[D11 EA] Red Wedding: A Play in Four Acts

Shosuro Sara · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:50 pm **Posts:** 689

There was some cursing as the servants tried to cram everything onto the stage for the final scene, Sara was busy organizing everything with the slapdash organization she worked with, the actors doing their jobs like professionals.

Soon, the stage was set, as the Heroine (Yukarin) and the Champion (Shakhakar) were in the dungeon, despair evident on their faces. Soon though, the Heroine figured out a clever way from the dungeon, as she recalled there was a tunnel leading to the yam warehouse not far from there. Soon the pair managed to escape, and ran to the Courtroom, before the Warlock (Degarashi) could unleash his evil plan. They arrive just in time, as everyone is under the spell of the Warlock (Who?), but the Heroine's speech about Honor and Bushido manages to break the spell, just in time for the Champion's spear to clash with the Warlock's spell.

After a climactic and well-choreographed battle, the Warlock (Someguy named...Daisuke, I guess? is cast down, everyone rejoices as the Lord (Asakuro) and his Betrothed (Horonigai) proceed with their wedding. The play closes with the Heroine confessing her love to the Champion, and the pair holding their hands tenderly.

Kasuga Seitouna · **Posted:** Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:59 pm

Seitouna's eyes are open as the play proceeds. But they are vacant until the very end.

As the last line of the play is proclaimed, he sits up straighter, shakes his head in a small, sharp motion, and looks around as if somewhat confused.

Wait, what? he thinks.

But then he sees the actors on stage, and he smiles. Damned good work to transport me so.

Seppun Horonigai · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:03 pm **Posts:** 1054

Shosuro Sara wrote:

Dance number from Seppun Horonigai: Dancing/Agility: 4d10o10k3 [b]34[/b

When everybody thinks is finished, and actors are in stage to bow for claps and fans, Horonigai slowly starts to perform an exotic dance, as if she would have an invisible partner with her, providing matching moves. Another good memory she brings to honor Asako Kashiwagi. It is backed by a sweet melody with a groovy beat from the musicians.

Daidoji Tetsuko · **Joined:** Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:41 am **Posts:** 391

The play was truly excellent and not an off-beat could be found. Acting and music were well-integrated. She would have to ask the Naga about their perceptions of art.

Then Seppun Horonigai began her dance. Was this part of the play too?

Yasuki Yukarin · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:22 pm **Posts:** 802

As the rest of the cast pretend to be spellbound by Degarashi's character, Yukarin stands on a small box, "Do not fall for Warlock's tricks, minna-sama! He is blinded by sin, putting his desires above his duty. And for what? So he can have a woman in opposition to the wishes of Benten-okami and his lord? Friends, it is in times of trouble that our true colors show, not in times of ease."

She continued talking as she drew the bokken she'd been given for the part, walking towards Degarashi, "Do not be like this one, caving at the first adversity that crosses his heart... be strong! Are we not samurai of Rokugan? Are we not blessed by the Celestial Heavens with the duty of seeing the lands of the Emperor thrive? What are hardships or heartbreaks... even evil spirits to such things? The Empire has been through much, and we will make it through this as well!"

She struck out to bop Degarashi (the warlock?) on the chest, not trying to hurt him or anything, but perhaps channeling too much of her emotions into the fake strike. Fortunately, it's not like she was very strong, and it was a wooden sword.

((Perform Oratory to make it actually inspiring = 27))

Moto Batzurig · **Joined:** Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:05 am **Posts:** 275

Batzurig frowned when it seemed the Warlock would succeed but then the finish brought it all together and he cheered and gave the heroes a shrill ululation when everything came together and the Warlock was cast down he admitted that the play had been a fun ride! He said to Akemi, “Ahah! I knew the Warlock was bad the whole time! I knew it!”

Kasuga Asakuro · **Joined:** Sat Apr 04, 2020 12:13 am **Posts:** 274

When the play was over, Asakuro took a bow on the stage before the assembled audience. It was not his best performance playing as someone else - the disguises he had to pull off in Thrane as a young man sure were something all those years ago! - but for a performance of the theatrical variety it was his first major act on a stage, one where he assessed his own performance to be adequate enough. He looked over to his left and right at the other actors and actresses - the naga really did know how to act, and Yukarin was quite surprisingly good as well! - and took another bow.

The Shakanar · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:04 am **Posts:** 218

He gave a deep, humble bow at the end of the play, a feeling of calm and accomplishment coming over him. He had done it! He had acted in a rokugani play!

Togashi Tsukimi · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2020 2:34 am

The very convincing Victim was alive all along it seemed! And Tsukimi joined the others at the end of the play to take a bow to the audience.

Suzume Chihaya · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:29 pm **Posts:** 850

Chihaya, for just a moment, gazed at the Shakanar with a haunted expression, her eye blazing with the flames of a war long over, but then she blinked it away.

Showing her appreciation for the performance, she applauded politely, and then retrieved her fan, gazing at it thoughtfully as a way to look away from the stage, and any risks to her On.

Bayushi Degarashi · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:02 pm **Posts:** 1027

Suzume Chihaya wrote:

Cihaya, for just a moment, gazed at the Shakanar with a haunted expression, her eye blazing with the flames of a war long over, but then she blinked it away.

Showing her appreciation for the performance, she applauded politely, and then retrieved her fan, gazing at it thoughtfully as a way to look away from the stage, and any risks to her On.

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Degarashi leaned carefully over from the seat he'd procured with a light chuckle. "Some show, hm? That warlock was really something else."

Suzume Chihaya · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:29 pm **Posts:** 850

She didn't see him leave the stage and move over to her, lost in her thoughts as she was.

When he spoke, from a seat next to her, her pivot to look at him was not... dramatic.

Perhaps as an actor he would notice the small changes in her weight, the way her hands were positioned - how her left hand caught her sleeve, lifting it clear of the hilts of her daisho - right hand closing the fan with an inaudible snap.

As her eye met his gaze, for just a moment, she reminded him of a hawk in the dive, already committed to the motion which would take the life of her prey. Perhaps it was the eye, which for the briefest of moment, reflected nothing save a calculation of how quickly she could kill him.

Then she became still, like a hunting animal which had lost sight of its prey, and then with a slow exhalation of breath, she eased her posture back into proper seiza.

The motions were so small, they might not even be visible to the trained eye - yet that expression... was hard to miss.

"My apologies, Warlock-san. I did not see your nefarious approach."

Her tone was dry, but artificially so.

She was rattled, and being overly careful not to show it.

Bayushi Degarashi · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:02 pm **Posts:** 1027

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While he certainly hadn't caught every motion, he definitely caught enough, especially the fierce determination in her eye as she prepared for the kill. It was a memory Degarashi wouldn't soon forget, nor was the feeling that was created from his experience of that moment.

"I did take great care to make this entrance particularly nefarious. But don't apologize, Chihaya-san. If I had not approached as I had, my life would have been robbed of that moment of terrible beauty it was just witness to."

Kaiu Maiya · **Joined:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:43 am **Posts:** 878

What an enjoyable play! Maiya wanted to cheer at the conclusion, but she managed to stay politely quiet.

Moto Akemi · **Joined:** Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:29 am **Posts:** 258

Akemi paid her respects to the performance in a more subdued way, not clapping like others. She wasn't a commoner after all.

Moto Batzurig wrote:

Batzurig frowned when it seemed the Warlock would succeed but then the finish brought it all together and he cheered and gave the heroes a shrill ululation when everything came together and the Warlock was cast down he admitted that the play had been a fun ride! He said to Akemi, “Ahah! I knew the Warlock was bad the whole time! I knew it!”

There was a chuckle, and a nod. "Hai, you have good eyes Sidi. The Scorpion are known as some of the best actors and actresses in the Empire, performances like these are quite common in their lands. I understand it was perhaps not the kind of performance you would prefer, but the piece was enjoyable ne?"

Moto Batzurig · **Joined:** Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:05 am **Posts:** 275

The large Moto bushi responded, “It was good and the bad ones got what they deserved. A proper heroic story.”

Akodo Touki · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:17 pm **Posts:** 628

The music at the end became... well, cheerful wouldn't be the right word. Touki didn't really do cheerful, not even in musical form. Still, it was lighter, and bordered on the celebratory.

Suzume Chihaya · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:29 pm **Posts:** 850

Bayushi Degarashi wrote:

Investigation (Notice): 5d10o10k3 19
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While he certainly hadn't caught every motion, he definitely caught enough, especially the fierce determination in her eye as she prepared for the kill. It was a memory Degarashi wouldn't soon forget, nor was the feeling that was created from his experience of that moment.

"I did take great care to make this entrance particularly nefarious. But don't apologize, Chihaya-san. If I had not approached as I had, my life would have been robbed of that moment of terrible beauty it was just witness to."

She eyed him with a dubious expression, as if suspicious. "I don't know what you mean, Bayushi-san... but your performance was exemplary."

"The show far exceeding my expectations... it was, at moments, almost too real."

Bayushi Degarashi · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:02 pm **Posts:** 1027

He shrugged. "A few streams of cloth here and there and words that will haunt the cat princess for years to come, nothing more. The villain rose above the heroes, was slain, and will soon be forgotten, as is appropriate."

Degarashi's voice took on something of a somber tone. "It was, in a way, Kashiwagi-sama's final speech on Ningen-do. It's only appropriate that it should take on a life beyond mere fantasy."

Suzume Chihaya · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:29 pm **Posts:** 850

Her expression was haunted, though she eventually nodded.

"Hai. I suppose the monsters do eventually fade into the past... don't they?"

It wasn't clear entirely what she was referring to.

[D11 EA] Red Wedding: A Play in Four Acts

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