Video One: The Play's the Thing (backdated to August 12th)

[myrealname]

[the video opens on a young woman sitting sideways on a large, overstuffed armchair. legs crossed and slung over one arm, head resting on the other. she's got an anticipatory smile on her face, like someone who has a secret]

First thing is, I don't know most of you and most of you don't know me, so Alice? This is Hadriel. Hadriel? This is Alice. Moving on.

Okay, I think we're all in agreement that the entertainment options around here? Suck. [she waves a hand] With the exception of the Speakeasy because who doesn't love booze? But anyway, entertainment!

We have no TVs. No movies. No internet. Not even books. [she rolls her eyes to show what she thinks about that option] But there's one thing we do have and that's people.

And what can you do with people, I can hear you all asking. And the answer to that is plays. Acting! And I even have an idea for the play: the history of Hadriel. 'Cause not all of us have been here five million years.

First act can be a drama, the story of when it was just you guys, Fear and Hope. Second act is a comedy, the weird shit that happened when the rest of the gods came back. Third act? The Null attack. Which will be a musical. And you can't talk me out of that one, so don't even bother trying.

So I'm looking for volunteers! Actors, stagehands, costumers, set painters, shit like that. So fucking volunteer. And those of you going out to sea, don't worry. It's gonna take some time to get things organized, so you can get in on this, too.

((OOC: this is entirely the brainchild of Rey-mun who was kind enough to let my character be the public face of her idea. Thank you so much!))

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[myrealname]

[gives her a funny look]

...you really, really haven't seen many musicals, have you? Besides, it will have a happy ending with the Null defeated and everybody resurrected.

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[knifecollecting]

Why would I watch music? Movies are for action.

And we don't know that they're defeated.

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[myrealname]

[she just kind of. stares. and shakes her head]

You must be fun at parties.

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[knifecollecting]

[Why does everyone keep saying that to her? Honestly...]

When the party is fun, yeah, I can be. [This doesn't sound very fun.]

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[myrealname]

[she continues to lounge in the chair, waving a hand idly]

Yeahhhhh, I'm not really getting a "fun" vibe off of you.

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[knifecollecting]

Well, Delight's been gone for a while. [A nonchalant shrug.]

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[myrealname]

What does that have anything to do with it? Either you're fun or you're not.

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[knifecollecting]

Being betrayed by the party-giver kind of dulls wanting parties. [But...]

You don't find it hard to celebrate?

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[myrealname]

Before my time. I wouldn't know anything about that yet. [she rolls over in the chair, propping her head up on her hand] But you could tell me all about it.

I'm young, I'm sexy, I'm alive. Granted, I'm stuck in this place. But, no, I don't find it hard to celebrate.

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[knifecollecting]

She lied to everyone and betrayed us. She tried to kill Hope and let the rest of us suffer or die.

[It still hurts more than Jo admits because Delight was one that Jo actually liked. (And not just because of the alcohol.)]

I'm sure Hadriel is very hard for you otherwise.

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[myrealname]

[she points at the camera] That part, I already knew. [and she does her best to shrug with both shoulders pressed against the armrest of the chair] And it's going to be handled tastefully with fictional characters instead of using people's names.

[and it's all third-hand information to her. her closest friends are Caedra and Semiyon, neither of whom would be inclined to take such things very seriously as death is a temporary setback here.

an overly exaggerated eye-roll] Ugh, don't get me started! I'm from New York, small town life is not for me.

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[knifecollecting]

[Jo resists rolling her eyes. "Tastefully" handled means that it really won't be.]

At least there's a sky now. The cave was awful.

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[myrealname]

[it's community theater, nothing's tasteful in community theater.

in a sing-song voice] Really? Tell me more.

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[knifecollecting]

[Jo wouldn't know that from experience. It's just the vibe she gets from Jane.]

No sun, no real change in weather unless the gods did it. Everything felt the same.

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[myrealname]

[Alice. the name is Alice. and just because she was a stripper, it doesn't mean it can't be tasteful]

So even worse than these crappy islands? Fuck me.

But there's gotta be something one of the other gods did that was funny. It can't all be Fear and Sorrow.

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[knifecollecting]

Everywhere's been worse than the islands. Don't get me started on the desert planet with two suns. [Nebraska had hot summers and there weren't really trees to hide under, but the desert was awful.]

Tranquility got us all lost once.

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[myrealname]

[she snaps her fingers] I was on that planet for all of like two days before we were moved here. It sucked.

See, now that's funny! People getting lost can be comedy gold. So was it just your brains he fucked with or did the GPS stop working, too?

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[knifecollecting]

[Moving to the desert from the caves had meant a lot of sunburns, even though Jo was careful. It didn't make it feel nice.]

The GPS didn't help. We didn't know how to get where we wanted. [Jo's tone remains serious. She's had it happen twice at this point. Neither time was it comedy gold.]

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[myrealname]

[she waves a hand idly]

Yeah, but then it's like the journey, not the destination, and the friends you make along the way.

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[knifecollecting]

[Jo shakes her head, in a little bit of disbelief.]

That doesn't make any sense.

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[myrealname]

[sounds completely unconcerned about her comment] Of course it does. When you're going somewhere specific, you don't bother to notice the little things along the way. When you're wandering, you do.

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[knifecollecting]

There's a difference between wandering and being so lost you can't even tell where you came from.

[It was awful.]

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[myrealname]

[flings herself back against the chair and groans dramatically]

Are you determined to suck the fun out of everything?

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[knifecollecting]

[Drama queen.]

With this, yes.

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[myrealname]

[she rolls back over on her side and props her head up again]

Then here's a free tip: don't go to the play. Pretend that it's not even happening. You'll be a lot happier that way, assuming you can be happy.