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An Ouran Host Club Production
Chapter 2: Setting Up the Cast
A few days later:
We have gotten permission to do the play, now we have to decide the plot and scenes, chose which member will play which role, make or buy the props, work on the effects, and most importantly, practice our lines. I just hope no one will do something embarrassing. But knowing them, that was very likely.
We were in the club room now, deciding on the scenes and roles. We have already decided to do the main scenes and some side scenes; a prologue into the plot of the story, a scene of Doremy, finding the true king, the arrow scene, Joan's capture, and the trial, and the burning stake scene, which I wasn't sure how we were going to pull that one off.
"Since I know the story by heart, I'll be the play's director!" Renge announced before anyone could say anything about it. "I suppose that would be suitable." Tamaki Senpai said sweat dropping, even though he knew that Renge will get really bossy during the rehearsal, we all know it's better not to argue with her. We all sighed at that decision.
"Now as for the role of Joan, Haruhi's will be perfect for it!" Renge said. "Why me?" I asked. These guys always try to get me to wear dresses and ridiculously childish stuff. "Well you are a girl disguised as a boy, and you are from a poor family. So, you two have much in common." Renge stated. I grunted in annoyance at that statement.
"Anyway, in case most of you have forgotten, I was terrible at performing in that play when those wacked Zuka club kidnapped me and Benio almost kissed me." I said shivering, "I had nightmares for weeks." I never like homosexual relationships, feminine or masculine.
"Right well, you were tricked and didn't really want to do it." Hikaru stated. "And you only had a few hours to learn your part." Kaoru added, "And we have a month to put it together. You'll have plenty of time to practice your lines." "True." I stated.
"HOLD ON! DO YOU HONESTY THINK I WOULD LET MY LITTLE GIRL GET BURNED FOR SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T DO?" Tamaki Senpai said over dramatically again. "The fire won't be real, so Haruhi's life won't be in real danger." Kyoya Senpai stated calmly. I still can't figure out why he acts like a father when it's not a real position for him.
"I think I have an idea for the king and his replacement." Renge said, "I was thinking of the twins, that way it will make it a bit trickier to tell them apart. And for extra measure, Joan could have an idea of what the king looks like due to posters of the king posted around Paris." "Sounds good since Haruhi can tell us apart." Hikaru said. "But which one plays the king." Kaoru asked. "We'll decide later in the rehearsals to see which one plays the king better." Renge explained, "You know, like a practice run."
"Who's going to play the part of Louis?" Tamaki-Senpai asked, "We have four more people to cast." "Well anyone could do, but Honey-Senpai is too small for that kind of character, Mori has too stoic, Kyoya possibility (If it's to his benefit), and Tamaki's character is a bit similar to Louis, but he can be over dramatic." Renge explained using her knowledge of different kinds of fictional characters.
"We can decide by drawing straws." I suggested. "How does drawing pictures of straws help?" Tamaki-Senpai asked. "Not that kind of drawing!" the twins exclaimed. "There will four straws held in someone's hand and one of them will have a red tip. You guys will pull out one straw for each, and the one who ends with the red tip straw will get the part of Louis." "Sounds fair enough" Kyoya stated.
"I'LL GO FIRST!" Honey-Senpai insisted. "Wait a minute; I have to get the straws." I said. "I'm not sure if there are any straws here." Hikaru stated. "But didn't we use straws with the drinks we serve during the Bali theme?" Kaoru asked. "Oh right…" he said. "I'm afraid that we don't have them in stock at the moment." Kyoya said looking over the inventory.
"Do we have any spare paper and a red marker?" I asked. "Actually I have some right here." he answered. I took four sheets and the marker; I twisted the paper and took the red marker to highlight of them. "There done." I said.
"Alright who should draw a straw first?" I asked. "Maybe by height or age?" Honey-Senpai asked. "How about this, we all grab a straw at the same time and pull them out together." Kyoya Senpai said, "The ones who don't get the red tipped straw, will get supporting roles, since there do seem to be a lot of those we need to fill in."
Kyoya-Senpai, Honey-Senpai, Mori-Senpai, and Tamaki-Senpai each grabbed an end of one of the four straws and prepared for the drawing. "One…two…three!" they said as they pulled their straws out so quickly. Unfortunately, Tamaki-Senpai pulled his out too quickly and saw that his was blank.
"Oh no! I lost my chance of being next to Haruhi in the play!" Tamaki-Senpai yelled dramatically, crouching in the corner again. "Um…Senpai." I said, trying to get his attention. But as usual he was babbling uncontrollably again. "SENPAI!" I yelled. That got his attention. "Uh?" he asked. I pointed to the straws that Kyoya-Senpai, Honey-Senpai, Mori-Senpai's straws and they were blank as well, but neater than his tip. "But how…?´he asked confused. I held a ripped tip between my thumb and pointer finger, which was highlighted red. "This is yours." I explained.
"YES! I GOT THE PART!" Tamaki-Senpai exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down. "When you think about it, Louis is in love with Joan and I think that character might be close to the Princely type. Plus, both Tamaki and Louis are French. (Well, Tamaki's half-French, but you get the idea.)" Renge said.
"Now what about the other roles?" Kyoya-Senpai asked. "We could include Joan's parents. I could fill the part of Joan's mother if necessary." Renge insisted. "We could also ask some others to join." Hikaru said. "I bet the ladies will be more than happy to oblige." Kaoru stated.
"Perhaps I could get my family's private police force to fill in as the extra soldiers." Kyoya-Senpai suggested. "Good one, Kyoya, their fighting skills could use to make the play seem more realistic." Tamaki-Senpai
"We also could use a hook." Renge said. "Hook?" everyone but Kyoya-Senpai asked. "Something at the beginning of a story or performance to grab the audience's attention in order to have them want to watch it more of it." he explained. "Good idea." I said. "Maybe we could have someone do an introduction." Hikaru said. "Like maybe fill in the course of the war in the story so far." Kaoru suggested.
"I think the best one to narrate the dark times of the hundred year war, would be someone with a dark aura about him." Renge explained. "Like Neko-Chan?" Honey-Senpai asked. "YES, EXACTLY!" Renge exclaimed, "HE'D BE PERECT!" "Does it have to be Nekozawa-Senpai?" Tamaki-Senpai asked terrified, he never did like anything related to superstition.
"Oh yeah, there might be a chance he could curse you." Hikaru said in a haunting tone, making Tamaki-Senpai even more nervous. "Yeah, he could even curse the whole crowd." Kaoru said. Tamaki-Senpai was hiding under a table at this point. "Come on, Senpai, Nekozawa-Senpai is that bad, you know that." I said, "Remember the incident with his sister?" "Oh right." he said calming down.
"Perhaps to understand the story better and get some more ideas, we should read the story." I recommended. "Good idea." the twins said. "Okay everyone, let read the book and see if we can come up with any good ideas." Tamaki-Senpai pronounced dramatically, "Alright, meeting's over. See you tomorrow!"
As the rest of the host club was leaving for home, Honey-Senpai and Mori-Senpai caught up with Tamaki-Senpai to ask him a question that has been brothering him. "Um… Tama-Chan, why do you keep calling Haru-Chan your daughter when you're just a year older than her?" Honey-Senpai asked.
"Well because she is." he stated. "But you're too young to be a father since you're only one year apart and you're too young to be a legal guardian." Honey-Senpai stated. This put Tamaki-Senpai into another one of his depression states. He really is a king… a drama king.
"Know what I think, I think you're really in love with Haru-Chan." Honey-Senpai said. "WHAT? WHAT GAVE YOU THAT CRAZY IDEA?!" Tamaki said. "It's written all over your face." Honey-Senpai stated with a laugh. "Can't avoid or deny your true feelings." Mori-Senpai stated as they left the room. After a while Tamaki was in deep thought about his true feelings for Haruhi's.
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