Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24617443-20170205025114/@comment-24617443-20170215152102

"Why not? A toast from the goddess of beauty herself is not something I can simply decline from.", wittingly stated Zincz before taking the goblet and quickly drinking it down in one gulp.

With this, the Director brings his next order.

"Alright Wolf boy, here's your next task. Go act drunk and return home. Then, you go insane and do some... not naughty but mean things to the DJ girl.", he says, strangely trying to avoid using the word kill but went off unnoticed. At this moment, Artoria pops in through the earphones.

"Um, Director. We've got aura. I can take a big hit and be fine.", she says reassuringly to the Director before switching to Zincz. "Though no grabbing my chest, or my whole torso for that matter. You can choke me but don't try to crush it or snap it I'll literally die. Just a good punch to the side of my head will be enough."

Zincz simply hums to what everyone said. Hopefully that's an "okay" from him. With that, the Director gestures the narrator to do his part.

"Heracles drank the goblet offered to him by Herace with gusto. But what he didn't know was that the within the wine that he drank, a vile poison was secretly added. Now with the great hero drunk, he says goodbye to the Goddess Herace, who smiled gleefully in anticipation."

With this, the Director orders the lights to turn off. This allowed the backstage crew to change the background and setting for the next scene. After a few seconds, and with the help of technology, the sets ready and with it the lights came back to life to reveal the new scene.

With this the Director then gives Artoria her cue. "DJ girl, hopefully you read the script, ye?", he asked nervously to with Artoria answers with a strong nod. With the confimation, he gestures for her to enter the scene from the other side of the stage while he guides Zincz to enter in the opposite side.

"Narrator, go!"

The Narrator nods and starts the next part. "Our hero returns home, tispy-turvy from being drunk from Herace's wine. Entering hims home, he is immediately greeted by his wife, Meraga, with a big warm hug-"

"Oh god, this is gonna be so embarrassing!",  mentally screamed Artoria. She just hopes that's just i-

"-and a kiss to the cheek."

"OH NOOOOOOOO!!! I CAN'T DO THAT!!!", then mentally despaired Artoria for jinxing herself.

"DJ girl! Now!" ordered the Director thru the earphone. Thoug she was still in a state of emotion distress, she has to get herself together for the play.

"For the kids Arty!", Artoria lightly muttered to herself to boost her self-confidence before walking into the stage.

It was at this moment Artoria learnt of the size and scale of the play their doing. The theatre was huge, with all of the chairs filled, and there are over 10 rows each column with 6 of them in total.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Artoria felt a chill run down her spine when she saw the crowd. The sheer number of people watching her was overwhelming, to the point that she nearly forgot she was doing a play.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"FOR THE KIDS ARTY! NO BACKING DOWN!!!", mentally yelled Artoria to herself, hyping herself up and quickly regaining composure. "Just imagine that there's no one watching, and don't ever look at the stage."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Oh Heracles, it is nice for you to come home~.", warmly greeted Artoria as best as she could, trying to keep herself from breaking down from the stage fright.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Strangely, the crowd of children, rather than experiencing a warm happy feeling, felt an air of danger emanating from Artoria. The parents, or rather, the mothers in the crown on the other hand felt right at home with the feelings Artoria was giving off, making passing looks on their husbands who could only look away defensively in response.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Oh! We connected to the adults!", quickly outstated the Director upon seeing the crowd's reaction.

<p style="font-weight:normal;"> Zincz, noticing Artoria's leaking intent despite still acting like a drunk, gave her a quick but well-hidden thumbs up to cheer her on. This pumped her up and with a newfound vigor she walks up to him and...

<p style="font-weight:normal;">...immediately blushing in embarrassment because she just remembered what she's going to do after her greetings.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"He's a mannequin. He's a mannequin. He's a mannequin!-", mentally repeated Artoria as she prepares herself for the hug she's giving to him. However, from how her arms are raised up in anticipation for the hug being a bit too... dangerous looking. She looked more like a lioness ready to pounce on an unsuspecting elk rather than a loving wife greeting her husband.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">No wait... in context, this scene actually checks out. And it seems to be connecting more to the parents than the children. The said parents laughing and giggling at the scene happening before them, which followed by the kids as well.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Luckily, Artoria did do the hug and made a very quick kiss to the cheek, albeit she slyly slipped in her hand in between to prevent contact, but the scene was finally done.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Well with that little skit over, now's for the important bit!", started the Director, "Alright, Wolf boy. Time to start making a big fuss. Do it slowly. Let DJ girl have a moment to notice your strange behaviour, before going in for the ki- strike!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">With that, Zincz began to slightly change his motions while also adding in grunts and moaning.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"What is wrong, Heracles? Are you feeling ill? Drank too much?", fretted Artoria, doing some good acting there for once. With this, the Director finally gave the cue.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Now!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"GROAAAAH!!!", yelled Zincz at the top of his lungs, his growl reaching far and wide and even beyond the theatre from how strong it was.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">With that Artoria quickly jumped back and prepared for her next act. However, the scene of Zincz walking up to him and readying to give her a punch started making Artoria hyperventilate while also backing away in a very defensive manner.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">The crowd went silent with a collective gasp. Artoria's reaction felt very distraughting to everyone, with children screaming "Run away!" or "Watch out!" to try to save her. The parents and older audience on the other hand were more worried over Artoria's acting, as it felt very legit which only adds to the suspense of the scene.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Hey, DJ girl. What's wrong out there? Are you okay?", quickly asked the Director, starting to get worried over the sudden change in behaviour. She didn't answer him, not that she can but rather she can't even hear him anymore due to how her brain's flashing the scenes of her and her friend getting assaulted.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">From behind the curtains, Hayate took a quick glimpse of Artoria's behaviour and immediately she knew what Artoria's going through.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Sir!", Hastily called Hayate to the Director. "Artoria's suffering sighs of experiencing a panic attack!", she informed him, and in an instant he came up with an idea.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"WOLF BOY, DON'T HIT HER! JUST LOOK LIKE IT!", quickly ordered the Director to Zincz, who did a hum and did as he was told. When he brought his fist down to strike her, the lights all of a sudden went dark and the scene was quickly changed.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Artoria was taken in by Hayate and Akiba via a stretcher, and begin performing some damage control on her damaged psyche, doing breathing exercises and some much needed words of reassurance.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">The Director was very sorry for Artoria as well feeling very guilty for having her go through it, and promised to keep her backstage until she feels better. When he asked Hayate how she knew that she was going into a panic attack she simply answered.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Well, its easy to know when you've experienced it yourself.", she said nonchalantly before she returned to nursing her with Akiba.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">With this, he gives the cue to the narrator to continue the story. Zincz was told to return to the stage, having followed Artoria to the backstage. He felt guilty of having done such a thing that he literally beat his face up in an act of repentance.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"The great hero Heracles, a man who loves his wife more than anything in the world, has just taken her life with his own hands in a fit of insanity and rage. The poison within the wine given by Herace has done its deed and after an entire night, Heracles awakens to find his wife dead with his hands stained in her blood.", the narrator sorrofully stated with the lights dimly returned to show Zincz on his knees crying out loud over a gravestone.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"In an attempt to rid himself of his guilt and sorrow, he goes to the temple of the gods to speak with the Oracle of the God of Guidance."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">The scene then changes to inside a temple with a single light over the Oracle actress.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"The Oracle told Heracles to serve the king of the two eastern countries, King Eytheus, and not only will he be blessed from his guilt but he will also gain immortality. Though Heracles hates working under a man who isn't equal to him, he had no other choices to go for.", the narrator finished finally with Zincz walking into another temple-looking scene and background before bowing down before an empty throne.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Alright, Flirty Cowboy. Get out there right now, and don't forget your script!", yelled the Director to Leon before ordering the lights to follow him when he enters.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(Delt, your up now)