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[dancingmd]

Who: Riona and Beverly and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: if you want, on the Blue Fish
When: End of Drift Week, right before arrival at the Rew System


[“Hyper” is probably not a word anyone would ever use to describe Beverly, not even as a child, but that very much describes her state right now. Bouncy, even, as she starts up the video feed. Her words come out a mile a minute and she hands the communicator to Riona to control, so for a moment, you’ll mostly hear Beverly rather than see her.]

Here, Riona, you take this because I’m afraid I'll just make it entirely too shaky and then people might get seasick and we don’t want that do we?

[She suddenly appears in view of the camera, a little too close for comfort, waving at the fleet.]

Riona and I have a big surprise for you all!

[She steps back, arms open wide to reveal… An empty room on the Iskaulit?]

Surprise! [Riona laughs at her dumb follow up, the camera shaking a bit from her laughter.] It doesn’t look like much now, but pretty soon it’ll be something great. Right, Beverly? [She’ll happily let Beverly do the reveal if she wants, given how excited she is. Oddly so, but, hey… theater nerdiness brings out weird sides of people.]

Right! [Beverly claps her hands together.] We’re going to build… a theater! I know we have the movie theater already which is wonderful and such a good addition to the fleet but you know we’ve all had a rough month so Riona and I were talking and wouldn’t it be such fun to have a community theater? We could put on plays and concerts and talent shows and oh! Kitty! [She leans into the camera again.] I’m very sorry, I meant to answer your call to the network but I got distracted because well I mean [She gestures at herself] look at me.

[So she is at least aware of how ridiculous she is right now. That’s something.]

I think it’s a glitch in the augments maybe Sokka has it too we’ve both just been so busy! Anyway, Kitty I wanted to let you know I am a dancer as well and I think your idea for having dance classes is marvelous and you could absolutely use the theater if you ever wanted for performances!

[She dodges out of sight of the camera for a moment.]

Riona? Could you turn it a bit please?

[Riona does as bid, turning the camera to follow Beverly.]

That would explain his manic energy. And yours. And maybe that’s why poor Allen isn’t feeling well? Ah well, hopefully this will cheer everyone up. Because theater! [The camera is away from her, but the smile can be heard in her voice.] Something productive and good for everyone to focus on. And we’ll need… a lot of help. In both getting it started and continuing to run it and do things with it.

[Ah good, now Beverly is in bouncing around the room range!]

Yes! It’ll be a lot of work but it’ll be worth it! We’re thinking just a small black box theater - which if you aren’t familiar with those they’re not like traditional theaters with a big stage up front and a large row of seats and curtains and all that - though we could certainly have curtains if people wanted, it’d just depend on the performance but that’s the beauty of a black box is that it’s so adaptable! So basically [She runs to the middle of the room and spreads her arms wide.] we’d have a small platform in the middle here and [Now she dances in a circle around the edges of the room.] Seats all along here and they don’t have to be anything fancy just like folding chairs or something like that, things that’d be easy to move and then we’d need to make a catwalk area for lights and things and maybe a few moveable walls for scenery and then of course the whole room would be painted black!

[Finally she takes a breath.]

Anything else you can think of Riona?

[Beverly can probably see the amused smile on her face as she watches her galavant around the room. And also, she makes a mental note to keep Beverly away from those beverages that make people more energetic. Caffeinated, she thinks the word is.]

You know much more about these “black box” theaters than I do, so I can’t speak much about their construction. But anyone who has a background in building and the like who wants to help out, we’d love to hear from you. And of course from anyone who’s interested in helping once everything is built. Actors, writers, set designers, costume makers, backstage crew… there’ll be something for anyone, I would think.

[And that’s the beauty of it, really.]

That’s all I can think of. And people can certainly use it for other purposes, too. It’d make for a good lecture hall or something of the like, too. So do let us know if you’re interested in helping. The more the merrier!



((ooc: the sign up page for your characters is right over here, if you're interested!))

Comments

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[steeledskin]

...Costume makers?

[ yes, that grabbed her interest. as did everything else -- but there's such a great deal to digest, and she intends to take her time thinking about all the possibilities her two shipmates have presented. ]

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[bryces_pup]

Mmhmm! We'll need good seamstresses - and seamsters!

[She smiles warmly; honestly, she had Sansa in mind as a costume maker, if she's interested of course. She's seen her sewing and needle work.]

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[steeledskin]

Might my needlework be passable enough, Riona?

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[wolfehawke]

[Having gone through his own bout of manic activity - and knowing it'll pass - he's not too worried about Beverly being incredibly bouncy when she's usually such a calm presence. He also feels the need still to make amends for insulting her craft so he has something to offer here. Plus it never hurts to offer the queen your help.]

I'm pretty handy with basic carpentry, if you need that for sets and things. Also if needed I can donate my beloved dragon costume from Halloween.

[Really, that is a massive gesture you two.]

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[dancingmd]

Oh yes! We will need lots of builders because you know I have never really built anything myself, not like this anyway, though I have some experience in robotics but that's bit really the same thing at all is it?

[Not an ounce of ill will remains here!]

[wolfehawke]

Not really, I guess?

[What the heck is robotics?]

I've built farm fences and helped to raise a barn once or twice. Shouldn't be too difficult just to build some backdrops.

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[shamisens]

[ A theatre. Kubo's excitement swells. He's never performed in anything that big before. ]

What about music?

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[dancingmd]

[Beverly beams at him.]

Music is always important! Do you sing? Or play an instrument? Or both!?

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[shamisens]

I can play the shamisen. I'm not much of a singer though.

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[bythewaves]

My congratulations to you both, this is an excellent idea! I mind not helping out in any fashion.

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[dancingmd]

[BEAMING] I was hoping you would volunteer!

[Read: even if you hadn't, she would have probably bugged the crap out of you to do so.]

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[bythewaves]

[ that's what he thought ]

Whatever you need me to do. [ He promises with a laugh ]

Although obviously my skills are mostly with music.

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[alwayscomeback]

This is exactly the kind of time wasting nonsense that keeps things fun! Count me in! I can do so much you guys, you don't even know.

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[bryces_pup]

[EXCUSE]

I beg your pardon? "Time wasting nonsense"? [Oh, that's a rigid, righteously indignation noble woman born look you're getting, Sokka.]

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[alwayscomeback]

[Uh oh. ]

I meant it affectionately. Totally.

[passingthrough]

I heard my name.

[And she feels downright sloth-like compared to Beverly right now. Though just in comparison. She's not experiencing any glitches herself at the moment.]

Not sure if we'll get to a performance stage, but that sounds great if we do. [It was hard drumming up interest in the more performative styles of dance she knows like ballet and modern. People seemed interested in ballroom which is understandable and yet not really her specialty. Still, she could be interested in doing it even if it isn't a full class maybe.]

[dancingmd]

Wonderful! And if the studio was nearby, even better, though I don’t know where you were planning to put that? Where were you planning? And what styles of dance do you do? I mostly do Jazz and Tap - the Giving Tree even gave me a pair of tap shoes which at the time I find very odd but I suppose it’s appropriate now, though I’m not sure how interesting a one woman tap show would be and I haven’t done it in forever - not in front of people anyway.

[passingthrough]

I didn't have anything decided yet, so we can put them together. We can take a look together or if you already picked a space I'll just move in next door.

Ballet and modern for me, but I think I'm going to end up trying to teach ballroom for beginners. I wouldn't mind learning some jazz or tap though.

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[widow_of_the_crag]

I should like to help however I can, but I know very little about the theater.

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[bryces_pup]

No experience necessary at all. Is there anything about it you'd be interested in trying?

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[widow_of_the_crag]

I'm not certain. I could help with costumes and sets?

Or anything else you might have in mind?

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[nugqueen]

[Leliana is in grand spirits and the news of a black box theater only amplifies that. When the ladies return from the Iskaulit, Leliana seeks them out. Naturally, she's full to the brim with ideas.]

Have you found someone interested in putting on a production yet? If not, I suppose it'll be nice to have it there when we get to it, no?

[She wants to put on a production herself, but her experiences in theater resided purely in watching them. However, she was quite the good actress when she needed to be, if you asked her.]

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[bryces_pup]

Ah, no, not that's been mentioned. [She tilts her head curiously.] I take it you have one?

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[winn]

[ well, of all the glitches he's seen so far, this peppiness is by far his favorite. ]

I've got some AV background, and tons of costume making experience. [ there's a little pang of protective jealousy when the use of lecture hall is mentioned, the discovery one lecture hall is his baby, but he swallows it down. ]

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[bryces_pup]

Oh, another costume maker! That'd be grand. Also, I'm sorry, but what does AV stand for? [Bear with the medieval fantasy person.

Sadly, Riona has no idea about the other lecture hall. Sorry Winn!]