Picture the Neighbors Club, a small club in St. Chronica Academy. The purpose of this club is to help its seven members gain friends. Oddly enough, the fact is lost on most of them that they are friends with each other. Our cast of strange characters includes Kodaka Hasegawa, a good man commonly mistaken for a thug, Yozora Mikazuki, a girl whose cold demeanor hides deep insecurities, Sena Kashiwazaki, a girl that appears to have it all, and yet has so little, Yukimura Kusunoki, a nice girl with an obsession with masculinity, Rika Shiguma, a teenage genius with an overactive sex drive, Kobato Hasegawa, the sister of our hero, who prefers to live in a fantasy world rather than her boring reality, and Maria Takayama, the young, slightly selfish moderator of the club. Their lives are about to change. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon. For one's life always changes once they enter...the Twilight Zo-
Oh. Wait. Wrong show. Well, this is embarrassing. But who cares what I think? I mean, do I really care what you think? Who are you, anyway? I mean, are you following any of this? Who am I? Oh, nobody important. Not right now, anyway. Now that I'm done talking, let's get to our story:
It was a cold Monday afternoon. The club members were waiting for Rika, who hadn't shown up yet.
"Where do you think she is?" asked Kodaka.
"Probably doing something perverted," replied Yozora.
"Like what?" asked Sena.
"Oh, wouldn't you like to know, Meat?" she replied, referencing Sena's interest in erotic video games.
"Stupid Yozora," she muttered under her breath.
"She wasn't in the lab all day," said Maria. "Maybe she's sick."
Kobato laughed. "Humans have such weak immune systems."
"If she were sick, she would've told us," said Yukimura. "It's possible she wants to surprise us with something."
"Knowing Rika," said Kodaka, "we should be either excited or terrified."
Rika kicked open the door. She was holding a DVD case and a DVD player.
"...You could've just put the stuff down and opened the door."
"You have a point, Kodaka." Rika went back through the doorway, put the case and player down, closed the door, opened it again, picked the case and player up, and came back in the room.
"That's...not what I meant."
"Everyone, I have an important announcement to make! I have spent all day watching..." She held up the DVD excitedly. "THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME! And it's foreign! American or British or something."
"What's so good about it?" asked Yozora.
"It's a cultural phenomenon! It represents the bold sexuality of the '70's, the musical talents of Meatloaf and Richard O'Brien, and TIM! MOTHER! FUCKING! CURRY!"
"You mean the guy who played Pennywise?" asked Kodaka.
"YEAH, BOY!"
"So, um, Rika, how much sleep have you had?" asked Sena.
"Either too much or not enough! And the best part is, DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!" Realizing there were no drums in the room, Rika simply punched a small hole in the wall. "WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING ON A PLAY BASED ON THE MOVIE, WHICH IN ITSELF IS BASED ON A PLAY!" She pulled out some paper from a pocket in her lab coat, and passed them around. "Yozora, you're playing the male lead, Brad Majors! He's a hero."
"He sounds like an asshole," said Sena.
"Why am I playing the guy?"
"Because you have the hair for it. Sena, you're playing the female lead, Janet Weiss! She a heroine."
"She sounds like a slut," said Yozora.
"Yukimura, you're playing the villain, Dr. Frank N. Furter! He's a scientist."
"I don't know, I'm not really good at acting."
"Kobato, you're playing Frank's butler, Riff Raff! He's a handyman."
"You humans and your shallow methods of entertainment. I suppose I shall do it, if only to humor you."
"Maria, you're playing Frank's maid and Riff Raff's sister, Magenta! She's a domestic."
"A domestic what?"
"Kodaka, you're playing Frank's Frankenstein's monster, Rocky Horror! He's a creation."
"So he's a...Frank N. Stein's monster?"
"I'm going to fucking smack you. And finally, I'll be playing Dr. Everett Scott, or should I say, Dr. VON Scott!"
"Sieg Heil," said Yozora.
"He's rival scientist. And I'll also be playing Eddie, Dr. Scott's nephew! He's an ex-delivery boy."
"What kind of delivery boy delivers exes?" asked Maria.
"There's also Columbia, she's a groupie, and the Criminologist, he's an expert. Maybe Maria and Sena's sisters could play them."
"I guess I could ask her."
"Alright, I'll ask Stella."
"Anyway, let's watch the movie! It starts with a song, followed by the Criminologist's narration." She set up the DVD player, pushed the couch that Maria was lying on (which ended up pushing Maria off of said couch) in front of the TV, and put the DVD in the player. "Actually, one of you get some popcorn and soda. Do we have any?"
"Yeah, there's some here," said Yozora. "Yukimura, go get it."
"But you're closer to it."
"And you're wearing the maid outfit."
When Yukimura had gotten the popcorn and soda, Rika started the movie. "I should warn you: the man you are about to see has no fucking neck."
After the movie, the club members sat on the couch in silence. "That was weird, gay, overtly sexual, and completely insane," said Yozora.
"Let's watch it again," said Sena.
"That's the first good idea you've ever had, Meat."
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