| Hi!
I've completed the clonning safely. I couldn't safe the damaged hard-drive, though, even after I worked the whole afternoon (yesterday) to try recuperate it, but the new one works just fine, I will try to ease its weight on files with another new drive, so I don't have to disappear again
Here goes a new chapter. Well, Kyoko's game is stepping up ^^
Rei |
Dealing with a netbook wasn't that easy, but Kyoko got used to the machine in a few days. Chiori helped her with the things she wasn't familiar with, and with Takaki-san, she started a blog where she would be posting about her day-by-day and reply to her fan-letters. Of course, because Kyoko was afraid the people who'd sent her fan-mail wouldn't know about the blog, she still wrote them back by hand letting them know about the blog "It's bothersome to keep track on who've you've let know about it" Moko-chan commented on her idea "But I guess if we don't do it properly, we might get punished by the president"
There were other things that Kyoko used the computer for: she spoke weekly with Kuu Hizuri and Julienne, as they had requested; and she had also chatted with Kuon daily, getting updated on his dayly life overseas while recording his current drama.
"I am reading a lot" she told him "Takaki-san has established a list of books I should read" she explained "She says I should get familiar with classic literature and theatre plays" Takaki-san had pointed stage plays as Kyoko's next goal. It was a trend among young idol actors, to get casted, at least, at one stage play or a Broadway musical play, since Japan had loads of theatres "She told me that there's no need to try Kabuki, because that take years of learning and it's a whole different World" Kuon was impressed with Takaki-san's ideas "But she also told me to watch some plays" Kuon had agreed that any knowledge she could gain would help her training "I am just too busy" she complained. She was committed to her aspirations, but even with that, it was hard to be that much occupied, althought that helped her not to think about Kuon's absence.
"I am also busy reading your book and preparing Hikaru Genji's role" he comforted her, as he was also working hard and not wasting his time. But what Kyoko liked most is that whenever he was free, he rather talk to her on the Skype chat or called her than getting out and meet someone else "Bless my parents for sending you the netbook" he smiled.
Kyoko was glad to see he appreciated the gift. To her, having two people that wanted to spoil her as if she was their own daughter was something new but great. But she was also worried that Kuon would get too hurt by the fact he had renounced to be in touch with them while she was talking to his parents every week "It's really useful. It helps me a lot with my fan-mail, and people like my blog" she said while staring at the web-cam chat.
"I see, I've read the comments they leave you" he said "I haven't got any blog, but I must admit it's helping you raise your popularity quick" Kyoko blushed, she'd never thought that he would've also read her blog "And they are praising your drama so much. I kind of hate the fact you've surpassed my drama's ratings twice in the last two weeks" Kyoko's 'Yo! Sa! Koi!' competed with his current drama, and this time, her viewers were more, since it was full prime-time drama with the sorts of Yoshi Ueda, Takuya Suzuki and Itsumi Momose.
Takaki-san made her work harder after she'd graduated. Everyday her schedule was packed of recording sessions for her drama, dance lessons of several types like learning the basics of classic ballet, doing some modern jazz, and getting introduced to Hip-Hop's New Style and Street Dance, and she still was training the drama's yosakoi routines. Then, she had Mandarin lessons thrice a week, and Takaki-san had told her to hurry up with that language because she should learn a few more. It was exhausting and she hardly slept, but after all the training, she also had to keep up with the books' list that Takaki-san had selected. Her perseverance and smart brain helped her a lot. Kyoko was able to work diligently and even learn things from everything she did. If it wasn't enough, once a week she met with Chiori and Kanae at the Love Me headquarters and she read and replied her fanmail thoroughly.
"You've got it" Takaki-san entered one day at the dressing room of her drama set looking really exited "You'll audition for a theatre role" Kyoko was happy and terrified at the same time. Her ambition had grown to the extent of wanting to do everything her manager planned, but she was also afraid that her body wouldn't resist that much work. She was already sleeping less than five hours every day.
I should focus and bear with it. That's what Kuon and father would tell me.
Kyoko's urge to be recognized as a top actress also helped her accept anything her manager proposed her "It's Juliet, from Shakespeare's play" she told Kuon that evening, through Skype's chat "I haven't read it yet. Takaki-san put some of his works in that list, but 'Romeo and Juliet wasn't there' she put a couple of his comedies and 'Hamlet' but not this one" but Kyoko already knew the story. Juliet was the first character who was closer to a princess than any of the other characters she had played before.
"Well, that's a challenge, indeed" Kuon seemed a little bit scared too "You must be really raising up your popularity, because this play hardly gets adapted lately, as they prefer musicals and other types of stage plays to showcase young talents"
"I haven't passed the audition yet" Kyoko reminded him "And I am not sure if I'll have the time I need to prepare" his eyes closed as she told him this, Kyoko knew that he had instantly recalled her already packed schedule "Right now I wish I was as skilled as Moko-chan"
Kanae had that special talent of memorizing her scripts really fast "In that case" Kyoko saw how his eyes seemed to be scolding her for what she'd just said. Kuon had told her other times to not complain and try to find her own way instead "You should concentrate on what you do best" Kyoko nodded. She knew he wouldn't give her any more hints.
"I will" she gave on a confident smile. Kyoko would need to read the play and try to just grasp the emotions of the character but, this time, learning by heart the lines of the scene she chose to audition would be necessary. You can't ad-lib Sheakespeare.
On the next days, she carried the book with her and tried getting through it any time she had a break during the drama recordings or any other TV appearance "You're so diligent with your reading, Kyoko-chan" Yuusei-kun had observed "How many books are in that list Takaki-san gave you?" Kyoko explained him she still had so many to read, around twenty, but that this time she was actually rehearsing a role for an audition "WoW" Yuusei-kun's eyes popped out "This means you are really stepping on your game" the Bridge Rock Boys had told her it wasn't easy to get offered a role like this, unless it was an amateur production, and that if she passed the audition, then she would have to impress the critics so much if she didn't want her career to sink "It's really brave that you're going for theatre that soon" of course, they were her senpais, even if they were focused on music, they had been around the industry longer than her, and they would knew these things better.
"Kyoko" Kuu Hizuri had also been surprised with the news on her audition "Make sure you come out with your own Juliet" his gaze was focused on her eyes "these type of Shakespeare roles are too stereotyped, you better not watch any previous production, theatre or film, before auditioning for it" Kyoko took his advice seriously. She remembered the time when Kuon was trying to find his Katsuki for Dark Moon and he fell to the temptation to watch the original. That had been very troublesome.
When she started analayzing the role, she had so many contradictions with her. She tried first of getting rid of the period cliché. It was normal to instantly associate those roles to the time when those had been written, but being Japanese, Kyoko had a very stereotyped idea of how the English 15th Century might've been. It was just the opposite she had suggested Kuon with his upcoming movie role, but Sheakespeare was Worldwide famous, and had already been adaptated in so many different ways, being his plays remade in modern movies, or completely re-vamped with risky artistic proposals on the theatre before.
Kyoko concentrated on getting the girl's background, the type of family she had, rich, being raised like a princess, and not having met love until she meets with Romeo. And then she realized that Romeo claims to be in love with her quickly after suspiring for another girl, at the beginning of the play. They fall in love with each other, but they believe their love is too strong, that they dare to go against anyone else, their families' war and the plans they have for them. They follow that impulse, because they believe in each other. Juliet is more innocent than Romeo, but she completely ends up trusting him. Kyoko closed her eyes and tried to connect with everything that represented Juliet, as she had analyzed her, with her point of view. And then she knew which part she would prepare for the audition.
I will do it my own way, father, wait and your daughter will make you proud!
