So I was listening to a musical and I remembered that one post @shazzbaa made about a Runewriters musical, and my brain went off. So, under the cut is stage directions, song fragments, and ideas. I would draw some of them if my tablet worked.
(Æmber in a square of blue light, dark stage? Squirrel on shoulder)
I don’t wanna spend my whole life here, forever eleven, just a child.
Just me and my squirrel, watching the world go byyyy!
Trapped in this box, they say I am destined–for what?! In this box, no excitement, no friendships, this stupid stupid box, Artist, please free me
In this church, sure I’m the Chosen One, but in this church,
Dance of the Necropony. Like dance of the sugarplum fairies. Just Necropony prancing around the stage by their self.
Opening/setting song: busy town, kinda like the bonjour song in Beauty and the Beast. Introduces a lot of characters. Tareth’s mom tells her to be careful, “mom, I’m just going out with Sev!”
Aberrant hunters doing stuff
Villagers doing normal stuff
When someone signs, a screens show the words. Kinda like in Dear Evan Hansen.
When someone uses magic, it’s portrayed by lights–When Quentin’s arm runes flare, he’s suddenly lit up by a swirling red/orange spotlight. When Sev transforms, a flash of green light. When Jonan uses magic, red shadowy light.
Magic also portrayed by ensemble members. Just like old stage ninjas. You’re supposed to ignore/overlook them. Dressed in black for the most part.
Iavin and Xira: black and purple swirly figures that dance around and puppet/move/manhandle a person. When Iavin makes Esra shut up, one of the ensemble members claps a hand over his mouth.
Maybe they could hold up pictures and stuff for Xira searching through memories, and dance around physically connecting Xira and the person he’s mind-messing with.
Sev’s guys are green and black and when he transforms, they move with him and hold up stuff like bones, etc. Like if he became a dragon, they would make a dragon shape around him and move like they’re marionettes when he moves. Wave a green squirrel around.
For Jonan, red and black stumbling, slouching, zombie-like figures. When he reanimates someone, they manipulate them. They literally hold the person up.
Quentin and Esra’s songs are Quentin moving around the stage, singing excitedly and dramatically, but also with that catlike chill he’s got, and Esra interjecting and correcting and frantically scurrying after him. Quentin tosses a paper over his shoulder, Esra catches it. Other members of the order move around the stage, checking in with Quentin, doing magic, etc.
Jonan’s intro song is great. They get through the gates, mention Jonan, and the villagers start popping up and singing a spooky warning song about him. Kinda like that song about Elphaba in Wicked, ‘I heard… I heard…’.
He healed some girl’s eyes shut!
I heard he struck her blind!
I mean who knows what goes on in that evil, twisted mind?
He’s got zombies all around him, and guards at the door.
But what he does in that tower, is anyone’s guess
Find another healer, save yourself the stress!
(Around the campfire on the first night. Jonan steps away and starts singing to the audience.)
Idiots, idiots, I’m surrounded by idiots.
Do you see what I’m working with here?(Gestures to the squad being weird)
If that stupid girl hadn’t messed up my spell, I wouldn’t be stuck in a personal hell
(Xira does something weird)
Are you seeing this? Can you believe this?
Can nobody see somethings wrong with that kid?!
(Grabs Sev, mumbles angrily and gestures. Sev backs away.)
(Jonan turns away, exasperated.)
Can you believe this? Do you see this?
Music kinda like poor unfortunate souls.
For Iavin’s song where he threatens Esra and Quentin, kinda like the ‘well well well’ part of Shiny, where Tamatoas beating the crap out of Maui.
Iavin starts to walk away,
Violin note, Iavin turns.
You fetch the research, and we lift the curse!
Then no deal. If you can’t keep up your end–
(Clears desk and starts scribbling. Iavin leans over his shoulder.)
Okay, slightly altered, but here (points to a part of the rune) we lift the curse!
A bargain guaranteed! And now that we’ve agreed … I believe I mentioned blood?
(Stage goes dark, scene change.)
