♕ |[53]| The play's the thing

[had_not_lived]

Well... it looks like today's clear, so... Let's do the dress-rehearsal tonight, everyone? If that's all right... I know it's a little sudden, but with the curses...

And, as long as there isn't a curse... The performance of The Importance of Being Earnest will be this Friday, at seven p.m.!

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Rehearsal action; open

[absinthe_eyed]

As usual, Justin is in a corner. This isn't necessarily conducive to acting, but he's going over his lines once more. Not that it's hard to say "yes sir" and "no sir," but there are a few other lines, and when to say what is always a difficulty. Plus, being a corner minimizes socialization. After disappearing himself from the City for nearly a week, Justin isn't entirely ready to open himself to human contact.

Perhaps--perhaps--he'll work up the nerve to talk to the other actors. Rosella seems nice, and he has already spoken to Cain a few times over the network. And Neil, of course, is Neil.

Or perhaps he'll stay where he is.

[ooc: At school, but will tag about when classes finish up. ♥ ]

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[primrosella]

Throughout rehearsals, Rosella has noticed that Justin tends to be one of the quieter members of the cast, and doesn't appear to be particularly inclined toward socializing with the others during the lulls in rehearsal. And for the most part, she's done her best to give him his space, just as she did for Todd when he was still overcoming his own shyness all those years ago.

But today he seems different somehow; sadder, or more brooding, or just generally more in need of a friend than usual. So once she is finished getting dressed in her costume, she retrieves a cookie and a napkin from the bag she brought with her and heads over to see him.

"Hello, Justin!" she says in as friendly a tone as she can manage, offering him the napkin-wrapped cookie with a smile. "How are you this evening?"

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[absinthe_eyed]

He looks up from the script ("No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it myself") rather quizzically, as if the words hello and Justin don't form an entirely coherent sentence. The look loses a good deal of its gravity thanks to the somewhat comical mustache Justin's wearing.

After a moment of analyzing the situation--yes, a pretty girl is talking to him, and no, there isn't someone else named Justin standing directly behind him--he returns her smile and accepts the cookie. "Rosella. Thank you." He sets the script aside and stands to talk to her properly, smoothing imaginary creases in his butler uniform. "I'm not-- ...I'm nervous. Slightly," Justin stammers. "And you?"

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[primrosella]

"Well, tonight's a good night to be nervous, I should think," she answers brightly, twisting a little in place to make the skirt of her costume twirl about her legs, as though emphasizing the point. "After all, that's what dress rehearsals are for, aren't they? Giving us all the chance for a performance with no one watching, just to get all the last bits worked out?"

She pauses a bit, then grins in memory. "And goodness knows this one's already going much better than the last. At this point before the last play, we were all running around trying to fix our costumes to weather the midsummer snowfall, remember?"

Rehearsal action | not so late. :P

[had_not_lived]

Hey!

[If Neil seems to be everywhere tonight, it's just because... well, he is kind of all over the place, suffused with enthusiastic energy.]

Euphie! How are you? Ready to run through it?

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[had_not_lived]

Oh, I hope so!

[He grins, savoring the anticipation of the actual performance. Stage fright is something Neil only understands in the abstract.]

You'll be great, I know it.