HomeAt this point it was Ko’s own fault. He’d been accepting jobs from the proprietor of the Theater so often that he was practically an established employee of the Theater in full. Worse, there were a number of Marigold citizens who had the same misconception, and not a small number of them eagerly anticipated Ko’s next appearance. Of course, Ko had no one to blame but himself for the situation, such that it was. Regardless, when the proprietor approached him to take part in yet another of his productions, Ko almost immediately rejected the man. He had never intended to make the theater his standard for living, and being asked to step in for every new play the proprietor came up with was starting to get irritating. Being a businessman, the Proprietor didn’t take no for an answer. He explained carefully that he needed Ko for this particular story to work; specifically, he needed Ko’s strength at playing dark and troubled characters. Ko wasn’t convinced. The man had a plethora of prominent and skilled actors at his beck and call, why would he need Ko specifically for this role? In short, it was explained that the show had been written for Ko to take on a leading role; him, specifically. If they tried to bring somebody else in, it was entirely possible that the author of the play would pull out of the deal. Even worse, the play might require rewrites to deal with the changes in the lead’s appearance. In short, they weren’t going to let Ko get away without a huge fuss. Ko couldn’t do anything but capitulate, under the stipulation that this be the last time. He wasn’t an actor, he had no intention to take up acting as a profession, and he didn’t want anything else to do with this theater once the production was complete. The Proprietor agreed, but Ko couldn’t help but feel like he was making a deal with the devil. 328/300 |
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Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:45 am
Jewels : Rank : Race : Experience : Reputation : Class : Strength : Speed : Constitution : Endurance : Intelligence : Mana : Body : Companion : Ko quickly learned that taking on the lead role in a production was very different from simply playing a prominent one. He was required to spend time at the theater every day, going over readings from the script and working to memorize his lines. Choreographers rehearsed stage movements without any props present, visualizing the entire play in their own heads without any assistance. To Ko’s surprise, Alice was going to be playing the role directly opposite him, yet despite being the primary supporting role it had no spoken lines. It didn’t seem like the sort of thing she’d have allowed in the past, but for whatever reason she’d accepted the role without complaint. Perhaps it was because it was the most prominent female role in the show. Whatever the case, they worked day and night to get the scenes down right. Ko couldn’t remember the last time he’d needed to memorize so many things. It wasn’t just his lines, it was what emotion he was supposed to be evoking during which scene, what his motivations were, how the character was meant to be thinking. It became clear over time that whoever had written this play thought they were describing Ko himself as the main character, and Ko couldn’t decide if that was flattering or unsettling. Of course, once Ko understood that, he found ways to get around the sometimes stilted dialogue and awkward emoting the play demanded. If they wanted this play to be about him, he didn’t have any qualms about improvising where applicable to twist the story and make the character more like himself than the script allowed. The proprietor didn’t have any issues with the initial showings, so Ko counted his efforts as a success. If this was going to be his last appearance as an actor, he might as well go out with a bang. 309/300 |
Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:46 am
Jewels : Rank : Race : Experience : Reputation : Class : Strength : Speed : Constitution : Endurance : Intelligence : Mana : Body : Companion : The premise of the play was an intentionally eerie one. Ko was the main character, a young man who returned home from a distant war to find that his hometown was destroyed and most of his family killed. A relative, also having recently passed but a participant in the way, left his estate behind with no inheritor. With Ko the only living relative, he was set to inherit the property and everything on it. The problem was that the home was cursed. Despite having held a prominent title, the relative didn’t live inside the home and didn’t pay to provide upkeep. As such, the mansion itself is run down and dilapidated when Ko arrives. He then soon discovers that the mansion is haunted by the vengeful spirit of the relative’s former mistress, whom had been cruelly murdered within the mansion by his Wife. Over the course of the play’s first act the spirit is meant to torment Ko, inflicting the typical spiritual shenanigans that come with a haunted house. By the end of the first act, however, the spirit would discover Ko’s lack of a will to live, and having been prevented from achieving catharsis by killing her murderer’s only relative, the spirit would take a different sort of interest in Ko. Ko had been unsurprised to discover that this was a love story; why else would the author have named him specifically as the leading actor? What he hadn’t been expecting was for the play to have such an odd, dark tone to it. It was almost like the author thought that the two main characters coming together in death, at the end, was the height of romance. That was a truly twisted mindset, but at least it made for a convincing and interesting play. So Ko braced himself, and got into place, waiting for the moment when the current was raised. 313/300 |
Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:48 am
Jewels : Rank : Race : Experience : Reputation : Class : Strength : Speed : Constitution : Endurance : Intelligence : Mana : Body : Companion : The opening scene was meant to be an introduction to the setting and to Ko’s background. That meant that some playful lighting and some quick movement on Ko’s part, dashing to and fro on the stage to get into position so the flashbacks weren’t broken. He imagined that when you were seeing it from off stage it must have been very impressive. It was to his advantage that he hadn’t been sleeping well since taking this job, as it accentuated his shell shocked and depressed expression as he’s being given the news that he had no home to return to except the broken down shell of a mansion his distant Uncle had left him. There was a brief moment after that, while Ko is ‘travelling’ where he delivers a soliloquy about his emotions. If Ko could have taken a moment to pat himself on the back, he would have. He was pretty sure he could hear some of the women in the audience openly weeping. It was a fair reaction. He was a good looking man, clearly harmed by his lot in life, expressing a wish that he’d died on the battlefield where he’d at least felt like he was still a whole person. Everytime Ko started one of these productions he went into it telling himself he’d never do another one again. Somehow, simply being up on stage, delivering a performance was all it took to change his mind every time. Ko would have to keep to his word since he’d told the Proprietor no more after this time, but maybe he’d be able to come up with an excuse if he tried hard enough. The reveal of the mansion finally went up, with false lightning and thunder and everything. It shocked the audience, getting screams and shouts of surprise from all corners. Yeah, Ko could get used to this sort of thing if he wasn’t careful. 318/300 |
Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:51 am
Jewels : Rank : Race : Experience : Reputation : Class : Strength : Speed : Constitution : Endurance : Intelligence : Mana : Body : Companion : They were at the end of the third act now. With Ko’s aid, the vengeful spirit has finally lured Ko’s aunt back to the mansion, where she could take her revenge. By this point in the play, Ko and the spirit have had numerous questionable scenes with each other. It is clear to the audience, if not to Ko and the spirit, that there is some kind of romantic connection between them, twisted though it might have been. The only thing remaining was to put an end to the woman who had murdered the spirit in the hopes she can finally find rest. Of course, the spirit and Ko are so entwined by this point in the play that it is actually Ko who delivers the killing blow, stabbing the actress with a false blade and throwing her from the same balcony the spirit had fallen to her death from. A sting of music accompanies the climax of the play, punctuating what is meant to be a moment of justice achieved through dark and unsavory means. Naturally, the death of the Aunt doesn’t go unnoticed, as she hadn’t come to the mansion unattended. Her attendants can be heard storming the staircase that leads to the balcony, but Ko and the spirit pay them no heed. They are embracing on the edge of the balcony, staring into each other’s eyes. Another sting of orchestral music accompanies the couple as they too plummet from the balcony, a bittersweet union of love after death. It definitely isn’t a happy story, by any measure, but as the curtain raises for the cast to take their final bow, the crowd is on their feet as they applaud. Alice doesn’t even seem irritated that Ko is clearly the target for most of their praise. Ko couldn’t complain either. It was a nice way to go out. 310/300 1578/1500 |
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