Drama, Monday, Period 4

[tequila_squared]

"Good afternoon!" Lito said to his students, once they were all assembled in the front row of the auditorium, because seriously, this was drama, what did they need a regular classroom for? "I am Mr. Rodriguez, and I will be your teacher. I'm afraid I am a bit new at this, so please bear with me. Now, drama is an art form, yes? It's about making people believe something is real that isn't. It's about...well, it's about lying. So that is what you're going to do this week. You're going to lie to me. It's an improvisation exercise. Introduce yourselves. Give me your real name, because I need to check you off on this roster, but anything else that comes out of your mouth should not be true, and it should be convincing. I, for example, am a pharmacist from Barcelona who was recently working in San Francisco, before I discovered my passion for the stage." He sounded very convincing, and stood one hundred percent prepared, with some assistance, to convince them this was true. Or they could Google him on their phones. "Now, you," he said, picking a student at random. "Who are you?"

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Re: Introduce Yourselves

[gavegoodface]

Lito would probably like it there, the temperate was pleasant and you couldn't go a kilometre without tripping over somewhere that sold brightly coloured, highly alcoholic drinks.

"Some, but..." Face widened his eyes as if inspiration had just struck. "...I already hadn't been living there for a few years."

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[tequila_squared]

It sounded dreamy.

"No? Why did you leave?"

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[gavegoodface]

"Because I had to fake my death," Face said slowly, like he was still working out the details in his head.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[tequila_squared]

"Well, now that sounds a bit extreme. Why did you have to do that?"

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[gavegoodface]

"Because some bad people wanted to kill me." And his 'rescuers' had been even worse.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[tequila_squared]

"Why would they want to do that? Is your father in politics? Or crime? There is a difference between the two." Sometimes.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[gavegoodface]

Sometimes.

"It was political, but nothing to do with my parents," Face said, really getting into the 'lie'. "They were rebel extremists, wanting to send a message to the Empire."