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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 2, 2009 15:06:16 GMT -5
*laughs along with him.* "You are pretty good at it. I'm glad you gave it a try and I'm even more glad that you decided to stick with it. If you hadn't I may never have had the chance to meet you. Well that and you would have deprived all of us the pleasure of seeing you in action." *she laughed again* "'sides it's a pretty fun way to get a pay check. It nearly killed me when I had to leave it." -- Verbane
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"Well er good. Than you'll know just where to find me." -- Jayne
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 2, 2009 15:33:53 GMT -5
"Wait, when you had to leave what?" *Is confused* - Sev
"Yes, yes." *doesn't know what else to say* - Walon
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 2, 2009 15:55:48 GMT -5
"The theater," *she sighs looking out the window* "Lin had a big opening and I wanted so badly to be there but the kids had been sick so I stayed home with them. He called me after it was over and said it had been a rousing success. Some of the cast were going to go out to a pub to celebrate. I told him he was welcome to join them, I was tired after just finally getting Phil to bed, but he said no he would rather come home and be with me. Well he couldn't get out of at least making an appearance at the party and then he had to go back to the theater to finish up some paperwork he had forgotten about. I fell asleep on the couch waiting for him." *She took a deep breath remembering what had happened next.* "When the doorbell rang I thought he had just left his house key at the theater but . . . it was the police. He'd been in an accident, killed instantly. The driver of the other car was the lead in the play. I saw him when the officer took me down to the station to identify Lin's body." *She glanced back at Sev, tears running silently down her cheeks.* "You know I actually had to get the kids out of bed and bring them with me because there was no where else for them to go. And there was this guy sitting at the detective's desk, pawcuffed and not a scratch on him. He was so drunk he didn't even know he'd been in an accident. He waved at me and said hi to Ally. He had no idea what he had done to us." -- Verbane
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"Right, well, you know this thing is supposed to be pirate themed so I'm going down to raid the costume locker. I'll see you later." *she heads off in the direction of the costume shop and turns one last time to wave and smile* -- Jayne
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 2, 2009 16:02:31 GMT -5
((Truce! LOL)) *mutters* Pirate themed. That'll be easy enough for me. I dress like one for every scene. - Walon
*eyes filled with rage, but in a deceptively calm voice* What happened to the jerk that caused the accident? *has another insane urge to track down and knife guy* - Sev
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 2, 2009 16:19:00 GMT -5
*She heard his last remark and turned still continuing backward down the hall* "Yes but I usually have to dress like a slave I don't often get the chance to play the wench" *she grinned at him and then ran off* -- Jayne
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"Hanged himself in his cell," *she answered with almost no emotion. She had thought this through a million times over the years and she had no feelings left for the beast who had taken her husband* "as soon as he sobered up and they told him who he killed." *she didn't like to linger on this part of the story so she moved on* "The kids and I went back to stay with my mom and dad. I got my G.E.D. and then went to school nights to get one of those stupid medical transcription degrees they advertise on television, all the while listening to the vague 'we told you so' comments from my parents. I was only 25." -- Verbane
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 2, 2009 16:33:42 GMT -5
*watches Jayne run off, admiring her as she dashed towards the costume rooms.* Well, I guess I should actually get mine. That would be a good idea *Runs after her* - Walon
*thinks quietly* Well it seems you've done really well since. When did you get back into the acting buisiness? - Sev
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 2, 2009 17:45:30 GMT -5
*Hearing his footsteps behind her she runs even faster, laughing and then skids to a stop a the door labeled 'costumes'. This was the area where they kept all the old costumes used in the forum in case they were ever needed again. currently used costumes were kept in the dressing rooms or trailers closer to the sets. She turned the nob but she already knew it would be locked so she pulled a hair pin out of her pocket looked either way down the hall to see if anybeast (other than Walon) was coming and proceded to pick th lock* -- Jayne ------------------------------------------ "That was Ally's doing actually." *She smiled, tears still shining in her eyes but now honestly happy to be back on the subject of her daughter* "It was pretty awful for a while. I took two jobs so I could afford to move out of Mum and Dad's house with the kids. I was tired all the time and hated that I didn't have enough time to spend with them but it seemed whenever I was with them I was yelling for them to be quiet so I could get some rest. And finally I promised Ally that I would take an afternoon off for her eighth birthday. We invited some of her little friends from school to a party at Chuckie Cheese and I bought her a new dress. Then at the last minute one of the girls I worked with called. She had covered for me lots of times when Phil had been sick and I didn't see how I could refuse her. So I dropped Ally and Phil off at the restaurant about a half hour before the party was about to start with a pawful of quarters and told her I would pick them up after it was over." *She shook her head thinking of the stupidity of leaving an eight year old and her three year old brother alone* "They were alright thank goodness. One of the mom's of the other girls arrived early and stayed with them until I got back. Boy did she ever give me a look but she didn't say a word. I thanked her profusely. And then in the car on the way home I asked Ally if she made a wish when she blew out her candles and she said she wished I would go back to the theater because she liked me better when I was acting. I opened my mouth to tell her that it was more complicated than that and it wouldn't be the same because her daddy wasn't there and then I realized that I liked myself better when I was acting too." *she took a cleansing breath and finished the story.* "I told her I would go to the next audition I heard about and I did. I never had a problem finding work and I was able to quit both of my other jobs and sometimes the kids even got to act along with me. They were Wendy and Micheal to my Peter Pan and Leasel and Kurt to my Maria VonTrapp and we've always been really happy." -- Verbane ((p.s. i'm auditioning for Maria in the Sound of Music on Jan 12th. I haven't acted on stage for like 7 years ))
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 2, 2009 18:02:07 GMT -5
*slows slightly as he sees her picking the lock and stops* Would a key help? *holds a key in one paw* - Walon
So acting is a real family activity with you guys. Especially when you can play their mother when they finally meet up again - Sev
((OH WOW! If only I didn't despise that musical...))
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 2, 2009 19:18:22 GMT -5
"You wonderful beast!" *impulsively hugs him and kisses him on the cheek before taking the key from his paw and opening the door* "It's a little sad though, ya know? I've been doing it the other way for so long." *She loved clothes and had taken to using the costume room as her own personal closet but didn't know that any other beast had access to it.* -- Jayne
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"Yeah, but I'm not sure how long Phil will stick with the family business." *She grinned with pride for her son.* "He has a bit of a knack for astrophysics. I have no idea where he gets it from." *she laughed and it felt good after crying* "He's actually been the one bringing me the college applications begging for stamps" -- Verbane
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 2, 2009 19:47:42 GMT -5
The only reason I have a key is I used to be a stagehand that was in charge of moving costumes around. They never took my key back *shrugs* it comes in handy - Walon
*laughs* I hope he doesn't leave anytime soon. I'd miss him in Nightwatch* - Sev
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 3, 2009 22:38:58 GMT -5
"It surely does" *She disappeared behind one rack of clothes and re-appeared from around another one with the practiced ease of a creature who knew her way around.* "Will this think open up anything else interesting?" *She tossed the key back to him and went to find the aisle she wanted* "Oh here it is!" *She took a hanger off the rack and held the garment up in front of herself for Walon to see. There wasn't much to it. Were she to put it on it would cover everything it needed to but only just.* "What do you think?" -- Jayne
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"Oh I think he'll stick around to see that one through. He's quite enjoying it and I think he's enjoying working with you also. He really admires you, almost like . . ." *she stopped, not really believing that she was going to say the words* "almost like a father." -- Verbane
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 4, 2009 14:46:34 GMT -5
"Yes. It opens everything but the offices." *grins as he catches the key* "And snack machines. But other than that, it opens everything. And while I think you would look quite good in that, others may be a bit offended by the scarcity of cloth" - Walon
You really mean that? He actually thinks of me as a father? *is surprised* I knew he liked me, but I didn't know he liked me that much - Sev
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Post by Silas on Jan 4, 2009 15:47:08 GMT -5
*He starts up the song with a slow guitar solo that sounded just a little bit sad, nothing like any of the band's other songs. It was meant to be that way in accordance with the first trailer that was being made for S.T.A.L.K.E.R, introducing the audience to this new film. After a little while, he starts singing softly in addition to playing his guitar.*
"It's okay, To be Saa-afe, I'm on top, of my game. I'm losin' controooo-oh-ol, Fallin' by the wayside I'm losin' controooo-oh-ol, Fallin' by the wayside..."
*He holds out the last word of each line in the rhythm, and as he reaches the end of the refrain to-be, he strums once down the strings and lets the note hang in the air* -Silas
*As that note is held, delicately taps out three beats on on of the cymbals on his drumset* -Karde
*Strums back up the strings and starts up again with a more complex rhythm, and sings with more volume now* -Silas
*Joins in with a drumbeat after the initial strum* -Karde *Does so as well, playing on Silas' electric guitar as an accompaniment in the background* -Ghost
"Dive ri-iight iiii-ih-n, Take a drii-ink, Enter and, try and wiiii-in. Make sure you caaaaaall! For I nee-eeed you, Keep on top, of the gaaame..."
*Then Silas starts singing the refrain again (Helped by Ghost some as well) with a mixed rhythm of all of their instruments that crescendos and produces a melody that seems alive* -Silas -Ghost -Karde
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 4, 2009 17:03:15 GMT -5
"Well he was only a baby when his own father died. And you have sort of taken him under your wing. And, well, maybe he won't be so upset when he finds out we're . . ." *She smiled, blushed, and then looked out the window again* "whatever it is we are." -- Verbane
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*listening raptly to the song, she gazed at Silas and began to play with the ring on her paw. It felt strange there and yet completely perfect. And then she remembered that when she went back on set to film their next scene she would have to take it off and she frowned. She'd have to find a chain or something to string it on so she could wear it around her neck and hide it beneath her costume. She never wanted to be without it. Just as she never wanted to be without Silas himself.* -- Tamar
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*She stuck her tongue out at him. It wasn't the reaction she had been hoping for: shock and maybe a little excitement would have been nice. She hadn't really been planing on wearing that outfit anyway. She sighed and put it back on the rack. Instead she lifted out a red muslin gown with a corseted bodice and a full skirt with the hem at the bottom artfully torn to make it look like the wearer had been through some sort of a shipwreck. This was the costume she would wear to the party but she quickly crumpled it up in her arms so he couldn't get a good view of it.* "Alright I've got what I need." -- Jayne
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 4, 2009 18:01:43 GMT -5
*tries to get a look at the costume but gives up, shrugging* Alright then. Lets get out so I can lock up and then I can go get my costume. - Walon
*half-smiles* Yeah. Maybe....-whatever it is- - Sev
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