Quest 218

[primrosella]

Well, yesterday's curse was certainly...interesting, wasn't it? And quite odd, too, with all that talk of feeding and hacking at things and poking around frames, main or otherwise. I always rather wonder about curses like that, since they always seem to come with a whole new set of language and the people that are cursed with it always seem to know

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[misterblackbird]

You're a bit ahead of me in memorizing your lines. I've still a bit more to go.

[primrosella]

Well, I've been keeping myself busy with it the past few days, so I suppose it's only to be expected that all the extra practice must be helping. It's a shame it's not quite so easy as Shakespeare, though.

[misterblackbird]

And you only think Shakespeare is so simple because you've been reading him for so long.

[primrosella]

Well, and in the same way, because we had him at home. But this time Neil and I were trying to pick out a more modern play, so that more people around here might be interested in joining it. I seem to recall a lot of people feeling rather daunted by the prospect of Shakespeare, last time.

[misterblackbird]

It's more modern, yes, though perhaps not so modern as the worlds some people come from. Still, yes, I remember a lot of people were rather daunted by the prospect of Shakespeare. So perhaps it is better.

[primrosella]

And it's fun to read, too. The characters are all wonderfully silly.

[misterblackbird]

They are, though some of them are a bit too like some people I knew in my world--even as ridiculous as they are.

[primrosella]

Are they really? Oh, but you didn't know anyone that wanted to marry someone just because of his name, did you?

[misterblackbird]

Not because of his given name. Because of his last name or his title, perhaps.

[primrosella]

That's a little different, though, isn't it?

...Though come to think of it, I suppose that might be exactly what the play is trying to make fun of, all that business of caring more about what a person is called than who he actually is. So perhaps it's not so different at all, just taken to a bit of an extreme.

[misterblackbird]

I think you've just caught the joke.

[primrosella]

Well, at least I got to it eventually, which is more than can be said for Gwendolen.

Which reminds me, which part did you end up with, yourself? I know mostly who's decided to be in it, but not who ended up taking which parts.

[misterblackbird]

Indeed, it is.

Algernon Moncrieff, actually. So, if you're Gwendolen, that makes you my cousin, I think.

[primrosella]

Are you really? Oh, now I'm doubly excited to start rehearsals. And you're right, my mother is Lady Bracknell, who's also your aunt.

[misterblackbird]

Yes, really, I am. And since she's my aunt--or, well, Algernon's aunt--that does make you my cousin--or his cousin. However you like to think of it.

[primrosella]

I can tell already that you're going to do a marvelous job at it, too--being Algernon, that is. And that it's going to take everything I am to keep a straight face for it, too.