#the utility

[thepleasuregoblin]

hard for me to play any rogue subclass other than thief. they’re just too good

[ofhelens]

date & time: during the performance, when neither of them have scenes location: the refectory availability: taken @pvlmer​

The lovers have sealed their fates. On stage, Romeo laments the loss of his lover and plans to join her. The audience watches, captivated by his performance, willing to forget tonight’s upheaval, willing to overlook the police officers....the lingering nature of orson’s memory. Helen is willing to forget too. She can do nothing but forget. Better a beautiful lie than an ugly truth.

Sealing those parts of herself, her eyes scan the room in search of a whispered conversation, a friendly face to lose it in. She finds Jason, standing apart from the rest of the crowd - the second and third years offering a wide berth. Helen is struck with pity. Tonight should be about celebrating - revelling in their triumph. Night’s like this only happen once. 

Approaching him, she gently taps him on the arm, offering a warm smile. Friends is not the most appropriate term for them, but they’re not strangers either. You can’t be - not with someone you’ve shared a stage with, no matter how short a time it was. Leaning in, she goes to reference their respective roles. “No dagger hidden under my dress, Montague. I come in peace.” Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, not a comedy - but perhaps they can make it one.

[ensemblehq]

don't know whether you'll answer this, but would you say that the comic and the utility have a strained relationship, or do they have a good one?

i would say that it’s really up to you and subject to plotting! all we know is that the utility grew up in the comic’s shadow-- but there’s definitely loyalty there, since the comic covered for the utility by removing their watch from the crime scene. beyond that, it’s open for the players to plot and flesh out!

[ensemblehq]

prompts for the utility please?

sorry the delay with these! i hope you find them helpful.

the utility:

elaborate on their childhood. how did/do they feel about being a perpetual second choice? how did this manifest? 

their skeleton states: ‘people hold the mistakes you made onstage over your head’. what mistakes were these? is this the reason why they’re considered a “weak” actor - or did it begin before that?

the utility is still at alderidge by the skin of their teeth. how did they avoid being culled during their first, second and third years? is it because they were the ‘best of a bad bunch’? or did they find a way to force orson to let them stay?

something that really comes through in their skeleton is a grit and determination to succeed. is this because they love acting? because they want to prove the world wrong? or something else?

the utility (along with the statue) let orson die in the hopes that it would save their careers. how easy was it to make that decision? do they have any regrets? how do they feel about his death being ruled a murder?

[ensemblehq]

NAME: jason palmer AGE: twenty-one GENDER & PRONOUNS: cis man & he/him FC: jordan fisher AVAILABILITY: closed

beneath the lights.

nestor in troilus and cressida. gardiner in henry viii. corin in as you like it. scrivener in richard iii. first soldier in coriolanus. bottom of the cast list, one small step above the second years, you’re gifted the roles no one else wants. universally regarded as the weakest of your cohort, it’s half a miracle you made it all the way to graduation, avoiding being cut not once, not twice, but three times. overlooked and underappreciated, people hold the mistakes you made onstage over your head; refusing to accept the possibility that youth may have matured into talent. those of a weaker disposition would have given up by now, accepting the inevitability of their place in the world. not you. you’ve only got a semester left, but you’ll be damned if you don’t prove them wrong.

behind the curtain.

they may as well call you the “leftover”, because that’s all you were in orson’s eyes; an extra body to pad out the stage. you’re not even sure he took the time to learn your name. when you asked for extra help prior to your performance as nestor, orson laughed in your face, informing you that in his opinion, you were a lost cause. so long as he was in charge, you would never have a chance to shine. that’s why, when you had the chance to save orson’s life, you chose to walk away; sealing his fate.

fellow players.

THE COMIC: you grew up calling each other twin, not by virtue of blood, but because their adoption was finalised on the day of your birth. the apple of your parents’ eyes, chosen whilst you were unexpected, you’ve spent your entire life playing second fiddle to them. it’s easy to make comparisons when your lives have followed similar paths - both actors, both at alderidge - and yet, when the two of you are placed side by side, you always come off looking worse. you love the comic with your whole heart, but spending a lifetime living in their spotlight is enough to frustrate anyone.

THE STATUE: the word that most aptly describes your relationship is solidarity. long before you ended up standing over orson’s body, you lent each other support, bonding over your shared dismissal by him. it wouldn’t have been accurate to call you friends, but you certainly understood each other. as it turned out, you understood each other enough to know you’d rather leave a man for dead than let him torment you for another four months. since the night of orson’s death, the two of you have struck up a friendship, bound equally by secrets and a shared desire to be seen.

THE UNDERSTUDY: pairing you two together was a cruel joke on orson’s part - and everyone could see it. at first, you were excited - eager to learn from the understudy. when you caught onto their resentment of being compared to you, eagerness soon hardened into anger. it was never your intention to escalate your rivalry to quite such lengths, but things quickly ran away from you. logically, orson’s death should put a stop to all your bad blood, but you can’t quite bring yourself to bury the hatchet. instead, it feels like just as good of an idea to go up against the understudy in auditions for the spring semester play - and finally prove your worth by beating them.

[cosmiccannibalcamille]

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