by resop2 » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:36 am
Here is a script for a fantasy stage performance by the Q-ki's and Niigaki Risa:
Cast:
Asumu - Suzuki Kanon - a shy and introverted boy who is caught up in the eternal war between the Oni and the Makamou.
Ibuki - Fukumura Mizuki - Heir to a imperial family of Oni, Ibuki is a casual pretty boy Oni who coolly uses his Reppuu (trumpet gun) to harness wind based elemental powers to destroy Makamou.
Akira - Sayashi Riho - The disciple of Ibuki, she is a tsundere girl whose parents were killed long ago by Makamou. She is Asumu's classmate and depends on Asumu's notes to keep up at school. She is sharp tongued but deeply cares about her team mates.
Todoroki - Ikuta Erina - A newly minted Oni, Todoroki slays Makamou with blistering guitar solos. Todoroki is a pretty severe KY and has a confidence problem. For this he gets picked on a lot.
Hibiki - Niigaki Risa - A friend of Asumu who makes Asumu feel more confident by her presence. Hibiki slays Makamou with Taiko Drumming techniques.
Offstage -
Tachibana Hinaka and Tachibana Kasumi - support personnel who research monsters and run the dumpling shop that serves as a front for the Takeshi (Oni support group).
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Ibuki, Akira, and Todoroki sit around a table in the middle of a bare stage. They look lost in thought.
Asumu enters. "I'm back! Kasumi said that you guys were having a situation?"
Ibuki nods and speaks somewhat stiffly and formally. "We have received reports of a mystery type of Makamou. Hibiki is out in the field now, trying to track it down. It is reported to be extremely dangerous, so we're on call, waiting for Hibiki's guardian animals to locate it."
Asumu nods. "I see."
Akira: "Did you bring the class notes?"
Asumu: "Yes, here they are." Asumu hands a folder to Akira.
Akira bows. "Thank you very much."
Asumu gets a mischievous look in his eyes. "Todoroki, Hinaka told me that you do some sort of strange thing after you kill a Makamou."
Todoroki looks shocked and nervous. "She did?"
Ibuki raises an eyebrow. "I have heard that as well."
Todoroki: "You guys!"
Asumu: "Please forgive my not understanding. Does it matter much what Todoroki does after he kills a Makamou? After all, the Makamou is already dead."
Ibuki: "There are traditions and customs that Oni have passed down from generation to generation. I don't think these customs always have a concrete reason, it's more like peer pressure not to do things that would embarrass other Oni that one might be fighting with."
Asumu: "Ah, I think I see."
Ibuki: "For example, let's say that you were a Oni, Asumu. You've just killed a Makamou with your hissatsu attack. Then, you do this." Ibuki makes a cat's paws gesture. "Please forgive me-ow."
Asumu falls over.
Ibuki goes back to a stiff and formal posture: "As you can see, this would be a bad situation."
Asumu: "So, Todoroki does that?"
Todoroki: "Asumu! Geez! All I do is play my Retsurai to cleanse the area of the evil aura of the Makamou. It's not really anything weird."
Ibuki: "Is that so? Then why didn't you want to do that after you fight with me and Hibiki?"
Akira: "I'll bet he does 'please excuse me-ow' after he finishes his guitar solo."
Todoroki: "Awww, why am I always being picked on?"
Asumu: "Akira, does Ibuki does anything weird after he kills a Makamou?"
Ibuki starts looking nervous.
Akira: "It's more cute than weird. Once he kills a Makamou by blowing on his Reppuu," Akira mimes playing a trumpet (and a trumpet plays off stage), "he closes his eyes and then exhales loudly."
Asumu: "That sounds like it fits Ibuki."
Ibuki's phone starts playing a tune. "Hello? Hibiki? You have a hit? Okay, I am syncing this phone to your phone's GPS. We will be there in ten minutes."
Todoroki jumps up. "Okay!"
Ibuki gives him a stern look. "Todoroki, we're going into a unknown situation. More thought and less enthusiasm is needed."
Akira: "Asumu. Ride with Todoroki."
Asumu points to his nose. "Me? I though you didn't like me being at Makamou fights since I am not trained."
Akira: "Asumu. When they henshi into Oni and start fighting they are operating on instinct. Often there is a need to have people there who can think with a cool head. Don't worry, I will protect you. After all, I need your class notes."
They run off stage and the stage goes to black.
A spotlight comes on which shows Hibiki and a guardian animal. The guardian animal is a plushy toy on a stick that is moves around by being shaken by a black clad stage hand. Hibiki is dressed in his Oni "armor" but has his face exposed.
Mechanical "voice" noises from off stage.
Hibiki: "So, the Makamou is around here?"
More noises.
Hibiki: "And, close? I don't see any Makamou at all. Whaa?"
Hibiki pantomimes being hit. The stagehand leaves with the guardian animal.
Hibiki: "Itai! That wasn't very sporting."
Ibuki and Todoroki run on stage. They are also wearing their Oni "armor" with their faces exposed.
Both: Hibiki!
Hibiki: "Guys, watch out. I think that the Makamou is invisible."
Ibuki: "That's unprecedented! To think that a Makmou would take such a form."
Todoroki: "How are we going to fight it?"
Hibiki, Ibuki and then Todoroki pantomime getting hit.
Hibiki: "It packs a mean punch as well."
The stage goes dark and then Akira and Asumu are spotlighted. The guardian animal is there and mechanical voices are heard.
Akira: "This is bad. The guardian can sense its presence but can't pinpoint the location of the Makamou."
Asumu: "I can't see it at all."
Hitting sound effects are heard.
Asumu winces. "This is bad."
Akira: "I know. Ibuki! Do your best!"
Asumu pounds his fist into his hand. "I have it. Hibiki! Pound the ground with your sticks. Ibuki, shoot the ground with your Reppuu.
The lights come on to reveal Ibuki, Hibiki, and Todoroki looking at Asumu incredulously.
Hibiki: "Shounen, are you sure?"
Asumu: "Yes, you'll raise up a dust cloud. You won't be able to see the Makamou, but you'll see where the dust is displaced.
Hibiki looks shocked. "Okay, let's do it."
Hibiki pounds the floor with his Taiko Drum sticks. Drum sounds are heard off stage.
Ibuki points his trumpet at the floor and mimes shooting and the kickback. Gunfire noises are heard off stage.
Todoroki: There it is!
Ibuki shoots the spot that Todoroki is pointing to with his Reppuu to sound effects off stage.
Ibuki, Hibiki, and Todoroki pull on the head part of their outfit (that had been hanging like a hood beforehand) and surround the spot.
Todoroki spins his guitar and stabs the invisible monster with it base. "Raiden Gekishin!"
Hibiki assumes a Taiko Drumming stance. "Gouka Renbu no Kata!"
Ibuki adjusts the mouth of the Reppuu. "Shippuu Issen!"
Todoroki starts going crazy, jamming out on the guitar. A loud guitar solo is heard off stage.
Hibiki starts hitting the invisible monster with his sticks to drumming sounds from off stage.
Ibuki strikes a cool looking stance and starts blowing a trumpet figure which is heard off stage.
The three continue the attack for about thirty seconds. Then they disengage and face the audience posing heroically.
The lights go out and an explosion is heard.
The lights come back on and the three have taken their hoods off again.
Ibuki, with his eyes closed, exhales loudly.
Hibiki rubs his nose. "Yes!"
Akira and Asumu run up.
Asumu: Wow, that was really cool.
Hibiki: You know, Asumu, I think you saved us today. Without your plan that Makamou would have beaten us down.
Asumu: Oh, it wasn't that great.
Ibuki: "Todoroki, aren't you going to do that thing?"
Todoroki: "Oh, no! I'm still being picked on."
Hibiki: "Ibuki, don't pick on Todoroki. Everyone has to find his own way to become an Oni."
Todoroki: "Thanks!"
Hibiki: "But, I am curious as well."
Todoroki: "Not you too, Hibiki!"
Akira: "Well, Asumu, you must be really happy."
Asumu: "Because I helped with the fight?"
Akira: "Because Hibiki called you by your name."
Asumu: "Oh, I guess he did. I didn't really notice that."
Akira: "Does it bother you that he calls you 'boy' all the time."
Asumu: "It hasn't the last 127 times he's done that."
The End