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[agent_elite]

Who: Baku & Beatrix; Anyone else who wants to jump in.
What: Beatrix steps into Baku's office at the Theater to learn more about the production.
When: Monday, as promised
Where: Tantalus Theater
Warnings: None so far.

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[smackdownpapa]

Baku was in a flurry of activity. His desk lay in shambles, covered in papers, photographs, notes and music all around and looked much like a tornado had recently swept across it. His brow was furrowed in concentration as he ruffled though pages and pages of audition resumes and notes that he had written. He swore countless times over and over like a mantra as he read over each notes he had made, whilst writing things in the margins of each sheet.

He was a genius at work. A man of theatre and integrity so when a genius was a work they all had their certain ways of getting things done. Currently, he was casting the list, making the cut and getting ready for calls. Baku was at a high level of stress and he could feel up all up his back.

When the door knocked, he automatically snapped a quick, “FUCKEN BUSY, COME BACK LATER. OH--UNLESS YER THAT ASSHOLE THAT NEEDS TO FIX MY AIR CONDITIONER, COME BACK LATER.”

Whoever was at the door would either have to be a bit more persistent, or something, because he was a very busy man.

[agent_elite]

The woman blinked at the door and did not flinch when she was yelled at. But a look of irritation did pass over her features before she waited another moment ...

... And knocked again.
Louder, this time.
"Sir~?" She would call out in a voice that betrayed nothing of the urgency of the knocking, putting a hand on her hip.
"It's Bernice! We were supposed to meet today."

[smackdownpapa]

Oh. Right. This meeting had completely passed his mind in the mess of his desk and all the stress he had been under with being the director. Indeed he was used to such stress, but perhaps his age was beginning to catch up with him.

“WHY DIDN’T YER SAY SO BEFORE?!” Baku bellowed automatically, leaned back in his chair. “Come in, come in, missy!”

Maybe he needed a sort break from looking over audition notes anyway.

[agent_elite]

She sighed softly in satisfaction and opened the door rather slowly, giving a shy little peek and a goofy grin before tiptoing inside.

"Well, hey! I hope I wasn't interrupting anything. It's nice to finally meet you, Baku."

[smackdownpapa]

He waved a hand in haste, motioning for her to come in and shut the door behind her. Unfortunately, Bernice was going to have to deal with a quick tempered and tired Baku, two traits that did not mix will with Baku of Tantalus theatre.

“Yeah, yeah, sorry my girl, I nearly fergot, but here yer are. Running crew right? What spot yer interested in? Stage hands? I do need more people on audio and lights.”

Right to scene one, act one, as he always said.

[agent_elite]

She scurried inside obediently, closing the door quietly behind her before taking a seat in the nondescript little chair in front of the desk, crossing her legs comfortably.

"Audio and lights?"
She could hack the database of a rival banking company's private transactions. Beatrix was fairly certain running a crappy old sound system efficiently would be within her capabilities.

"Maybe audio. My kids like to tinker with stuff like that in our basement -- ohh, what are they calling it these days? 'DJ'-ing?"

[smackdownpapa]

Baku shrugged. “Somethin like that! Our audio boards are a little different frum fucken DJ tables though! GWAAHAHAH!” Being the persistent person he was, he had always given the school board a hard time about his equipment. He always wanted the best, and the best was what he settled for. The audio table itself looked more like a recording studio, they had so many sound queues and music trays. “Sweeney Todd is a real old broadway feel, so we be needin something a little old fashioned soundin, nothin like that shit all the kids listen to today on their mp5s.”

He rubbed his chin in contemplation for a second, looking her over. As the board said, there was a certain age limit he was allowed to assign people to his crew for. With no real thought behind the gruffness of his question he asked, “So how old are ya? We be needed other requirements ya know.”

Reaching into the pile of papers cluttering his desk, he pulled out a sign up form for the audio crew and held it out to her.

[agent_elite]

Beatrix listened intently to his explanation evenly. ... Until the age question. It was only half of an act when she cringed and leaned back in her seat a little, chuckling.
"I'm thirty-five," was her final, hesitant reply. Well, no one said she had to be honest about that. She was lying about pretty much everything else.

Still. She recovered beautifully with a jolly smile as she took the sign up form and began to fill it out.

***
Name: Bernice Nicholson
Position wanted: Sound Operator
Past experience: Kids. :) And everything that goes along with them.
Objective: To coordinate sounds with the movements on stage - music, sound effects, and everything in between.
***

"Is there anything else you need from me, by the by?"

[smackdownpapa]

Baku knew ladies enough to know that she was probably a little touchy about her age. Hell, what the fuck was he going to say about it though? He was nearly sixty! Grinning at her slight hesitance, he merely took the sheet from her when she was done and placed it on the top of the other piles of papers.

“Well, Bernice, I sure am curious why someone like yer needs to get a job on a stage production at the university. What for, hmm? Missin the youngin days?” Baku asked curiously.

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"Oh, heavens, no."
She chuckled, shaking her head and giving a dismissive little wave of her hand. "Plenty of youth in my household. Really, I'm just looking for something to on my down time. Something within my means. Auditions must be over by now..."

Folding her hands neatly in her lap and leaning back a little, she allowed her gaze to wander about the room for the first time during their bizarre meeting; An even, curious glint in her eye.

Messy.

She could never function under such conditions ... then again, these right-brained individuals had a funny way of going about their usual business.

[smackdownpapa]

“Well that’s all fine and dandy then.” Baku said, giving a shrug. “Consider yourself hired, my girl. Is there anything else yer want to ask? Production starts next Wednesday, and the running crew meeting are every Thursday with the Assistant Stage Manager.”

He tapped his fingers lightly against the stack of auditions, as he subconsciously reminded himself he had a ton of work to complete tonight.

[agent_elite]

"Mmm. No, that about wraps it up..."
The woman rose to her feet, almost achily, and smoothed out any wrinkles in the skirt of her dress.

"I'll see you next week, then... Do keep in touch."
With that, she nodded politely, gathered up her purse, and took her leave of the crowded, messy office space.