The Boards, Friday Evening ... Jekyll & Hyde?

[furnaceface]

Friday the thirteenth, indeed. Tonight was supposed to be the night of the show, but Jono was facing more than a slight moral dilemma with this one. If it had been only waffles falling from the ceiling and gremlins running amok in the costumes, that would have been one thing. Hell, if his biggest problem tonight was that the costumes were still wrong after a trip to the cleaner's to complain, then he'd cope with that.

... Jekyll could probably get away with wearing the Scrooge outfit. He figured he'd divvy up the costumes for the three spirits and Marley however worked best, and there were plenty of outfits for the extras, if he really had to push it.

But no, of course there had to be people outside killing his actors and audience in the streets. Of course. Jonothon sighed, and then sent a mass-text to his cast and crew:

If you can't get to the Boards without getting hurt, DON'T TRY. I am not actually a firm believer in that 'The show must go on' adage.

And the rest... He'd play by ear. Somehow. Maybe he'd just keep the doors open for people who needed a safe place to hide from the killers outside, and if any of his performers did show up, he could get them to just do a musical revue and select scenes or something.

Bloody Friday the thirteenth.

[Open with a very moddable Boards! No psychos allowed. Well. Unless they're locals.]

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Backstage!

[furnaceface]

For those who do manage to show up tonight. Have fun figuring out your costumes, because the stuff from A Christmas Carol probably isn't made to fit, either, and Jono is beyond caring.

There might be a chicken suit or something in the back that'll fit better.

Re: Backstage!

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Karina swept into the Boards, looking flawless and untouched, and bringing with her a gust of cold air. It was probably because it was cold outside. As she entered, she pushed her sunglasses up onto her forehead and tugged her hair out of the utilitarian pony tail she'd thrust it into that morning.

"I wouldn't have come," she informed anyone who might be listening, while combing her fingers through her hair, "but I was in town anyway."

You had your lead, Jono!

Re: Backstage!

[furnaceface]

THANK WHATEVER DEITY WAS OUT THERE.

"I appreciate that," Jono replied, walking over to her with two advil in one hand, and a glass of water in the other. He was getting a stress headache, here. "It means... we've got someone out there, if anybody shows up. I was half-prepared to pull out my guitar and just sing angrily at anybody who wound up in the seats."

He would've done it, too.

"If we have an audience at all, I'll be surprised."

Re: Backstage!

[walkswithcoyote]

A coyote carrying a backpack in it's mouth dashed into the theatre and backstage. When it dropped the backpack there was a loud clanking. Well, she had to carry her guns along with her clothes, didn't she?

Re: Backstage!

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

"Dramatic, much?" Karina asked from where she was drinking coffee and sulking.

Re: Backstage!

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi dropped down from the flies. Literally. That's what the harness was for.

"You can jump rooftops from my place to here!"

Right, 'cause that was way safer than being on the actual street.

Re: Backstage!

[nomoresportscars]

Jackson showed up.

Probably only because the whole week was freaking him out and making his skin crawl, and for some reason he felt as if he was better off doing that here than he was at the dorms.

So here he was, looking surly in a slightly shakier way than usual.

Re: Backstage!

[sharp_as_knives]

Having let everybody know about the plans, Hannibal was sitting back and watching them do the outright suicidal things; they seemed to have plenty of people who were good at that. He wasn't about to leave the island when things were so interesting, though.

So, one purchased rifle (with bullets that apparently exploded, which was interesting) and one rather unsettling New-U experience later, he was showing up for his part in the play. He had promised, after all.

He nodded to Jono and set his rifle aside carefully. "Something tells me there won't be much of a show tonight."

Re: Backstage!

[furnaceface]

"So it would appear," Jono sighed, looking... more or less resigned to his fate. Of course the island would go to hell today. Why wouldn't it? "Still, people showed up. God only knows why, but we seem to have at least half our cast wandering about. That's more than I expected."

And still less than it would take to put on a show. Jono knew the lines clear through the script, but he was pretty certain he'd make a sorry prostitute.

Re: Backstage!

[voiceoverdue]

The show had to go on, right? And hey, death wasn't even permanent! Which was sort of unfair, seeing as how Cecil was paid up on his death benefits, but he didn't really mind.

Cecil made good use of his acid-and-electrified gun, and only died a few times before he finally made it to the theater.

"Hi, Mr. Starsmore!" Wow, adrenaline highs were fun!

Re: Backstage!

[furnaceface]

"... Hello, Cecil. Er... Did you have a good trip here?"

Jono was side-eyeing you, Cecil. And wondering just how many times you hit up those New-U stations before finally making it to the Boards.

Re: Backstage!

[bluhblahbluh.livejournal.com]

Of COURSE Drac was at the theatre. It was opening night!

And he had no idea about text messages, so of course he hadn't gotten word that it was a good as cancelled.

"The costumes are still wrong?!" No, he was not freaking out. Nope. Not a bit. "I should have gone in person. Hypnotized the whole lot of them! Wait... are these CHAINS?" He was totally freaking out.

Re: Backstage!

[furnaceface]

"The least of our troubles tonight," Jono said soberly, stepping over to Dracula and offering him a wry smile. "With those madmen outside trying to kill everyone, I left messages with everyone I could, telling them that the show wasn't worth the risk to their lives. Odds are, whoever's showing up... is whoever's shown up."

Re: Backstage!

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

There were only a few minutes before the curtains went up when Zeela finally got into the theater and made her way backstage.

No gun, but a knife, nasty rents and blood in her clothing, and an expression that suggested people shouldn't ask questions.

"I can't believe we're still doing this!" she snarled, reaching for Tiny Tim's costume and rolling her eyes. "If anything nasty shows up, I'm killing it even if I have to dive off the stage."

Re: Backstage!

[furnaceface]

"... Clearly you missed my message telling you not to come," Jono replied, looking a little exasperated. It had been a long day. "I'll be watching the doors, luv. No need to leap off the stage."

And the fact that so many people had arrived in spite of him telling them not to was exactly why the show was still going on. The people of Fandom were... well, frankly, they were kind of idiots sometimes.

Audience - Before the Show!

[furnaceface]

Attendance tonight is free, so long as you're not a murderous psychopath or a member of Hyperion. Come in out of the crazy, take some hot tea or coffee. Sit down. Rest. Avoid going back out there until you can round up a proper posse to get you where you're going safely.

Please.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[furnaceface]

Jono was out here, pacing and checking his phone to see if anyone had replied to his text, staying around the front door to make certain anyone who was trying to get in could do so safely. Or, if the people trying to get in were doing so with murderous intent, he was there on hand to beat them off with sticks.

Large, blue, glowing, hard-light sticks.

Re: Audience - Before the Show!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Rosalind raised her eyebrows as she took in the mostly empty theatre, with Jono pacing around it.

"The show must go on?" she asked, looking vaguely amused as she leaned against a row of seats.

The Show!

[furnaceface]

Whatever it might be. Whoever shows up. Jono has no bloody clue what's going on anymore, and he's thrown his script in the trash, because why bother?

If there were no performers tonight, he'd get up himself and treat whoever might be in the seats with a long rant. Or possibly a guitar solo. One of those.

Re: The Show!

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi had puppets. HA. YOU THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO EXTRAS. YOU WERE WRONG!

She also had a hidden soundtrack going so the chorus could sing along.

Re: The Show!

[sharp_as_knives]

Well, at least Hannibal was spared the indignity of singing. Instead, there was a grand piano that he was more than happy to play for a bit.

He knew a piano transcription of Verdi's Requiem Mass. It seemed appropriate.

Audience - After the Show!

[furnaceface]

Presumably this is where you congratulate the cast and crew for a job well done.

In this case, you can feel free to swap weapons and trade contingency plans for getting home alive or whatever other madness you might want to participate in.

Hell, Jono has spare beds in the props room. He's willing to put everyone in the building up until daylight.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

Ahahahahaha I can't reschedule this again SO THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. Feel free to go nuts in this post, guys. If your character is in the show and can't show up, ping in here to let us know. If they're in the show and CAN show up, feel free to ping in to brainstorm what you want to do on stage.

Hell, if they're not in the show and they want to get onto the stage anyhow, that's fine, too. Or if you all want to usurp the whole show to turn it into a psycho-hunting expedition or something. Mod the Boards. Raid the props room. Feel free to have your characters stay the night or duck in off the street halfway through the show or any manner of things.

The Boards (with the exception of Jono's apartment unless you get his permission) are yours to do with as you please. Just don't burn the building down. Jono's stuff is upstairs.

Re: OOC!

[sharp_as_knives]

If Hannibal gets the chance to avoid singing? Heck yeah. He can recite some soliloquies or play harpsichord/piano/whatnot for folks.

Re: OOC!

[furnaceface]

Jono will take whatever performance people are willing to give! And there just so happens to be a grand piano just offstage, if Hannibal feels so inclined!