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Improv Class, The Boards, Thursday Evening

"Good evening, class," Jono greeted the improv group from where he was sitting on the edge of the stage. There was a mildly annoyed looking mouse sitting on top of his head, today, and a three-legged dog dozing at his feet. His cat was sequestered to the upstairs, because even Jonothon could only be so masochistic all in one go. "Today, we'll be giving our brains some exercise again with another one of those messing-with-letters games. Only, this time, instead of making certain we include every letter over the course of a scene, we'll be omitting one entirely. The game is called, 'No P,' and the aim of it is to not use any words that include one letter of the other actor's choosing."

He gave a little smirk, silently congratulating himself for only using the letter in question in order to tell his actors the name of the game itself. It was the little things, really.

"So, break off, groups of two, each of you choose a letter for the other of you, and then let's see a scene, hm?"

[OCD done! Have at thee!]

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Placed prettily before the proscenium, a platter of pastries, prepared for peoples' pleasure.

And some tea and coffee.

Karina was vaguely impressed with herself for having made it to class since she'd been off-island since her Monday evening.

She took a pastry and, while waiting for class to start, checked her phone.

Pair off, pick a letter for your partner to skip, and then get started on any old scene your little hearts desire.

Karina looked around for a partner while trying to decide how cruel she wanted to be. Some letters in this game had to be easier than others, right?

When they tag in, of course.

Jono was kind of resigned to life with a cranky mouse, a very large dog, and a cat that couldn't be in the same room as either of them unless he wanted to chase the three of them down to avoid tragedy.

And that was why he had two coffees there for himself, today.

After class, Karina approached Jono. The whole... chicken thing... was far enough behind her, or so she was pretending anyway, that she didn't feel super awkward talking to him.

Besides, she had a question that she'd have asked earlier but had felt that two nights a week of seeing Jono had been enough. Especially when she'd been missing half her rehearsals.

"Hey," Karina said. "Do you have a few moments?"

"It would seem so," Jono replied, giving Karina a small nod. "I haven't got anywhere particularly pressing to be, really. Was there something I could help you with, Karina?"

"I don't know if you could call it help," she said, smiling a little. "It's not super serious or anything... but I was wondering if you let people play on the piano here when there's not a show going on?"

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"I let people play the piano here even when there is a show going on," Jono replied, smirking faintly. "So long as they follow th'sheet music and don't miss their cues."

That was helpful, Jon, really.

"Natalie comes in here all th'time to play, actually. I wouldn't be opposed to extending that invitation to another, really. You know piano?"

Full of surprises, this one.

"I can't act and play at the same time," Karina pointed out, a touch dryly but smiling a bit more. "Yeah, I play. Been playing for years."

"Well then..." Jono nodded toward the piano. "I charge for piano privileges, you know. If you want to be able to come in between shows and play, it'll cost you a song."

So steep.

"I think I can pay that." Karina laughed and took a few steps towards the piano before glancing back at him. "Any requests?"

"I suppose that would depend," Jono replied, looking thoughtful. "How much does the music differ between your world and here? I always find that gets in the way when trying to make requests, so it's worth asking first."

And was it wrong that he was silently hoping that her music was different from what he knew? The prospect of learning new songs was one that always appealed to him, after all.

"There's quite a few differences," she admitted. "I'll play something from my world, if you'd like?"

She already had an idea of what she wanted to play even!

"I think I would like to hear something from your world very much," Jono decided, reaching for his coffee and giving Karina a little grin. "Any opportunity to hear new music..."

Well, he'd leap on it.

"That's not a bad thing," she decided, taking a seat at the piano and playing a quick set of scales to hear the sound and warm her fingers up. "Not a bad thing at all."

Karina took a deep breath and began to play (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdXKjhpDVQ). After a few measures, her voice joined that of the piano ~~and totally in English too~~.

What? If she was going to show off Sternbild's music, it was going to be her own first.

Oh, she had Jonothon hooked with the piano alone. He gave a small, thoughtful nod as she started to play - not bad at all - and, after she started to sing, he was smiling.

This wasn't going to do anything to dissuade him from picking a musical to do in the fall, no.

As she played and sang, his toe was tapping lightly against the floor. This, he liked.

Oh, as if she'd turn down the chance to do a musical. As if.

Karina finished her song with a flourish of notes that weren't technically part of the final piece but felt right to do, here and now.

She ducked her head. "I hope you didn't mind my singing," Karina said, realizing that maybe he would have. Too late to ask permission though.

"Actually, I'd say your voice complimented the piano very well," he replied with a shake of his head. "Honestly, I'm sorry I'm just now finding out what a talent you are, Karina. I knew you could act. If I'd known you could play and sing, I'd have been pestering you to play more music well before this."

Yeah, okay, Karina was looking rather pleased with herself. And a bit blushy too because he was complimenting her, not Blue Rose.

He didn't even know Blue Rose existed.

She wrestled with herself briefly. "I have to admit," Karina said slowly. "That song isn't one you'd hear on the radio at home. I, um, wrote it."

Yeah.

"A writer as well as a singer?" Jono blinked, and then he was grinning all the more. "Even better."

So every musician he knew on the island was a pianist. It was still nice to know that there were some. And, for that matter, some that would still be around after graduation. Grad had a funny way of sucking the island clean of talent, sometimes.

These things came in waves.

"Talent like that... you should be marketing it," he half-teased. He knew some people didn't take well to the prospect of fame. He suspected that Karina was not one of those people, however.

Karina laughed.

He had no idea how far she was going to market her talent. None.

"I plan to," Karina said, smiling. "One way or another, entertainment's going to be my life."

"Well, then I wish you all th'best with it," Jono replied. "You're welcome to come play the piano whenever I'm in, luv, provided Natalie hasn't already laid claim to it."

She was here first, after all, and had his spare key to the building for whenever she wanted to play.

"If the piano gets much more popular, I might have to invest in a second, at this rate."

"I'm sure Natalie has more time than I do," Karina said, with a bit of a shrug. "I've still been doing a lot of running back and forth between here and home. I haven't had much of a chance to play lately."

Well, not as Karina at least.

"A sin and bloody shame," Jonothon decided with a click of his tongue. "We'll have to change that while you're here, luv. Talent like that shouldn't be left to go to waste, after all."

Back in his high school days, he might've tried to coerce her into joining his band. These days, he'd satisfy himself with being able to listen.

"I've been keeping up with a lot of it," she protested, still smiling. "Singing and writing I can do anywhere, acting I get during class, dance I can do anywhere, if I really want. It's just that pianos are sorta hard to carry around."

Just a bit.

"That's true enough," Jono replied, looking faintly amused. "I think, in case you find the doors locked here, there might actually be one in the dorms, down in the rec room, but I wouldn't quote me on that. It's been... Christ, half a decade since the last time I was down there to see for myself, after all."

His time, obviously. Not Fandom's time, so much.

"It's possible," Karina admitted. "I haven't really done a lot of exploring of the dorms."

They were kinda a place that she slept and not much more? Maybe she had to change that a bit.

"The sixth floor has a ball pit," Jono shared, sounding almost wistful at the mention of it. "Never was much for ball pits back when I was your age. Almost wish I was, now."

Except no.

"Hindsight and its perfect vision, I suppose."

... Jono, you're losing cool points.

"Ball pits are fun if you're, like, five."

Karina was judging you, Jono.

Jono just laughed and shook his head.

"And back in high school, I would've agreed with you," he replied. "And then I would've slunk off to play guitar and lament about how screwed up the world is. Possibly playing Pearl Jam music. Loudly."

That was pretty much his youth in a nutshell, yes.

"... Hell, I still do that. But just letting go and being an immature idiot holds its appeal now and again, too. I still get in snowball fights with friends back in New York."

And he cheated at them, too.

Okay but really, cat, I love you, I fed you, DOES YOUR BUM NEED TO BE IN MY FACE AT ALL TIMES?

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