Drama, Monday, Period 4

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"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

[tigerundercover]

"I was very young," Raven said. "I don't actually remember it much. I miss the crowds sometimes, and the excitement at the top of the show when everyone would be running around and getting ready." She sighed a little dreamily. "And then the lights would come up and you could only see the outlines of the audience, but you could feel them, you know?" She let the moment go and shrugged. "But working at a grocery store in Niagara isn't too bad, either. At least the whole company still lives there, so I still get to see all my uncles."

Surprise, surprise: the shifter was a natural liar.

Re: Introduce Yourselves

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"But now you are here," Lito pointed out. "How did you come to be attending boarding school?"

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[tigerundercover]

Okay, so she hadn't worked that part out yet.

"My great-great-something-or-other ancestor was Dr. Willard Fandom," she said, just a touch slowly, before she started rolling with it and picked up speed. "He founded this school back in the early 19th century to be a safe haven for freaks, but the family's moved around so much that a lot of the records have been lost, and we couldn't afford the tuition here. Until I won a dance marathon last New Years. My partner used his money to go travel in Europe, but I wanted to come and learn all about my legacy."