Speed Shakespeare [Open]

[morphitudinous]

Billy hadn't the slightest idea how much time had passed since his rushed deal with Metronome for the Clock's destruction. He'd typed out a hurried plea for help on the omnicom network, sped off to download and review the play's script, and conjured an auditorium-like Sensorium for rehearsal. All that remained was the arrival of the cast and crew,

Comments

[haruno]

Sakura took her stance at the front of the stage looking something close to uncomfortable for a moment, evening out into a smile and a clasping of her hands firmly behind her back. All right, so first she needed to look at one of the scripts. Moving toward them after several others, she unlocked her hands to pick one up, flipping through.

What kind of language was she even reading? Sakura was fairly sure it was translated, but the flow of language felt closer to old parts of her culture that she only had the smallest contact with herself.

She looked up at Billy, and confessed, "I'm willing to play whatever part -- or parts, I guess -- you need me to. Is there something you want me to read?"

[morphitudinous]

Billy greeted her happily, more than relieved to have another willing volunteer. It was getting close to crunchtime and a few key roles weren't filled yet.

"Sakura, hey! I'm glad you could make it. Do you want to read for Juliet's nurse? There's a monologue here that should display your voice well enough."

Unfortunately, they didn't have time for further refined auditions.

[haruno]

Sakura scanned the words first, then settled in for reading. She wasn't positive what some of this she was saying, but she settled into a cadence about a third of the way through. She'd need to read through it all in order to get a better read for emotion, since she sounded more contemplative than the Nurse would have been in stating the recollection and now somewhat exasperated realization that Juliet was becoming who and what she was, and with what timing!

[morphitudinous]

"It'll work," Billy reassured her, a smile on his face. "You have it. You'll be even better once we read the entire play through with the others."

He's got to encourage her. The only way forward...and he does like the visuals. She's a great nurse, given that she's one in real life.

[haruno]

One who's never had to do the kind of nursing Juliet's Nurse did -- unless Sakura had been a wetnurse in her unconscious memories. Still, as a caretaker, sure! She had years of that under her medic pouch, to different extents.

She smiled back at Billy, knowing it'll work was a definite concession to the circumstances. At least it beat any more unending videos of human stupidity. "Are we planning to head into that next?"

[morphitudinous]

"Yeah. Get to know each other, and learn to trust each other as much as you can under the circumstances. What's important is the ability to work together."

Billy was fairly convinced that he was spouting lies, but it was the best he could do.

[haruno]

He takes acting kind of seriously... Then again, she supposed this was a self-elected mission of sorts. That she could understand. "We've got a common goal. Working together in light of that should be as close to straight-forward as we're going to get." She smiled, stepping back and looking at the rest of the group. "Kind of like negotiating with dragons who won't tell you what they want, right? You take a chance and see how it works out, and trusting everyone else is doing what they can to help out in the bigger picture."

She glanced down at her script. "We've got a play to preform? I think we can do it. Don't you? After all, these people are here because you asked for volunteers to help make it happen. The will's there." Sakura looked over to Billy. "And you're helping show the way."