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wildhuntmod (wildhuntmod) wrote in wildhuntthreads,
@ 2020-09-18 23:29:00

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!post: group event, carnelian sparks, koal clay, scottwick faneuil, umber falsten/ginvorous

Who: Everyone!
What: The Summer Festival!
When: Friday September 18th - Saturday September 19th
Where: Stone Brick Park
Status: Ongoing, Open
Warnings: TBD

As summer draws to a close, the leaves on the trees at Stone Brick park are beginning to flare crimson and gold, and the sun is gradually getting lower in the sky. Out on the field, the residents of the Halfway House have set up tables for games and food, live music, and as the highlight of Friday evening, a live performance of Romeo and Juliet! After the performance, the cast and crew will be having an afterparty at the park. The celebrations will continue through Saturday evening, so come by the park this weekend, and close out the summer with a bang!

(OOC: Under the headers below, you can post your threads and narratives for your characters at the festival, during the play, and at the afterparty for the play.)

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Umber | Carnelian | Jay

locked_away
2020-09-19 11:57 pm UTC (link)

Overall he'd been coming to terms with the disaster that was his play. He should have seen it coming when Carnelian and Jay begged him to let them use more flare. He should have known. What happened to one step ahead Umber who was tactful and crafty and knowledgeable? He was blind sided for the excitement of putting on a play. Parties and plays were always his weakness. Givnorous's "It could have been worse" did little to improve his mood.

"Hey everyone! I just want to say, great job! We had some hiccups, both major and minor, but over all I think we did well as a cast. Thanks for agreeing to be in the play and sticking to it! Have a great night." Umber gave his short rally before turning everyone loose to go have fun and eat and drink. A lot of people were still in costume, which was fine. The whole rally took place less than an hour after the play itself. "Oh! Carnelian, Jay, I want to talk to you. Come here a second."

He pulled them aside with a smile, which changed instantly, "Seriously. You two said a little flare. Not destroy the entire stage. The only reason you even had lighting was because I casted it and the only reason the stage still stood was because Rin held it up until we got a permanent fix." His voice was thin and his eyes disapproving, "I specifically said not to go over board and interrupt people's cues and lines. I specifically said that because a theater production is a team effort. Your fancy fight, while all showy and the audience loved it, caused hell for the tech and stage crews." He paused for a second to let out a long deep sigh, "I know I said it was ok, and I shouldn't have. Not when it was so close to performance night. But what's done is done and that's that. Apologize to your tech and stage crew. They had to handle the down fall of your actions alongside their normal duties."

Umber looked tired, which he was, his whole body felt like he'd been the lead actor the entire night. He rubbed his forehead and his tail lashed back and forth at the end, "That's all. Have a good night guys." He gave them a thin lipped flat smile and let them go. Umber blew air from between his teeth and stood there for a moment to collect himself.

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Re: Umber | Carnelian | Jay

weshalldance
2020-09-20 02:32 am UTC (link)

Carnelian blinked. She thought it had gone quite well, overall. She had not set the stage alight, and none of the background characters had been stabbed by a wayward blade or lightning bolt. Perhaps plays were different here. The final performance had differed from dress rehearsal... "So it was not good? This is common practice in the court of Vin Perrellas. The team had done a very good job to keep Jay from being brained by the sandbag which fell from the sky."

Sensing that this was, perhaps not the best time to go on a tangent, Carnelian paused. Most of the stage crew were still around if an apology was necessary. Someone she vaguely remembered as being on tech passed nearby, covered in fine dust and bearing what looked like a battle wound. The not-tiefling Rin Okumura had also risked splinters, she recalled. Was he here too? He had been under the stage, yes?

"I digress. Perhaps our passion had outmatched the structural supports of the venue. I had noticed there was more screaming from the overhead platforms than I had usually known. The lights did change, also. And I did not know there would be aerial bombardment, the big darkness, giant spiderwebs, and as much of the improv. The stage breaking...there is bad construction, yes?" Umber wore an expression she had seen on only a handful of directors after a handful of productions. She took a casual step far out of reach. If they had gone too far, the past was the past. "We will apologize, yes. We will do this. Jay will also do this." She looked at Jay for confirmation.

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Re: Umber | Carnelian | Jay

masterofblabber
2020-09-21 12:12 am UTC (link)

"Would I be excused if I didn't actually think I'd black out the entire auditorium?" Jay wore a nervous grin, stifling nervous laughter as he twiddled his thumbs back and forth. "The audience did seem to enjoy it, we got a standing ovation...but I guess, destroying the stage...wasn't the best idea."

The battle had been quite boring with just moderate choreography. Cole could do better, and he hated dancing. So when Umber had given the two of them more or less freedom to cross swords during their scenes, Jay was happy to assist. The two of them decided they'd hold back only a little bit, and Jay would lose on purpose. Though, his electricity had been so strong that when he hit the ground he short circuited the entire room and some of the lights sparked up and nearly fell on the audience. Not his best moment in show business. Thankfully no one in the audience had suspected a thing.

"Yes--err, sorry, I'll help repair the stage and pay for damages." Jay apologized after Carnelian nudged him, and once he realized Umber wasn't going to let him get off easy. The crew had been so disappointed in the two of them. Oh come on! At least he'd remembered his lines. And Rid...oh man, he'd started reciting another script mid-production.

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