Performance 001 [Video/Action]

[mybffmrhat]

[The video turns on as a teenage girl, wearing a blue silk cape held together by a diamond-shaped clasp and black dress, red neck scarf and baby blue silk hat stares intently a a piece of paper in her opposite hand. Looking up, she notices that hey, pushing the button actually did something! Her surprise quickly turns to delight, and she breaks into a huge smile.]

Well this certainly isn't the Wonder Bar, but one place is as good as another right? After all, a performer's gotta be quick on their toes! I just wish however took me would have asked first, I would have said yes...

Anyway, this letter and the lady that gave it to me are right about one thing--this place definitely needs more color, so let me help liven things up! My name is Trucy Wright, magician and CEO of the Wright Anything Agency and once I find a place to perform, I'll start up my famous magic act in this Asgard place! Please come see me!

[She looks around her surroundings, then adds:] I guess the lions are one way to liven things up. Not my first choice, but I like it.

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[mybffmrhat]

[Jeez, why is everyone so afraid of these lions?]

I think now is the perfect time for something like that--everyone's all tense, right? What better than a magic show to make people forget about their troubles for a little bit?

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[selfestheim]

[BECAUSE THEY'RE LIONS...]

How are you so calm about this?

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[mybffmrhat]

[YOU'RE WORKING UNDER THE FALSE ASSUMPTION SHE THINKS NORMALLY.]

What good would freaking out about it do? I'm here and I can't get back. Whining or complaining about it won't help anything.

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[selfestheim]

[sob!!]

... I meant more about the lions and other stuff going on than just being stuck here.

[he's gotten used to that part already. the random creatures wandering around and being potentially dangerous? not so much.]

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[mybffmrhat]

I know you did.

Freaking out usually excites wild animals, so being calm is the best way to stay safe.

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[selfestheim]

Oh...

I guess you have a point there. I didn't think about it like that.

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[mybffmrhat]

Besides, it's in my blood to work with wild animals, so as long as I don't do anything to excite them I'll be fine.

...You know, I didn't catch your name.

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[selfestheim]

... In your blood?

And, uh—I'm Hope. Hope Estheim. Sorry about that.

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[mybffmrhat]

I come from a long line of magicians! [Trucy, "grandfather" is not the start of a long line.]

It's okay. I mean you were nice enough to be worrying about me around these lions.

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[selfestheim]

Oh... I see. [he actually thinks that's kind of cool but perhaps that is not the best time to say so. also because that might make him sound kind of lame and he is awkward like that.]

It's what anyone would do, right? [most...decent people, at least...]

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[mybffmrhat]

[She smiles.] You didn't have to say anything at all, either. So I think it's pretty nice.

You know, I just realized I didn't introduce myself. Sorry, I'm Trucy Wright! Nice to meet you, Hope.

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[selfestheim]

I...f you say so. [god Hope can you be any more awkward]

And it's fine—I heard your introduction in your post. But... nice to meet you, too.

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[mybffmrhat]

[It's okay, she's just going to pretend you aren't being awkward. She knows you mean well and that's all that maters.]

Still!

[She looks around her again.] You know, this place is pretty cool. It's like I've stepped into a bunch of storybooks smushed together. Is it always this... lion-y?

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[selfestheim]

[and he will silently thank her for that.]

No, they just sort of... showed up. Things like that happen around here a lot.

[he'd say something about not finding the city "cool" at all, but he figures it'd probably be a losing battle on his end anyway, and he doesn't want to argue with her, sob.]

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[mybffmrhat]

But where do they come from?

[Yeah well, a lot more happens in your world than hers, Hope. The most interesting there is wacky court hi-jinks--this doesn't even compare.]

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[selfestheim]

[...touché.]

No one knows. The gods brought them here, I guess.

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[mybffmrhat]

Well that was just poor planning on their part... No one's going to want to color the place up if there's all these lions running around!

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[selfestheim]

... Maybe they thought people would get closer thanks to them?

[and it's not until all the words are out of his mouth that he realizes how stupid it sounds. cry.]

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[mybffmrhat]

[Don't worry, Trucy will run with it anyway.] Maybe. Most people would stay in the housing, and that would be one way to get to know your neighbors, right? [She smiles. Own your statement, Hope!]

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[selfestheim]

Yeah, I guess. They seem to encourage that a lot, actually.

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[mybffmrhat]

That's good! Back home no one knows their neighbors anymore, it's sad. When I was young everyone knew everyone else! [Trucy you're 15 and "everyone else" consisted of the other members of Troupe Gramarye, so thtat's not saying much.]

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[selfestheim]

It's probably just a city thing. I mean... the more people there are in a place, the harder it is to get to know people?

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[mybffmrhat]

This place is a city.

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[selfestheim]

Well, yeah, exactly. So there has to be something to encourage us to interact, I... guess.

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[mybffmrhat]

Either way, I think I approve. I mean I wouldn't have met you otherwise, Hope!