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Basic Acting, Fourth Period, Tuesday

Daisy was seated in her oversized arm chair at the side of the classroom reading a copy of Playbill magazine when the students entered. There was a stack of papers on the podium with a sign stating "take one" above them. When everyone had entered and had some time to take the quiz, she set aside her magazine and gracefully got to her feet.

"As the papers say, those quizzes are not going to be graded. That wouldn't be fair, and apparently fairness, though not required in the majority of the real world, is something that you kids are supposed to get in a classroom setting. They're simply a bit of fun and to find out what you already know about the basic terminology of theater." She picked up another stack of papers and started passing those out. "On these sheets, you'll find the correct answers to the quiz, as well as a lot of other facts and terminology about theater. Some of these terms you, as actors, will never actually need to know. That's pretty much anything about lighting or sound equipment, if you're wondering. But a lot of them you do need to know. When a director tells you you need to cheat out, or to move upstage left, if you end up looking up the answers to your history test or walking forwards and to your right, you might be in a bit of trouble.

"So today we're going to practice some of these terms. I want you to pair up or work in groups of three. You'll take turns as the actor and as the director, and I want to you block an imaginary scene. The director will give you instructions using the terms on these sheets, and you'll follow them. Or don't. That's really up to you and I can't actually tell you what to do, but as long as you understand the terms, I don't really care."

That said, Daisy gestured for the students the students to begin and made herself ready to move from group to group and help out where necessary.

[ooc: The link to the quiz is to a backdated poll, please, if you choose to fill it out, do it IC. You can RP asking neighbors for help on it or some such if you like. Daisy isn't choosing the groups for you this time, pair up as you will. I have a meeting at work on Tuesday from about 2 pm, so I'll be afk for awhile, but Daisy will be in and out as much as possible.]

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"Okay, let's see...." Kaoru looks around at their surroundings. They happen to have a curtain nearby. "That could be the door. Which of us will you be having the affair with?" They snirk a little, not that it matters which she chooses.

Sakura thumbed her chin again, a bit impishly this time. "We~ell," she drawled, frowning thoughtfully at them. "...for simplicity, I'm right-handed." She gestures to 'Kaoru'. "You get to kill me." She added with a laugh.

Kaoru nods and gives a thumbs up. "Alright. I'll start over here then." He moves to right next to the curtain.

Sakura nods as well, and turns to Hikaru. "...so how's he gonna find out?" she asks, jerking a thumb in Kaoru's direction.

" 'Caught in the act', of course." Hikaru grins, taking her one hand and putting a hand on the small of her back, like they were about to dance.

((eep! i wanted to ask you if I could mod her real quick. if you want me to delete it i will!))

Sakura snickered. "Clever," she quipped, mentally praying she wouldn't step on his feet. Acting was serious business, after all.

Kaoru grinned from the other side of the curtain, "Want to improv it first and then see how it was naturally blocked? Acting should seem natural after all."

Sakura glanced over her shoulder, smiles, and nods. "Good idea, Kaoru-kun," she called.

"Oh getting formal before we get 'intimate' huh?" Hikaru snickered "Alright, Sakura-sempai. Tell us when you're ready." His smirk did not have a mischievious glint behind it. Nope.

Sakura turned back and smiled at Hikaru-- it had been a while since she'd had a chance to talk to other Japanese kids... Although being called 'sempai' was a little odd to her. She shrugged; she was older than them. "All systems go," she supplied, grinning and trying to keep her amusement curbed.

Although Hikaru's grin did unnerve her in the slightest...

Hikaru began to slowly waltz with her, changing his expression to a much more serene one. He began his "lines", trying to set up the scene a little before the intrusion. "Are you sure he won't be back anytime soon?"

Oh, waltzing. She remembered waltzing. Not too pleasant a memory, but Hikaru was a considerably better dancer than her previous counterpart.

"Positive," she lilted, forcing herself to look less amused and more calm, falling into character as well. "It's just us."

Hikaru kept their dancing for a bit, humming a tune when Kaoru made a stomp from the corner, like a door slamming. "Sakura... Hikaru..!" He looked shocked and totally devestated, even though it was only dancing.

Sakura gasped and twisted around, her hair doing an amusingly dramatic fan-out, but kept one hand lightly on Hikaru. "Kaoru!" she cried in surprise.

Oh yes, this acting thing was fun.

Kaoru took a few steps toward them, still very upset looking. "And with my brother ~~who looks like me..where did i go wrong?!~~..."
Hikaru's expression changed to one of contempt.

Sakura looked momentarly scandalized. "I... this..." She passed a horrified glance to Hikaru. "...this isn't what it looks like!" Oh yes, Sakura. Even in acting, that line was so believable.

"I mean... you could have just waited until I got back. I would have been glad to join you." Kaoru's amused smirk came back to his face as he stepped up behind her to rest his hands on her shoulders.
Hikaru's grin found it's way back too. "I mean, we're brothers. We can share..."

Blink. Well, that had been unexpected.

Sakura made a funny little face, glancing back and forth between the two. "...I... what?"

They could only laugh at that expression and reaction. "Sorry Sakura-san. We couldn't help it."

Cue a random tumbleweed rolling passed, and Sakura's face turning a rather unhealthy strawberry-red.

"That wasn't COOL!" she shouted suddenly, laughing all the same. "You guys are so wierd!" Openly affectionate, she rolled onto her toes and slung her arms around either of their shoulders; only just barely tall enough to do so. She puffed up her cheeks and frowned at each of them, respectively. "Don't pull anymore stuff like that without warning me, you really had me going there." >_<;;

"But that's the beauty of improv, right?" They stood up straighter so that she was lifted from the ground and swung her.

((XD hehe))

Sakura contemplated this. They did have a point... Oh, whoop! she yelped a bit when they swung her, clinging to their shoulders as not to fall. She laughed a bit, grinning at them. "...man, you two fit right in this place," she commented, glancing back and forth between them.

That was a comment they'd never heard before, no matter which was it was taken. "How so?

Sakura shrugged a little. "Unpredictable."

They let her down from their shoulders carefully. "Well."
"It was a pleasure working with you today, Sakura-san." Kaoru nodded politely.
"We'll do so again, I'm sure." Hikaru gave her a pat on the head and snirked.

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