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fandomhigh2016-09-14 12:24 am
furnaceface) wrote in fandomhigh2016-09-14 12:24 am
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"Yes, And:" Improv Theatre and You, Wednesday, Period One
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.
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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"What about you? Can you teach me, or should we just wing it?"
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"Er, I mean, maybe we should stay near the beach, though. Because I can't swim?"
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Ding.
"Or, um, I could teach you to juggle?"
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"Oooh, juggling! That sounds like something very new and cool."
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The bell rang again.
"Oh! We could set up targets and throw knives as we're juggling them, too?"
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[ooc: This has been a blast, but I'm crashing for the night. Up for SP into tomorrow if you like, or we can let it fade out. Your call! (sooo much fun)]
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[[OOC: I'm falling into sleep, too, so we can pick it up tomorrow or fade it. It's been so much fun!]]
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