Technical Difficulties


Apologies! Apologies! Seems as though, my dear audience, there has been an unexpected delay in the presentation of this play. That's my fault, actually. Heh...didn't really go over the next few parts with the actors and they're not really appreciative -

What the hell are you talking about, Kuroba? You haven't continued this thing because you're lazy as hell -

Well, we also had another bit of a situation -

Don't get ahead of the story, Kuroba, or else you'll confuse the audience.

Hey, who said you all could come onto my stage? This is so cruel of you all! And I'll have you know, Hattori, my top hat's in a place where you'll never find it -

You mean in that 'potted vase' in your room? Been knowing about that, Kuroba.

You people are ruining my performance...

So perform. We're not stopping you. We're just going to stick around and have a say in things unlike the last act.

But that defeats the purpose of my having this! You're so cruel, Kudo!

Ahem...audience who still is waiting for the next piece of this farce -

And just what are you calling a farce, Hakuba? This is fact! It really happened! You were there -

Of course I was. But the fact remains that this is a farce in the way it is presented. None of us missed your sarcastic comments about us. I do hope you know this means war. (And I was addressing the audience, not you.)

Eh heh...Come on, Hakuba. It was a joke! Honestly! Never meant any offense -

Got his hat!

Quick! Hide it away while he's on stage!

Hey, wait! Give that back - Damn you, Hattori! You better take care of that hat or you'll be paying a bundle for it! You hear me!

...forgive the intrusion, people of the audience. Seems as though my plan to keep my top hat out of harms way worked unbelievably well. Heh...you didn't really think I would leave it in such a simple hiding place? Disguising it as a vase...really, Hattori, you really fell for something so simple? XD

In any case, there should a progression of this play sooner or later. Quite honestly, you wouldn't even have gotten this little bit from me if it were for my editor -

You rang?

Why is everyone determined to invade my stage? Do you mind?

Not at all. Continue!

...you all hate me. That must be it. Anyway...well, now I forgot what I was going to say. Ah, well...there shall be a second act! The show must go on, as you well know! And you can trust in me to continue with this pet project of mine. Phantom Thief's Honor and all that.

And now I must leave for now...if I don't, they might actually find where my hat is hidden. Until the second act, my beloved audience!

Promising the second act when he returns,

Kuroba Kaito
AKA
Kaitou Kid



Author's Notes: A bit of a side thing to keep you entertained...might end up doing between the second and third act. -shrugs- Anyway, I just have a couple of things to say and then I'll be out of your hair for a little bit while I work on the second act some. Reason why this took so long: It WAS Kaito's fault. He wouldn't let me write anymore, saying it was intermission. I eventually manage to remind him that there were at least three acts, not two. So, here we are. -grins-

Second thing is that The Prince and the Pauper is a book written by Mark Twain. The story is only similar to what Kaito told in the last scene of the first act in the sense that a person of royalty switched places with a person of humble upbringings. There wasn't any mystical thing about the switch. The Prince saw that he and the Pauper looked alike and they switched places by changing clothes. The Prince was thrown out of the castle while the Pauper was kept at the palace. At the end of the book, the Pauper is almost crowned King (not by his own choosing) until the Prince comes in and the two of them explain the switch. In the end, the Pauper is glad to hand the responsibilities out that role back to the Prince and they both lived happily ever after.

So yeah...just a quick explanation of what's going on. Think I'll go work on the second act now. -finds Kaito backstage and drags him off by the ear, him whining, "I'm coming, Editor! I am! Look! See? I'm following!"