✩ Coral

[dramatispersonae]

Each team finds themselves in . . . what appears to be a space trying desperately to imitate, perhaps, someone's grandmother's overly-cluttered attic. At the very least, there are things everywhere, perched precariously on shelves and ledges, on tables, under tables, tables on tables, cupboards, closets . . .

There is an elaborate gramophone on one of the tables that begins to play with slow, winding crackle of static:

"There's a lot to making things, you know? A lot of components, a lot of pieces, a lot of parts . . . I'm sure you know that! It would be impossible not to. After all, humans themselves are made of a lot of parts! I'll bet if we took you apart you'd be stunned at how many parts there really are, you know, parts that are soft and squishy and parts that are hard and parts that were hurt as a child and parts that yearn for the future . . . well. We're not going to! If we took you apart there'd be nobody left to play the game. But! I wonder what parts you'd show if we were to take you apart just a little . . . ah. Or, just—what parts you'd show if we asked. What will you show? And I suppose, after all, you're each a part of a part of something else, and you'll have to work with what you have . . . but! Maybe that's part of the game. Hmmm . . . parts that are safe to show and parts that aren't—opening up your ribcage to show your heart, now, that would be something! I really think that would be something. But—it's up to you."

Instructions!

In the room, you'll find . . .

✩ tables, chairs, and various furniture
✩ a wardrobe full of costumes & clothing (dresses! monocles! fluffy bunny hats!)
✩ numerous art supplies and paper
✩ a basin of water
✩ several coils of rope
✩ an entire bag of feathers
✩ a set of cutlery
✩ several volumes of assorted poetry
✩ a box labelled "secrets"
✩ boxes of uncooked pasta
✩ buckets of paint
✩ a full-length mirror
✩ molding clay
✩ a box of small handheld percussion instruments
✩ a bass drum
✩ a set of glass spheres that, when held, can store memories for sharing
✩ a large stuffed koala
✩ a bucket full of keys
✩ hundreds of eyeball-shaped stickers
✩ a giant ball of red yarn
✩ a poloroid camera
✩ a hammer
✩ an empty wine bottle
✩ a full bottle of wine
✩ a makeup kit

Comments

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[blackjacked]

. . . way to make that sound creepy, guy.

[going through the wardrobe]

Re: Discussion

[pitching]

But I'd be comfortable with anything...

Re: Discussion

[sinkingship]

So you say.

Re: Discussion

[blackjacked]

He probably means it.

[plops a blonde wig onto Hikaru's head]

Let's put on a play.

Re: Discussion

[pitching]

[pulling out dresses for everyone!!!]

Sure.

Re: Discussion

[digitalemperor]

[Why dresses though.]

What kind of play?

Re: Discussion

[sinkingship]

[why dresses though]

Are we leaving it up to Dragonfly, then?

Re: Discussion

[digitalemperor]

I don't think it's my area of expertise so...

Re: Discussion

[pitching]

[why not dresses though]

You better not make me do all the work.

Re: Discussion

[blackjacked]

[why not dresses though. tosses Shark a red-headed wig and Mouse another blonde one]

It's a group project, we'll all pitch in.

Re: Discussion

[digitalemperor]

[But I would make a terrible redhead. Catching it.]

What are we supposed to show each other....

Re: Discussion

[pitching]

Our naked bodies obviously.

Re: Discussion

[sinkingship]

I don't look good blond.

Re: Discussion

[blackjacked]

Who says this is for each other? We need something to present the other teams too.

[tosses Mouse a brunette wig instead]

And I'm not stripping for any of you.

Re: Discussion

[pitching]

I can't believe you're that uncomfortable with us. Geez.

[MAKE-UP TIME]

Re: Discussion

[digitalemperor]

I've seen enough of all of you after showers, thanks.

Re: Discussion

[blackjacked]

[PASSING ON THE MAKE UP, put tugging a brunette wig over his head, too '-']

Anyone got any ideas on what our play should be about?

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Part One

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Part One

[blackjacked]

[Part one is a bunch of pictures Kit took of Coral ~BEHIND THE SCENES~ They include Mouse putting on his dress and make-up, Dragonfly attacking Shark with a stuffed koala, Nezumi being dere for his team (because HE CAN'T ALWAYS HIDE IT), and other weird Coral antics]

Part Two

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Part Two

[blackjacked]

[After Kit and Mouse spend some time teaching Mikado how to walk like a girl (with semi-marginal success), the Coral boys step onto the stage in various states of dress. They all look fairly confident, except Mikado who probably looks a bit less confident than the others. But he steps forward and states clearly:]

Once upon a time, Dragonfly wanted to put everyone on his team into dresses for a game.

[The Coral boys take this opportunity to pantomime putting on dresses. Dragonfly fusses, Kit shoves him playfully, and Mouse looks on with amused exasperation. Shark sighs]

As you can see, he got his way.

[Dragonfly pantomimes TRIUMPH!! . . . and then pulls out a stuffed koala]

Once upon a time, Dragonfly wanted to put us in dresses for a game. But then Shark made Dragonfly mad so he started hitting him with a koala bear.

[. . . and then Dragonfly starts attacking Shark with a koala bear. Everything was hilarious. The End]

Reason

[dramatispersonae]

Tell me why you chose to do what you did!

Re: Reason

[blackjacked]

We dressed up because Dragonfly always wanted us to. And you heard how the play went-- he finally got his way.