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Squall
Quistis
Irvine
Selphie

I will be playing Rinoa.

Plot: Squall does five hundred pushups for a bet.

Notes:
-There is a lot of dialogue.  However, rehearsing the skit is pretty flexible since it has no singing or dancing.  As long as you memorize and record your lines, email them to me so I can put the audio together and send a finished copy to everyone, we can meet up the day before the Masque, run through it a couple times to iron things out, and it'll be good.  :D
-Actually, Squall has a couple more rehearsal points.  Whoever plays him will have to do twenty pushups onstage: the first twelve just need to be at an even pace, timed to Selphie's counting, but the next eight have to be much slower.  Also, Squall will have to freeze in place during the transitions like everyone else, and collapse convincingly.  But, this can also be done the day before the Masque, as long as you're fit enough to do all of the above.
-Any further questions can be posted in this thread.

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Script:
[Everyone except Rinoa walks on-stage in a loose group.]

Selphie:  [as they move to center stage] All right, so it's ten thousand gil that Squall can't do five hundred pushups in a row.  Quistis?  Kick it off!
Quistis:  Right.  Squall?  [points to the ground]  DROP AND GIVE ME FIVE HUNDRED.
Squall:  [removes gloves and hands them to Irvine before starting]
Selphie:  One!  Two!  Three!  [She continues while Irvine speaks.]
Irvine:  You can't be serious!
Squall:  [on each rise]  I--am--ALWAYS--serious.
Irvine:  You're CRAZY!
Selphie:  Ten!  Eleven!  Twelve--

[Everyone freezes.]

[VOICEOVER (probably Squall)]  One hundred, sixty-three and a half pushups later...

[Everyone (bar Squall) changes positions rapidly during the voiceover and freeze again once in place.  After a moment, Squall resumes doing pushups at a much slower rate than before.]

Selphie:  ...One hundred, seventy-five and a half!  One hundred seventy-six!
Rinoa:  [enters from across the stage and kneels next to Squall]  Um... hi!
Squall:  ...Hi.
Rinoa:  Can I ask what you're doing?
Squall:  It's a bet.
Rinoa:  A bet?  *to everyone else*  So what's this bet got to do with you guys?
Quistis, Selphie: [hold up their money]
Rinoa:  Oh yeah...  [to Squall]  You look like you need a drink.
Squall:  I need a BIG one.
Rinoa:  [reaches into his pocket]
Squall:  What are you doing?
Rinoa:  I'll be back in a minute, okay?  [exits stage]
Selphie:  ...She took his money!
Quistis:  Cutest.  Thief.  Ever.

[VOICEOVER]  Five pushups later...

[Another transition.  Rinoa reenters with a large soda cup plus straw and puts it down so Squall can drink, then mops his brow and exits the stage again.]

Selphie:  Awwwww.  [somewhat faster]  One hundred eighty-one!  One hundred eighty-two--
Quistis:  [elbows Selphie] Gee, that girl SURE inspired him to go faster.
Selphie:  Three-hee... WHOA!  [laughs]
Irvine:  One hundred eighty-four--you guys SUCK!--one hundred eighty-five--STOP LAUGHING!

[Selphie doubles over and Quistis joins in.  Irvine crosses his arms.]

[VOICEOVER]  Two-hundred-and-forty-eight pushups later...

[PAUSE; Quistis exits.  Selphie kneels next to Squall with Irvine close behind.]

Selphie:  Okay, so Quistis just went for an ambulance.  You've won.
Irvine:  Squall, stop.  You can't do any more!
Squall:  I--will--do--the--rest.  Four hundred--thirty--three.
Irvine:  Here, man, I'll help you up...
Squall:  [shrugs Irvine off] Thirty-four.
Selphie:  Now we KNOW he's crazy.  Let's go find Quistis, and/or a LOONY BIN.  [She starts to exit.]
Squall:  Four hundred--thirty--
Irvine:  Don't just LEAVE him here.  Selphie!  Ugh--Squall, stay right...
Squall:  --five.
Irvine:  Yeah. [He goes after Selphie.]
Squall:  Four hundred thirty six.

[VOICEOVER]  Sixty-four pushups later...

Squall:  Four hundred... Ninety... nine... [Rinoa re-enters and watches.  Squall's hand slips, and though he attempts to recover his balance, he collapses into a heap on the floor.]
Rinoa:  [runs over to him]  Hey--are you all right?!  Where are your friends?
Squall:  Hospital... I need... just... one more...
Rinoa:  Well, I think you can stop now.  Hey--

[Everyone comes back onstage while Squall struggles away and resumes position, doing one more pushup without counting it before he collapses again.  Irvine hauls Squall up and offstage.]

Selphie:  Whoa.  Did he FINISH?
Rinoa:  ...Yeah.  He did!
Quistis:  Of course he did.  He's Squall Leonhart.

[lights fade out as the three girls exit.  END.]

[Leradny]

That is, if you had one.

I thought that as long as we had a Badge Number thread we might as well have this too--it would be more interesting.  Mine was Leradny, an anagram of Raedyn plus my last initial L.  It's pronounced exactly the way it sounds (not "Leh-randy") and I think I'm going to use it all the time now.

[Michael]

We all happen across those random strangers at the con who automatically click with us.  However, we don't all manage to get contact information (forgot, too busy, and so on).  So, let's try posting the things we know and try to find them again.  I'll start with my own friend.

Michael
The nickname/handle on your badge read "God".  We met at the waltz lessons on Saturday, and then at Sunday we both ended up next to each other in line half an hour early and talked for the next forty minutes about trivial yet awesome things like woven bacon.  We were partners for the first dance, then switched around and I pretty much lost you in the sea of other guys with black hats and suits.  You found me again sometime later and asked me if my shoes were all right, and I said I had blisters.  I didn't see you again because by the time they played 'Waltz for the Moon' from Final Fantasy VIII, I could barely walk across the floor, so I left after that song.

I don't know if you came with friends, your last name, or anything besides some random things about you which aren't likely to help; but if you're reading this PM me, send me an email, or reply to this thread, because I'd like to talk with you some more.

What I was wearing for pretty much the entire con (I'm the one with longer hair):  http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h295/fo_shizzle_wekk/Fanime/MY%20Fanime/Fanime116.jpg

What I was wearing at the Black and White Ball:  http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w106/leradny/n721035881_948956_4298.jpg

I registered somewhere around October, so the balance was $40; but my check wasn't mailed for some reason so I'm a little nervous as to why the balance hasn't changed after a month.  Will it change automatically if I pay via credit card/PayPal?

[Day:]

Now that the forums are up, I'm going to take the time to say I'm organizing an FF8 gathering.  Doubles and alternates (Leon, Dion Rogers Rinoa, ballroom Rinoa, etc) are appreciated in case someone doesn't show up.  And someone is bound to not show up, so don't be shy if your character is already taken!  It doesn't matter much, and it'll be a lot more fun, too.

Day:  Sunday
Time:  12 noon
Place:  By the fountains

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Goodies

Squall Leonhart:  Chimera (SeeD dress uniform)
Rinoa Heartilly:  Raedyn (default outfit), Oathkeeper (ballroom dress)
Quistis Trepe:
Selphie Tilmitt:  Nazget (default, possibly)
Irvine Kinneas: One of my other friends
Zell Dincht:
Laguna Loire:
Kiros:
Ward:
Raine Loire:
Ellone Loire:
Julia Heartilly:
Fury Caraway:
Cid Kramer:
Guardian Forces:  RamenCat (possibly Ifrit)

Baddies

Seifer Almasy:  HavicMichaelchris (probably)
Fuujin:
Raijin:
Sorceress Edea:
Sorceress Ultimecia:
Sorceress Adel:
Creatures:

I'd really, really, REALLY like to be able to do a skit involving the famous dance sequence, but that's obviously a bit farfetched since I don't personally know any Squall cosplayers and therefore cannot perfect the dance many months beforehand...

And, come to think of it, I'm not doing the ballgown outfit so it wouldn't make sense!

Oh, well.

I just don't want to be all by my little old self at the con :D.

Any takers?

PM me or reply to this thread.