School Assembly, Friday afternoon, The Auditorium

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Before the assembly, The Tick used the same mysterious process that chooses students for the detention lottery for another purpose.

He had written a play. Destiny told him that all the world was a stage and he was but a player, meaning that he was playing the part of someone that got people to play parts that he created. It was very meta.

Anyway, the curtains opened to start the assembly. It was time for The Tick's first play: A Time for Bagpipes.

[OOC: Cast, please handwave getting roped into this as a result of the announcements this morning. It may be a good idea to look at the plottery post to see what I told different people just so you can be better prepared.

Again, I'm very sorry about the last minuteness and the general WTFery of this. Feel free to go nuts, though. This is a play by The Tick that you had at best a couple hours to look over. Things need not make sense have fun. And thank you for volunteering and attempting to make this work!

Oh, and people in the later acts, don't feel obliged to wait for people in earlier acts. Jump in whenever.]

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Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

In case you want to freak out to each other. You do have scripts and costumes. Neither of those really has to make sense.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John was there. In costume. It was very dusty, and the sneezing wasn't theatrical.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi was trying hard not to freak out about this. She wasn't really succeeding.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely was there in his frog troll costume.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter stared at his notes and tried not to boggle too much.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette showed up and started going through the costumes. She picked a pretty long flowing gown that amusingly fit her perfectly.

Grabbing her script, she started to read it. "Monkeypox? Crap."

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Farmer John!" John pumped a fist. "That gives me an opportunity to use my Southern accent!"

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara bounced around trying to find an appropriate "farmer's wife" costumer. Strangely enough it all was in shades of blue.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean read over the notes he was given with a distinct lack of enthusiasm, which hit even new lows when he went and found his costume -- an exact replica of the gown Annette was wearing just in a bigger size.

"Oh hell no," he muttered as he looked at said garment with something akin to horror. He hadn't worn a dress even when he had been a girl so it seemed distinctly unfair to be forced into one now.

Re: Before the Assembly [Cast backstage]

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

King! (And not a chicken!) Awesome! Sokka scrambled around, looking for an appropriately ostentatious costume.

Before the Assembly [Audience]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Find your seats! Huzzah!

Re: Before the Assembly [Audience]

[likethegun]

After hearing the morning announcements, there was no way Sam was going to miss the assembly. He had a girlfriend to support and a brother to mock, after all.

Re: Before the Assembly [Audience]

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori was so there. The announcement had intrigued her and she was all for supporting Katara, Annette, Peter, John and the rest of the cast. This was going to be good.

Re: Before the Assembly [Audience]

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec was curious as to what this stuff looked like from the outside, so he was there with bells on to see what kind of insanity would come of it.

Re: Before the Assembly [Audience]

[fates_jaye]

It's a performance. At Fandom High.

Yeah, Jaye's here. With a camera.

Re: Before the Assembly [Audience]

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy fought the urge to cast suspicious glances around him. He didn't want them to know he was on to them. That's the mistake everyone always makes in the movies.

Re: Before the Assembly [Audience]

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly was so there with her camera. There was no way she was going to miss this.

Act I [Cast]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Main Cast:

Diego, a sibling with bagpipes........... Peter Petrelli
Francesca, a sibling who juggles......... Naomi Wildman
Jimmy, a troll who misses his bagpipes... Seely Booth

During a quiet afternoon, two siblings meet a troll who is angered when he sees bagpipes that he lost in a garage sale. A confrontation occurs. The bagpipes are broken.

[OOC: Do what you will with this.]

Re: Act I [Cast]

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter felt himself get shoved out onto the stage. In his hands he had the prop bagpipes and an index card of notes he'd cribbed so that he had a shot in hell of remembering his lines. Or, yanno, what his name was supposed to be.

He stared out at the audience then figured he might as well go for it.

"Oh - " he checked his notes " - Francesca, my sister, how glad I, Diego, am to have found this set of bagpipes at a garage sale. How fortunate for me, and my love - " note check " - Serendipity. Who is possibly a stripper given the name that she has. But she is my love no matter what her job! And this is why I am very lucky that a local Scotsman was clearing out space for... uh, sheep farming."

Act I [Audience]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Enjoy the show!

Re: Act I [Audience]

[likethegun]

Sam was totally rooting for Peter during the fight, when he wasn't surreptitiously taking pictures of him with the bagpipes.

Act II [Cast]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Main Cast:

Serendipity, a lovely young woman with monkeypox................. Annette Hargrove
Sheriff Highcastle, a sheriff hunting evildoers of all species... Cassie Lang
Monkey, a monkey................................................. John Conner

Near a farm, we catch up with Diego's true love, Serendipity, who has monkeypox. Only a song performed by her true love on his bagpipes can cure her. Also, the sheriff hunts a monkey.

[OOC: No, I do not have more plot for you. This is an establishy act. But hey, monkey!]

Re: Act II [Cast]

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

Cassie stood on stage, a prop rifle (with a cork in the end) in her hands.

"Well now, piiiiilgrim," she said, in the worst John Wayne impression ever. "Where's that evil monkey gone to?"

Act II [Audience]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Enjoy the monkey!

Re: Act II [Audience]

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori continued to enjoy the performance, clapping and cheering for Annette.

Act III [Cast]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Main Cast:

Diego, our hero with broken bagpipes............... Peter Petrelli
Serendipity, a young woman who has looked better... Dean Winchester
The Farmer, a farmer and old friend of Diego....... John Crichton
The Farmer's Wife, a background character.......... Katara
The Farmer's Daughter, a deus ex machina........... Dawn Summers
The King of England, a special guest appearance.... Sokka

Diego returns to his true love with his broken bagpipes only to find that she has changed. He travels to meet old friends who, as it turns out, may be able to fix his bagpipe problem. Also, the King of England appears and conducts a wedding.

[OOC: Characters from previous acts, feel free to get in on this somehow/somewhere.]

Re: Act III [Cast]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

Farming is a hard job. That's why John's currently asleep on his fake tractor and snoring very loudly. Maybe his wife would bring him some lemonade.

Act III [Audience]

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Witness the finale!

Re: Act III [Audience]

[likethegun]

Between Dawn, Dean, and Peter, Sam was laughing so hard that his sides hurt. He barely got the camera working, but managed to nearly finish the roll of film he had taking pictures of "Serendipity"

After the Show

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

In case anyone wants to use this.

Re: After the Show

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Um. CLothes, please?"

OOC

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Thank you, volunteers! You are awesome!

Re: OOC

[fates_jaye]

DRUGS. YOU ARE ALL ON DRUGS.

Stay that way.