The door opens, untouched, and through it runs ( Read more... )

[OOM:

Once upon a time, there was a puppet who wanted to be a real boy.

Instead of letting his master move his strings, he started a revolt. He stepped into a fire, and his strings burned up. But, unfortunately, so did he ( Read more... )

[OOM: This is happily ever after.]

In the great machine somewhere behind the stage set, a chain moves. A counterweight descends. Cogs and gears begin to turn.

Oh. Look at that. The story's started up again, hasn't it? After such a long time, too!The boy sitting by the fire looks rather the worse for wear. His torn blue shirt has been inexpertly ( Read more... )

[OOM: Entr'acte: Borrowing a wheelbarrow.]

When Fakir pushes the bar door open, his right uniform sleeve pulls back, to show an arm wrapped in clean bandages. Fakir's left arm is also bandaged. There are probably bandages under his clothes, too, and he looks more than a bit pale.

But Fakir's here, after all. I didn't expect to come back.Fakir ( Read more... )

[After this:

and they reached the right conclusions
and they got what they deserved . . .

into the woods, then out of the woods

(to be continued!)

and happy ever after]

[Most of the dialogue and action in these threads comes from Princess Tutu: Episode 13.]

[Tinytag: Rue, Mytho]

Once upon a time, (I wish)
in a far-off kingdom (more than anything)
lived a fair maiden...

Into the woods, without regret,
The choice is made, the task is set.
Into the woods, but not forget-
Ting why I'm on the journey.

[Most of the dialogue and action in these OOMs comes from Princess Tutu Episodes 11-12.]

[tag: Rue, Mytho, Drosselmeyer]

There is a rocking chair in the middle of the bar. It is placed in such an inconvenient spot that it seems difficult to believe that it was not intentional. One might well wonder why no one pointed this out to the unblinking old man who sits in the chair rocking slowly back and forth and sipping from a porcelain teacup ( Read more... )

"Once upon a time," says Edel to the middle of the barroom ( Read more... )

*Dr. Evil struts into the bar carrying Mr. Bigglesworth and a large sheet of paper. After quickly scanning the message board with a haughty expression, he smirks, glances over both shoulders and pins his paper directly over another notice. Finished, he hastily jumps back, places both hands on his hips and thrusts his chin out. Belatedly remembering ( Read more... )

Charlie is relieved to see the piano is unoccupied. He sets down his bass (brought every night in the hopes Angelo shows up) at the piano's side and sits on the bench. He plays a few scales to warm up, licks his lips.

( And sings. )