[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]

Comments

[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.]

[spinatalltale]

[she is :(]

Fine, fine. . . then let's try puns and wordplay next. I bet you'd both be very good at that.

[rightfully]

Puns?

[ Spoiler: she is going to love puns.

God help them all. ]

[jokered]

[puns are his jam.]

We'll help you punderstand them, Lucina.

[spinatalltale]

[everyone in this thread is about to love puns]

[except for Aly]

I think you'll sea what I mean once we get started! After all, I'd rather share all of my wordplay secrets with fronds instead of anemones.

[rightfully]

Fr—

[ Fronds?

She doesn't understand. ]

I don't understand.

[jokered]

Magilou, explain.

[he gets it, but this is her job. he's not explaining puns.]

[spinatalltale]

. . . ugh, but having to explain the joke when it should be obvious enough in and of itself. . .

[okay fiiiine]

"Fronds" sounds like "friends," and "anemones" sounds like "enemies." That's the essence of puns and wordplay. You replace a word with a similar sounding word in your sentence. The possibilities are endless!

[rightfully]

Oh, so perhaps like —

[ She's going to do it. She's going to pun!!

Any second now.

The pause continues... ]

Um.

[ And continues... ]

Please - please salmon the Chief!

[ She's so proud of herself. ]

[jokered]

[he snorts.

well.

it's amusing, though probably not for the right reasons.]

[spinatalltale]

. . .

Well, it isn't bad. You can do a little better, though.

[rightfully]

[ Lucina, who is a bit too painfully earnest at times, actually looks somewhat hurt by Magilou's dismissive response.

She worked really hard on that! ]

Oh... Yes. Of course. What would you suggest?

[jokered]

Hm...

[defers to magilou once again, because it's fun to watch her deal with this, honestly.]

[spinatalltale]

[it was her idea, so perhaps it's best to give her the responsibility here]

We're on the beach, so our puns should be beach and-or ocean themed. Why don't we try something simple. . .

Make a pun out of the word "water."

[rightfully]

Alright.

[ Silence.

Si...lence...

??? ]

Water...

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—I'm sorry, I'm not sure how.

[ She's disgraced her family. :( ]

[jokered]

Water you doing, Lucina... I'm shore you can do better than that...

[he'll give her some examples to work with.]

[spinatalltale]

[oh my god she's delighted]

[claps her hands together, but stays quiet, letting Akira take over the lesson for a bit]

[rightfully]

So, the point is to replace innocuous words in a simple sentence with words that have a water theme, correct?

[ Her brow furrows as she tries to work through this. ]

Water... water... oh!

[ GET READY GUYS ]

I realise this may be a shallow attempt [ get it ] but water [ get it ] you think about it?

[jokered]

I think soon enough we might be able to shellebrate your advancement into the world of puns.

[so. better than her first attempt, at least. she seems to be having fun with it though, so it's fine.]

[spinatalltale]

[!!!!]

That one was so good, Lucina, I'll have to confishscate your pun license for it!