2nd Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[abitlowkey]

The television was on in the common room. And there was a tiny god watching it.

That was not the strange part of what was happening, though. The strange part was what was on the television. It was a channel that proclaimed itself to be 'Logo' and the players upon the stage were men in dresses and made up as though they were women.And yelling at

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[dressedinblood]

Anna wandered into the common room--and stopped in the doorway, staring in confusion at the television.

After a moment she found her voice. "What on Earth?"

[abitlowkey]

"I think, perhaps, the players of this troop had no women to act the parts," Loki said, head tilted curiously as the ladies on the screen applied make up. "They are quite good at the illusion."

A beat.

"Especially this Kenya Michaels."

[dressedinblood]

Anna blinked a few times, then remembered, vaguely, something from her actual high school experience. Back in the fifties. "Oh," she said. "Like Shakespeare?" They didn't look very Shakespearean...

[abitlowkey]

It made perfect sense, Anna. Perfect sense.

"Not... precisely."

[dressedinblood]

"Well, obviously," Anna agreed, drifting a little further into the room. "They don't look very Shakespearean." She hadn't seen anything like it, to be honest, but then, her experiences were very limited.

[abitlowkey]

"It's far less bloody for one." He knew the good Shakespeare.

[dressedinblood]

"That could be later," Anna pointed out.

[abitlowkey]

That would make for a fun episode, it was true. "Perhaps with a bit of cannibalism!"

[dressedinblood]

That was only one Shakespeare play, Loki. Anna wrinkled up her nose and said, "Gross, I hope not. They wouldn't put that on television, would they?"

[abitlowkey]

But it was a good oooooone.

"Not a real show of it. It is just players for our entertainment."

[dressedinblood]

"You never know," Anna said, "one time when I was in here there was a show about people who catch fish by sticking their hands in holes. And it was real."

[abitlowkey]

"...why would they need to?" DID THEY NOT HAVE FISHING EQUIPMENT?

[dressedinblood]

"I don't know!" Anna admitted, her bewilderment clear. "My father was a fisherman but he used nets and hooks and poles, like a normal person."

[abitlowkey]

"They could be too destitute," he suggested.

[dressedinblood]

"Too poor to buy fishhooks?" Anna said doubtfully. "Fishhooks are cheap!"

[abitlowkey]

"It could be the challenge?" No. It was just a horrible show, guys.