~~THE PERFORMANCE THREAD~~ **aside** ((action)) %%thought%%

[Daniel]

SCARLETT O'HARA:

**Now, Ah'd swear there's s'pposed ta be a scene call or somethin'? Whar's that lovely Miss Wont when she's needed?**

[Mikaela]

SUELLEN O'HARA:

Ah had a little word with Miss Wont - giving her my honest opinion about her casting YOU in this production, you horrid cheat and thief you!




((Smug))

Ah think Ms. Wont may have fainted, maybe ah expressed myself too forcefully.... Well, fiddle-dee-dee, to STEAL an expression.

(( Still more smugly))

At least this time around, ah won't envy you your husband, you cheat. And ah shore will not try to STEAL this one from YOU. He's what you deserve. You just enjoy your fate now, Missy. Should I say....karma?!?

[welliwont]

WELLIWONT~

Is everybody in their place?  This scene is about to begin!

annnnnn-d ACTION!

**c'mon ENNIS, drive up!**

[Front-Ranger]

Actually, Ms. Director, we're all out partying and celebrating YOUR BIRTHDAY!! Yee-haw! Have a great one, Madam Director!! (We'll all be back in our places as soon as the hangover wears off...)

[saucycobblers]

JBB (surveying the tumbleweed drifting around the set):

**What the...

Dammit! Have those Broken Arses packed up the set and finished the dang movie??

Where's my final paycheck? Where's my severance package?? I'm on a percentage!!**

[Mikaela]

MIKA the dumbass musical mule:


((Sharpens ears at sound of an actual voice in the wilderness))

Oi, JBB - ain't you heard that when you don't got nothin', then you don't need nothin'? From what you're saying that sure seems to apply to you.

((sighs))

Myself, I've felt very WEIGHTED DOWN lately, as you can see.

((Sighs again))

Wandering around here on set all by my lonesome, noone around but some straying and very lost sheep.

[welliwont]

WELLIWONT~

JBB, MIKA, nice to see you again.  Yeah, the set’s been deserted, ever since we got the sad news.  I been workin’ on an announcement that my bosses say I hafta make, it’s almost finished.  You musta heard?  The very first and the very best performer to ever play the role of Ennis has passed away.  You musta heard, right?  The whole B.A.M. ensemble cast is still in shock and mourning.  I don't even know if the show can go on....

((wipes a tear))

[Daniel]

LAUREL SPARTA, THE EVIL:

**Actually, my dear. I have been waiting patiently for the right moment to order everyone back to work. This is show business... and the show MUST go on. (Otherwise a huge amount of investment is lost, and we don't want THAT to happen, do we?)**

[Mikaela]

MIKA:


Yes, Ms. Director.... We've heard.

**sniff, sob**

The heavy weight I've been carrying hasn't just rested on my (nearly) broken back, but on my mind and soul as well.

 

But Ms. Director, I've been thinkin'..... perhaps the best way of honouring someone is to carry on and show that their character, their talent, their work and their heritage continue to awe, impact and inspire us.

*sighs*

But things won't be quite the same, for sure. I've lost my desire to sing since the news came.   Now I only manage some hoarse braying...


((Notices Laurel Sparta and shies away nervously))

[Meryl]

MIKA:

But Ms. Director, I've been thinkin'..... perhaps the best way of honouring someone is to carry on and show that their character, their talent, their work and their heritage continue to awe, impact and inspire us.

*sighs*

But things won't be quite the same, for sure. I've lost my desire to sing since the news came.  Now I only manage some hoarse braying...

HIGH PRIESTESS (emerging from seclusion):

**sniff**

Oh Mika, in your simple equine soul lie the seeds of renewal.  I prophesy that only when you find your voice again shall we truly begin to heal...