IC; musical discussion and double date with Kurt, Blaine, and Emily

[burgercraving]

[there are drinks lined up over the bar, but they're all virgin, for the sake of remaining sober during this discussion. Santana is rested up on the end furthest away from Emily with her eyes on Kurt, as she's looking at him with an indication of "get on with it." even though they've only been set up for two minutes, she's already growing impatient. like most times of the day, it's not difficult to find themselves alone in the bar, either. so it goes]

Comments

[ladycoderring.livejournal.com]

[just trying valiantly not to look supremely awkward over here]

Well... that's definitely well-known, and a lot of things happen there. But it's still essentially just a place to serve food. You said something about bizarre creatures, Kurt. Is that what you want to go for with the locations as well? The stranger ones?

[burgercraving]

Didn't this place use to be something else?

[thegreateststar]

Yes. We were in a swamp in the backwoods of Louisiana until spring last year. There's no point in recreating that, however. Current audiences will not connect to it. Best to stick to the barns and cornfield.

I see your point about the Mess Hall, Emily. It doesn't make for exciting scenery. I'd thought of the center of camp as a regular setting, with perhaps the showers for the always welcome homoerotic hints, and a more dramatic setting for the climax.

[youngburtreynolds]

[raises an eyebrow, grinning]

The showers? I'm not going to object, but how are you going to work that in, exactly?

[ladycoderring.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of curious about that too.

[burgercraving]

Easy. Of course, I'm sure the two of you spend your time in the shower actually showering but the rest of us—meaning, no one in here but me—take time out for other things. This place's very foundation is built upon unresolved sexual tension, and whoever runs this hell hole takes a advantage of it with the mistletoe and the naked day. Of course, that might be harder for some people to tell. Self-imposed chastity belts can be such a bitch.

[thegreateststar]

[nods] There's no point in being coy when the environment completely did away with subtlety a long time ago. [writes "mistletoe" and "naked day" on the board] Good ideas, Santana.

Oh, I know what we could do for the third setting. There's that creepy fair that popped up out of nowhere and seems to be run entirely by zombies. Perfect place for a showdown.

[youngburtreynolds]

[blinks and looks at Santana for a moment then back at Kurt, raising his hand a little before he speaks. old habits die hard]

What's the showdown about?

[ladycoderring.livejournal.com]

[pointedly ignores Santana and waits for an answer to Blaine's question]

[burgercraving]

Yeah, do we even have a story here?

[thegreateststar]

[taps the stick against his chin, taking in the general mood]

. . . The story is, tentatively, about a group of campers who band together to take the barrier down. I haven't decided on a villain yet, but I don't think I'll go with the speakers or the director. The former are too intangible, and the latter is too realistic. Expect there to be changes in upcoming weeks, however. I have yet to get ahold of someone who can tell me more about this place.

[youngburtreynolds]

[nods, finishing off his drink]

Intangible could work until the end though, like a disembodied voice and then in the final showdown introduce who it's been the whole time. Not entirely original, but effective.

[ladycoderring.livejournal.com]

...I don't know. The anonymous taunting orchestrator thing might be overdone.

[burgercraving]

And it doesn't leave much opportunity for stage directions of the typical villain song. What about someone based on Sue Sylvester? I've been through her crap enough to be able to pull something that even Glee club members don't know about, and she's suitably offensive enough to be interesting.

[thegreateststar]

[walks up to Blaine and drapes his arm around his shoulder]

I might be able to write both ideas in. The character could seem to be sympathetic at first, while using other means to communicate as the villain until the reveal. Or maybe we could have two characters, with the disembodied voice being the second in command . . . But that's too close to the reality of camp. What do you think, Blaine?

[youngburtreynolds]

[a little deflated, but pacified by Kurt's proximity]

Okay, well if you're going for something further from reality, Santana's idea could work. Definitely.

[thegreateststar]

[presses a kiss to Blaine's forehead]

[ladycoderring.livejournal.com]

How detailed do we want to get in the discussion today?

[burgercraving]

It's obvious that Kurt has enough to work on, but I'm volunteering for the role of the villain.

[thegreateststar]

Duly noted, Santana. Emily, since you said you only wanted to work on painting scenery and help off the stage, you won't have to act in any shower scenes. Let me know if you think you're going to have trouble with any of the sets as we've proposed them, however. I have big plans for making those showers spit blood.

[youngburtreynolds]

Does that mean the showers are going to be spitting blood on me?

[ladycoderring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, is that not going to conflict with the, um... erotic image you said you were going for?

[burgercraving]

There can be multiple shower scenes.

[thegreateststar]

Well, let's see what we can actually accomplish with our resources and then keep or discard scenes. And yes, Blaine, sometimes the showers spray blood. You must've been lucky so far.

[youngburtreynolds]

I meant on stage, but um, good to know.

[looking at Santana]

Multiple shower scenes? Really? That feels like a very different kind of play.