Hisakawa Koukou - My High School Life is Despairin

[Ehb]

[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

"Yuri~ It would be a shame if you were stuck with something in the background. You should be a leading star! Amazing talent shouldn't go to waste!"

Her chest heaving in a sigh. Yuri replied back instantly.

"Please don't make fun of me, Kane-san."



A little afterwards, Shinji summed down what the Yuri wanted to accomplish with this discussion. Though he added that the group do a familiar sort of folk story that everyone would be familiar with. Lego again gave his opinion, reiterating the point of having the play have heroic and action elements to make it an interesting spectacle to behold for the audience. Going onward, the main point of the debate continued to be differing opinions on whether how much the musical element of the play would come into play.

"For the play, Momotaro could work? Most people recognize it, there's a bit of action and fighting involved, and we can even throw in something like the band of oni kidnapped a princess or something."

"That's the one where Momotaro banded together with a group of animals, right? I, can't say that I actually heard the story that much when I was a kid though... I think I forgot some parts of it." Yuri shyly admitted.



"If we're having Michael Bay and a traditional play, why not do a mash up of a musical and a play? It might may do the play poetic justice if we combined modern and olden music, considering how we might do something along the lines of action."

"That's a splendid idea! Maybe we can just do one or two sings within the play during really important parts, sort of like a Disney movie! Doing so that way will still allow us to have a musical element but not so much that we won't have enough time to prepare for it." Yuri smiled back approvingly towards Yukimura for her breakthrough. "I really like that approach."



Yuri's step-brother threw in offers to help out with some of the backstage work, specifically in the lighting and effects department. However, he also threw in a bit of an extra comment that seemed to be mentioning a certain somone he had a bit of a distaste for that occasionally violated dress code requirements - among other things.

"Even if that was true , there is no harm in trying . Besides , it is very well better than having some of us here taking the lead role ."
"If MY sister doesn't want to be in the play, she doesn't have too. Stop trying to make her do something she doesn't want to."
"It's funny... you all want to be in the background, I want to be in the spotlight... but none of you want me to be. So who would play the male lead in this play of ours? Since I am the best actor here."

Toshi drove home the point by reciting the famous Shakespeare line as he looked longingly at his football.

"O Romeo O Romeo Where Art Thou Romeo."

"Truly you have skills unparalleled. No one can match your skills of playing romantic-torn females."
"Ah, of course. If you really want to be male lead, then perhaps we should pick something with a simple male lead"

While Leo was thinking about potential stories, Yuri gave a sort of late response to the boy wielding a football - though she spoke to the class as a whole.

"There isn't any wrong with wanting to help with things at the backstage. Everything that happens out in front needs just as much support from behind. But, Hamasaki-kun does have a point. This might be one of the few chances you'll get to be able to act out in front of everyone. In the real world, most of us would probably be dismissed due to not having any sort of talent or experience.... So! Just do whichever sort of thing you really feel like doing. In a school play like this, talent is secondary to the will to try."

Wait a moment. For a second there, was there a hint of scorn in Yuri Nozomi's voice? No, it could've been.



Immediately, Leo continued on with a suggestion of doing a play like Snow White. Admitting that it wasn't the most exciting setup for an action story that Toshi desired - but Leo offered to take up the role of the charming prince if Toshi wouldn't.

"So what play are we doing? Or are we writing and performing an original?"
"Ao-chan, please be mindful about when lunch ends."

Yuri's first response to her friend was his lateness in comparision to the others whom had already made it to class. Nonetheless, the discussion continued onwards. Minor exchanges brining more refinement and shape to what class 2-A was going to do exactly for this play. Finally, Yuri rehiterated what the plan was, making a couple of final decisions to break certain ties from the previous discussion on certain details.

"Alright. So, we're going to do a variation on Snow White. We can do a couple of songs at the start and towards the end of the play. Along with the action scenes... this should be enough for us to have something nice and ready once the School Festival comes around in two weeks."

As for other details, Yuri confirmed the backend help offered by her Brother, Hilda, and Gyo. Additionally, there was one more important backstage person to adress.

"Yoroita-san, I shall have you partner up with Fujiyama-chan for work on meeting the music criteria for the play. I was originally going to match you up with Gyo-kun, however, since he is in charge of choreographing the action scenes, you can use Fujiyama as a go between for whatever collaborative you two need to do."

Despite Marcus' and Haruka's initial reaction, Yuri returned an amiable smile that said she wasn't going to take any alternative interpretations to her decision.

"I look forward to hear what sort of wonderful things you two will come up with!"


Thus, the play came to be something a bit more akin to a Disney movie. Maybe it was more accurate to say that the concessions the class made ended up making it one. Now that the overarching and hard details were set in stone, it was now time to move onto the other important topic of discussion. The casting of the characters to be played.

Basing it on the Disney Portrayal of Snow White, the play would need, at the very least, the Girl, the Hero, the Evil Witch, the Seven Dwarves, and Possibly the Mirror on the wall character. Yuri summarized for the class this necessary cast of characters. Quite a few of the students showed interest in being the various Dwarves, so that set of characters were immediately covered, and at least one student ended up volunteering himself for being the Mirror after joking about it. But the main parts of the cast, the Girl, Hero, and Villain, were still up to decision.



The class got stuck again when it came to deciding who would play these important characters. To solve it, Yuri went ahead and filled the positions based on what she heard earlier.

"How about... Hamasaki-san as the Hero, Kane-san as Snow White, and.... Shinji-kun as the Evil Witch? Yeah! That's perfect!"

In Yuri's mind, this sort of setup made perfect sense. Crossing her arms, Yuri nodded at a job well done. Great timing too; class was due to start in the next couple of minutes. Yuri was glad to be able to get things done with a bit of time to spare. The class deserved the last couple minutes of free time after such heavy discussion.

"Great job everyone! With this, we are ready to submit our plan to the student council. I will plan out the schedule for all of what we need to do to prepare and rehearse for the play and have it ready for tomorrow, of course, that will mean I shall need help from those of you who are organizing the big parts of this project. We can come up with when to do a video call later tonight if planning right after school is out of the question."

Yuri was hurriedly wrapping things up in preparation for the upcoming class. If anyone had reservations on what they or others were going to be doing up until the end of the Culture Festival, this was their last chance to voice it out.

@Everyone in Classroom 2-A
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[Karyra]

[fieldbox= Kobe Shinji, blue, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

Shinji, as things continued to be discussed decided to sit down. He hadn't much to contribute to this discussion right now, anyway. So he listened and waited. It sounded like they had Hilda writing, Harrisson on lights, Gyo on coreography, and the play was set up. Shinji laughed quietly at Toshi's attempt at the famous line from Shakespeare. He briefly wondered if he should correct Toshi, but he was interrupted in his thoughts by Yuri.

"How about... Hamasaki-san as the Hero, Kane-san as Snow White, and.... Shinji-kun as the Evil Witch? Yeah! That's perfect!"

Shinji was about the respond when she tried to wrap up the meeting. He didn't want to disrupt the plans they'd finally made, but at the same time he was the villain? Toshi was the hero? And more importantly why on earth was Kane-san Snow White?

"Yuri, I respect your decision, but why am I the Evil Witch? And why is our main cast entirely male? Isn't Snow White a woman in this story?" Shinji asked, trying to maintain his composure. Did she really think him a bad person? He was just trying to be the best student he could be, so why was he the Evil Witch? Shinji looked away for a moment and adjusted his glasses to keep his emotions in check. It was a tell of his, which Yuri or Toshi probably knew about. "We should also see who can pull double duty to fill out the rest of the cast."

@People in Classroom 2-A, Shinji wants to fight you
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[Ehb]

[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

"Yuri, I respect your decision, but why am I the Evil Witch? And why is our main cast entirely male? Isn't Snow White a woman in this story?"
"While it is correct that the two other characters were female, I sort of think the part that matters the most is how well they fit the characters. Hamasaki-san is bold and forward for being a hero. Kane-san gets along with Hamasaki-sun so they should be relatively comfortable with each other on the stage. Finally.... as for you, Shinji-kun."

Yuri paused for a moment. Thinking about how she should word what she said next.

"Out of everyone else available, I think you're the only person who could portray the cold and stern nature of the villain. I still do remember seeing that side of you back in middle school. Rest assured, I don't mean that in a spiteful way - but most everyone else here look... a little to nice to look convincingly evil. The only other person who might be able to pull it off is Yukimura-san, but she's already said that she's against going up on stage."


Continuing on, Yuri added one extra note to what affected her decision. She had taken note of the little visual tic that Shinji had given just a moment ago. Maybe he wasn't all too excited of being considered for a part as an evil character at the start - Yuri didn't make her decision based solely on appearances, however. There was a considerate reason behind her casting choice.

"...Also, if I remember it correctly, the parts for the witch are small and focused as opposed to the dwarves who have to talk in a large scene, or the other main characters who are involved throughout the play. So, even though you're acting out as one of the main characters - it's not as large of a part as you would think. I came up with that decision since you still have duties with the student council, right? Additionally, putting you as the main heroine instead of Kane-san would be..."

Yuri's last sentence was spoken in whispers. She couldn't give her reason outright. So she had to let her student council duties consideration and fitting appearance be her reasons.


"We should also see who can pull double duty to fill out the rest of the cast."

Yuri could only shake her head.

"The biggest concern of the cast size would've been filling out the dwarves, but they and the other minor parts have already been covered by the other students. X-kun also said that we should use the dwarves to help out with stage and scenery props, so asking them to do double duty with acting parts is a bit too much on them. And, asking one of the main characters to pull of double duty is also out of the question."

Yuri took a sideways glance at the virtual whiteboard behind her. The slots for all the backstage staff and minor characters were filled out neatly with names of the students in the class. Any sort of change in staff or cast at this moment would result names being moved around.

"I understand if anyone has reservations about some of the casting choices. Maybe we see the potential of of our classmates in terms of acting differently. If that is the case, then I'd be open to hear who you think might be more appropriate for certain parts."

On top of that statement, there was a hidden implication. 'You an volunteer whoever you want.' But you would have to also give them enough reason to convince them to leave the spot that they've already been slotted into.

@Everyone in Classroom 2-A, @RainDash
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[ERode]

[fieldbox= Haruka Fujiyama, Aqua, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]
Too much time, too much pressure, too much laziness. These classmates of her's…Haruka liked most of them, but DAMN, they're lazy as fuck. Was this what the technological era brought forth? Stripping young students of their ability to throw caution to the wind, instead of empowering their decisions? Bah, damned realists.

In the end, however, it all turned out pretty well, and Haruka could finally spare a smile as she packed away her lunch. Johann's touchy-feely thing with Katsumi was really rather creepy, and Toshi's improvised rendition of Juliet was also rather cringy, but at least Hilda offered to do scripting and Gyo with choreography. Now, all that she needed to do was to get Markus in an active, musical role…

"Yoroita-san, I shall have you partner up with Fujiyama-chan for work on meeting the music criteria for the play."

Background work? For that kid? Oh, hell no, if she didn't manage to get Markus to show off the full breadth of his talents, Haruka might as well have lost the war. The red-head was about to object, before her friend then revealed her ideas for the main roles. No, more importantly, the fact that it went from yuri heaven to yaoi hell in an instant. Dang, she must really be going tsundere today, huh? Or more like, she was drawing out a trap for Toshi-kun.

"Sounds good," Haruka said, tapping on the desk to catch her friend's attention, "But here's an extra suggestion then. Hilda-chan, if you want to script, you might want to listen up. Snow White's a story in which the Hero shows up at the very end. That'll suck for Toshi-kun, because he's an attention…loving person! How about we mix it up with Sleeping Beauty as well then? It's not a kiss between the Prince and Snow White, but that of a death match between the Prince and the Evil Witch!"

Excited once more, Haruka stood up, looking right towards Leo.

"And so, here's what I think! Shinji-kun will be the Heroine, because Snow White can totally be a kuudere with a sharp tongue! Toshi-kun stays the Hero, but gets to arrive during the middle of the play, so he's not just a deus ex machina! And finally…oh, sorry, I forgot you name, gray-haired person. You can be the Evil Witch. You're good at acting, right? Should be great for pretending to be a kind monarch, when you're a vain, selfish...witch on the inside!"

"While I'm at it," the red headed girl said, hanging her arm around Markus's shoulder, "It only makes sense that, as people who make the songs, Markus and I should have an acting role as well, right? Probably as dwarves or escorts of the Hero or something? It'll totally suck if we can't personally show off the songs we made, after all!"
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[Zombehs]

[fieldbox= Yoroita Markus, red, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]
Really Harrison? That was even worse than his Bay reference that none of his classmates seemed to understand, disappointingly enough. Then again, Hamasaki's reaction was actually bad enough that it deserved blondie's passive-aggressiveness and warranted a grimace from Markus. Pinching at the bridge of his nose, he exhaled slowly as Nozomi spoke up once again, and reminded him that this was just a class play, nothing to get too worked up over.

"Yoroita-san, I shall have you partner up with Fujiyama-chan for work on meeting the music criteria for the play."

A brief look of annoyance passed over his expression before he simply nodded in acquiescence. He would have to see how many people actually knew how to play any instruments in the class, but with how much other work would be required it seemed likely that the music would just be played through the sound systems. Well, less work for him, so no complaints from Markus. He had hoped that his involvement would be at an end there, but couldn't help but frown when Fujiyama opened up her mouth again.

His hand came up to seize the redhead's wrist before she could rest her arm against him as he bowed his head forward a bit to hide the scowl that threatened to split his face. If it had been someone else, Markus might have tightened his grip, but Fujiyama's reputation was not lost on him. "What the hell do you want" he hissed out in a whisper to the girl right next to him. He was completely still for a moment afterwards, but when he raised his head again, his expression gave away nothing.

Ignoring what she had just suggested, he turned his attention to the rest of the class and asked, "If anyone is comfortable playing with an audience, let me know. Hilda? Try and get me the script as soon as you can, I'll build the soundtrack around that. If any of the main actors have anything that want to sing, suggest it to me within three days and I'll see what I can do."
@ERode @Lady Sandra
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[Rithas]

[fieldbox= Leo Kane, Royalblue, Solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

"Please don't make fun of me, Kane-san."

Leo seemed to gasp, "What, I would never do that!? Never in a million years would I ever intend to do something as shameful as making fun of you. And you should know that, because I have good 'social morals!' " If a stranger listened in, They would of thought that Leo was being completely sincere.


"How about... Hamasaki-san as the Hero, Kane-san as Snow White, and.... Shinji-kun as the Evil Witch? Yeah! That's perfect!"

Leo seemed unfazed by this announcement, still glancing between the students of the class. Though he wouldn't say it was perfect. Shinji certainly didn't. He just watched as the two talked, if somewhat bored.

"And so, here's what I think! Shinji-kun will be the Heroine, because Snow White can totally be a kuudere with a sharp tongue! Toshi-kun stays the Hero, but gets to arrive during the middle of the play, so he's not just a deus ex machina! And finally…oh, sorry, I forgot you name, gray-haired person. You can be the Evil Witch. You're good at acting, right? Should be great for pretending to be a kind monarch, when you're a vain, selfish...witch on the inside! / Probably as dwarves or escorts of the Hero or something?"

Leo smiled, as if being told his shoes were nice. "Why, I do agree that they should get roles. For instance, Haruka~" He drew it out again. "Could play a very simple character, who main resort is to probably hit their head off a rock till it breaks. And then just start eating the rocks. She can be the one dwarf that they keep along because they would feel too guilty for letting it be alone. Because surely it would not last long in this magical fairytale." Leo smiled sincerely at Haruka. "But you know, that's just me giving your potential character some depth! Because even though you may lack any skill what so ever, it's the effort that counts"

Tapping his fingers against the table, Leo spoke again, "Still, the main cast should have diversity. A selection of ranges, I wouldn't know if we just have all the guys be the main leads. And unfortunately, I have doubts about my skill as playing a heroine. She deserves justice, Poetic justice!" Leo waved his hands in the air. A sly smirk hanging to his face.

If any of the main actors have anything that want to sing, suggest it to me within three days and I'll see what I can do."

Leo kept a chuckle inside. "Though, Perhaps Haruka is right? Who knows, she has to get something right eventually. If I should swap roles, I'm open for anything. If just not to have all guy main cast. Then again, I could be persuaded "





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[Karyra]

[fieldbox= Kobe Shinji, blue, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]


Shinji listened to Yuri's explanations carefully, taking note of the moment when she was too quiet for him to hear her speaking. She had a point, even if his real duties weren't all that intensive or or difficult. At least he wasn't being cast because he was actually evil, but rather that he looked evil. Not to mention his own... rocky relationship with Kane would probably help him in the role. Shinji slowly nodded and accepted Yuri's ruling on the subject. Besides, it wasn't going to be a difficult part to play at least.

That was, until Haru butted in suddenly and said, "How about we mix it up with Sleeping Beauty as well then? It's not a kiss between the Prince and Snow White, but that of a death match between the Prince and the Evil Witch! And so, here's what I think! Shinji-kun will be the Heroine, because Snow White can totally be a kuudere with a sharp tongue! Toshi-kun stays the Hero, but gets to arrive during the middle of the play, so he's not just a deus ex machina! And finally…oh, sorry, I forgot you name, gray-haired person. You can be the Evil Witch. You're good at acting, right? Should be great for pretending to be a kind monarch, when you're a vain, selfish...witch on the inside!"

Shinji stared at Haru for a long time, just opening and shutting his mouth as he tried to protest her exclamation. Ultimately, he ended up turning towards the nearby wall and blushing furiously. He really didn't want to have the part of the 'Heroine' but it would be an excuse for... no. No. It wasn't going to happen because then people would get stupid ideas in their heads. But at the same time...

"Whatever Haruka wishes to do I am fine with. She is in charge of the play here, after all. Kane, while an idiot, has a point. I do not think that even someone with his high level of acting skills could properly portray a princess in trouble. Him, I would bet as the Evil Witch would work well," Shinji said, and his insults were only thinly disguised as a compliment, "let's just wrap up what we're doing quickly so we can work on the mechanics the actual play."

@People in Classroom 2-A @Ehb @ERode @Rithas
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[Lady Sandra]

[fieldbox= Hilda Narina, gold, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

"But here's an extra suggestion then. Hilda-chan, if you want to script, you might want to listen up. Snow White's a story in which the Hero shows up at the very end. That'll suck for Toshi-kun, because he's an attention…loving person! How about we mix it up with Sleeping Beauty as well then? It's not a kiss between the Prince and Snow White, but that of a death match between the Prince and the Evil Witch!"

Hilda listened to Haruka's idea and nodded it sounded like a good idea for her and she answered with a smile.

"I know Snow White story but would need to read it again. I will work on the script then as soon as I can. Just give me a list of who has which role so I can distribute the Scripts and texts."

"It only makes sense that, as people who make the songs, Markus and I should have an acting role as well, right? Probably as dwarves or escorts of the Hero or something? It'll totally suck if we can't personally show off the songs we made, after all!"

"hmmm well but I would suggest that Markus takes care of the music in the background. If something is wrong he would probably need to search a quick was to fix it so it would be difficult to do that while on stage, right?"

Hilda said as she noticed Markus just ignoring the last part from Haruka, he probably doesn't want to play in it so it would be an excuse.

"If anyone is comfortable playing with an audience, let me know. Hilda? Try and get me the script as soon as you can, I'll build the soundtrack around that. If any of the main actors have anything that want to sing, suggest it to me within three days and I'll see what I can do."

"You will have it as soon as I finish it. I will do my best to get it done as quick as possible. And if anyone suggests me to play a role......I don't think I will fit any of them If you find one I could fit in.....I will might ponder about it"

Hilda smiled a little and started to ponder about the script already.

@Zombehs @ERode @all in classroom 2-A
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[Ehb]

[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

Haruka still had some extra 'tweaks to suggest. Not just about the cast, but with what to do with the story as well. Taking some elements from Sleeping Beuty and putting it together with the base Snow White premise to give more action. And then...

"And so, here's what I think! Shinji-kun will be the Heroine, because Snow White can totally be a kuudere with a sharp tongue! Toshi-kun stays the Hero, but gets to arrive during the middle of the play, so he's not just a deus ex machina! And finally…oh, sorry, I forgot you name, gray-haired person. You can be the Evil Witch. You're good at acting, right? Should be great for pretending to be a kind monarch, when you're a vain, selfish...witch on the inside!"
"Like I keep on saying, please stop making fun of me, Haru-chii."

Yuri could only reply to the suggesting regarding her being casted as the witch dismissively. Haruka did have a tendency to say things she didn't mean when she got excited, and there was no doubt in Yuri's mind that this was one of those occasions. Additionally, Haruka suggested that the the 'Music Department' - Herself and Marcus, should also portray some of the dwarves. Marcus silently accepted the proposition - giving a statement reaching out to the other parts of the play.



"You will have it as soon as I finish it. I will do my best to get it done as quick as possible. And if anyone suggests me to play a role......I don't think I will fit any of them If you find one I could fit in.....I will might ponder about it"
"Sure then. If that is the case then please make sure to do your best in making the script."

Hilda, even more so than Katsumi, had reason to keep to her single job instead of pulling double duty. Nonetheless, Hilda had an important job as the script writer. Everything about the play was going to start from the work that she completes. A delay on her part would set back everything. Yuri stressed the importance of this fact to Hilda.

"We'll be depending on you to have the script ready pretty quickly. I'm hoping that we'll at least have something to start rehearsing within the next couple of days - probably the first half or third of the play, minus any 'singing parts'. That would give you the weekend to get something done."

After saying this, Shinji chimed in, giving his opinion of Fujiyama's suggestion that sort of subverted what Yuri was trying to do.

"Whatever Haruka wishes to do I am fine with. She is in charge of the play here, after all. Kane, while an idiot, has a point. I do not think that even someone with his high level of acting skills could properly portray a princess in trouble. Him, I would bet as the Evil Witch would work well,"
"Let's just wrap up what we're doing quickly so we can work on the mechanics the actual play."
"So Shinji-kun is fine with switching roles with Kane-san then? Very well then, if you two are okay with it then we can settle on that. Assuming we have the same notion of what the mechanics of the play entail - it will probably be best to leave it for the meeting later. At least, with what we have now everyone has an idea of what they'll be expected to do. After the meeting, we can show what we've planned out to the class, and refine things from there."

At this point in the discussion. In Yuri's mind, the main cast was composed of Kane as the Witch, Shinji as the Heroine, and Toshi as the hero. Considering Shinji didn't have any qualms about Haruka's choices, the role switch was fine in Yuri's eyes too.



With a few swipes of her hand into the air in front of her, the virtual white board in front of the class was now filled with the names of everyone and their assigned roles in the production.

"With this, everyone should have an idea of what their responsibilities should be for this play. Since we are a little behind the other classes, I'll need the head members overseeing things such as the music or stage props to participate in a planning session later today, after I submit our proposal to Madam President. We'll specify the mechanics and specifics of the play there. Be prepared to discuss it on Monday."

The casting choices appeared to be settled upon. Was that the end of their discussion - allowing the school day to proceed forward?

@Everyone in Classroom 2-A
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[Makomin]

[fieldbox="Yukimura Katsumi, purple, solid"]

[BCOLOR=#313131][June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A][/BCOLOR]

"Even if that was true , there is no harm in trying . Besides , it is very well better than having some of us here taking the lead role ."

"If MY sister doesn't want to be in the play, she doesn't have too. Stop trying to make her do something she doesn't want to."
"It's funny... you all want to be in the background, I want to be in the spotlight... but none of you want me to be. So who would play the male lead in this play of ours? Since I am the best actor here."

If the brunette didn't know better , she would've assumed that the little spat her brother and Johann Harrison were having now was a result of them having disapproving views on each other . Nevertheless , Katsumi had to say something because she knew her brother was always the one that protected her when needed , even if it meant getting involved in physical fights . "It's okay , Toshi . Johann's harmless . You know I wouldn't do something I was forced to . Even if I was , I'd go to you ." , she said before turning around to give her brother a glance and a small smile . But she was cut off by her brother's boasting . Geez , Toshi , she sighed mentally before laughing mentally , as well , at her brother's antics . You've never really changed that much , she thought to herself .

"Why, I do agree that they should get roles. For instance, Haruka~"
"Could play a very simple character, who main resort is to probably hit their head off a rock till it breaks. And then just start eating the rocks. She can be the one dwarf that they keep along because they would feel too guilty for letting it be alone. Because surely it would not last long in this magical fairytale."
"But you know, that's just me giving your potential character some depth! Because even though you may lack any skill what so ever, it's the effort that counts."

If it wasn't for the fact that the brunette was mostly calm and collected , plus having everyone in class , Katsumi would've probably knocked the lights out of that grandpa , but she knew that it wasn't completely his fault as Haru initiated the little 'exchange' . Even so , she did not insult that grandpa as bad as he had Haru . "Please , Kane , we all know that you are without the doubt the best actor who can portray a snide , cynical , idiotic , power-minded and plain annoying old hag without the need to even try ." , she replied Leo Kane before paying her attention back to the front of the class , her eyes wandering back to the whiteboard and Yuri .

"So Shinji-kun is fine with switching roles with Kane-san then? Very well then, if you two are okay with it then we can settle on that. Assuming we have the same notion of what the mechanics of the play entail - it will probably be best to leave it for the meeting later. At least, with what we have now everyone has an idea of what they'll be expected to do. After the meeting, we can show what we've planned out to the class, and refine things from there."

So it was final , huh ? Toshi as the hero , Shinji Snow White and the grandpa the witch . , she thought to herself before looking around her classroom . The brunette didn't want to take up anything on stage itself , but she didn't want to seem like that one person who avoided every class activity as possible . "Yuri ." , she called out before thinking to herself , if Yuri really meant what she said about not getting involved with any acting , Katsumi figured it would be best to turn to her close friend if she needed assistance . "If you really are going to get yourself involved with logistics and other backstage help , you can count me in to lend you a hand ." , the brunette continued before giving the white-haired female one of her rare smiles .

@Everyone at 2-A @Rithas @Ehb @Shattered♦Secrets™

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[Ehb]

[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

"If you really are going to get yourself involved with logistics and other backstage help , you can count me in to lend you a hand ."


Come to think of it, among the students in class, Katsumi was the only one who was a bit in the air. Not having a defined role. Instead, she had a defined preference of not being up, center stage. Yuri had only realized this fact just now, as she had been contending with getting other more important spot filled rather than having everyone doing something. It turned out Yukimura had slipped between the cracks, completely. Technically Yuri's Sister, Hibiki also was a bit in the air with regards to her role, but Yuri had already come to the conclusion that she was probably going to end up doing something backstage related. Her sister was probably going to end up helping out Harisson with Lighting or moving props around.

Regardless, Yuri didn't want to make the fact that she'd forgotten about Katsumi noticeable - so the quickest response she could come up with was the following. She spoke as if she was repeating something that was already obvious to everyone else.

"Of cours. You'll be my assistant with all the Logistics work coming up. I can't really be everywhere all the time to communicate with everyone, so I'll be depending on you, Yukimura-san!"


With that, the discussion for the play could be over, for the time being. It was at the perfect time too, as at that moment, the familiar petite figure of the class teacher could be heard making her paces to the forward door of the classroom. The rest of the school day was about to proceed forward. After 'Cleaning up' the virtual whiteboard. Yuri returned to her seat. The rest of the class, methodically pulled their desks away from their lunch groupings so that they may be cleanly lined up for the lecture to come.

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The rest of the classes went by in a flash. Once the final class was over, the class bid farewell to the teacher as she left ahead of them.

Just as Yuri promised, some of the 'heads' of parts of the production were approached, and asked when it was a good time to do one more meetup. Luckily, everyone was able to get a consensus about a place to go in person. The school library had small study rooms that everyone was allowed to use - they even had projectors like the Virtual Blackboard in 2-A's classroom. With that meeting time settled, Yuri hurriedly submitted her Class' proposal to the student council.

"Accepted! Took you long enough!"

Yuri still had to bow and apologize for her class' lateness. But, she replied confidently that they would be just as ready as any other class once the time for the festival came.


Later on, the meeting at the library was able to establish the outline of what was going to happen in the play. There was still a need for the specific story, but everyone left with a slightly better idea of how much certain things were going to happen, and the potential cost of seeing those certain things getting implemented. It was a good start. Maybe enough to make up for the past couple of days of stagnation due to the spat between Marcus and Haruka.

That meeting came to an end as well. Looking outside, the golden sun was now sinking down, being obscured by the skyline of the bigger buildings to the west.


[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]
[June 5th, Late Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, The Library Building, Entrance Lobby]

If you wanted to get a canned drink at the library, the place to do it was at the vending machines towards the entrance-way. Yuri usually shied away from coffee as much as she could, but after these two consecutive meetings she was getting tired out. She had been involved with working and planning other things in the past, but for some reason, there was something different about this one. Somehow, it seemed like tension was potentially flaring up here and there between people in her class, much more so than usual. It was no doubt partially due to this whole school festival business - but it was necessary for this to get done. All the classes had to do something. At the same time, Yuri had to keep keep something unfortunate breaking out between her classmates that would throw a metaphorical boulder in the way of the entire effort.

The stress to come for the next two weeks made her wonder. If Kane made one of those remarks of his later on, would Yuri let herself take the bait? No she would not. The fact that she was thinking about it now meant that such as thing couldn't possibly happen. Still... just in case. Maybe if she per-emptively let herself vent out she wouldn't have any reason to do so when the opportunity presents itself later on. Doing so here in front of the vending machine was less destructive than doing so in front of Kane and the rest of the class.



With in her can of coffee still unopened in one of her hands, Yuri looked at the glass of the vending machine ahead of her. She imagined Kane being reflected on it. In her mind, she remembered what he had said earlier.

("Why, I do agree that they should get roles. For instance, Haruka~"
"Could play a very simple character, who main resort is to probably hit their head off a rock till it breaks. And then just start eating the rocks. She can be the one dwarf that they keep along because they would feel too guilty for letting it be alone. Because surely it would not last long in this magical fairytale."
"But you know, that's just me giving your potential character some depth! Because even though you may lack any skill what so ever, it's the effort that counts")

Leo would always put things in a way that could be easily dismissed as a sort of side comment. Typically, it was always in Yuri's better interests to let it slide by. Getting angry or reprimanding Leo was something most people realized as a fruitless sort of thing. Still, Haruka was Yuri's friend. There were lots of times were Kane was doing this, but it seemed like he really was trying to incite something in this instance. It was that feeling that Yuri had for some time. The reason why so many people seemed to have a sort of negative view towards him. Leo Kane was, probably.... not a good person.

But confronting him about the way he does things wasn't something that could happen at a time like this. So she would have to make do with this stand in. Looking at the drink vending machine, Yuri said it.

"...You're such an inconsiderate person! Why would you say that...!?"

She chose to let Kane be a mental dump of whatever frustrations she had coming into this whole project. Though spoken in whispers, it may have been the most honest voice Yuri had spoken in for the entire day.



The social morals officer hung her head down, ashamed. Up until now, she was always happily playing pretend. Thinking everyone in her class got along with each other perfectly. But, today just went to show that that was only an illusion on her part. If this whole thing fell apart due to the preexisting conflicts between her classmates, then she had no one else but herself to blame for never trying to do anything about it through this whole half of the year.

@Anyone but preferably not Leo since this powder-keg isn't even ready yet
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[Karyra]

[fieldbox= Kobe Shinji, blue, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, The Library Building, Entrance Lobby]

He hadn't meant to stay so late. Shinji just thought he'd spend some time after class and clubs to do some more of his homework, but instead he ended up doing half of what he wanted to do and fell asleep on the roof of the library building. He blamed the warm weather and somewhat pleasant breeze for his falling asleep. He'd packed up and elected to go home and attempt to finish what he had started, and maybe add more to that already long list. He sighed, why did he have to volunteer for the main 'female' lead for the play? He should have just kept quiet.

Ugh, this whole play was looking to be a nightmare. Kane was the Evil Witch now, at least. Shinji could see that Kane was better for that role by his flippant and rude behaviour. Not to mention, the kid had some weird tastes, and how he was talking to Kat-chan was strange, but Shinji decided to let that can of worms be.

As he walked down he elected to buy something sweet from the machine, or maybe coffee to ensure he stayed awake while he did his homework. To his surprise, there was Yuri, coffee in hand, glaring at the machine. He waited to see what was going on, but it seemed that she was just talking to herself and not moving. Shinji was curious at what could put the model student in such a situation.

He walked over slowly, trying not to draw too much attention to himself. He didn't want to startle her too much, but at the same time he didn't want it to seem like he was trying to sneak up on her.

"Normally, other people would ask something along the lines of what's taking you so long, you already have the coffee? However, I haven't seen you ever drink coffee from a machine before so I-" Shinji stopped as he realized he was rambling now he cleared his throat and said, "what's wrong, Yuri? Did you realize the entire class is in over their heads?"


@Ehb
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[Makomin]

[fieldbox="Harrison Johann, goldenrod, solid"]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, The Library Building, Classroom 2-A]

"Finally !"

The blond male stretched his arms up into the air before lowering them down . Johann Harrison had spent the past few hours in the Discussion Room of the library with the selected few who were in charge of the various sections of the play . After walking around the shelves of the library , trying to kill time by looking for a suitable book to read , he rolled the sleeves of his white shirt up before exiting the building , giving up on looking already .

He did not realize that Shinji Kobe and his sister was by the vending machine , in fact , he walked in the opposite direction , to the Academy's swimming pool , thinking it is a good idea to help relax himself .

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After looking around hopelessly , the male finally found a pair of swimming shorts that was perfectly his size . "Thank goodness ." , he said to himself with a smile of relief as he spotted no one around . After all the argument and debate over who did what and what were they all to do for the festival , Johann merely wanted some peace and quiet for himself . He was not expecting someone to appear at the pool at this time , and if there was one , he would probably stay in the water and never leave .

@AnyoneAtAll ? (No idea what to write now lol)
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[Zombehs]

[fieldbox= Yoroita Markus, red, solid]

[June 5th, Almost Evening / Hisakawa, For the Glory Cafe]
"Thanks Hilda." He wasn't exactly pleased that there seemed to be enough students leftover to form a semblance of a band, but made an effort to remember the instruments they played. It seemed like a more classical sound was out of the question given what his peers were comfortable with. With a shrug, he took a seat and let the rest of the discussion play out amongst those more invested in the endeavor. In the meantime he considered what sort of role he would have as the one responsible for the music beyond determining the songs used. It wasn't like the violin would fit in, and there was already another student who played the piano and he had no wish to take that role. Well, it wasn't like his task being small was a bad thing after all. As discussion came to an end, Markus looked up only briefly and thus missed the side-role that had been added next to his name.

Regardless of blissful ignorance, class carried on as Miss. Yorihase returned and came to a close without anything worth a mention. Markus didn't exactly see why his presence at the meeting was required, and ultimately left it to Fujiyama to inform him of anything meaningful that was discussed at the meeting. She was so enthusiastic about this after all, so she could do the actual work. Really, at this point she could have done the job herself given from his perspective all he had to do was pick the songs to compliment the play. Well… maybe set things up with the students that wanted to form the band, but they could decide on a leader after their first meeting and that would take care of itself as well.

Fujiyama hadn't looked too pleased when he dropped that in her lap, but he had managed to slip away without too much trouble. He had also managed to get in contact with the students that were interested in providing music in the first place, arranging for them to meet tomorrow after school. He'd given a vague sense of what he wanted sorted out at the meeting given it was unlikely he would have anything for them by tomorrow; just establish the group dynamics and what not. With that done, so came an end to any business he might have had at school.

While he might have gone back to practice on a normal day, his schedule had been cleared for the next few weeks thanks to the school festival. With all that had happened, Markus didn't really feel like applying himself to his favorite pastime either. As he left the school grounds, he figured a bit of a treat wouldn't be so bad. There was a relatively popular cafe on the way back home that he could drop by and grab something sweet to relax with.

The patios were open, no surprise with the pleasant weather, and Markus took a seat at one of the tables by the street. As soft melodies began to play from his earbuds, he hummed along quietly and watched people go along their way as he waited for his order to arrive.

@Whomever[/fieldbox]

 

[Ehb]

[fieldbox= Nozomi Yuri, plum, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, Main School Building, Classroom 2-A]

Hearing approaching footsteps, Yuri closed her eyes for a moment to recompose herself. Considering where she was, there was a good possibility that she was blocking the way for someone who wanted to get to the vending machine she was currently standing in front of. In any case, it was time for Yuri to head out. She was going to be late if she stayed at school for too long.

"Normally, other people would ask something along the lines of what's taking you so long, you already have the coffee? However, I haven't seen you ever drink coffee from a machine before so I-"
"Shinji-kun?"

Yuri opened her eyes and looked to the bespectacled boy whom had approached her.

"Oh, what a pleasant surprise."
"what's wrong, Yuri? Did you realize the entire class is in over their heads?"



Yuri shook her head, and turned to face him.

"No, of course not. Today's meeting seemed to indicate the opposite, actually. The section leaders seem to have a clear set of goals to accomplish and have a plan to go about achieving them. I'm just a little tired out from us blazing through what was supposed be spread out over the past few days."

Tilting her head towards the drink machine, Yuri gave her friend an offer.

"Tell me what you want to get. I can pay for it."

Making such an offer was the natural thing to do for Yuri. Being hospital and selfless was one trait associated with having good social morals. It was the most immediate way she could come up with to direct Shinji's attention away from her stressed out state.

@RainDash
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[Karyra]

[fieldbox= Kobe Shinji, blue, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, The Library Building, Entrance Lobby]


Well, she seemed okay. However, he hadn't seen her ever need a coffee just to keep going. She must have been either more tired than she appeared or she was lying. Yuri always seemed to take on more than she could chew, but she handled it well, so maybe he was overreacting.

"No, of course not. Today's meeting seemed to indicate the opposite, actually. The section leaders seem to have a clear set of goals to accomplish and have a plan to go about achieving them. I'm just a little tired out from us blazing through what was supposed be spread out over the past few days."

"Tell me what you want to get. I can pay for it."

"That's good, I was worried when I saw you talking to the vending machine. Thank you for the offer, but I'm trying not to drink anything too sugary or caffeine filled this late in the day." Then again he had just fallen asleep not all that long ago, but mostly he didn't want to deal with more Social Morals being shoved down his throat. But he should take that from Yuri, she didn't need more caffeine right now. "But I will be taking that, you don't need it either. We can't have you stumbling around half awake tomorrow," Shinji said as he lifted the can of coffee from Yuri's hands.

It was unopened anyway, and he didn't really want to deal with Yuri being more high strung thanks to the coffee. He figured it was a favor, as the coffee usually tasted like tap water and despair. Shinji didn't understand why people drank it outside of the caffeine boost.

@Ehb
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[Rithas]

[fieldbox= Leo Kane, Royalblue, Solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon / Hisakawa Academy, The Library Building, Deep into the endless abyss of books]

Flickering between the pages of a book, Leo indistinctly nodded along to the other student he was talking to. She was saying something about someone. He half listened, letting out a "Oh really?" or a "I didn't know that". At this point he was more focused on just doing nothing. Though he supposed he felt dulled out chatter peaceful.

Setting his book down on the table, his head turned to the female student. "You know he's going out with her right?" Much for the dismay to the person he was talking to, in fact. Leo was starting to think that she was going to cry. "There there, don't cry. I'm sure if you caught him now you could maybe convince him that she's an awful person." Patting her on the back. The student went off to save whatever relationship she thought she had. While in reality, the two weren't even in a relationship. The guy just disliked her. But he wanted to see how that turned out. Perhaps later.

Alone at his table, Leo stared blankly at his book. He had decided to almost ignore everything that happened earlier. Let him think about that at some later point when it mattered. Looking up, He spotted a student from his class. He got up, seemingly moving fluidly amongst the many tables.

Not exactly caring for personal space at the moment, Leo smiled. "Hello~" He looked around. They were at the back of the library, at least...the actual library to his mind. "I didn't know you would be here at the back. It's just a wormhole of dust and old books"

@ Anyone[/fieldbox]

 

[Pysren]

[fieldbox= Gyo Jae-Won, Teal, solid]

[6/5, Afternoon | Hisawaka Academy, Swimming Pool | Mood: Excited]​

Jae-won usually did some water aerobic exercises at the pool and he has done any lately, so he headed off to the pool. The young bi-coloured male was happy that they came to a consensus that everyone seemed to like. And that the council had accepted it. It'd be interesting to see this gender bender play. Jae-won went into the locker room and changed into his plain black swimming shorts. Once he was already to go and his clothes were safely in his locker and he had a towel to dry off with, he headed to the pool. Upon arriving at the pool he noticed there was someone already there. Jae-won had his towel draped around his shoulders and his hand gripping the towel on either side as he approached the student who he noticed was a friend of his. "Nice peaceful day for a swim huh?"

@Cookie And Cream~
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[ERode]

[fieldbox= Haruka Fujiyama, Aqua, solid]

[July 5th​, Afternoon/Hisakawa City, Wombo Combo Arcade]
The meeting had gone…well, outside of Markus leaving, Haruka didn't have anything particular to bitch about when it came to the contents that were covered there. While it was a shame that Yuri and Katsumi couldn't have their role of heroine and prince on stage, at least the two of them would have lots of time to get hot and thirsty while doing boring background work! Work delegation and schedule-building was pretty much set in stone at this point, and as long as Hilda didn't jump ship, everything was going to be fine.

Well, if she did jump ship, it'd probably be due to Shitmazu Aho abandoning her and causing her to cry a waterfall at the destruction of her relationship. So when the musical fails, everyone can blame it on that asshole, and throws stones at him or something.

All's well that ends well, huh?

Drinking in the familiar atmosphere of the Wombo Combo Arcade, an establishment that has been a popular fixture in Hisakawa since the 80s, Haruka smiled at the owner of the shop as he sat behind the counter. A man in his late-forties, with a thin crown graying hair, Hakuno Makoto was a pudgy man with a bad habit of smiling too widely when customers came in. It was with that same shit-eating grin that he greeted the red-headed girl, before bidding her good luck as she made it to the second floor of the building, past all the chance-based gachapons and pachinko machines. The store had a nice collection of them, and Haruka recognized a few of the younger faces that crowded around those areas…but she wasn't there for that.

As she ascended the stairways, she picked up her cadence as low music could be heard, an electronic beat mixing with dozens of sound effects coming out of occupied arcade machines. From what she could hear, there was even someone banging away at Taiko Master. It wasn't the sidescrolling platformers or the fighters that had Haruka's attention though. It was the rhythm games on the east wing of the building, a disco of direction keys and footpads. She nodded with approval at the drummer kid, before claiming a DDR machine for herself. Before any proper stress relief would be had though, the fiery girl sent off a simple text to a certain friend of hers.

Markus, go to the Wombo Combo Arcade. Lotsa shit to talk about in regards to that meeting, so let's do it face-to-face!

If all goes well, she'll be able to impart the wondrous fun of stepping on colored panels on the ground to that boring kid as well!
@Zombehs @Everyone Else That Might Be Heading to the Arcade
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[growl]

[fieldbox= Shimizu Aoi, seagreen, solid]

[June 5th, Afternoon] [Hisakawa Academy, The Library Building, Back of the Library]

xxxxThough Aoi had wanted to take part in the discussion, his tardiness had affected his ability to keep up with a lot of what was being decided. In the end, he'd settled for one of the dwarf parts. Sneezy wouldn't be hard to play; after all, Aoi and the dwarf had plenty in common in the wintertime. When he thought about his role in the production, he imagined participating in a cheesy song & dance number. Maybe he would exaggerate a sneeze at the end for comedic effect. He was actually quite excited to get started with rehearsals. It would be funny to watch Shinji-kun as Snow White.

xxxxHe sipped from his box of fruit milk as he flipped thoughtfully through an ancient anatomy guide. Food and drinks weren't allowed in the library, but Aoi was friendly with the library aide currently on duty. He had entered the library thinking that he was going to study for an upcoming English test. Then a manga display had caught his eye, and he had drifted away from the study rooms and into the stacks. It had been ten minutes at the most since he had entered, but Aoi was already deep in the nonfiction section. Like, really deep. All of the books around him were literally collecting dust (every time he picked out a new one, dust puffed forth and made him sneeze).

xxxx"Hello~" a voice sang from behind him. He looked over his shoulder, and the habitual smile that had been half-formed on his face dropped completely. What the hell? Why was Kane approaching him here? A beat of silence passed, and Kane continued, "I didn't know you would be here at the back. It's just a wormhole of dust and old books." Why did he have to make it sound like he and Aoi had been planning to meet up or something?
xxxxAoi set his fruit milk down and let out an easy laugh, but Kane could probably detect the strenuous note behind it. "Bet you thought I can't even read anything that isn't manga," he quipped in reply. "What brings you to the back?" Aoi hoped Kane would get on with his business so that he could get the heck out of there. Forcing himself to draw out conversation with the ex-friend was uncomfortable to say the least.


@Rithas[/fieldbox]