Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

[dark_slippy_thing]

'Valenteen' had spent a good twenty minutes rearranging the furniture in the second floor common room to better set the scene for the big shoot of the grand finale of his up and coming blockbuster hit, "Fandom Chicken, The Motion Picture."
This basically meant that the television was turned off and there was a little pillow fort created from the cushions of the couch for the terrible 'Flynn Flonn' to demolish in a flaming rage.
As the head of pyrotechnics had run off to Cuba, and Sokka, his costume mistress, seemed more interested in stupid masks for the extras than actual costuming for the leads, a costume was fashioned for his monster out of a garbage bag with holes cut in it and some coloured paper cut out to look like flames, stuck onto it with duct tape. It was low-budget, but it was brilliant nevertheless.
To top it off, another costume had been quickly fashioned out of a chopped up ice cream bucket, some cardboard, and a few rubber gloves, and it was awaiting a star that was brilliant enough to play the title role of the chicken.
Now, all he needed was for his cast to arrive. And, hopefully, someone who could operate a camera.


(OOC: Going to set up some minor OCD. OCD IS UP! Open for gawking, extras, anyone with a camera, and, of course, your normal common room needs.)

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Generic Common Room Stuff

[dark_slippy_thing]

For those of you who don't want to be part of the movie.

You'll probably be yelled at to be quiet on the set anyhow, though.

Re: Generic Common Room Stuff

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Tannim grabbed a Pop-Tart and sat down on the arm of the couch.

Re: Generic Common Room Stuff

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Careful around that couch," the great director Mr. 'Ricardo Valenteen' said sharply. "It's holding up my set!"

Re: Generic Common Room Stuff

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Artoo? Totally recording this.

Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

Show up, mingle, wonder what sort of crack Valentine has ingested, ask for a role, and get into costume!

This is open for everyone-- if you want to be involved in the crack, let me know.

If you have a camera and are willing to film this monstrosity, even better!

Re: Actors!

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec was not very impressed by the costume budget, seeing as his was full of holes and had pieces of construction paper taped to it. "I'd better still get my own trailer..."

Re: Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Yes, yes, of course." Valenteen held out the costume for Alec to put on. "Put this on and get into character. Roar a bit. Don't smash the city quite yet, though. Those pillows took me a good twenty minutes to set up on my own."

Re: Actors!

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn wandered into the common room, muttering, "I can't believe we're out of peanut butter. How can I eat celery and raisins without peanut butter?"

Re: Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

"YOU!" Valentine had his paper megaphone again. The world was meant to quake in fear. "Where have you been? Hurry up, come here, get into costume! We're about to start rolling!"

Re: Actors!

[the_merriest]

Rikku burst in slightly later than anticipated. "Sorry!" she shouted. "It was Ami's birthday and I had to give her her gift and we were singing karaoke and it was really really fun and I totally forgot what time it was and I'm still here, do I still have the part? Pleeeease?"

Re: Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine was thrilled-- his diva had arrived.
"DARLING! DARLING! Good of you to come! Your costume is ready-- get wardrobe to help you put it on!" He motioned to the 'chicken' costume that had been fashioned out of rubber gloves and the like. "WARDROBE!"

Re: Actors!

[otherside-miley.livejournal.com]

There was a very sneaky person inching along the wall holding a backpack in front of her and wearing about ten layers of clothes. She was like a ninja. A ninja wearing an entire closet...but still a ninja.

Re: Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

"YOU!" Valentine pointed at the sneaky, wall-inching ninja. "YOUR CLOSE UP WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I MAY NEED ANOTHER SHOT SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU FROM A BETTER ANGLE."

Re: Actors!

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

It wasn't Valentine's frantic running around or even the giant pillow fort that surprised Will when she entered the second floor common room. It was the fully assembled and cheaply made costumes that did it. When did he have the time to make those? she wondered to herself.

"Hey Mr Valenteen," she called to him from the doorway. "How goes the movie?"

Re: Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Brilliantly!" Valentine clapped his hands and smiled proudly. "And you, my writer, are here just in time to see our masterpiece come into being!"

Re: Actors!

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan escaped from her killer socks into the common room, hoping for some peace and quiet. Silly Irulan, it's like she didn't even know Fandom High.

Re: Actors!

[dark_slippy_thing]

"YOU!" Valentine pointed at Irulan dramatically. "I see you've already been to costuming and makeup! I seed you in the final take, with the other extras!"

ACTION!

[dark_slippy_thing]

And... we're rolling! Extras-- run and scream! Flynn? Demolish buildings! Rubber Chicken? ... Be chickeny! GET US AN OSCAR.

ACTION- Take One!

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valenteen leaned forward, eying the set.
"In this shot, I want Flynn Flonn and the Rubber Chicken to be sharing... a moment. A heartfelt one. Flynn is a giant monster, and the Chicken cannot abide by that. There is heartbreak, and Flynn turns his back and starts to demolish the city."
And the click of the clapper signaled that the scene was to begin.

Re: ACTION- Take One!

[the_merriest]

Rikku, the Beautiful, Mysterious Rubber Chicken, was flailing dramatically, imploring Flynn not to destroy things and weeping with sadness over his turn to the dark side. And chewing on most of the scenery. (Not literally. Chickens don't have teeth.)

ACTION- Take Two!

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Excellent!" The first take would do nicely, Valenteen decided. "In this shot, the Rubber Chicken fights Valiantly to rescue the remains of the city from Flynn Flonn, but his flaming wrath is too much! But then, out of the blue swoops in a new hero... The Spoon Avenger!"

Re: ACTION- Take Two!

[the_merriest]

Rikku put her hands wings up, all set for her fight with Flynn. Nobody told her that it was stage-fighting, so she was swinging and kicking for real. Yay, realism!

ACTION- Final Take!

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valenteen was quite pleased indeed! The action! The romance! Now it was time for the finale!
"To wrap it up, I want you all to engage in a stirring musical number, improvised, of course, which culminates in a group hug between the three leads, and sends our extras fleeing for their LIVES!"
Oh, he could smell that Oscar.

OOC!

[dark_slippy_thing]

I would like to thank the Academy, my talented actors, and the cupcake.

Now somebody get me a low-fat non-whip soy latte.

Re: OOC!

[the_merriest]

I will not lick your OOC icon. That would be Wrong.