ANNUAL TALENT SHOW

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ANNUAL TALENT SHOW

The talent show is a source of both excitement and stress for many students, especially with a big prize on the line. Backstage is bustling with activity, and the audience is in high spirits already.

Ms. Thrussell oversees the whole thing, and quickly hands out everyone’s order of appearance. She reminds the entrants to not be late, or they’ll simply be skipped! Now quiet backstage, it’s time for the show to begin.

“Welcome, everyone, to the Gooseberry Annual Talent Show,” Mrs. Bloom greets the audience. “We are so fortunate to have such a diversely talented student body, and this is an opportunity to celebrate all of your hard work and passion.”

The prizes are:

• Third place: A pair of tiny pocket two-way mirrors. They show what the other one would be reflecting, and voices can be heard through them.


• Second place: A probity probe in the form of a magnifying glass. When you look through it, anything magical that is hidden appears to glow.


• First place: The 2013 Contrail Hurricane, a top of the line broom generously donated by a former student who was notoriously good at showtunes and Quidditch. This broom is the best of the best, and used by professional American teams.

THE RULES

• Winners will be announced Monday to give people time to respond (and the mods time to calculate the winner) while still getting everyone results so they can write reaction posts before it’s too late.


• You have until 10 AM MT on Monday, January 16 to post your entry. Any entries posted after midnight will sadly not be in the running for a win. If there is a scheduling issue for you, drop us a line in the Dropbox and we’ll try to accommodate. ♥


• Winners will be calculated with a combination of RNG and earning points through roleplaying.
  
  
  • Are they established as proficient in the skill they’re performing? +15 points
  
  
  • For instance, Rafael Ramirez is a skilled dancer. If his act involves dance, he starts at a +15.
  • Multiple skilled participants will not get you an additional +15. This is a one-time-only bonus.
  
  
  • Did you put effort into your entry? If the mods determine your description of the act is detailed, entertaining or clever, you gain an additional +5.
  • Audience response! Each comment with a unique character responding to you on the IC/OOC nets you an additional +1.
  • Preparedness! If you can link at least one post or conversation where your character alluded to practicing or planning their act (posted prior to 1/15/17), you gain an additional +2.
  • RNG! Oh, RNG, you cruel mistress. Each act gets a random score between 1–50. This number will be hidden. We will not post it publicly, so the winner will be a surprise!
  • After all these numbers are calculated, that is your final score.


• Fill out the form below and post it HERE, under your character's heading.
  
  Entrant(s): List all the characters participating.
  Their act: Briefly tell us their act.
  Description: Describe in detail how their performance went. Please do not post any gifs or images. You can link references for their performance.
  Preparedness: Link to a comment or post where your character references planning or practicing their act, posted prior to 1/15/2017, to earn two extra points.
  Are they in the running?: Do you want them to have a chance at winning?
  
  <b>Entrant(s):</b> List all the characters participating. <b>Their act:</b> Briefly tell us their act. <b>Description:</b> Describe in detail how their performance went. Please DO NOT post any gifs or images. You can link references for their performance. <b>Preparedness:</b> Link to a comment or post where your character references planning or practicing their act, posted prior to 1/15/2017, to earn two extra points. <b>Are they in the running?:</b> Do you want them to have a chance at winning?

» Before the Show: Wish friends luck! Get into costume! Last minute rehearsals!

» Entrants: Reply here with the above form filled out. Then people can comment with their reactions. Each individual who reacts to your entry nets you one extra point towards winning.

» Audience: If you’re not in the show, or already finished your performance, you can sit in the audience and cheer on your friends!

» Afterwards: After the show’s over, there’s a small party in the atrium with snacks and (teacher-approved) drinks.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

Comments

BEFORE THE SHOW

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Pippa

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After getting changed into her costume, Pippa is buzzing with excitement and adrenaline -- she can't wait to get out there and perform! But then she makes the mistake of peeping from the wings. Oh. There are a lot of people in the audience. She swallows audibly and ducks back, her already fair skin now several shades paler. Her stomach twists at the thought of singing and dancing in front of all those people. What if she messes up??

Diego

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Diego's in an uncommonly good mood. He's too distracted by his performances to keep up his usual please-love-me-please-look-at-me friendliness, and has settled for something a little less self-conscious. He keeps mentioning he has PLANS and tonight's a BIG NIGHT. He seems delighted by the secrecy and won't elaborate at all. There's not much to prepare, what with not having a costume besides a red suit, he spends lot of time spent bouncing from friend to friend or fawning over his bandmates. Except Casper, naturally, with whom he's learned to cut down on the bubbliness. A few times he might have to be told to shoo if other entrants are doing final preparations.

ENTRANTS

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You may comment with your character’s performance description whenever you like, but in the world of the game, the students go on stage in the following order:

1. CRICKET & CLARENCE

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2. FERRIS

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3. TABITHA

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4. WES

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5. ANUHEA

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6. RAFAEL, TY, LEO & QUINN

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7. LEVI

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8. RAVI, CHRIS, IVY & TESS

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9. SOLOMON

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10. DIEGO, ZOEY, CASPER & LEVI

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11. JESSE

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12. CASEY & RILEY

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13. PIPPA & ESSIE

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14. CLEMENTINE

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15. DAHLIA

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16. KATYA & JEFFY

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17. TY

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18. DIEGO

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AUDIENCE

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Quinn

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Quinn's limitless enthusiasm for all things on the Gooseberry stage absolutely applies to the Talent Show. She sits on the edge of her seat for every performance (including those she doesn't understand) and her clapping and cheering is so loud, doubly so for Azurcrest performances, that she's hoarse at the end of the night. Whatever, man, it was worth it. That was awesome.

AFTERWARDS

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Diego, open to multiple and then HE'S GONE.

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Diego sweeps through the party, riding high on adrenaline. He's briefly available for hellos and to trade compliments about performances. However, he clearly has a goal in mind, and the most common thing out of his mouth is "Have you seen Ravi?"

Once his search is over, he takes Ravi by the arm and excitedly pulls him outside. Diego's not seen again after this.

OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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Both of us woke up at 4 AM today for no reason at all so honestly this post is being posted late, okay.

Re: OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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fyi laurel gets exclamation marks behind her name because i had to repost her comment three times

maybe today's lesson is that i should've gone back to bed