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Reading Room 2
DIR By: EloquentMisprints
Date: November 22, 2013, 12:47 am
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: GGJ5
Date: December 21, 2013, 9:53 am
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Silhouette St. James
Despite specifically not studying theater as her concentration,
studying literature still placed Silhouette in a theatrical
position. A few times in her life, Silhouette had been placed in
positions where she couldn't get out of performing on stage. As
much as she loved stories, she hated being on stage. And if she
wanted to, she could protest, or try and weasel her way out of
it. she could do a crapton of extra credit work and refuse to
perform for the class's Shakespeare One Acts. But she didn't
want to do that, not really. Silhouette figured that performance
was like exercise-- you hated it, but the more you did it, the
more it helped you grow better. So whenever the situation arose,
she bit the bullet and learned her part as best as she could.
Presently, Silhouette was huddled up in the reading room with an
annotated copy of Macbeth. Of course, being a nearly-all-male
cast, Silhouette had been assigned the role of Lady Macbeth, one
of the fiercest ladies in all of theater. She reasoned if she
just found the right place mentally that she could pull her off,
but it was hard to identify with a power-hungry tyrant who had a
good-for-nothing louse as a husband. Silhouette didn't want
power, except for maybe the power to read characters out of
books, like Mo in Inkheart.
To help her get the voice, Silhouette decided to read it aloud
as if it were a novel. She sat up, leaned forward, elbows on her
knees as she held the book before her eyes. "'Why did you bring
these daggers from the place?' demanded Lady Macbeth. 'They must
lie there. Go carry them, and smear the sleepy grooms with
blood.' But Macbeth responded, 'I'll go no more. I am afraid to
think what I have done; look on't again I dare not.' But LAdy
MAcbeth would have none of that. She screamed at him in her
rage, 'Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and
the dead are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood that
fears a painted devil.'"
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: MissM
Date: December 21, 2013, 1:33 pm
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Paradox Fee
He was intent on rereading one of his favorite Shakespeare
plays, Macbeth, when he heard the lines of dialogue coming out
of one of the reading rooms in the library, and went to
investigate. His curiosity was piqued when the voice continued
the play as if it were merely a novel.
"'Why did you bring these daggers from the place?' demanded Lady
Macbeth. 'They must lie there. Go carry them, and smear the
sleepy grooms with blood.' But Macbeth responded, 'I'll go no
more. I am afraid to think what I have done; look on't again I
dare not.' But LAdy MAcbeth would have none of that. She
screamed at him in her rage, 'Infirm of purpose! Give me the
daggers. The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures; 'tis the
eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.'"
"An interesting way of reading a Shakespearean play. I don't
think anyone has ever thought to take quite that approach. I
rather like it, though." He paused in the doorframe and
introduced himself. "I'm Paradox Fee. Call me Dox. May I ask
what your name is, fair lady?"
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: GGJ5
Date: December 21, 2013, 2:27 pm
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Silhouette St. James
Despite the name and environment, reading rooms were hardly
private. Silhouette forgot about that when she decided to read
aloud, practicing for the right Lady Macbeth voice.
"'Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the
dead are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood that fears a
painted devil.'" there. That was a little villainess-like.
"An interesting way of reading a Shakespearean play,"
interrupted a voice, making Silhouette jump just a little. She
tried controlling it, but wasn't very successful. The book fell
into her lap as she caught the face that matched the voice. It
was the face and body of an athlete, or at least that's how he
appeared to Silhouette: tall and strong and with a sharp jaw,
eyes bright under dark hair. "I don't think anyone has ever
thought to take quite that approach. I rather like it, though."
"Yeah, we're doing Macbeth one-acts, and I'm trying to get the
voice for Lady Macbeth, and that was the only thing that has
worked at all for me so far, so..." She shrugged. "I'm reading
it like it's a novel. I hope William doesn't mind." She gave a
small smile, trying to be polite despite the feeling of
embarrassment.
"I'm Paradox Fee. Call me Dox. May I ask what your name is, fair
lady?"
Silhouette raised one doubtful eyebrow. "You're named after a
concept of time travel? 'Course, I can't say much, being named
after the effects of light and shadow, so..." She stood up, and
walked over to him with one hand outstretched. "Nice to meet
you, Dox. I'm Silhouette. Silhouette St. James." For now, her
own nickname would feel superficial and fake. He'd have to know
her before he could legitimately use that. Few people gave or
used nicknames for her, and she preferred it that way; it made
those people more special.
She didn't really want to carry on a conversation right now, but
she also didn't have anything against this Dox, and so wanted to
be polite. For a second, she fished for something to discuss
with him. "So, are you a Shakespeare fan, or was I obnoxiously
loud?" It was an honest question-- if she was loud enough for
him to have heard, maybe other patrons could hear her practice
attempts, too, and that would make her uncomfortably
self-conscious. Not that she'd drop it, she would just have to
be more aware.
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: MissM
Date: December 21, 2013, 3:39 pm
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I'm Paradox Fee. Call me Dox. May I ask what your name is, fair
lady?" He felt silly for not having started with his name, but
it was done now.
Silhouette raised one doubtful eyebrow. "You're named after a
concept of time travel? 'Course, I can't say much, being named
after the effects of light and shadow, so..." She stood up, and
walked over to him with one hand outstretched. "Nice to meet
you, Dox. I'm Silhouette. Silhouette St. James."
There was a pause while they shook hands. "That is a rather nice
name, if you ask me," he said. "But I bet questions about said
effects get boring quickly, huh?" His lips twisted wryly. His
parents had a love of fantastical things, and his Dad hadn't
been around at his birth because he'd been an early delivery, so
he'd gotten a name that was a bit odd. He didn't really mind so
much, but the questions got really old.
"So, are you a Shakespeare fan, or was I obnoxiously loud?" she
asked, and Dox almost laughed.
"I'm a huge Shakespeare fan, actually. Well, Macbeth fan,
anyway. I'm a Literature concentration as well, if you must
know. My favorite lit is French, though." He paused, letting his
brain catch up with his mouth.
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: GGJ5
Date: December 21, 2013, 4:01 pm
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Silhouette St. James
"You're named after a concept of time travel? 'Course, I can't
say much, being named after the effects of light and shadow,
so..." She stood up, and walked over to him with one hand
outstretched. "Nice to meet you, Dox. I'm Silhouette. Silhouette
St. James."
"That is a rather nice name, if you ask me," Dox said.
Silhouette agreed, of course, but presently it wasn't worth
mentioning. "But I bet questions about said effects get boring
quickly, huh?"
Silhouette slipped her hands into the pockets of her jeans,
thinking briefly of all the glorious ways people had botched her
name over the years. "Hmm," she mused, a slight smile raising
the corners of her lips just so. "It more serves as a constant
reminder of the tragic state of people's lexicons. And I've
learned about eight different ways people can either say or
spell 'Silhouette,' my personal favorite being 'Sile-how-eat.'"
She shook her head, lips pursed together. "I only wish that was
a joke."
She looked back up to him, steering the conversation a bit away
from herself. "So, are you a Shakespeare fan, or was I
obnoxiously loud?"
The amusement on Dox's face was evident, making Silhouette feel
more at ease with having been accidentally overheard. "I'm a
huge Shakespeare fan, actually. Well, Macbeth fan, anyway. I'm a
Literature concentration as well, if you must know. My favorite
lit is French, though."
"Hm, my favorite Shakespeare is King Lear, which apparently
comes as a surprise to people?" She shrugged. It had been more
than once that even her instructors had been surprised by what
they thought was an obscure choice. But who didn't love plays
about senile kings ranting in thunderstorms and snobbish
princesses being as vain as possible? "I can't say I'm well
versed in Fresh literature yet, but I do love Hugo's poetry. I
think I like poetry more than prose generally, but people assume
that if you like poetry more that you must be pretentious. John
Donne is my boy, though." She put her hand over her heart, as if
that's where she kept a mini version of Donne. "Anyway, what
drew you to the French?"
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: MissM
Date: December 21, 2013, 5:06 pm
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Paradox Fee
Silhouette slipped her hands into the pockets of her jeans,
musing. "Hmm," she said, a slight smile raising the corners of
her lips. "It more serves as a constant reminder of the tragic
state of people's lexicons. And I've learned about eight
different ways people can either say or spell 'Silhouette,' my
personal favorite being 'Sile-how-eat.'" She shook her head,
lips pursed together.
"You're kidding," Dox said.
"I only wish that was a joke."
She looked back up to him. "So, are you a Shakespeare fan, or
was I obnoxiously loud?"
Dox was still trying not to laugh at the terrible misspellings
that abounded in the general population. "I'm a huge Shakespeare
fan, actually. Well, Macbeth fan, anyway. I'm a Literature
concentration as well, if you must know. My favorite lit is
French, though."
"Hm, my favorite Shakespeare is King Lear, which apparently
comes as a surprise to people?" She shrugged, clearly not caring
what other people thought. "I can't say I'm well versed in Fresh
literature yet, but I do love Hugo's poetry. I think I like
poetry more than prose generally, but people assume that if you
like poetry more that you must be pretentious. John Donne is my
boy, though." She put her hand over her heart, as if that's
where she kept a mini version of Donne. "Anyway, what drew you
to the French?"
"Dumas, mostly, with 'Le Comte de Monte Cristo'. And 'Le Trois
Mousquetaires.' Hugo is lovely, though, I do like most of his
stuff. Also Cyrano de Bergerac, by Rostand. And the French
language in general is exceedingly gorgeous."
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: GGJ5
Date: December 23, 2013, 7:34 am
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[ooc: I could have sworn I replied to this.... I think now it
must have been a dream! D: bic:]
Silhouette St. James
"And," Silhouette added, "I've learned about eight different
ways people can either say or spell 'Silhouette,' my personal
favorite being 'Sile-how-eat.'" She shook her head, lips pursed
together.
"You're kidding," Dox said.
"I only wish that was a joke."
She looked back up to him. "So, are you a Shakespeare fan, or
was I obnoxiously loud?"
"I'm a huge Shakespeare fan, actually. Well, Macbeth fan,
anyway. I'm a Literature concentration as well, if you must
know. My favorite lit is French, though."
"Hm, my favorite Shakespeare is King Lear, which apparently
comes as a surprise to people?" She shrugged, continuing, "I
can't say I'm well versed in Fresh literature yet, but I do love
Hugo's poetry. I think I like poetry more than prose generally,
but people assume that if you like poetry more that you must be
pretentious. John Donne is my boy, though." She put her hand
over her heart, playing at looking overly somber. The she
dropped the exaggerated serious face, genuinely curious in
hearing Dox's literature story. "Anyway, what drew you to the
French?"
"Dumas, mostly, with 'Le Comte de Monte Cristo'. And 'Le Trois
Mousquetaires.' Hugo is lovely, though, I do like most of his
stuff. Also Cyrano de Bergerac, by Rostand. And the French
language in general is exceedingly gorgeous."
The fact that he called these works by their French names did
make this guy sound rather pretentious. It was just another way
for someone to show of the language skills they may or may not
actually have. But Silhouette kept those thoughts to herself to
consider later. "I've only studied Latin," she said on the note
of French. "But theoretically I should be able to learn the
Romance languages a bit easier now.
Her eyes glanced back at the book she'd been reading. "Would you
be able to give me feedback on my Lady Macbeth, then? I am so
not a theater person, but I still wanna well. You know?"
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: MissM
Date: December 23, 2013, 12:16 pm
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Paradox Fee
"Dumas, mostly, with 'Le Comte de Monte Cristo'. And 'Le Trois
Mousquetaires.' Hugo is lovely, though, I do like most of his
stuff. Also Cyrano de Bergerac, by Rostand. And the French
language in general is exceedingly gorgeous." He responded to
her question about his favorite French Literature, but she
seemed unimpressed.
"I've only studied Latin," she said on the note of French. "But
theoretically I should be able to learn the Romance languages a
bit easier now."
"Ceartainly." His own Latin studies had been terrible, which he
had always wondered at, because French was practically Latin
incarnate. At least mostly. But she was already moving on.
"Would you be able to give me feedback on my Lady Macbeth, then?
I am so not a theater person, but I still wanna well. You know?"
"I would love to! Do you want me to read lines, or just listen?"
Even though he felt like he had no flair for the dramatic, he
all of a sudden felt like showing off a little, just to elicit a
smile from this girl. Which was odd in itself, but that was his
athletic side showing. It came out at the oddest of times.
"Either is ok with me." He smiled.
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Re: Reading Room 2
DIR By: GGJ5
Date: December 30, 2013, 2:10 pm
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Silhouette St. James
"Would you be able to give me feedback on my Lady Macbeth,
then?" Silhouette asked. She didn't anticipate becoming very
close friends with the Master of French here, so if she made a
fool of herself, it wouldn't matter very much. And she could use
some non-biased feedback. "I am so not a theater person, but I
still wanna do well. You know?"
"I would love to! Do you want me to read lines, or just listen?"
Dox offered. "Either is ok with me." He smiled.
Of course it is, because you'll get a chance to show me how much
you know... Silhouette thought to herself. Aloud, she said, "I
really need to get her monologue down, so if you wouldn't mind
following along with that scene..." She picked up the script and
flipped to the famous Lady Macbeth speech, handing it to him. It
wasn't the memorizing that was the problem, it was the acting
that was the challenge. She didn't feel like Lady Macbeth at
all. But she'd give it her best.
Silhouette talked across the room, trying to imagine herself in
the halls of a stone castle and thinking murderous thoughts. She
turned on her heel, imagining that Dox was actually the cowardly
Macbeth, becoming wishy-washy at the thought of stealing the
crown. She worked up a glare, taking slow steps towards him as
she began to recite. "Art thou afeard To be the same in thine
own act and valor As thou art in desire?" she tried gesturing to
the room around her, feeling keenly how unnatural it looked. But
surely she wasn't supposed to just walk or stand or do nothing.
She was supposed to do something... Silhouette dropped her hand
to her side, balling into a fist in the way she thought Lady
Macbeth might at this point. "What beast was't then That made
you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you
were a man; And to be more than what you were, you would Be so
much more the man!" Here she'd taken another strong step
forward, stomping her foot down hard, then quickly regretting
it. Her foot decided to twist under her, her ankle stretching
too far with the motion, sending her into a stumble. She caught
herself, balancing her weight on her other foot. "Ah... that
wasn't in the script," Silhouette joked. "That's my punishment
for overacting."
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