New Ember Island Player

Shion eyed the new girl with interest. Unlike the other girl who's hands he just shook, this girl had an orange fox beside her, and she looked different from the others, especially her eyes he wondered why. "Hey there Clarissa, hey buddy! I'm Shion, welcome and nice to meet you!" He had swallowed the urge to pet the fox, the fur of the fox looked soft, but by the eyes of it it seemed rather viscous toward strangers. So he just made a pitiful eye contact with it.

Shion recalled what Maneja-san had spoke just now and wondered thoughtfully. "Now that we have three people, are we still gonna play Zuko and Katara in the Ba Sing Se catacombs?"

Clarissa was pleased when the door opened quickly and she walked inside and took the playwright's arm and wrapped her arm around it. Ranger stayed quiet, but kept a careful eye on everyone who had already gathered. [color=#3366cc]"Thank you, It is a pleasure to meet everyone."3366cc]] Clarissa nodded toward where she could feel the other players. "There was no need for the hawk, I have no problem making it here on my own." She told Takeda, "Thank you for the offer, however I fear you may not have been able to read my handwriting if I had. Penmanship wasn't my best subject."

Shion's voice reached Clarissa's ears before she could turn to find out if he was crazy enough to pet a fox. Looking down at her pet, she snapped her fingers to get his attention. "Play nice, these people are friends." She told Ranger, letting him relax and sit down by her feet. His normal guarding look turning into a cheerful and happy fox face.

"Uhm, hello?" Taku said as he tapped the man's shoulder. In his left hand he held the Earth nation staff he carried always and in the other he held a flyer he had found in a theater in the Earth kingdom several weeks ago. "I  understand you're holding auditions for players in an act and you're looking for someone to play Avatar Aang. Is that correct?" He sounded nervous and out of place, yet excited.

''Yes I am young man.'' Takeda points to each member of the troupe and introduces them. ''We were just discussing the imprisonment of Katara and Zuko. Your name?"

‡tarlof⇒loolaalee⇒daldal⇒mother bailey⇒takumen‡

"I'm takumen." He said as he bowed to the man, his closed fist pressed against his open palm. "I am an airbender from the Western Air temple. After I saw that you were doing a play involving Avatar Aang I made the trip from the earth kingdom here in order to try out for the part." he explained to them.

''So you are an airbender deary.'' he stated. ''I think we can do a quick scene. Shigeru, you will be Katara, Takumen, Aang. You will be doing a scene from the cave of 2 lovers, specifically the tomb scene when the lights are going out.''

‡tarlof⇒loolaalee⇒daldal⇒mother bailey⇒takumen‡

Shigeru blushed a little. "Wait, so I have to do two romantic scenes? Am I gonna have to kiss this guy, or is it not going to matter since the lights will be going out anyway?" she asked. Takumen looked like he was about her age, although it was hard to tell with the shaved head. She wondered what he looked like with his glasses off. She just shook the thought aside. "Alright, where's the script?" she asked Takeda.

"You don't have to kiss until the invasion and the jade dragon" Takeda responded as he led Charissa to a seat. "The script is in my study. I'll go get it." He waked to the stairs that led down to the study where he wrote in the old days. With every step he took he winced in pain. When he reached his script shelf he paused to look at a picture of himself, a young girl and a young boy. He shook away the memories of youth before they took hold and reached for a scroll with a green end cap on it. He had taken to separating the story of Aang into books. Each book was named according to the element Aang was learning at the time. He reached for act 2 of 20 and headed back up the stairs. Handing it to the 2 actors he said "Take a couple of minutes to read it. We can wait."

‡tarlof⇒loolaalee⇒daldal⇒mother bailey⇒takumen‡

(sorry for the wait)


"This is it then?" He said as he looked over the script for a few minutes. His face became a picture of confusion as he looked at the words printed on the page. He say several places where Aang and Katara were not even part of the play. "Excuse me sir, could you tell me where we are supposed to begin?" He said holding up the script.