Seeing Green (unnamed, G) (816 words)erinm_4600April 2 2010, 06:25:01 UTC
"Where is the new kid?" The staff on the floor stopped pushing their brooms, wiping their tables and stacking their glasses behind the bar. On stage, a man in glasses and suspenders was turning in circles, looking a bit frazzled. "Where is the new kid?" He made a face and shrugged as the man adjusting the small row of lightbulbs along the edge of the stage and huffed.
Spinning back around, his hands went up, as did his volume. "NEW KID!" He moved off, stage left, as a very young man stumbled onto the stage from the right, arms full of coiled cords. The coil at the top of the pile hit the stage with a thunk and the stage manager turned with yet another huff. "Put those down," he demanded, starting to pull the cables from the boy's arms.
"You have experience with lighting, yes?" he asked the boy, pulling him across the stage before the young man could even answer him. "We've got to replace all these filters," he said, waving to the lights overhead. "All the gold has to go. Mauve," he continued to order, waving the boy to a door backstage. As the door opened, the stage manager flipped a switch and shelves upon shelves of stuff.
The sound of shouting from the other end of the hallway caused both men to turn and the stage manager gave the boy a shove into the store room. "Get the filters changed. I have to go see what the old nut is on about now." With a groan, the older man left the younger in the doorway and headed down the hall, yelling at a woman holding a pile of costumes.
Glancing at the shelves, the young man wondered how he was going to survive his first day of work. Deciding that he was going to prove his older brother wrong, the young man gave a resolute nod, started down the aisle and finally found the lighting filters. He pulled out a filter from the closest box and stared at it. It wasn't marked, but it was clear. The next was yellow, and then a red, continuing through the rainbow.
Out of the corner of his eye, the boy saw a shelf of hats. Tall ones, short ones, furry and plain. Glancing over his shoulder, the boy decided that he could take a moment and try on one of the hats. Picking up one that had a very large peacock feather sticking out of the back, he placed the hat on his head and turned to find a mirror. As he turned, however, the boy was greeted by a very large, stuffed tiger.
Spinning back around, his hands went up, as did his volume. "NEW KID!" He moved off, stage left, as a very young man stumbled onto the stage from the right, arms full of coiled cords. The coil at the top of the pile hit the stage with a thunk and the stage manager turned with yet another huff. "Put those down," he demanded, starting to pull the cables from the boy's arms.
"You have experience with lighting, yes?" he asked the boy, pulling him across the stage before the young man could even answer him. "We've got to replace all these filters," he said, waving to the lights overhead. "All the gold has to go. Mauve," he continued to order, waving the boy to a door backstage. As the door opened, the stage manager flipped a switch and shelves upon shelves of stuff.
The sound of shouting from the other end of the hallway caused both men to turn and the stage manager gave the boy a shove into the store room. "Get the filters changed. I have to go see what the old nut is on about now." With a groan, the older man left the younger in the doorway and headed down the hall, yelling at a woman holding a pile of costumes.
Glancing at the shelves, the young man wondered how he was going to survive his first day of work. Deciding that he was going to prove his older brother wrong, the young man gave a resolute nod, started down the aisle and finally found the lighting filters. He pulled out a filter from the closest box and stared at it. It wasn't marked, but it was clear. The next was yellow, and then a red, continuing through the rainbow.
Out of the corner of his eye, the boy saw a shelf of hats. Tall ones, short ones, furry and plain. Glancing over his shoulder, the boy decided that he could take a moment and try on one of the hats. Picking up one that had a very large peacock feather sticking out of the back, he placed the hat on his head and turned to find a mirror. As he turned, however, the boy was greeted by a very large, stuffed tiger.
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