"Yes, And:" Improv Theatre and You, Wednesday, Period One

[furnaceface]

Jono was in an impressively good mood this week, having made it through the weekend more or less unscathed. He could live with being a slightly more obnoxious version of himself with significantly less trauma than he carried around with him these days. He'd been there and done that, after all. Fed some ducks. Fed some cats.

It was basically a normal weekend, but with more wrapping his face and less actually opening the Groovy Tunes.

//Morning, class,// he greeted, once it looked like everyone had filed into the Danger Shop. //This week, we're going to play a game called Ding. You'll pair off, start playing a scene, and whenever I ring this bell,// he picked up a cowbell and gave it a clang by way of demonstration, //whatever you just did in that scene? Do something different. Say you walk into the scene and say that it's a lovely day. I ring the bell. Say something else. Announce that you're looking forward to a party, or point into the distance and shout about a tornado. Carry on the scene with your edit, ignoring whatever was discarded when the bell rang. Every ring of the bell means you'll have to come up with something new off the top of your head. Please, try not to get too frustrated if you find that you have to backtrack often.//

He didn't want to have things get thrown at him, after all.

//Just to give you all a starting point, pick a nursery rhyme or a fairy tale that you're fond of, and play off that. Red Riding Hood going through the woods to bring her gran some treats-// he rang the bell, //that is, to set up the football game for her on pay per view. If you're telling even remotely the same story when you're done than you were when you started, I clearly didn't ring the bell enough.//

Clearly.

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Ding!

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[rebelseekspizza]

Dante

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Rhys

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Shiemi Moriyama

[candycrushlove]

Maria DeLuca

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian d'Arsennette

Lecture!

[furnaceface]

In which Jono babbles about another game to play.

Ding!

[furnaceface]

Pair off and start acting out a scene with each of you playing a character from a fairy tale or nursery rhyme or legend, or two different stories completely if you aren't both familiar with the same ones. Whenever the bell rings, take whatever you did last and change it.

For sake of ease, just assume Jono is ringing the bell every ping or two. Or whenever you think it's funniest.

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[rebelseekspizza]

Dante was still in an introspective mood after yesterday and Anders and Kathy's gift and-- all that shit.

So of course he was throwing himself into something stupid to distract himself. This week, he was actually on the floor, looking around for someone to pair off with. Casually.

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[got-hijacked.livejournal.com]

Rhys, on the other hand (ha!), was in a fine mood. Because he his arm back. Sort of. He'd need to build a better one, but this would work for now.

He waved over at Dante with the creepy-ass metal skeleton hand. As you do.

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[rebelseekspizza]

Dante turned his way once he spotted the motion-- and then pulled a confused, the fuck? face at the arm.

It was a very expressive face.

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[got-hijacked.livejournal.com]

And Rhys gave him a look right on back. It was equal parts confused and defensive. His new arm was pretty damn awesome, after all. For something he built with only one hand.

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[rebelseekspizza]

Look, Dante wasn't judging, he was just extremely confused. And maybe a little weirded out. About your skeletal robot hand, Rhys.

"The hell is that?" he asked, walking over to Rhys, since no explanation seemed incoming.

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[candycrushlove]

Maria was bouncing a little bit. This activity seemed like a lot of fun.

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[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo looked pretty excited, too. She smiled broadly as she spotted Maria and headed over. "This sounds fun!"

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[candycrushlove]

"It really does!"

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[soniaroadsqueen]

"So, um, want to pick a fairy tale or something?" Ringo was sort of bouncing in anticipation of getting started.

Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

He's here. He has a bell. Ding.

Talk to the TA!

[furnaceface]

Poor Shiemi.

[greenexorcist.livejournal.com]

Shiemi was here bright and early and carrying a bunch of pretty orange Michaelmas Daisies... and wondering where to put them.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

Monday: No power in the studio. Go home at noon because it's hard to animate in Flash without computers.

Tuesday: No a/c in the studio. Go home at four because if I don't I'll throw up.

Wednesday: If the studio catches fire or falls into the harbour or something, I will not even be surprised.

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[candycrushlove]

*sends rum and chocolate*

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[furnaceface]

THE BOSS SAT BESIDE ME THE ENTIRE DAY BECAUSE HIS HARD DRIVE DIED.

This is the weirdest week ever.

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[candycrushlove]

You need more rum for this week!

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[furnaceface]

Apparently so! I should have stocked up!

... I think I have some pear wine left somewhere. That will do.