ Actor (Laurie) | 4h | 2100xp ]
LAURIE: Okay, Addison. Autumn told me the situation. We can pull this off, but it isn’t going to be easy. We don’t have enough actors, so we’ll definitely need to recruit from other cliques to fill all the roles.
ADDISON: I’ll call everyone together for a meeting. I bet we can find some people who are willing to help! Thanks for coming, everyone.
PAYTON: Of course. Just let us know what we can do to help.
MIA: Yeah, I’m in.
NISHAN: And my axe!
JULIAN: Uh, yeah… and you can count on me. Whatever it takes.
AUTUMN: Aww! Thanks, guys! Julian, I didn’t picture you as the drama club type.
JULIAN: Well, I’m a sucker for a good fight, and if protecting our school from Max’s plan means putting on girl tights and prancing around, I guess I’m in. I’m uncomfortable, but I’m in.
LAURIE: This is going to be fantastic! But… what play should we perform?
AUTUMN: I heard that Kernsprickle LOVES Shakespeare. He was even spotted tearing up at a recent production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’...
ADDISON: Then that sounds like our play.
LAURIE: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will be perfect! Mia, you can help direct the actors.
MIA: Sure. I love bossing people around.
LAURIE: Julian, you can be our fight-scene coordinator. I bet you can choreograph a cool sword fight.
JULIAN: I’m on it.
LAURIE: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has amazing opportunities for backgrounds and costumes.
AUTUMN: I can get started on those! But… I need some room to paint, some funding for supplies, and a little artistic backup.
[ Add a plot of land, Have 2 Artists, Spend 15000 coins | None | 2100xp ]
AUTUMN: Awesome! The sets are really coming along. See this balcony? As of today, it can actually hold an actress without collapsing!
ADDISON: That seems… important.
AUTUMN: And I’m going to drape it with some flowering vines… perfect for yonder light to break softly through!
ADDISON: Nice! Hey, Julian. How’s the fight scene coming?
JULIAN: Awesome! I just need some stuntmen who aren’t afraid to bleed a little.
ADDISON: Well, I’ll help you find people, but let’s not phrase it that way…
[ Julian, A Level 6+ Classmate, A Level 6+ Classmate (Finley, Kennedy) | 6h | 2000c, 2100xp ]
KENNEDY: So, um, these swords aren’t sharp, are they?
JULIAN: Of course they’re sharp, that’s the whole point. They’re swords.
FINLEY: Uh oh…
ADDISON: Julian, just try not to damage any of the cast…
JULIAN: No promises!
KENNEDY: Have at thee!
FINLEY: Scoundrel!
Julian parries Finley’s slash and plunges his sword under Kennedy’s arm.
JULIAN: Avast, matey! Yee’ve breathed yer last!
ADDISON: Um, that’s a little more pirate… but this fight looks awesome.
MIA: Addison, there’s something off about the acting for the play. It’s just not filled with enough romance and heartache and longing! ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is supposed to be about an eternal, passionate love… and the total tragedy of losing that! Do you understand what I’m saying?!
ADDISON: I get it, it’s serious stuff. But what can we do?
MIA: Have you ever heard of ‘method acting?’ It’s when actors immerse themselves in the roles they’re trying to portray. What these actors need is some real-world love and despair!
[ Complete a Date, Break a Couple Up | None | 2100xp ]
MIA: That was some major drama! But I was right about the actors. Have you seen the latest rehearsals? The actors are delivering their lines perfectly! You can really believe everything they say!
ADDISON: Well, let it never be said that they didn’t sacrifice for their art… Uh, well, I--
PAYTON: Hey! Addison, what’s the deal with this Shakespeare guy? I thought this was supposed to be a love story, but how can you make any sense of it? ‘Cast by their grave besseming ornaments, to wield old partisans, in hands as old, canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d globbity barble gloop blargh!’
ADDISON: Payton, that’s just how people talked in Shakespeare’s day.
PAYTON: It’s all ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ and biting thumbs at people! It’s like these people don’t even know how to speak English. OMG, totes ridic, am I right?
ADDISON: It IS English, but you do have a point. Maybe we can find an actor to help explain it.
[ Payton, A Level 5+ Actor (Laurie) | 6h | 2100xp]
LAURIE: Hey, I heard you’re having some trouble understanding the works of the Bard…
PAYTON: Uh, if you mean this script, yeah, it’s written all wrong.
LAURIE: Perhaps I can shed some light on this situation. Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, by thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets.
PAYTON: And that means what now?
LAURIE: Capulet and Montague have been fighting over insults, and the Prince is sick of it!
PAYTON: Ohhh! Like when a girl overhears a cheerleader calling her shoes ugly, so she calls the cheerleader out in front of everyone at lunch the next day, and the two of them get in a fight, and she ends up throwing mashed potatoes in the cheerleader’s hair?
LAURIE: That’s… oddly specific… but yes. Close enough. I think everyone’s ready…
AUTUMN: The sets are done, Julian’s fight scene is ready, and everyone knows their lines. What’s left?
LAURIE: We’ll still need some nice decorations to use as a set!
[ Have 6 Balloons, Have 20 Brick Paths, Have 3 Trees | None | 2100xp ]
ADDISON: How’s the set working out?
AUTUMN: It’s perfect! And not a moment too soon. Mr. Kernsprickle just arrived, and he’s in the front row! It’s time for the show! Every seat in the house is filled!
ADDISON: Are we ready for the curtain to go up?
AUTUMN: Just about! We only need to make sure Romeo and Juliet are in their places!
[ A Guy Classmate, A Girl Classmate (Finley, Hadley) | 4h | 2100xp ]
HADLEY: I’m so nervous! I can’t believe it’s time!
FINLEY: We’ll be fine… All right, the curtain’s coming up! Let’s go! But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
HADLEY: O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
FINLEY: I take thee at thy word: call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized; henceforth I never will be Romeo.
Finley passionately kisses Hadley! The audience applauds! Later, at intermission…
ADDISON: Well, we made it to intermission… and everything’s going great!
AUTUMN: Actually… we’ve got a crisis! Some people were sitting next to Kernsprickle, and he was complaining about how much he prefers MUSICALS!
ADDISON: What?!
PAYTON: We’ve got to add some music in, fast!
ADDISON: We can do this. They do it every week on Glee, don’t they? Go find some music. I’ll get some dancers to help choreograph a new finale!
[ Have 2 Dancers | None | 2100xp ]
AUTUMN: Okay, the dancers are here! I explained that we need an exciting new musical finale, fast.
ADDISON: And they can do it?
AUTUMN: They’re going to try! But we’re all going to have to help out and join in. Well, intermissions over…
PAYTON: Time to see if we can pull off this big musical number.
ADDISON: With no rehearsal time and a packed house? What could possibly go wrong?
[ Addison, An Actor, A Level 5+ Dancer (Riley, Sheridan) | 7h | 4000c, 2100xp ]
ADDISON: The curtain’s going up!
SHERIDAN: Gulp!
RILEY: Let’s go!
The curtain parts, revealing the bodies of Romeo and Juliet, lying tenderly side by side… When a resounding, big band orchestra kicks in, playing a jaunty musical tune! Addison and Riley burst into song, as a chorus of dancers emerge from behind the curtains!
RILEY: Romeo drank poison, and now he’s dead!
ADDISON: And next to him, Juliet’s blood’s shed!
RILEY: So much for that guy’s cocky swagger!
ADDISON: Who gave that crazy girl a dagger?!
RILEY: You’ve never heard more a tale of woe…
ADDISON: So rise and shout ‘Hashtag YOLO’!
RILEY: What?! I mean… uh… hashtag YOLO?
Sheridan twirls onto the stage with a series of epic flips! You lunge into your final poses, and the crowd bursts into applause!
AUTUMN: So I know this last-minute finale was stressful… But it paid off! I heard from someone sitting next to Kernsprickle that he loved it!
ADDISON: Awesome!
AUTUMN: He said he wished more schools would follow our example and create new interpretations of the classics!
PAYTON: That’s the best news ever! Let’s celebrate at the after-party!
ADDISON: After-party?
PAYTON: Um, yeah! Of course! Every play has an amazing after-party. That’s the only reason to be in a school play!
ADDISON: I don’t think that’s the ONLY reason…
PAYTON: Didn’t you hear me? I said PARTY!
[ Complete a Party with an Actor | None | 2100xp ]
PAYTON: That party was epic! Now, if only there was an ‘after the after party’ party.
AUTUMN: Payton, you’re on your way to an infinite party loop, aren’t you?
PAYTON: Infinite parties?! Oh, if only.
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