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[sneaksweet]

Hey.

I don't have anything to advertise or promote right now. [He'll just toss that out there, in case this was the time of the month for that. All he's got are questions.]

I was looking around town. What's with the theaters around here? I heard they got banned? Is that for real? I started acting back home and I'm not abandoning it just because I ended up in a magic world.

How'd they even get banned?

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[foundfamilies]

[In order to try to help, she just needs to ask one question of Juza in return first:]

What is a theater?

[sneaksweet]

[This is absolutely tragic, he's gonna cry.

Okay, no. He is not going to cry, but he felt his soul take 15 damage.]

It's a building or an outdoor area where plays and dramatic performances are performed.

[foundfamilies]

[Sorry for the psychic damage. And sorry that it has an URF-level cooldown.]

Dramatic performances? Is that entertainment that is especially exciting? Like that woman who does tricks with magic and has the wooden puppet?

[Wrong dramatic.]

voice.

[fordeath]

[ amadeus hones in on one thing. ]

You'd break the law just for theater?

voice

[sneaksweet]

[Very bluntly, and perhaps stupidly:]

Yeah. I already swore myself to it.

voice

[fordeath]

[ that's a tune he understands too well. still, he can't help but snort a little. ] Well, I can certainly see that you were destined for drama.

I share your sentiment. I've been involved with theater all my life and then some. [ "and then some." ]

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[glitzandglamour]

[Oh good, Amadeus is already going for the kill...]

Oh my. What a terrific question. A tragedy as real as a tale of two star-crossed lovers... You're not mistaking it!

Musicals. Operas. Drama. Sideshows. None of it's legal, in Aefenglom! Performers such as ourselves are prohibited from pursuing our passions! And we wouldn't dare defy the law!!! Have you ever heard of an artist getting in trouble... for causing a scene??

Why do you think a magical society might ban theater, darling? Entertain me.

[sneaksweet]

Romeo and Julius, huh? [That is not the correct name of the original play, but it IS the name of the one their scriptwriter came up with.

There's a bit of a pause as he considers this question.]

I don't know. Did something go seriously wrong? Like... somebody exploded, maybe? I hear witches do that kind of thing. Maybe during a show? Maybe that soured things?

[glitzandglamour]

Romeo and... Julius. Yes. If that suits your fancy.

[Far be it from Mettaton to find anything wrong with simply converting the name of one of the characters into something masculine. Romeo and Julius it is.]

A fabulous answer! You might even be close to the truth... Emotions run high in the sphere of performance! And such strong emotions... could lead to something akin to an explosion. Not that I'm confirming anything.

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[spaghettimonster]

I DON'T KNOW... BUT, IT'S REALLY FOR REAL. ONLY INSIDE THE CITY WALLS, THOUGH! OUTSIDE THEM, YOU WON'T GET IN TROUBLE.

[Or, at the least, nobody involved in the Outer City aid groups has felt the need to call the law down on him, when he starts doing voices and acting out his stories.]

[sneaksweet]

Do you know why it's only in the city? Is it because there are more people here?

[spaghettimonster]

HMMM. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE... THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE LAW, LIVE IN THE CITY. IT'S A CITY LAW.

AND BESIDES. PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE WALLS DON'T GET THE BENEFITS OF LIVING INSIDE... THEY SHOULDN'T BE STUCK LIVING WITHOUT THEATER.

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[escardos]

woaaahhh they're banned?!

actually

i guess that's why i've never seen a play here.

MAN that sucks!!!

maybe we should try to change the law?? put in a motion or something or start a strike!

[ does flat even know how to politics. he does not. ]

[sneaksweet]

That's what it sounds like when I've asked around.
We'd have to be employed somewhere before we could strike. Otherwise we're not really doing anything.
A motion's probably the best option. I don't know a lot about how the politics here work.

[escardos]

me neither lol.

but we can just...do protests maybe? not like strikes, but just picketing! for the rights of the arts!!

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[lonewanderer]

some dude got super emotional during a play and started a magic fire that killed people

[sneaksweet]

Thanks for the answer. Was it an actor or an audience member?
How long ago was it?

[lonewanderer]

no problem. I was curious too.

actor, I think. it was on stage anyway. wizard jenkins was who did it, they said.

it was about six years when I showed up and started asking around about it, so that'd make it about seven years now.

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[integrous]

hey
how are you doing

[ APPARENTLY SHE'S JUST.. TOTALLY IGNORING THE QUESTION... sorry, Juza. But she doesn't have the answer anyway, so it's not like she could've helped. ]

[sneaksweet]

Better than I thought I would.
I grew claws and teeth last full moon, so this next one'll probably add more stuff.

[integrous]

that's good to hear
about the better than you thought you would part
growing stuff still sucks
it didn't hurt too much did it??
i didn't have anything happen to my teeth so i have no idea what it's like

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[amurder]

[Ah, it seems Amadeus has already swooped in...]

By now I'm sure you've been informed on the [yeah.] circumstances surrounding the prohibition of theater here.

How long have you been acting for?

[sneaksweet]

Yeah.

It hasn't been that long. A couple of months.

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[digiorno]

you can act? really?

[Wow. That is kind of rude actually.]

[sneaksweet]

[He would say "Rude" but like. He's already put up with this from his own troupe leader so he just answers with a simple.]

Yeah.