Chapter 15: Gather for the Theatre
“Alright everyone!”
The boss said into a microphone on the stage. “Tonight, we’ll be putting on a
short play for you. But here’s where you guys get to help. You guys get to vote
which performer plays which character. So, will our lovely actors please take
the stage.” She waved her arm with great flourish as she used the other to hold
the microphone.
Emi smiled as he walked onto the stage. The cast was rather
small. Five to six people so that there were enough servers helping the customers.
Shelly smiled, doing a soft wave as she walked up the short stair case. Her bun
was neatly done and fixed to the right side of her head today. She squinted her
green eyes against the bright lights beating down on the stage. She was dressed
as a demon slayor from a popular manga. Timothy came on stage with a spring in
his step as he was dressed as a black cat. His contacts had shifted some, so
Emi felt bad about the tears in his eyes. Ella had her blond hair in a
ponytail. She carried her helmet in her hands. She was dressed as a bounty
hunter with a cute little Metroid plush dangling off her hair bow. Emi was
always impressed with how she managed to somehow have something dangling from
her hair bows. She bowed before getting in line with the others. Sammy was the
last to join. He wore a uniform like Emi’s. Emi smiled brightly as Sammy
pointed at him.
“Prepare for trouble!” The two men laughed as they posed
together.
The boss giggle slightly. “Get the motto out of the way now
before I continue.”
The two grinned like cats as they recited the motto
perfectly. Emi didn’t mind that he was dressed as first generation and Sammy
was around 3rd or 4th. The motto never changed and that was the best part.
The audience clapped and cheered as they went to stand in
line with the others. The boss nodded as she turned back to the audience. She beamed
a Cheshire cat grin. “So, today’s play is going to be,” she pulled out a stick
with a yellow button on it. She pressed it and the tv turned into one of those slot
machine screens. Several options went by before it stopped. “The princess and
the Pea.” The audience cheered. “Now you each have a tablet on your table. You
have 15 minutes to vote which roll each of our actors will be playing as I give
them all a copy of the script to memorize.”
Emi, Shelly, Timothy, Ella, and Sammy walked into the dressing
room and Boss beamed as she pulled out the scripts. She handed on to each of
them. “Now I know you don’t have long, but, try to memorize as much as you can.”
“Well at least it’s a story we all know,” Ella placed her
helmet on the table.
“We have the princess, prince, the prince’s mother, and two
guards,” Timothy squinted as he read.
“You might want to remove those contacts,” Shelly handed him
a tissue. “Your eyes look a mess.”
Timothy smiled meekly. “Yeah, I should.” He pulled out a contact
case out of his pocket. He struggled a moment to open one side. A sigh of relief escaped his mouth as he placed the lid on the table.
Everyone began memorizing the script as he did this. Timothy joined in once he had removed the contacts.
Boss came after a few minutes. She smirked as she saw them physically acting out the story. Sammy leaning over Timothy proclaiming an undying love of sorts. "I wish I had a camera," Boss snorted as she gained everyone's attention.
"I wish I had a glass slipper that fit Timmy," Sammy stood up straight. Everyone arched a brow at him. "My parents can't say anything if I bring up fairytale logic with them."
Everyone snorted.
"Well, I have the roles each of you will be playing, so listen up." Boss stated as she looked down at the clipboard. "Emi you're the princess, Shelly, you're the prince's mom. Timothy and Ella, you two are guards. And Sammy you're the prince. So you each have 5 more minutes to master your roles before you have to be on the stage.
"Sir yes sir!" Everyone saluted. Boss nodded as she left the room.
