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wanderinghedgehog · 10 months ago

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Another high school Les Mis. Live reaction:

Oooo they got actors in the aisles. I like that.

Good singing so far.

This Javert seems oddly timid. Like even as a prison guard, he’s not especially scary. He does seems to be rather tall though.

Valjean seems good. I wish they let him sing that one verse from his soliloquy but, alas, it’s cut from the school versions.

This ensemble seems more coordinated than others I’ve seen. That might be because there’s not quite so many of them. This doesn’t seem like a very large cast for a Les Mis production.

Fantine is very sweet and her voice is lovely.

I like that her dress is decently period accurate. They gave her a modesty cloth and everything.

She also doesn’t seem to have a jarringly awful wig like usual.

I think they brought Javert in a little early during Fantine’s arrest. It was a little odd.

There’s some guy in the ensemble with a lovely red waistcoat.

Amazing runaway cart scene. Javert was so embarrassed on “forgive me sir I would dare” that he tried to just leave. He did skip a line though. But I’ll forgive :)

Valjean putting his heart and soul into Who Am I.

Awwwww they gave Champmathieu a friend or something who gave him a hug when he was let go. I like that they didn’t just leave him to stand there.

FANTIIIIIIINE 😭😭😭😭😭😭

HOLY SHIT THE CONFRONTATION WAS AMAZING!!!!! Okay the last fight section was a bit disappointing, but the rest of it was fucking phenomenal. I’m screaming! Javert was such a fucking drama queen too. Fantastic.

Lil’ Cosette :)

I think this Madame T could do to spice up her vocals a little. She sounds a little too pretty maybe. Go nuts, babe!

Red waistcoat guy is back!!!!

This Thenardier couple is kinda all over each other. It’s goofy

Don’t throw the child!!!!!

I love this stage setup. Very versatile.

Living for these background actors.

Eponine should keep Marius’s hat. It’s a good look.

They need to stop making Javert show up from one of the side entrances. It’s awkward staging.

Thernardier gets all obnoxious during “in the absence of a victim…” and Javert just lightly shoved him. I’m dead. You really just have to see it.

This Javert is kinda… doing to much I guess. He just doesn’t show quite enough restraint in my opinion.

Stars was cute. He could’ve done more on the line “and so it must be.” But it was good otherwise.

This Grantaire has stolen my heart. Adorable guy.

I can’t see very clearly, but there’s a pattern on the front of Enjolras’s waistcoat and I thought it was leopard print for a second.

IS THAT FANTINE’S ACTOR AGAIN??????? Or does Cosette just look something like her?

Marius should’ve hopped over the gate. It’s really low anyway.

This Marius is so damn pale. Ghost fella

Eponine pushed three people consecutively. Go girl!

THENARDIERS IN THE FLOOR

This Gavroche is absolutely adorable. I just know I’m gonna go catatonic when he’s killed.

Still no “shoot me now or shoot me later.” I like that line :(

EPONINE NOOO

Bestie Valjean has returned to the plot :)

Damn look at all that smoke.

Javert is back to being oddly timid. I feel kinda bad for him this time. He has such a sad look.

Nice little Drink With Me moment :)

Bring him hooooooooooooooome

AAAAAAAAAA GAVROCHE NOOOOOO

Seriously that kid was fantastic

That’s a nice tablueo

Go in the floor

Really dragging Marius around. Ouch.

two four six oh ooooooooone

Little line fuck up BUT WE FORGIVE AND MOVE ON

That jump was pretty smooth. I approve.

That was a damn good rendition.

Good harmonies in Turning.

Damn. They really put people in those empty chairs at the empty tables and then took them away again.

Cane time for Valjean.

Bishop actor spotted at the wedding.

Saddest onstage punch ever. Sorry Marius.

Is Madame T holding a real little dog? I can’t see very well.

Old man Valjean.

I think that wicker wheelchair he’s in is being loud.

Oh my god they are different actresses. Do they just have the same hairstyle? I might be a little face blind.

Yes! Actors in the aisles!

I think that’s a Javert in the finale!

Final thoughts:

Standout performance was a Gavroche. That child was brilliant so very cute. I hope he keeps doing theater.

All the singing was wonderful.

Things ran very smoothly which is impressive for any high school production.

As always, the show suffers from the amount of lines that are cut. But that’s definitely not the fault of this production.

In some ways, it was too good. Maybe it was just too traditional. I often watch school productions for the weirdness and interesting choices, but they just didn’t really take anything all that far in this production.

I loved that they had an extra bit of stage in front of the orchestra pit. That really gave a set some extra pizzazz.

I called this Javert “cute” too many times. Not sure why. I just thought this actor looked oddly sweet. Not especially intimidating I guess.

Valjean really put his all into this and he gave a fantastic performance. I just need him to get weirder with it.

I’m so sorry to Fantine and Cosette’s actors for thinking they were the same person.

#y’all this has been in my drafts since June #I need to rewatch it but I have no clue which production it is #what do I dooooooo #les mis #high school theater

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vgckwb · 2 months ago

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P4G: Mirror Mirror (A FeMC Story/P4G Rework) Chapter 19: A Barely Finished Puzzle

Once they had left the castle, Madrid appeared in front of them. They were shocked. “Hm,” Madrid scoffed. “It appears you have rejected my gifts.”

Yukiko stepped forward. “I wouldn’t call what you were offering a gift, but yes.”

Madrid pouted. “Be that as it may, I really wish you would reconsider.”

“And if we don’t?” Yua wondered.

“Well…” Madrid admitted, “there’s nothing I can really do.”

“Hold on,” Yosuke protested. “Didn’t Apple, or whoever, threaten to cut our eyes out?!”

“Her name is Able,” Madrid clarified, “and yes. But that was before our meeting with the mistress.”

“Who is this ‘mistress’?” Chie wondered.

“Heh heh,” Madrid chuckled. “You don’t need to know just yet. But she is our leader, as you can presume. And she wants us to only fight back when necessary. She wants you all to accept our gifts willingly.”

“And if we refuse?” Yukiko wondered.

“Refuse all you want,” Madrid retorted. “Sooner or later, you’ll find out that the truth is not worth preserving. However you choose to lie to yourself is up to you. I came here because I thought I appealed to you.”

Yukiko frowned. “Well…you did…but with everyone else here, I’m learning to embrace the truth. So thank you for…whatever this is, but I’ve outgrown it.”

“Hm,” Madrid smirked. “Hopefully you’ll hear me out sooner or later. I’ll be here if you need me.” She disappeared.

“Yukiko…” Chie remarked.

Yukiko sighed. “It’s alright.”

“Did…you meet with her before?” Yosuke asked. “It seems like you did.”

Yukiko nodded. “She…came to me when I first got here, but…”

“It’s OK,” Yua said. “We can save it for when you’re well rested.”

Yukiko nodded. “Thanks.” They continued on to the exit. Once they exited the TV world, Yukiko asked “Where are we?”

“We’re in Junes,” Chie answered, looking around. “Phew. It looks like nobody’s here.”

“Is that a concern?” Yukiko asked.

“Sort of, but not really,” Yosuke answered.

“I see,” Yukiko said.

Yua turned to Chie. “Can you get her home?”

Chie nodded. “Yeah.”

Yua nodded back. “Then I suggest that we go our separate ways for now. Let’s meet back tomorrow to debrief, and then we’ll figure it out from there.”

“Got it!” Chie said. She turned to Yukiko. “Are you ready to go home?”

Yukiko smiled. “You know, for the first time in a long time, I can honestly say yes.” The two of them headed out.

Yosuke stretched. “Boy, that took it out of me.”

“Me too,” Yua admitted.

“Still, I’m glad we were able to rescue Yukiko,” Yosuke added.

Yua smiled. “Me too.”

“Still, there’s a lot we need to consider,” Yosuke said.

“Which is why I asked us to meet tomorrow,” Yua told him. “Weren’t you paying attention?”

“Oh right,” Yosuke said. “Ugh. I’m more out of it than I had thought.”

“That…is also why I put it off until tomorrow,” Yua said. “I need some sleep.”

Yosuke nodded. “Well then, goodnight.”

“Goodnight Yosuke,” Yua said. The two of them headed home.

As Yua arrived, Nanako greeted her. “Welcome back.”

Yua mustered a smirk. “Thanks.”

“You look tired,” Nanako said. “Would you like me to make you some tea?”

Yua sat down across from Nanako. “I’ll be alright.” She looked around. “I take it your father isn’t home?”

Nanako shook her head. “He called earlier, saying something came up.”

“Well, at least he called,” Yua noted.

“Yeah…” Nanko said. “He also said he was bringing dinner home.”

“Well that’s nice, I suppose,” Yua replied.

Nanko nodded. “I wonder if something good happened.” The door opened. “Oh, that must be him now!” She looked over at the door. “Welcome hooooooooooooooome…”

Ryotaro was standing there, dinner in hand, alongside Adachi. “Oh good. You’re both home,” Ryotaro said. “I got us some dinner.”

“Yay…” Nanako said.

Ryotaro glanced at Adachi. “I invited Adachi over to celebrate. I hope that’s alright…”

Yua grew curious. “Celebrate what?”

“Oh yeah,” Adachi said. “We found your friend Yukiko just now. I was just going to go down to the bar and drink, but your father invited me over for dinner instead.”

“I see…” Yua responded.

“Although…” Adachi continued. “I AM glad that Miss Amagi is safe, but there’s no evidence to suggest where she’s been this whole time. Almost as if she disappeared completely. And she disappeared in the middle of a busy event too. Something’s afoot.” Ryotaro elbowed him. “Ow!”

“We’ll figure that all out later!” he told him. “For now, we’re just going to celebrate that we’re not taking a third body to the morgue.”

“Yes sir!” Adachi said, still slightly in pain. He sat down at the table.

Ryotaro set the dinner down, and then took a seat himself. “Alright! Let’s dig in!”

Nanko grabbed some of the food. “Thanks dad!”

Ryotaro smiled back. “Of course.” They proceeded to eat dinner. Afterwards, Adachi decided to sleep on the couch instead of going home for the night. Ryotaro and Nanako went to their rooms, and Yua did the same.

Once in her room, she called out “Izanagi!”

“Yes?” Izanagi said, appearing before her.

“I just have a few questions,” Yua explained.

“By all means,” Izanagi replied.

Yua nodded. “First, let’s talk about the outer circumstances. Whoever is putting people into the TV world has the same power that we do, right?”

“That would track,” Izanagi said.

“Well…” Yua countered. “You manifest for me, right?” Izanagi nodded. “So, theoretically, could you do it on your own, or do you need someone to do it for you?”

“I beg your pardon?” Izanagi said.

“Like, could Madrid, or one of the other pieces of me, do it on their own?” Yua clarified. “Could they come into this world, and then sneak off with someone?”

“Ah,” Izanagi said. “The answer to that is no. Beings that originated from the other world are intangible here, if they can manifest at all. They could, perhaps, do some minor things here and there, but nothing like kidnapping a person.”

“Hmmm,” Yua said. “So there IS someone on this side putting people in. But then who would they give that power to? Who would I, or at least a part of me, trust?”

“Well,” Izanagi interjected, “it might not be them. They mentioned working for a mistress. Perhaps it's her who gave the others their abilities.”

“So, that was going to be my next point,” Yua said. “Do you have an inkling as to who this ‘mistress’ might be?”

“Hmmmm,” Izanagi thought. “I might.”

“Who?” Yua asked.

Izanagi looked at her, intently. “Well, as you know, my destiny is linked with yours, which is how I can manifest for you.” Yua nodded. “I don’t have any solid proof, but if we are linked, then perhaps this mistress is my wife, Izanami. You are familiar with the story, aren’t you?”

Yua nodded once more. “I believe that she was trapped in Hell, and you went to go rescue her. As you were taking her back, you looked back at her, and she recoiled because she was ugly due to her time in Hell. She attacked, and then you locked the gates to Hell. She then threatened to take 1000 of your subjects every day unless you unlocked the gate you put up. And then you said that for every 1,000 subjects she kills, you’ll make 1,500 new ones.”

“A little unvarnished,” Izanagi said. “But accurate.”

“So, she has someone on this side working for her?” Yua wondered.

“Probably,” Izanagi explained. “But there’s something else. If she’s controlling pieces of you, she must have gotten to you somehow at some point.”

“When?” Yua wondered.

“I don’t know,” Izanagi said. “But I suspect that she might have taken that from you as well.” Yua sighed. “I know you don’t like not having answers, but I’m not pleased with this either.”

“No, I get it,” Yua said. “This is just something I have to deal with. I’ve dealt with plenty of things before.”

“Yes, but this time, remember you’re not alone,” Izanagi said. “Even though I’m just ostensibly a voice in your head, I’m here for you. So is Yosuke, Chie, Ryotaro, Nanako, and everyone else.”

Yua nodded. “Thanks. I’ve felt alone for some time now, so it’s nice to know I’m not.” Izanagi nodded back.

Fool-Izanagi: Rank 2

Yua smirked. “Thanks again.”

“No problem,” Izanagi replied.

Yua yawned. “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight,” Izanagi responded. He faded away, as Yua got ready for bed.

The next day, Yua, Yosuke, and Chie met up at Junes to go over everything. Yosuke turned to Chie and asked “How’s Yukiko doing? She wasn’t at school.”

“Well, she was in there for a while,” Chie remarked. “She’s taking some time to rest. Not to mention the police talking to her about her disappearance.”

“Right,” Yosuke said. “I just hope she has enough common sense not to say anything about that other world.”

“I'm sure she understands,” Chie replied. “Also, I did tell her not to, so we should be fine.”

“Did she say anything to you?” Yua asked.

Chie looked nervous. “I asked, but…she wasn’t feeling up to it.”

“I see,” Yua said. “Well, we should talk to her when she’s ready.”

“Of course,” Chie said.

“With that being said,” Yosuke continued, “let’s talk about the matter at hand.” He turned toward Yua. “So, those women with missing features…are you?”

“Well, in a sense, yeah,” Yua said.

“But why are they asking us to follow them?” Chie wondered.

“Especially into a world of lies?” Yosuke added.

“I don’t know,” Yua said. “And I suspect that if I did, we wouldn’t be in this predicament in the first place. Well, I don’t suspect, I know…”

“I see…” Yosuke said.

“Hold on,” Chie said. “My shadow was only one person. Madrid is part of a group, right?”

Yua nodded. “I talked to Izanagi last night. Madrid and the others are all pieces of me, and are working for a ‘mistress’.”

“Right. She mentioned as such,” Yosuke said.

“So, our current working theory is that this mistress somehow contacted me, and stole pieces of me to act as agents on her behalf,” Yua explained.

“Wait!” Chie blurted. “Does that mean that they could be kidnapping people?”

“I thought that too,” Yua said, “but no. Izanagi says that beings that originate on that side don’t have that kind of power.”

“Drat!” Chie cursed.

“So, does that mean that whoever this mistress is gave someone else the same power you have?”

“Again, that’s our theory,” Yua said. “But finding out who is a whole other ballgame.”

“Hmmmm,” Chie pondered. “Yeah. Cause it has to be someone in town, right? I mean, I know this isn’t a big city, but investigating everyone who lives here is still a tall order.”

“And doing so discreetly is also a challenge in itself,” Yosuke added. “I don’t want to get taken down to the station again.

“Plus, we still have school to worry about,” Yua added. “I don’t think we could get away with just ditching class.”

“Yeah,” Chie said. “If we were caught, we’d get a talking to from King Moron. Which,” she shuddered, “is almost worse than fighting those weird shadow things.”

“Yeah,” Yosuke said. “And that goes double, what with midterms coming up.”

“Ugh, don’t remind me,” Chie said.

“I’m not looking forward to it either,” Yosuke said. They soured a little. “So, good old fashioned detective work is out of the window. How else should we figure this out?”

“Well, we could start from the initial case,” Yua said. “The affair between Namatame and Yamano.”

“Yeah!” Chie said. “I mean, Saki-senpai found her body, and she was staying at Yuiko’s family’s inn. Maybe there is a connection!”

“I’m not so sure,” Yosuke said. “I agree it’s logical, but there’s something that bugs me about it.”

“What?” Yua inquired.

Yosuke looked up at Yua. “Well, if you are at the center of this, why does Yamano matter? Why do ANY of the victims matter? If this mistress wants you, why does it matter who ends up on the other side?”

“Hmmm,” Yua pondered. “I guess that’s a fair point.”

“But where does that leave us?” Chie asked. “Another dead end?”

“Not necessarily,” Yosuke answered. “We just have to figure out how the mistress got a hold of pieces of Yua in the first place.”

“Good luck with that,” Yua said. “She probably stole the memory of when we met.”

“Well…” Yosuke responded. “Maybe we just need to jog your memory a bit.”

“And worst case scenario,” Chie said, “we just have to get stronger to fight those pieces of you.”

“I suppose,” Yua admitted. “Maybe we could get some more information from Yukiko. See if we can’t connect a few more dots that way. Maybe we can get a good leg up on when this happens next time.”

“Sounds like that’s all we can do for now,” Yosuke relented. “But I think we have a good base for what we need to do.”

“I’ll say,” Chie added. She sighed. “Honestly, this feels like we asked more questions than we answered.”

“Yeah,” Yosuke admitted. “But I suspect that anything involving an alternate reality isn’t solved overnight.”

“I guess that’s true,” Chie said.

“Oh yeah,” Yosuke said. He took some flyers out.

“What’s this?” Yua asked.

“These are flyers for part-time jobs,” Yosuke replied. “I thought if either of you were interested…”

“Aren’t we already pressed for time?” Chie asked.

“I thought so,” Yosuke said, “but we managed to rescue Yukiko while managing our time.”

“True…” Chie admitted.

“I just brought them in case anyone was interested. Yua and I talked about how working here at Junes might be a bit much for her, but there are some nice positions here.”

Yua shrugged. “I’ll take a look. No harm in that, right?” She grabbed some of the pamphlets. She took a quick glance. “I think this is as far as we’re getting for today.”

“Well, it’s a good start,” Yosuke said. “I think I have a better understanding of things, but it’s still all up in the air.”

“Well, we saved Yukiko,” Chie said. “And that’s good.”

Yua nodded. “Yeah. Despite still being in the dark, we are closer to figuring this out on multiple ends. Plus, it gives us assurance for when this happens next time.”

“Oh yeah,” Yosuke said. “We should still be on the lookout for that.”

Chie nodded. “Don’t worry. I’ll keep an eye on The Midnight Channel.”

“I think we all ought to do that,” Yua said. “Maybe we should figure out the origins of it as well. I mean, it’s connected to everything, so it has to play a part, right?”

“Hmmmm,” Yosuke thought. “I guess it makes sense. But how do we go about figuring that out?

“Maybe the library has something on it?” CHie said.

“Maybe…”

“Well, maybe one of us should check it out,” Yua said.

“I can do it!” Chie offered.

“Are you sure?” Yosuke said.

“I know what I’m doing!” Chie snapped.

“Just making sure,” Yosuke said. “We can’t be too careful here now, can we?”

“Mmmm,” Chie groaned. “I guess. I do want you to have more faith in me.”

“You’re right. I’m sorry,” Yosuke said.

Chie nodded. “Apology accepted.”

“Well, I suppose that’s it for today, “Yua said. “I should get going soon. I offered to make dinner tonight.”

“Oh,” Yosuke said. “Seeya!”

“Bye!” Chie said.

Yua smiled, and nodded. “Bye!” She got up, and left. She went back to the Dojima residence to make dinner. Since Yukiko was now no longer missing, Ryotaro was able to join her and Nanako for dinner. It was a nice dinner, although somewhat less lively with the lack of Adachi. But it was touching, since it was more of a pure family moment.

A little while later, Yua was in her room looking over the pamphlets Yosuke gave her. There were some good opportunities. As she was looking things over, a thought crossed her mind. My bonds are my strength, right? She took out her phone, and made a call.

“Hello?”

“Um, hi,” Yua replied. “Miss Fujioka?”

“Yua?” Aimi replied.

“Yeah…” Yua replied.

“Well, it’s nice to hear from you,” Aimi continued. “So, how’s Inaba so far?”

“It’s going pretty well,” Yua said. “A bit hectic at times, and not entirely what I expected, but I think it’s been a good experience so far.”

“Well that’s good to hear,” Aimi said.

Yua paused for a moment. “Listen…I never really got a chance to say it, but…thanks…for finding me up there…”

“Oh?” Aimi said.

“I…wasn’t in a good place,” Yua said. “I…felt so alone…I thought I could handle it, but I couldn’t. I just wanted the pain to end. But after moving here, making new friends, and just getting a chance to relax a little, I feel like the pain did end. And it’s because of you that it could. So thank you…”

There wasn’t an answer for a little bit. Aimi then sniffed. “Sorry,” she said, crying. “I…I just don’t know what to say…”

“I’m sorry for worrying you like that,” Yua said.

“Oh, don’t be,” Aimi replied. “God knows you’ve been through enough as is. I'm just glad I made it in time.”

“Yeah…” Yua said.

“You know…” Aimi said. “I was sort of looking forward to getting to know you this year. But this is for the best.”

“Well, um, I could always give you a call, you know,” Yua said. “I probably should have called earlier, but I was getting settled in.”

“I get it,” Aimi said.

Yua nodded. “I feel like I should keep you updated on how I’m doing. I feel like it’s the least I could do.”

“I appreciate the sentiment,” Aimi said, “but you really don’t need to worry about me too much.”

“Hm,” Yua chuckled. “I kind of feel like doing it more for myself. Keeping everything bottled in was how I ended up on the roof in the first place.”

“Well then, by all means,” Aimi replied.

Yua smiled. “Thanks.”

Thou art I… And I am thou…

Thou hast established a new bond…

It brings thee closer to the truth…

Thou shalt be blessed by The Councilor Arcana…

Councilor-Aimi Fujioka: Rank 1

Yua yawned. “I should get some sleep.”

Aimi chuckled. “Well, good night, Yua-chan.”

“Goodnight Miss Fujioka.” Yua hung up, and went to bed.

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