fandomtownies | Improv Class, The Boards, Thursday Evening

"This week," Jono said as he sat on the edge of the stage, opting to take it easy this week, "our improv exercise will be breaking all rules of improv shamelessly. We've played 'Yes, And' before, where everything your partner says, you agree with and add to. Today, we'll be playing 'No It Isn't.' Otherwise known as that game where you end up more or less accusing the other person of being crazy, no matter what they say. Person one might be convinced they're walking into a bar and order a drink. Person two, meanwhile, is on a space shuttle, and would really like to know where person one is getting this crazy idea that they serve beer in the airlock. It... escalates from there, but I think you can figure out the basic gist of the thing."

Really, Jono was all for people just up and doing something this week. But if there was too much trauma for that to come to pass, he'd be fine with people doing whatever they were most comfortable with.

"Pick a partner, and whenever you're ready, just get up there and try to have a little fun being contrary."

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Should anyone be up for coming to class this week, Jono has supplied pastries, tea, and coffee.

He'll eat them if you don't.

Karina had stuck around on the island long enough to see that both her Monday classes had been canceled and then had disappeared to Sternbild. Really, she figured, if she hadn't come back at all that would have been a totally understandable action on her part.

But, like, she was here. Not super cheerful but hey, here.

Pick a partner, get up on the stage, and contradict the heck out of one another. An example of the game in action as provided by my esteemed co-teacher might go like this:

Person 1: Yes, one beer please.
Person 2: ... What? This isn't a bar.
P1: ... Yes, it is! I just walked into a bar.
P2: Dumbass, you walked into a SPACE STATION.
P1: Oh holy shit this is not a SPACE STATION.
P2: Yes it is. Why else would I have this helmet?
P1: There is nothing on your head right now.
P2: Even if it was a bar, we don't serve people who have dogs.
P1: .... I don't have any dogs.
P2: Those big labradors by the entrance!
P1: *walks over and waves hands through thin air* These dogs? The ones that I'm putting my hands through?
P2: Great. Now you scared off the dogs.
P1: Maybe it was your clown make-up that scared them!
P2: Why would an ASTRONAUT have CLOWN MAKEUP ON?
P1: I don't know! It's a dumb look for a bartender, if you ask me!

She clambered up on stage and looked for a partner.

Silliness sounded nice and Karina doubted this game would lead to anything but.

When they ping in.

Jono plus coffee = OTP. He'd probably be willing to get up onto the stage and be disagreeable if somebody wanted him to, though. Being contrary is really kind of his thing.

I wanna go back to bed.

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