Chapter 9: Play, Sets, Match Part 2
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Ruby and Weiss stood on their place markers. Looking over their scripts, they prepared to do their line readings. Velvet, adjusting her fake glasses, leaned forward in her seat.
"Okay,", she said, "The scene we're doing today is the scene where you guys meet for the first time. Now Weiss, remember to be a little nervous. Be anxious. And Ruby, I want you to be a little… bohemian, if that makes sense. Be loose. FEEL loose. Now… begin".
Weiss cleared her throat and started her lines.
"H-hello there. I, uh…".
"Oh, yeah! You're that girl from across the street! I'm Garnet Vine! Nice to meet you!", exclaimed Ruby.
"Right… across the street. I work across the street. At the florist place. Yeah.". Weiss gestured behind her. "I uh, see you here every day.".
"Yeah…", Ruby scratched the back of her head. "Playing the guitar is kinda a hobby of mine. Want to hear something?"
"Yeah, of course!", exclaimed Weiss. Naturally, Ruby had no idea to play the guitar, so Yang pressed play on a CD player. Ruby strummed her guitar to mimic playing. Once the short song was over, she set her guitar down.
"What do you think? You like it?", Ruby asked.
"I loved it. Want to… have something to drink over at my shop?", recited Weiss.
"Is that an invitation?", questioned Ruby, a small grin on her face.
"It could be what you want it to be. Do you want to, or not?", Weiss asked.
Ruby nodded, and picked up her guitar. Ruby walked over to where Weiss was, and then the both of them continued off near the end of the stage.
"And… end scene!", shouted Velvet.
Velvet mulled over the performance in her mind. Ruby was acting much better than before, for some reason. It didn't really matter why, as long as her acting got results. Weiss was doing well, too. Her good performance was par for the course by now. Finally deciding on her criticism, she said:
"Okay, you guys did well. The chemistry is really improving up there, and I want to see more of… whatever you guys did. Good work!". Velvet adjusted her glasses again. She should probably get the screws tightened.
Ruby smiled and patted Weiss on the shoulder. "I knew we could do it.", she whispered in Weiss' ear. Weiss grinned. Her advice was really paying off. Behind them, they heard the curtain rustle.
Yang stepped out behind the curtain. She had spent a while behind there looking for a replacement pair of pants after her shorts ripped. On the plus side, she found a good fitting pair, considering her size. On the downside, it didn't fit in the fashion sense. Yang was wearing some garishly stripped pantaloons. Everyone who saw her stifled a giggle. Yang heard them.
"Oh come on, it's not THAT bad. They're really roomy in the crotch!". Ruby didn't need to hear that. It's weird to hear anybody's sister talk about their crotch.
Hearing that, Ren asked, "Why does that even matter?". Yang shifted her eyes around nervously.
"My little lady needs to breathe.", was her eventual reply. Ruby started to look a little grossed out. Yang added, "And look! They match my top! Kind of.".
That wasn't exactly a lie. The orange stripes did match well with the yellow in her shirt. It was the purple ones that didn't. Even Ruby thought they were ugly. But couldn't help think of her hat, for some reason. Maybe they would make for a spry match if she wore both the hat and the pantaloons. Ruby filed that thought away for later.
"Yang, why are you wearing those and what happened to your shorts?", questioned Ren. He felt confident in his role as the straight man.
"Oh, well after I saw Weiss' snowflake bra, I kinda laughed so hard that I accidentally ripped the ass out of my other pants.", explained Yang.
"Of course. Why wouldn't it be ANYTHING else?", snarked Ren.
Yang didn't pick up on the sarcasm. "Yeah, I know, right? It was the damndest thing.", she said, placing her hands on her hips.
Weiss was angry that Yang told everyone about her bra with the… unique pattern. She started to move to rip an even bigger hole than before out of her crotch. Sensing her evil intent, Ruby grabbed her arm.
"Don't. I think she's had enough as is.". Ruby had a point, realized Weiss. Wearing pantaloons like that should be considered capital punishment in all of the kingdoms. Plus, if Ruby saw her sister's private bits, she would probably try to stop her from pouring bleach in her eyes. Considering what Blake was into, based on her writings, it probably looked like mincemeat by now. Sighing, Weiss relented. It would be the best for everyone involved if she didn't.
Moving on from that little scene, Velvet turned heer attention to the set team. She asked, "Ren, how are the sets coming along? None are completed yet, are they?".
"Some would be finished, if Nora stopped telling me about her tree costume.", Ren flatly stated. Nora stuck out her tongue at him.
"Still?!", came an exasperated Velvet. "It's been a week! At least ONE should be done!".
"Well, if Ren wasn't being a MEANIE then I could stand to help him", huffed an upset Nora.
Seeing that Ren couldn't play problem solver this time around, Jaune decided to step in.
"Okay, ah, I can see both of you are upset about this.". There was an awkward pause. "Wanna talk about it?", continued Jaune.
"We ARE talking about it", said Ren in a flat tone.
"Well yeah… I know… but we should REALLY talk about it", said Jaune.
"What do you mean?", asked Velvet.
"I'm saying we should compromise.", explained Jaune. Everybody except Ren and Nora nodded in agreement. "What could that accomplish?", asked a skeptical Ren.
"Well, we could think of something!", beamed Jaune. It felt good to exercise his role as Team Leader. "Ren! You don't like the costume, right?"
'Hate it.", said Ren.
Jaune leveled a finger at Nora. "And Nora! You want to use it, right?".
"Of course!", she said.
Jaune put his fingers to his temples. He was hoping it made him look like he was thinking of all possibilities. In reality, it just looked stupid. "I know!", he exclaimed as he snapped his fingers, "Nora can wear the costume!".
"But we're still using it.", droned Ren.
"Yes, BUT it will only be when we do the final bow with everybody. That way, it gets seen, but not during the actual play! Does it sound good?".
Cogs were spinning in Ren's head, a hamster in a wheel in Nora's. Both knew Jaune's idea made sense, even if they couldn't get exactly what they wanted. Well, it was better than nothing, both concluded. They sighed simultaneously.
"Fine.", agreed Ren.
"Nora's fine with that", was Nora's conclusion.
Jaune beamed with a large grin. He felt great taking the lead. Pyrrha patted him on the shoulder. "Good job.", she complimented. She had always felt that he should take the lead, to dominate others with his mind. Maybe even with her. That was a nice thought.
Velvet face-palmed for roughly the three hundredth time this week. It was weird working with these people. Really weird. However, it was certainly better than before. At least she had a chance of reviving her career as Club President with this musical. Plus, these were her friends. If this was with others, this would be unbearable. Standing up, she announced:
"Okay everyone, I think we can pack up for today. I have dinner for everyone back at the office. Let's go!". Given that everyone likes the idea of free food, they followed her like ducklings out of the theater.
While everyone was trying to eat, Velvet realized that she didn't think this through. Nine people cramped into a glorified closet was both hot and uncomfortable. Blake was sat on top of the filing cabinet. Ren and Nora sat on top of the desk. That meant that Velvet's plate kept on being kicked by the wildly gesturing Nora, explaining the plot of her favorite show. Jaune looked in pain with Pyrrha sitting in his lap. She didn't seem to mind, though. In fact, she seemed to be enjoying it a little too much. Yang tried to sit down, but her pantaloons prevented her from moving too well. So, she was forced to stand. Weiss and Ruby were huddled together in the corner. Ruby wasn't too happy at the thought of people stepping on her cloak. Having dry cleaning delivered out here was expensive, after all. Nora being loud was just the icing on the cake.
"So then, she got her head bit off by the witch! And everyone was sad and it was dramatic and stuff!". Well, there went everyone's appetite. Not that the food was very good, anyway. When Velvet promised food, they thought it would something freshly brought over from the cafeteria. What Velvet failed to mentioned was that it was food that she bought at the snack bar. Healthy food, at that. While eating healthy wasn't bad, Beacon's healthy food was. Having gotten the best Nutritionists to make the healthiest, most energy filling food possible, some could say that they succeeded a bit too well. A regular healthy snack was a bag of raw grains and cranberries. Regular meals consisted of a whole grain cauliflower sandwich, with a pack of shredded radish and a garnish of kale. Needless to say, it was the least requested food item at the snack bar. Luckily for everyone, Ruby had brought her emergency bag of Piper's Pie Bites, which she shared with everyone (At Weiss' urging).
Just as Nora was about to explain how the witch was killed, Velvet interrupted her. "I just want to say that I'm proud of everyone today. You guys did pretty well. But remember, we've only got one week left starting tomorrow. I say that we give it our best!". The others nodded in agreement. "I need to say something cool to finish this.", thought Velvet. She topped it off with, "Are you bad enough dudes to finish this play? Hell yeah!".
An uncomfortable silence filled the office. Ruby, apparently being the only person who went along with Velvet's declaration, she stood up and thrust her fist in the air. "Yeah! Banzai! Wooooo!". The silence grew even worse. Lowering her arm, she asked, "Are we NOT doing that?".
Weiss closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. "No, Ruby. We're not.". Ruby looked a little embarrassed. She slumped against the wall. "Oh", was all she had to say.
That night went pretty normal. Everyone was performing their routines to the letter. Blake had spent her private time with her books, Yang thoroughly messed up her sheets before climbing in bed, Weiss tied her hair back, and Ruby checked that the ropes holding up her bed were going to stay tight through the night. Ruby could never live down the one time she forgot and Weiss couldn't climb out in the morning.
As Blake and Yang drifted off the land of sleep, Ruby couldn't help but stay awake. She could hardly believe that her dream was becoming a reality. "Hey, Weiss.", she whispered.
"What is it Ruby, can't you see I'm trying to sleep?", came Weiss' grumpy whisper.
"I can't sleep. I'm just too excited."
"Oh really now? That's nice, now go to sleep.", whispered Weiss.
Ruby apparently didn't hear that, as she continued to ramble on. "I mean, I never thought that I would ever be able to do this. Don't you think it's cool? I think it's cool. It really is. It's as cool as iccceeeeee.". She hissed out the last word, trying to sound sleek.
Sighing, Weiss got out of bed and pick Ruby out of her bunk. She tried to resist squawking.
"What are you doing?", Ruby couldn't help but ask.
"Maybe you'll sleep better if you're next to someone. It'll at least make you quieter.", explained Weiss.
Settling Ruby in her bed, Weiss laid next to her. "Now be a good girl and go to sleep.".
Ruby cuddled up to Weiss. In the dead of night, nobody could see Weiss' blush. Weiss was certain she could see down Ruby's tank top.
Settling in, Ruby breathed out, "Thanks, Weiss.". Her breathing started to become more relaxed.
"D-dolt. Just sleep.", Weiss managed to whisper out. Surprisingly, Ruby fell asleep quickly after Weiss moved her. Both fell really warm. Ruby felt warm when she cuddled with Weiss, and Weiss when Ruby shifted her knee between her legs in her sleep. Weiss felt really sensitive right about now.
She tried to move a bit away. In response to her movement, Ruby shifted her knee deeper in. A shiver of pleasure went up Weiss' spine. Great, how was she supposed to sleep when she was bothered like this? She silently prayed to any god that listened that she wouldn't have another of THOSE dreams with Ruby next to her. Trying to catch some shut eye, Weiss cleared her mind.
That day wasn't bad, not bad at all.
And there you have it! Part Two is over! Thanks for reading so far, and keep any reviews floating in! This is The Draigg, signing off on this chapter.