MacHiei
by
Pan
Act
Three
The past period
has seen the Yuu Yuu Hakushoers sweating their
brains out
in trying to solve a complex trouble on the set. And that may
be... ?
Yuusuke: Hiei's
still lost.
Koenma: But
he can't be lost for long, I've sealed off all exits and once
the exits
are broken out of the alarm will sound.
A brief pause to check for alarm sounds.
Koenma: Nope,
he's not escaped yet.
Kurama: But
how are we supposed to find MacHiei?
Botan: With
the Reikai Detective Spiritual Seven blah blahs!
All: HUH?
Botan: There!
Here it is! With this special youkai detector, one piece of
fabric, one
piece of string or a strand of hair is all that is needed to
find the owner!
Kuwabara:
But how are we supposed to find Hiei's... hair?
Kurama: ...
Wait...
Our noble
BanKuramaQuo hops off the set, runs out of the theatre,
runs all the
way home, jumps onto his bed, sweeps through it and produces a
strand of
black hair, rushing back to present it.
Kurama: Viola...
and, it'll do your health very good to not ask any
questions
about it now.
Kuwabara:
But how *did* you get Hiei's hair in your bed?
Kurama: Hmm...
I do believe he was thrashing around pretty violently when I
was trying
to perform the bone re-connection operation on him... but ask no
further, and
I assure you good health.
While
our other actors turn to walk backstage to investigate
MacHiei's
prescence in the room, BanKuramaQuo turns to face the audience
with yet another
one of his charming smiles. In fact, if he hadn't been
producing
those smiles for the last two Acts, half the theatre would have
been emptied
by now...
Kurama: Well,
that guy has it all... he gets to be with Yukina with no
obligations...
he gets to go totally snappy, crazy and free after two ruined
Acts... why,
he is even King now! As the three transvestites have promised.
Genkai: The
word catches on fast.
Shizuru: If
Hiei is still around after the show, we'll show him what these
three 'transvestites'
are made of...
Mukuro: Leave
me some of him won't you?
Genkai and
Shizuru: Of course...
Kurama: Can
it be true then, that what they have promised me will come to be
as well? I
dare not think of these corruptive thoughts any further... for
hush! I hear
a sound!
BanKuramaQuo
moves to stage left, and Lady MacHiei, Yukina, walks
out to stand
at stage right. She takes a deep bow, smiling sweetly as she
did.
Yukina: My
gracious nobleman.
Kurama: At
thy service, your majesty.
Yukina: The
backstage attendants require your brief presence to subdue a
certain fire
demon.
Kurama: Sounds
like fun.
BanKuramaQuo
very gracefully takes Yukina's hands and lets her lead
him off into
the curtains. That expression on his face, by the way, is very
very... interesting...
Immediately, KoenmaRoss and his attendant, Botan
takes center-stage
to address the crowd.
Koenma: There
is a solemn supper tonight in this Kastle.
Botan: Hiei-chan
has been crowned King of all three realms.
Koenma: It
is a gracious occasion, to be graced by a... probably trussed up
with vines
MacHiei now.
Botan: Whatever
it is, this meal is almost divine...
Koenma: You
are all invited, our audiences.
Botan: To
feast the feast with us.
Koenma and
Botan: (deep bow) Please do come along.
I am
sorry, my dear audiences. Those who are still left over now,
erm... because
of a highly unco-operative main lead I have decided to vary
from the original
script a little. Thank your for your patience, and I hope
you didn't
notice the stage rotating to see a very angry Kurama strangling
a rather resigned
looking Hiei... oh you didn't see it you say? Good...
Kurama: And
I'm telling you ONE! LAST! TIME! Just finish this play, be good
be done with
it and I'll negotiate with her that you'll never get to star in
another one
of her Shakespearean turnovers as the main lead again!! GET IT??
Hiei: (raises
a white flag) ...
Kurama: Good.
BanKuramaQuo
helps a dazed MacHiei to his feet. We see Lady MacHiei
enter the
stage and start her sweet sweet smile again, staying close by her
'husband'
MacHiei while she walks.
Yukina: Tonight,
our feast must not lack your presence, noble kinsman.
Hiei: Hn.
Kurama: I
will not miss the night, my lady... OW!
Hiei: DON'T
call her 'your lady'!!
Kurama: I
didn't call her 'your lady', I called her 'my lady'!! And have you
any idea how
heavy your right foot is?!?!
Hiei: Hn.
Yukina: Peace
now, my two good men.
Kurama: As
the lady commands, peace, o MacHiei... OUCH!
Hiei: [aside
to Kurama] I'll get you for this yet! You'd better watch those
silver tails
of yours!
Kurama: [aside
to Hiei] Make my day! If I don't fry that already fried
dragon of
yours...
Hiei and Kurama:
iflookscouldkill
Hiei: Fine.
So I suppose you're going to ride this afternoon.
Kurama: That
I am. My plants need a little workout.
Hiei: How
far are you going to ride?
Kurama: As
far as the boundaries of the Kastle. But I'll return before night
passes, hopefully
with a few nice animals for meat... if not... oh well! You
guys have
to become vegetarians for a night.
Hiei: I heard
the bloody Kuwabaracolm and Shurabain have high-tailed to
Ireland and
England. Hn. A couple of cowards.
Kurama: Umhm.
Hiei: Goes
FleShuuichiAnce with you? Eh? Kurama??
Kurama: Down
here... ~~
Shuuichi:
Oops! Sorry, 'Dad'! I didn't see you, but I caught my cue and I
came out as
rehearsed!!
Kurama: Shuuichi,
waste those blades! We're going for a ride on something
else.
Shuuichi:
But-
Bickering,
the duo of 'father and son' remove themselves from the
stage and
MacHiei gives another 'hn' to express his relief. But then again,
he 'hn's to
express anything else too. The stage is now cleared, as Yukina
also leaves
the stage to let MacHiei dominate center. He sits down promptly,
and Jin appears
in a gust of wind.
Hiei: Heheheheheh...
I'll get you yet, Youko Kurama...
Jin: Yo, Hiei,
I'm here.
Hiei: That's
KING MACHIEI to you!!
Yuusuke: I
don't believe this. He's actually starting to speak like he
should be!
Keiko: Great
job, Hiei-sama! Though I don't quite like your attitude...
Jin: Fine fine...
KING MACHIEI to you. Those three have been waiting at the
gates of the
Kastle for a long time.
Hiei: Hn.
Jin: Hn? Is
that supposed to be 'bring them to me' or 'bring me to them'?
Hiei: Hn.
Have you brains at all? Or is your head just full of empty air?
Jin: How dare
you-
Hiei: If you
cherish your life, you'd better do as I just signalled for you
to, JIN-SAN.
Jin: ... yes...
of course...
Hiei: There
goes Jin... Hn.
To be thus
is nothing, but to be safely thus... my fears in BanKuramaQuo is
more than
just stage fright... it's starting to become highly personal. If
then I know
that I cannot hope to try to harm him myself, why not have
someone else
who would be more than willing to do the dirty deed? Those
three...
Genkai: Ugh oh, here we go again...
Hiei: ... Weird Sisters...
Genkai, Shizuru
and Mukuro: ... ???
Yukina: This
is too good to be true! Hiei-san! Thank you for finally
remembering
the lines!
Hiei: ... while
they have promised me the crown, they led him to the
prophecy that
all this children shall be kings after me! HAH HAH HAH! As if
he'll have
any real children anyway...
Kurama: Someone
is underestimating me. Someone is also remembering a wrong
set of lines.
Someone... is in big... BIG trouble...
Kuronue: Hey,
cool it. At least later when I kill you, it'll be fully make-
believe.
Kurama: (stealing
a glance at Karasu) I'm not so sure about that...
Yomi: Hoh
hoh hoh... more and more interesting...
Hiei: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH! You're a goner, Youko Kurama! NEHEHEHEHEHEHHE!!
The stage
is filled with a new wave of emotion! MacHiei's facade has
changed from
one of ambiguity to absolute murderous!! There is a ding dong
sound and
Kuronue, Karasu as well as Yomi enters to face MacHiei. They look
back defiantly,
but maybe that's because they were born with defiance.
Anyway...
Kuronue: [whispers]
Enjoy your laughs while you can, Forbidden Child. My
partner in
crime is not too appreciative of it...
Hiei: *GULP*
Erm... well... was it not yesterday we spoke together, then?
Yomi: Hoh
hoh hoh... I should think so.
Hiei: Fine,
then I won't waste anymore time. Which one of you is youkai
enough to
kill someone for me.
Kuronue: We're
all youkais.
Hiei: Chi.
All D, C, B, A, S class youkais are considered to be youkais.
Karasu: ~fuming~
Hiei: All
right all right, let me rephrase that. Which one of you is MALE
enough to
kill someone for me.
Kuronue: Depends
on who... For example, I won't mind killing Karasu. He's
always bullying
my best friend.
Karasu: I
won't mind killing Kuronue either. He's always standing in my way
when I'm doing
a fox hunt.
Hiei: For
example if you are to kill your best friend?
Kuronue: Woah,
that's fresh. What's in it for me? Half the Kingdom?
Yomi: Hoh
hoh hoh... do you think this is some kind of fairy-tale?
Karasu: You
want us to kill Kurama? Heheheheh... I'll do it for free, o
great MacHiei.
Yomi: Kill
my heir... that's quite a fresh concept...
Hiei: So...
if I am to ask you all to be enemies to a certain Youko Kurama
we all know?
Our three
makai legendary folks do a little tit tat stare stare for
a while, before
nodding in unison.
Kuronue, Karasu
and Yomi: No problem...
Hiei: That's
settled then! BWHAHAHHAHAHA! I'll show you yet, Youko Kurama!
Kurama: The
way those three said it with such sincerity, I am beginning to
fear my existance
right now...
Koenma: And
the fact that Hiei is using your real name more than reel name
becomes a
little disturbing eh?
Kurama: Bingo.
But if I'm to die in this play... hahahahaha, I'm sure Koenma
will have
a good judgment for me won't you?
Koenma: Hmmm...
that depends on how many times you've called me baby so
far...
Kurama: ...
life is so unfair... YUKINA-CHAN! It's your turn! Yukina??
There
is a mass flurry on the stage, and everybody turns crazy
trying to
find the main female lead. If Yukina was lost, no one would want
to face the
wrath of MacHiei...
Shizuru: Umm... narrator?
Okay...
I get it... aaaah! My dear audiences! Shall we listen to a
story of how
our dear Yuu Yuu Hakushoers tried to learn how to do tofu
sushi? It's
very interesting and -- ACK! I get the idea! Stop those rotten
eggs!! I...
I... wait a minute... YUKINA! What're you doing there?
Yukina: (popcorn
in audience seat) Hm? Oh! Hiei-san was so good, I just
wanted to
watch him as an ordinary audience! I'm so sorry, I'll return to
stage right
now...
Jin: Here comes
our lady.
Yukina: Great
evenings, Jin-san. May I have a word with the King please?
Jin: Yes you
may, but I'd rather you ask him than speak for permission with
me...
Yukina: That
I will, thank you for your pains.
Hiei: Yukina.
Yukina: Hiei-san!
Hiei: Where
have you been, Yukina?
Yukina: Somewhere.
Hiei: ...
Yuusuke: Yukina-chan
is beginning to adopt Hiei's short and sharp answers.
Keiko: What
style... what great rapport... I'm expecting them to be the main
lead for the
next play too...
Yuusuke: ...
there's a... 'next'... play?
Yukina: Oh
Hiei-san, please don't look so sad...
Hiei: Sad?
My dear little Yukina, I am far from it... HAHAHAHAHHA! Something
that is going
to happen tonight will eliminate all fears I need have of
youkais, and
that, you should be innocent the knowledge of.
Yukina: Hiei-san?
Hiei: Stay
innocent, Yukina. Don't be tainted by the wrongs of the world.
Yukina: Okay
then, Hiei-san. Please do put on a good front in front of the
banquet guests
tonight!
Hiei: Come
with me, then.
The stage
immediately rotates and we see a tropical jungle of some
sort have
suddenly sprouted out from the backdrop of this section of the
revolving
stage. BanKuramaQuo peers out from one of the bamboo shoots and
steps onto
the space he had left untouched in center stage. FleShuuichiAnce
follows closely
behind him, still on rollerblades. Erm, my two boys, it's
not your turn
yet...
Shuuichi: It
isn't?
Kurama: I
told you.
Shuuichi:
Oh well.
They
disappear behind the tropical jungle grown out of nowhere.
Footsteps
pitter patter a-coming, and Kuronue, Karasu and Yomi step into the
jungle.
Kuronue: What
the-
Karasu: I
thought it was just supposed to be a backdrop of a forest. I never
remember my
Kastle being so vegetated.
Kurama: [from
one of the plants] I thought realisticism would bring in
better profits
for the theatre.
Yomi: Hoh
hoh hoh... that's why I say I need talents like you in my
regiment!
Kurama: I'm
going to die anyway, Yomi, so just say your lines and get this
scene done
with.
Yomi: Are the
things ready?
Kuronue: As
they can ever be!
Karasu: Hhehehehehe...
Let me tell you first. I get to kill Kurama...
Kuronue: *eyes
flashing* No way, *I* get to do that.
Yomi: MacHiei
certainly did not specify a person to, so we shall all have
our fair shares...
hoh hoh hoh...
Kurama: (whistling)
Yomi: Here
he comes!
Once
again, BanKuramaQuo steps through a myriad of trees and emerges
center stage
to find himself, and FleShuuichiAnce, suddenly faced with three
sinisterly
looking people...
Kurama: You
are...
Karasu: Here
to kill you and claim you!
The last three words were not in the script.
Karasu: *shrugs*
Since Hiei goes out of script all the time, I don't see why
I cannot!
Kurama: That's
nonsense! Why would MacHiei want to kill me?
Karasu: Hmm...
*rolls out a piece of scroll* ... let's see... Reasons for
wanting to
kill Youko Kurama:
1) He always
tries to get me to say my lines...
2) He always
tries to tell Yukina that I'm her... nevermind...
3) He always
tries to make me act in stupid Shakespeare plays as some
spastic main
leads...
4) He knows
too much about me...
5) I know
too little about him...
6) I really
hate to admit this, but I'm really scared of him.
7) And I really
hate to be scared of anybody...
8) He just
has too much control over me...
9) I want
to be free! Once he's dead...
10) I...
Kurama: Mou
mou enough!
Karasu: I've
barely gotten through 10%!
Kuronue: Anyway,
we're just here to kill you.
Kurama: O
treachery!
Kurama
creates a plant capsule of some sort and puts FleShuuichiAnce
in it!
Kurama: Fly,
FleShuuichiAnce! Fly so that this revenge would be taken! I
know myself,
that against one S, one Ruling/Quest and my best friend... I
can't possibly
win...
Shuuichi:
DAD!
Kurama: GO!
FluShuuichiAnce
flies out of the stage and BanKuramaQuo turns back
to face our
three grinning advocates of murder...
Kurama: *pulls
out a rose* So, where were we?
Kuronue: Die?
There
is a large crash, and then a cloud of smoke forms in center
stage at where
BanKuramaQuo used to stand. There are, in fact, lots of loud
noises issuing
forth from the fog which Kuronue had apparently created. We
see nothing,
but we hear lots and lots of noises...
Voice: YEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOWWW!!!
Kurama: Kuronue!
Yomi: Hoh
hoh hoh... that's what you get for not patching up the hole in the
stage properly...
Karasu: You're
mine, Kurama!
Kurama: You
dream on! Rose Whip!
Yomi: OUCH!
Kurama: Oops.
Karasu: Hahahahaha,
so like you to lose two of your protectors...
Kurama: Ugh
oh...
Despite,
of course, the interesting conversation going on in the
fog, I sincerely
doubt whether anybody can see anything through that thick
mist. There
is a sudden standstill of motions as the air lingered with
anticipation...
Will Karasu get the fox... or not? And this we shall leave
lying in the
mist for the answer to...
Kurama: OF
COURSE HE WON'T!!
Karasu: Et
et et! I can get you!
Kurama: *probably
sticking out his tongue* BLERRRR! You can't get me! Oh,
anyway and
by the way, I'm dead. O woe is me! How dare that MacHiei send
assassins
after me! I am dead, and I shall return to haunt him for such a
cruel deed...
Karasu: Hey!
But I haven't touched you yet!
Kurama: *probably
sticking out tongue again* BLERRRR! I told you you can't
get me!!
Without
further ado, the stage rotates to reveal a magnificent...
well... maybe,
not-so-magnificent feast going on in the palace of MacHiei,
now crowned
king...
Karasu: *grumble
grumble* Hi, Hiei.
Hiei: Hn.
So, what happened. Why do you smell of roses?
Karasu: I
don't know, well, one thing is, you gotta tell Kurama to cut down
his rose attacks.
Hiei: If he's
dead, then there's no need.
Karasu: Yeh
he's 'dead'.
Hiei: And
FleShuuichiAnce?
Karasu: Mmm...
I think he escaped.
Hiei: Hn.
Why are you alone?
Karasu: Oh,
Kuronue fell through the hole in the stage, and Yomi got cut by
Kurama's rose
whip.
Hiei: ...
are you sure Kurama's dead?
Karasu: Mmm...
does twenty bombs confirm that?
Hiei: Do you
remember how many million bombs you threw at him during the
Ankoku and
he still killed you?
Karasu: Oh
did he? How come I can't remember, I must be having chronic brain
malfunction.
Hiei: Hn.
Let's speak again later.
Yukina: Hiei-san!
Hiei: Hmm...
come! Sit! Eat! Drink!
Koenma: But
your majesty... there's nothing on the table.
Yukina: Oh
yes how could I forget...
Hiei: You
mean, how could BanKuramaQuo be late in bringing in the dishes for
today. It's
supposed to be his turn to cook. Hn.
Yukina: His
abscence is greatly missed.
Koenma: Why
doesn't the royal highness sit down?
Hiei: Hn?
The table's full.
Koenma: Why,
here's a seat!
MacHiei
stops, and starts big time. Soon, however, he narrows his
eyes to face
the person sitting on the seat where he was supposed to
occupy...
Hiei: You...
you can't say I did it! Never shake thy fiery locks at me!
Kurama: Oh?
You don't like my red hair? Fine!
There
is a swift transformation, the pepper spectrum trick
(*footnote)
still working very well as Kurama transforms into Youko Kurama.
Koenma: Gentlemen, when our highness is not well, you know what to do...
Everybody
whips out a Jaou Ensatsu Kokuryuuha Protective Suit™ and
puts it on
in swift continuation.
Everybody:
We're ready for his rage!
Hiei: Youko
Kurama! I thought I had you... erm...
Kurama: Killed?
Hahahah, don't worry, you can't kill me, I'm a stubborn old
fox. Haven't
lived a thousand years for nothing...
Koenma: Your
highness...
Hiei: I am
alarmed! How may all of you look at this cruel little youko here
and still
keep the natural ruby in thy cheeks?
Yukina: Hiei-san!
Stay, gentlemen! Hiei-san is just overreacting... he
misses the
prescence of Kurama-san too much.
Hiei: I do-MMFMFMFM...
!!!
Yuusuke: Did
Yukina-chan just single-handedly clap a hand over Hiei?
Keiko: She
did.
Yuusuke: WAAAY
TO GO! YUKINA-CHAN!
Kurama: *evil,
cruel laughter* MWAHAHAHAHAHAH! Be scared, Hiei! I have come
back for you...
join me in death and I shall dismiss myself from the courts!
Hiei: Why
you--- !!! You deserve to die a second time, fox!
Yukina: Hiei-san!
Koenma: Your
majesties!!
Yukina: Gentlemen,
leave by the door now, please... Hiei-san has gone off
his bonkers!!
Koenma: We
understand. Let us raise.
Immediately,
people start pouring out of the Kastle after giving
MacHiei a
bow. Youko BanKuramaQuo's pepper ghost is still sitting on the
spot where
he has not left and smirking away. Now, we see that the gentle
Yukina and
MacHiei has been left on stage...
Kurama: Hahahahahahah...
!! I gloat, o great MacHiei! May you live your life
beheld in
the blood you have begotten thus far... hahahahahahah!!
In a
puff of Kuronue's Makai Mist™, the pepper ghost of Youko
BanKuramaQuo
disappears.
Hiei: Blood...
they say blood will have blood... but what need I fear what I
have done
when much worse has been yet performed?
Yukina: It's
almost dawn now, Hiei-san.
Hiei: ...
MacYuusuke did not come hence did he?
Yukina: No.
Hiei: Hn.
Fine, suit him, if he doesn't care, then I won't care either. I'll
talk with
those...
Shizuru: Ugh oh, here we go again...
Hiei: ... three...
Genkai: Will he say it?
Audiences,
draw in a huge draught of air... euphemism is such a
wonderful
thing...
Hiei: ... AW
HECK. Just those three. I will speak to them again, for I am in
blood stepped
in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as
tedious as
going over...
Yukina: You
need another six hours hibernation, Hiei-san.
Hiei: ...
Yukina: Let's
retreat...
They
exit the stage in stage left, and the stage rotates to a wide
plain of some
sort, where the weather is neither fair, nor foul (it's
indoors, what
do you expect? Hurricanes??); Koenma walks in from stage right
and stares,
at the the audiences, taking a bow.
Koenma: That
we said the murder of gracious Duncan were done by those who
waited to
help his hand from the sickly yoke was unnatural.
That we say
that those have fled of fear was more than unnatural.
MacHiei, in
his tyrannic feast have proven our fears afright... and we...
Yuusuke: (from the prompter's box) WAIT A MINUTE!
Koenma: *whispers* WHAT?
Yuusuke: You're
supposed to be transliterating this into modern speech, not
keep the orignal
Shakespearean version!
Koenma: I am
adapting it in simplified English, O Thane of MacYuusuke. You
obviously
haven't read the script through have you?
Yuusuke: Erm, nope... *flips desperately through script* Act III Scene...
There
is a sudden scruffling in the prompter's box, and from the
audience's
point of view, KoenmaRoss' expression to a dome (*footnote) of
seeming nothingness
was apparently classic...
Koenma: Keiko.
Keiko: Hai.
We watch,
the lady, as she disappears into the prompter's box, then
all noises
are ceased for a moment. Suddenly, there is a spurt of sound, and
the next moment,
heavy slapping motions can be heard, MacYuusuke is thrown
out from nowhere
and an infuriated Keiko following soon after.
Keiko: AND STAY OUT!!
Koenma: Thank you.
Keiko: You're welcomed. I retreat backstage now.
Koenma: I see
the spark that was MacYuusuke. Dare I think that he too
presumes this
act of unnatural deed to fall upon the one who wears the royal
robes now?
It seems however, that this impact of a hit from Keiko shall send
MacYuusuke
flying to England and back in a while... until then, may the
peace be upon
the Makai, if ruled by a bad-tempered, anti-social fire demon
who has a
problem with both the world and himself...
We pause,
to reflect carefully on the moment at how KoenmaRoss'
quick reactions
had saved his head from being severed from the neck. The
curling black
flames reside to smoke, and the trembling KoenmaRoss look in
the way of
backstage.
Voice: I TOLD
YOU! It's just a play, HIEI! For goodness sake will you BEHAVE
or not?!?!
Koenma: OEI KURAMA!
Kurama: WHAT?!
Koenma: *notes
the dangerous glinch in Youko's voice, simmers a little* I
hope you can
take that boy in hand, and erm... Thank you, audiences, for
your kind
attention to this Act.
The curtains
close, and we heave yet another sigh of relief that the
torturous
act as been over. The seriousness of this Act was not intended, it
all depended
on how serious our leads want to be... contrary to all
expectations,
MacHiei remembered his lines... youkais behaved, there were
no violent
upstarts of Raizen, Yomi and Mukuro subjects who happen to be
watching the
play...
The interval
is probably another two to three weeks... If no one has
been bored
totally by then... oh well!
Kurama: NARRATOR!!!
Erm, excuse me...
Karasu, will you let go of Kurama or not?
Kuronue: Let
go of my best friend!!
Hiei: Yeh!
Let go or else!
Yuusuke: You're
in big trouble!
Yomi: Hoh
hoh hoh! Even though I don't know what's going on, well Karasu,
you'd better
let go of my heir.
Karasu: No
no, not letting go no matter what!
Yuusuke: Fine.
Hiei: Then...
let's...
Kuronue: ...
bash him up!
Oh well,
our youkais will resolve the Karasu/Kurama crisis.
Hahahahahaha...
I always find an episode of 'Karasu irritates the fox' very
entertaining
for an evening relaxation... enough of nonsense! Thank you for
your reading...
I admire your patience for having stuck on so long.
END ACT 3
*footnote:
Pepper ghost's
trick: classic theatre style of allowing 'ghosts' or
'spectrums'
to appear on stage. Below a depression stands the subject, who
through the
inverted mirror (think pinhole camera) allows his translucent
image to fall
upon the stage, thereby creating a ghost's effect. Audiences
are unable
to see how the trick is performed.
Prompter's
box: a raised dais just in front of the stage edge enough to fit
a person to
prompt lines. It is in semi-domed shape, the part facing the
stage open
for viewing and the part facing audience simply looking domish
and decorative.
Mostly seen in professional theatres. Audiences are unable
to see the
prompters.
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