Keryth was too busy reading the script that he missed the exact words the two ladies exchanged. But the expression on their faces was enough to decipher the conversation was nothing pleasant. When Zyra’s eyes met with Keryth’s, he was afraid he was expected to react to their squabble taking one or other’s side. However, luckily, that wasn’t the case. Alice quickly distanced herself from Zyra and walked towards him.
When Alice was requested outside and Keryth told her he would rehearse with Zyra, he noticed that the actress’ was particularly annoyed. He wondered if she saw this as him taking the elven princess’ side over hers. In fact, he didn’t mind even if she did; so long as she pays for the acting. Once Alice was out of the room, Zyra began the rehearsal. He had read through the script only twice, but he had already memorized all the cues and dialogues. The moment Zyra said ‘Ay me’, Keryth put away the script and began acting like he truly was Romeo.
“O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art...” he recited, with much passion and love his voice, like he was saying those words truly to Zyra. It would seem, Keryth was indeed a natural. As the rehearsal went on, it would only be more apparent how good he was at acting.
Fortunately, Alice was stuck fixing the lighting until it was show time and there was no time for the two to rehearse it one last time before going on stage. She seemed very worried, but had no other option but to trust Keryth. “Don’t worry! I got this,” he said, smiling at Alice and touching her upper arm gently before going to the other room to put on his costume. Before leaving, he turned to Zyra and smiled at her. “Thanks for helping me rehearse! I hope you’ll be on the first row cheering me on,” he said. Alice was never going to allow that; but thankfully, the lady who peeked in before was right there and she innocently agreed to escort Zyra to the front rows. Knowing it would be petty to deny the elven girl that much, Alice simply huffed and stomped away.
Keryth’s acting on the actual play would be tremendously better than the rehearsal. The costume, lighting, make-up, and the audience only made him involve himself further into the role he was acting. Once the play was over, the whole audience gave a standing ovation for the crew, mostly thanks to Keryth’s performance. While Alice was extremely annoyed the dark-haired elf was taking away her spotlight, she was always charmed by his talent. “You should make a career out of this. The both of us could become stars together,” she said, once the curtain fell. Keryth chuckled and shook his head. “It was fun once… But I got better plans,” he said simply.
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