[WEEK 2, WEDNESDAY SOMETIME: Lucina and Akira]

[spinatalltale]

[at some point!! on Wednesday!! Magilou is going to drag Akira and Lucina to the beach for ~rehearsal~. the whole performance with Laphicet had been lackluster because she had relied on improv and improv only, so she wouldn't make that mistake twice!! she'd drill the fundamentals of comedy into both of her new employees' heads if it took alllll evening]

[when they arrive, Magilou hands each one of them a piece of paper torn out of her handy dandy journal]

Here you go! ☆ Make sure you sign on the dotted line. It's a liability waiver.

[. . . the only thing on the paper is a crudely drawn picture of this thing]

[there is no dotted line]

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[jokered]

[well, at least one of them is trying.]

I'm pretty sure you should be the one cheering me up in this situation.

[he says it dryly to magilou—he doesn't really mean much by it, but honestly!!! he's the one who's already been through some shit here, how is he supposed to be bringing cheer?]

[spinatalltale]

. . .

Oh, brother.

[just. presses a hand against her face]

I'm beginning to think I need to seriously start exploring new career paths.

[rightfully]

[ While Magilou is doing that particular thing, Lucina is going to turn her attention back to Akira. ]

Actually, I would like to hear more about this ice cream.

[ Surprise, she's a stealth weirdo. ]

Does it come in different flavours?

[jokered]

[akira's not very stealth about being a weirdo, so it's fine. at least this is par for the course with magilou's menagerie.]

Tons of them. I don't even think I could name all the ones that exist.

[spinatalltale]

[and Magilou is the most blatant weirdo of them all, so. you know. it works]

And knowing someone's favorite ice cream flavor is equivalent to knowing their darkest, most intimate and saucy secrets.

[NO. . . DON'T LET HER PULL THIS ONE OVER LUCINA'S EYES. . .]

[rightfully]

[ Be...lieving it...

(help her.) ]

Is ice cream an inherently intimate food?

[ At this rate, she might blush. She hadn't known that when she had begun asking about it!! ]

[jokered]

[...]

Only if you consider something you give to little kids in the summertime something intimate.

[magilou, stop this.]

[spinatalltale]

. . .

Way to burst my bubble, Newt.

[rightfully]

[ Looks from one... to the other...

?????? ]

... Perhaps we should begin.

[jokered]

That's on Magilou, it's her show.

[spinatalltale]

[ya'll]

Right! On with the lessons.

The first type of comedy we're going to talk about is slapstick. It's a type of comedy based fully on laughing at someone for being clumsy and embarrassing. Physical humor is the simplest form of humor, but it never fails to get a laugh. You can always use it in a pinch!

Let me demonstrate.

[points to Akira]

You.

Come here.

[rightfully]

[ Yeah, Akira. Go!!

... ]

[jokered]

[s i g h.]

For Lucina's sake.

[he says dryly.] I know what slapstick is.

[this is not going to go well, honestly.]

[spinatalltale]

[yeah probably not]

I had a feeling you did. That's why I chose you for this particular demonstration.

[she claps her hands, reaches behind her, and. . .! pulls out one of those wicker baskets that showed up in Prussia and Lief's hut earlier that day]

[and then she calmly drops it on top of Akira's head. basket hat. it's hard enough that he probably. . . can't see anymore]

[rightfully]

[ While Magilou is doing that, Lucina will try to peer behind her back. Where did that basket even come from?

... As you were, lovebirds. ]

[jokered]

[.....................................]

I don't see what's slapstick about this.

[spinatalltale]

[there is nothing behind her back!! spoopy]

This is only the beginning! Pay attention, Lucina.

[and that is when she grabs Akira's shoulders]

[spins him around like five times]

[and then shoves him forward in a random direction. probably towards the water because it's funnier that way?]

Start walking! [and, to Lucina] Observe how he cannot see where he's going due to the basket on his head. Why, he might even make the mistake of marching straight into the ocean or tripping over a rock and landing flat on his bottom!

That is slapstick in its truest form.

[don't trip Kurusu]

[rightfully]

—! [ A noise. ] Magilou!

[ Stepping forward, Lucina takes the initiative to remove the wicker basket from Akira's head. With the other hand, she steadies him as best she can, in case he's wavering dizzy from the spin.

Yeah, she doesn't really understand or appreciate this form of comedy. ]

It will not be funny if Akira injures himself.

[ Frown frown frown! ]

[jokered]

[thanks, lucina.

he seems to be mostly fine, though. just a small wooble that will only take a little bit to stave. he's been much, much dizzier.]

It's okay, Lucina. I would have just grabbed onto her hair and taken her down with me if I fell.

[now that's comedy!!!]

[spinatalltale]

[she ain't even offended]

Very good! That's a start! The audiences always lap up an act that stars two buffoons instead of one!

[rightfully]

Two...

[ She can't believe this. ]

So you wish for him to pull you down with him?

[ ... ]

[jokered]

[he'll just reach out for magilou's hair and give it a light tug for effect.

tug tug.

(his expression is absolutely deadpan.)]

[spinatalltale]

[SMACKS AT HIS HANDS]

I wouldn't phrase it like that, but it'd definitely get a few hearty chuckles from the audience, so I can't say no either.

And that is slapstick comedy!

[rightfully]

I see.

[ ???

Does she, though. ]

I don't think that would be my preference, if I was your audience. It seems unnecessarily mean-spirited.

[jokered]

Slapstick definitely isn't a kind of humor for everyone.

[akira's not really big on slapstick either, it's fine.]