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Have another Musical!

Oct 06, 2009 00:31

Who: Still the cast, still whoever would like to join.
What: MUSICAL - day three
When: Tuesday, October 6, evening
Where: The theater
Rating: M for Mwa Ha Ha

( It's a musical! Take three? )

troy bolton, wesley crusher, nobody owens, lulu spencer, castiel, !body swap, neil perry

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Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel angel_in_beige October 13 2009, 04:10:18 UTC

Castiel had been directed to look unsure, to wring his hands a little. He had been told he had one of those things perfected. Tonight he looked a little more than unsure, he looked petrified.

But he had promised.

He opened Lulu's mouth again and slowly, stiffly, walked towards Bod.

"Things I have don't last for long.
Boys have come and boys have gone. I've grown accustomed.
I never really cared too much.
Don't get attached because I know them. And what they're after.
I let them in we make some noise.
They let themselves out, that's their choice.
Boys will be boys.
The phone won't ring and I become some anecdote.
And though I've had my fun, it gets lonely."

As Bod backed away Castiel followed, moving into his personal space without concern.

"But then came your kiss.
And all I was missing was there in your eyes.
Your lonely blue eyes.
So please say you'll stay. Say you'll never go away.
My discarded heart has finally found a home.
I know it's love. You touch my soul.

When I see you I catch my breath. Forget my sorrow.
And I miss you before you've left. You are tomorrow."

He grabbed at Bod's hand and held it too tightly as he went on.

"Here in your hand, I find a chance to make it through, to be somebody. Stay with me."

As Bod tried to have away he pulled him back towards himself, remembering the stage directions but to understanding the meaning behind them.
He moved like a robot running through a program but his voice sounded heavy with emotion. It was a curious mix.

He ran Lulu's hands up and down Bod's arms as he sang.

"I need your kiss cause all I was missing was there in your eyes, your lonely blue eyes.
So please take my hand.
Let me help you understand
Two searching hearts can rest and be made whole.
I know it's love. Please let me touch your soul.
Please let me touch your soul."

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel owingnobody October 13 2009, 04:25:58 UTC

Bod... didn't know what to do. He wasn't entirely sure he knew what was going on. Somehow, the emotional impact of the number managed to be overwhelming, and underwhelming, almost simultaneously. He could hear the emotion in the sound, but none of it translated into her eyes or body. It was weird, like he was on-stage with an animated mannequin.

"...I, uh..." he said, and mused that it would, actually, be all he would say, were he in this exact situation in real life.

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel angel_in_beige October 13 2009, 05:27:48 UTC

"You?" he asked, sounding surprised himself. "Listen," Castiel said. "I know that it's early with us, but I wanted you to know how I feel. Because I have never felt this way before. Have you?" I don't feel this way now. Castiel thought. He was discovering very quickly that acting was as hard as singing was easy. He still looked scared as he pleased with Bod to stay. His hand was still closed about Bod's like a clamp.

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel owingnobody October 14 2009, 21:52:41 UTC

Bod fought the urge to wince as Castiel clung to his hand. He could tell from the trapped, panicked look in Lulu's eyes that Castiel was scared to death, and wished there was something he could do to reassure him that it was okay-- that didn't involve making him feel awkward or uncomfortable.

In the end, he decided to stick to the blocking, to be safe. "Yeah," he murmured. "Once." Taking a deep breath, he attempted to shift his grip on Castiel's hand, so that he would be holding it, rather than being held. After about a moment of torquing his arm in an odd position, he dropped it, letting Castiel continue to, er, have the upper hand. "I think you're such a special girl," he said. "I really mean that. And I know in a perfect world that I could love you..." It was getting really hard to continue with the blocking, without attempting to get his hand back. "But what we have--" he tried, gently, to tug it away from Castiel. "It doesn't work--" he gave it a little more force. "I swear, I promise--!!" and he got it away. Rubbing it, he said, "It's not about you."

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel angel_in_beige October 16 2009, 13:54:05 UTC

"What do you mean?"

Castiel knew this was bad news, he was being dismissed. He suddenly felt the sting of that rejection. It started to relax a little, just a little, as he spend more time with the character. He found Bod made it easy. His face was shocked, stunned, disappointed. His palms were open. He remembered ever direction the frustrated director has given him.

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel owingnobody October 17 2009, 04:04:57 UTC

Bod-as-Troy-as-Jason made a sound of frustration. "I- made a mistake," he said. "I don't think we should see each other." Stupid Jason, thought Bod. Slithering out again. He had always empathized with Jason in this scene, because he was finally doing something "right"-- he was being honest with someone about his feelings. Really, though, he should have just been honest in the first place, before he got into all this trouble, because, even with Castiel's interesting interpretation of the part, he could see the pain Jason had caused Ivy.

I've got to stop thinking this way, Bod thought. What ever happened to empathy?

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel angel_in_beige October 19 2009, 11:37:37 UTC

"No." Castiel made some effort to look shocked. "Wait," he dropped his head shallowed hard. "Can we just back up? I'm sorry. I-I shouldn't have-"

He knew this feeling, so well. He understood well what it meant to misread situations and be wrong-footed. His words held the proper tone this time as his face held a mix of hurt and embarrassment.

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel owingnobody October 20 2009, 03:50:34 UTC

Castiel's face and voice synced up for the first time all scene, and it was like a sucker punch to the gut. He felt super guilty, and wished there was some way he could convey this to the other actor. During rehearsal, it would happen time and time again, and as two actors rehearsed, they would come to an understanding of sorts, about any given moment. It had to be played a certain way, so that the audience would understand-- even if it hurt the actors to do so. But it was harder for them- for Castiel, and for him- because they'd never come to any understanding. In their moment-to-moment treatment of the material, it was much easier for the words to hurt.

"Maybe someday," he said, trying not to show any hesitation as he reached for Castiel's hand. He hoped he'd be able to get it back this time. "I wish to God I felt that way. You have touched my soul..." He gave Castiel the most sympathetic look he knew how to give, wishing he could do more-- make it a tangible thing and hand it right to him. "More than you know. But now I have to go."

In his head, Jason couldn't get out of there fast enough. But Bod reached the wings, then glanced back at her, standing forlornly on the stage-- and felt the onslaught of guilt return, unchecked. He fled before the lights faded completely.

Re: Touch My Soul - Bod, Castiel angel_in_beige October 20 2009, 12:06:54 UTC

Castiel know this moment was coming. He was so distracted he didn't even react when Bod took his hand.

he started after him as he went and perhaps he stayed a little too long on the stage but he didn't notice.
Castiel did not run but he was called upon to do so here and so he did, a reluctant jog, his head low, his hand pressed to his chest as he ran to the opposite side of the stage to the one Bod had taken.

He stopped when he was out of sight of the audience and sank against the wall in the dark.
After a minute he turned and went looking for Bod.

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