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[pokebonnet]

[Suddenly a little old lady wearing an amazingly elaborate hat is waving at you. Those of you new to the network, you might have seen her before from that interview about the police sex scandal. Behind her a buff, bearded blond man is doing some sort of interpretive dance while dressed in bee-stripes.]

Hello dears! I'm just popping in to say that the Curry family is doing all right! More than all right! The rest of the family knows we're superheroes now, but they're coming around to it. Well, most of them. I'm sure Artie's brother Sully will eventually.

Anyhow! I just thought everyone should know that when we got back to Artie's apartment after the fight we found scripts and costumes for a play! It's called The Death Rains of Swansea and I think it's by the other Ivy and Mr Tunstell and it's very lovely! In fact, Artie and I want to put it on as a show! We're going to need actors though! And people to work backstage.

It's a beautiful, touching love story about the tragic love between a vampire queen and an alpha werewolf! Artie's already playing the hero, of course, but we need the leading lady--I'm a bit too old for these ingenue parts--and a villain and of course a lot of people to play the other vampires and werewolves.

Anyhow, we'll hold auditions next weekend. That ought to be long enough time to find a theatre we can do the show in. Oh! Mr Lyall, if you can see this, why don't you ask if the school will let us use theirs.

Comments

[shotguncarnage]

you told the rest of your family you were superheroes?

[ he's in trouble with his mother just for being a bodyguard, nevermind trying to explain weird alien bullshit ]

vampire queen... this sounds like one of those bad vampire movies they started puttin out the past couple of years.

[pokebonnet]

Oh, we didn't tell. They recognized us on the national news. [She lowers her voice.] Artie forgot to wear a mask, the silly boy.

And it's not bad! It's very sweet.

[belphe]

[This lady is so enthusiastic in the wake of so many people who've been posting distraught messages these last few days, Belle can't help but feel uplifted]

....that sounds like quite a plotline.

It's good to hear that at least some families aren't reacting badly.

[pokebonnet]

Well, we are Curries!

[Ivy seems to think that explains everything. And maybe in a way it does.]

How are you at acting, by the way?

[belphe]

[she blinks, taken offguard by the question]

Me...? I couldn't say. Likely not very good...I've never done it.

Voice

[sjokolade]

Oh, oh! Can I be part of the show too?

I don't know how I'll fit it into my schedule but I really want to be a part of it! [She's not too sure about the idea of vampires and werewolves and them falling in love but a chance to be in a show?

SIGN HER UP!]

Re: Voice

[pokebonnet]

We'd love to have you, dear! As soon as Artie and I can find a theatre for the show, we'll set up auditions!

audio;

[orangehoodie]

... I'm not really an actor.

But do you need any help with props or backstage stuff?

Re: audio;

[pokebonnet]

Lots of help! Thank you, dear. Have you ever helped out backstage before? Can you paint? We got costumes, but no real scenery, so we'll need people to build the sets and do the lights and all sorts of things.

video

[stillshrill]

Can I be Townsperson #1?

Re: video

[pokebonnet]

[Granny checks the script.] We don't have that as a role, I'm afraid, but how would you like to be Drone #1 or Clavinger #1?

[testsonseashells]

Would like to read the play myself before making any commitments, but am certainly interested in a role.

[pokebonnet]

Wonderful! I'll have Artie sneak into the school and make photocopies as soon as they get electricity back.

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

[Oh dear. Lyall is... less than certain about this. He's a bit transfixed by the bumble-bee costume, or whatever it is.]

I'm really not certain that the school will agree. Especially given I am not exactly in the good graces of the faculty, at the moment.

... I do wish you luck, however. It looks. Ah. Diverting.

[Lucky for him, perhaps, he never actually saw this production... or he'd be getting a head full of echoes that might make it hard to keep a straight face.]

Re: [Audio]

[pokebonnet]

[Lucky--or UNLUCKY? Because he really missed out on a beautiful work of art. Really.]

Thank you, Mr Lyall, dear. And... we'll keep looking for a theatre. There has to be one of them that will want to have our play.

video

[seishindairingun]

Are we calling ourselves superheroes now, or was your echo-person one?

And... I can do some work backstage, if you don't mind having someone drop by at inconsistent hours.

Re: video

[pokebonnet]

My echo-person was a secret agent! And a vampire! And probably a magical girl!

And I don't mind at all about the inconsistent hours. We'll let you know as soon as we get a theatre.

[Action]

[italktofish]

Hey, Granny? What if I added a little something to this dance? A couple of OUTRAGEOUS ARTHUR FLOURISHES!

[The dance is bad enough without Arthur getting creative there in the background.]

Re: [Action]

[pokebonnet]

[Ivy claps with delight.] Lovely, Artie! Just lovely!

[epimethean]

That's--when you got back to your apartment after the giant snake battle, the first thing you did was go and find scripts for a play.

the movie people actually did say that to Betty White, those bastards

[pokebonnet]

Well, it was right there, on top of all of the costumes. The previous Ivy was an actress, you see! Well, so was I in my youth, on the Vaudeville circuit before Mr Curry and I went to Hollywood, although I never made it past bein' an extra there, they said I was 'unphotogenic!' I tried, though. Lord know I tried.

audio;

[unimpressive]

Whoa... Seriously?! I'm not an actor or anything, but you're gonna put this on somewhere we can all watch, right?

Re: audio;

[pokebonnet]

Yes! We definitely are! It's going to be a lovely little diversion for everybody!

[audio]

[pianistofraielin]

LCHS's theatre isn't...really...available at the moment...

Re: [audio]

[pokebonnet]

Ohhhhhh. Right, wasn't there a fire? [She sort of remembers something about a fire.]