Speed Shakespeare [Open]

[morphitudinous]

Billy hadn't the slightest idea how much time had passed since his rushed deal with Metronome for the Clock's destruction. He'd typed out a hurried plea for help on the omnicom network, sped off to download and review the play's script, and conjured an auditorium-like Sensorium for rehearsal. All that remained was the arrival of the cast and crew, and this probable disaster would begin.

Just what have I committed myself to? If my judgment is questionable for attempting to stage this production in just a few days, the cast...I don't foresee this ending well.

Once everything was prepared, he sent a quick message to the volunteers. They should be arriving any minute

((This is going to be subthreaded out in stages. Mingling, a place for comments from the peanut gallery, auditions/arguments, and brief rehearsal scenes. Thread out whatever you think is funniest! Final casting decisions will be happening here. I'll be on chat/AIM/Plurk during this post if you want me.

Now open for posting! Don't feel obligated to participate, we're not obsessively logging everything. This is just for comedy opportunities. Most of what I want to know is who's playing who. And it's okay to jump in even if you didn't sign up on the comm post. Everyone's welcome to audition!))

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[encourage]

Sakura scanned the words first, then settled in for reading. She wasn't positive what some of this she was saying, but she settled into a cadence about a third of the way through. She'd need to read through it all in order to get a better read for emotion, since she sounded more contemplative than the Nurse would have been in stating the recollection and now somewhat exasperated realization that Juliet was becoming who and what she was, and with what timing!

[morphitudinous]

"It'll work," Billy reassured her, a smile on his face. "You have it. You'll be even better once we read the entire play through with the others."

He's got to encourage her. The only way forward...and he does like the visuals. She's a great nurse, given that she's one in real life.

[encourage]

One who's never had to do the kind of nursing Juliet's Nurse did -- unless Sakura had been a wetnurse in her unconscious memories. Still, as a caretaker, sure! She had years of that under her medic pouch, to different extents.

She smiled back at Billy, knowing it'll work was a definite concession to the circumstances. At least it beat any more unending videos of human stupidity. "Are we planning to head into that next?"

[morphitudinous]

"Yeah. Get to know each other, and learn to trust each other as much as you can under the circumstances. What's important is the ability to work together."

Billy was fairly convinced that he was spouting lies, but it was the best he could do.

[encourage]

He takes acting kind of seriously... Then again, she supposed this was a self-elected mission of sorts. That she could understand. "We've got a common goal. Working together in light of that should be as close to straight-forward as we're going to get." She smiled, stepping back and looking at the rest of the group. "Kind of like negotiating with dragons who won't tell you what they want, right? You take a chance and see how it works out, and trusting everyone else is doing what they can to help out in the bigger picture."

She glanced down at her script. "We've got a play to preform? I think we can do it. Don't you? After all, these people are here because you asked for volunteers to help make it happen. The will's there." Sakura looked over to Billy. "And you're helping show the way."