Chapter 240 Rehearsal
Half a month passed in a flash.
From the surface, it seems that the church has put almost all its manpower into the operation of "responding to the doomsday meteor shower."
In fact, many people knew the secrets of the so-called defensive ritual formation, but the underground shelter was packed with people and even more people were eager to live in it, so any conspiracy theory would not work.
Apart from the top management who work tirelessly, the students in Class A work the hardest in the entire church.
They had to help set up a defensive formation in the morning, and repeat it in the evening under the guidance of the newborn snake. And that wasn't all; they couldn't rest in the afternoon either. They had to practice a drama with Chen Xiao'er in the afternoon. It was truly a 24-hour non-stop work.
Fortunately, this inhumane life will end tomorrow.
Lin Lang squatted on the playground holding a glass of soy milk and took a big gulp. She uploaded the photo of the venue to the group and added the text [Inspection completed, the ritual formation is intact].
In fact, she just gave it a rough review, because she had checked the two sets of internal and external ritual arrays with everyone last night, so of course she knew that the ritual arrays were intact.
After she uploaded the photo, Zheng Xiuli came over with a cup of soy milk and sat next to her. "Your father didn't come?"
"Yeah." Lin Lang said calmly, "If he didn't come, then he didn't come. Maybe he didn't want to betray his companions at all."
They all knew it was bullshit.
Given Uncle Wolf's personality, if nothing had happened, he would have crawled in to be an insider. I'm afraid the church gave him the permit in the hope of tricking him in first and then catching him in the act.
It's better not to think about it this way? At least I won't be caught. Lin Lang smiled bitterly, not really wanting to think about what happened to his father.
She bit her soy milk bag and asked, "What about you? Has anyone in your family applied for a license?"
"No." Zheng Xiuli stared into the distance motionlessly, "Not even one left."
The two took out energy bars from the plastic bag and sat on the steps, admiring the heavy sealed door of the shelter without saying a word.
They sat there in a daze until one o'clock in the afternoon.
The wind felt a bit cold on her face. Zheng Xiuli stood up slowly and said, "Let's go get our costumes. We don't have to hand them in once we get them this time."
"Okay." Lin Lang followed her stiffly. They both seemed to be waiting for the other to say something first, but in the end no one spoke.
They soon arrived at the Doomsday Clock Tower, where their classmates had already gathered in the square and started sorting their costumes.
"Here, your clothes." Qian Xiaomei handed them two pieces of clothes weakly.
Lin Lang took a light brown shepherdess's dress, while Zheng Xiuli took a satin dress from a small vendor.
The materials of these clothes are very good and the styles are exquisite, which is exactly what people imagine people in fairy tales should wear.
Of course, these clothes didn't originally look like this. When they were first issued, they were the highest level of special protective clothing. Each piece came with a matching helmet and wrist boots.
However, after they put on these clothes and finished rehearsing with Chen Xiao'er a few days ago, these protective suits all turned into the appearance in the play.
Fortunately, their function as protective clothing has not been weakened. The school allowed the testers to wear them at night and walk all the way to the third level of the abyss and back. Neither the people nor the clothes were damaged.
Lin Lang had just changed his clothes when he heard the sound of footsteps on the soles of shoes. There was only one person who could make such a sound with the soles of his shoes.
Da da da da.
The newly born snake stepped on two small red leather shoes and ran towards them aggressively. One look at its expression showed that it was here to call for an explanation!
......
Chen Xiaotong was running in front wearing a fluffy princess dress, her little face flushed with excitement.
"Xiaotong, Xiaotong, slow down, be careful not to fall!" Chen Xiao'er opened her arms and chased after her like an old hen. She chased her all the way to the bottom of the bell tower before she grabbed her sister's arm and pinned the lively little one down.
"Hmph!" Xiaotong puffed up her cheeks angrily. No one knew what she was angry about. Maybe she felt aggrieved because she didn't get to show off in front of her classmates?
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, your hair is all crooked~" Chen Xiao'er took out a comb from her handbag and combed her sister's hair. They were both wearing skirts with big hems, which looked nice, but it was not very convenient for walking.
Fortunately, the crystal shoes prepared by the school were not real crystal shoes. When running, they were almost the same as cloth shoes. Otherwise, I really couldn’t catch up with Xiaotong who was running all the way.
"How can I not be angry!" Chen Xiaotong's eyes widened, her hands dancing in the air. "The school actually asked me to play the younger sister. They have bad intentions!"
Hmm, are you actually angry about this? Children's logic is so cute.
Chen Xiao'er poked her younger sister's cheeks, which had bulged like little frogs, in a playful manner and said perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, don't worry. I won't turn into a statue. You have to grow up before you can think about whether to get married or not."
“…” The students who had gathered around stepped back.
In fact, they understood the meaning of the newborn snake.
Judging from the multiple endings provided by the Church of Light, they intend to seize certain powers depending on the situation.
The current arrangement is that Chen Xiao'er plays the queen and Chen Xiaotong plays the princess, which is clearly an intention to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Moreover, they deliberately announced the princess candidate only one day before the plan was launched, catching the Newborn Snake off guard. How could he not be angry?
Chen Xiaotong was so anxious that she turned around and around in her sister's arms. She was still hoping that her classmates could explain it to her, but she quickly remembered that it was daytime and the church was still monitoring them.
She was spinning for a while when she stopped, paused to breathe, and then said slowly: "Sister, I don't want to play a princess." After saying this, she squeezed her eyes and small drops of water gathered at the corners of her eyes.
This trick really worked. Seeing her sister's aggrieved face, Chen Xiao'er quickly hugged her distressedly and whispered, "Okay, then I'll go tell the teacher, Xiaotong, you don't want to act."
"Uh," Chen Xiaotong choked. If she didn't act, the Glorious Church would definitely do something bad.
She could imagine the vixen with glasses coming over and yelling to her sister, "Xiao'er, you've worked so hard acting today. Let me help you take care of the children." Then she would bring a large group of people to drag her away and stuff her into a sealed box and nail her up.
The church is bad, they can definitely do it!
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaotong quickly shook her head: "No, I want to act, I want to act!"
Chen Xiao'er patted her head lovingly: "Okay, Xiaotong doesn't want to play a princess, what do you want to play?"
"I want to play the role of someone who is always by my sister's side!" Chen Xiaotong gestured desperately. She must stay by her sister's side all the time to ensure her sister's safety and prevent the bad guys from taking away her sister's power!
"Uh." Chen Xiao'er lowered her right hand and held her sister's little paw. "But except for the first act, the only one standing next to the queen in several performances was the princess."
"Eh." Chen Xiaotong's bright eyes dimmed instantly, and her puffed cheeks deflated. "Then, it's okay then."
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Since this is the last rehearsal, of course we have to review the three most important scenes.
Fortunately, the school didn't plan to set up a scene on a large stage to perform a stage play. The students only needed to wander around like extras in an amusement park and provide some interaction for the visitors.
As the absolute heroine in "Sleeping Queen", the three main scenes are all related to Chen Xiao'er.
She and her classmates were all in costumes, so it was not convenient for them to walk. So they all took a freight bus to the first location: the "Castle" garden.
Her Majesty the Queen has a dream castle and she is going to hold a grand blind date party in the garden.
She already possessed extraordinary charm at that time, and the fragile prince proposed to the queen in public before the banquet, and was then ridiculed as worthless.
According to the script, visitors attending the school festival need to interact with extras to obtain invitations, and then take the invitations to the garden to participate in this scene.
Students will provide black tea and pudding to every guest who receives an invitation, and let them sit in the garden to eat and watch.
This "garden" was originally a football field. In order to facilitate the layout, lunch cloths were used instead of banquet tables and chairs. It's just a nice gesture.
Chen Xiao'er straightened her chest as she had done in the previous exercises and acted as if she was looking down on others.
She strolled around the "stage" slowly with a deliberately stern face, seemingly not caring about any of the guests.
It's a pity that her acting skills can't cover up her temperament at all. As long as you see those watery eyes, no one will doubt her smartness and gentleness.
rustle.
Xing Shuyao pushed the wheelchair in front of her, and Chen Xiao'er's face tightened with nervousness.
She had protested against this casting on the first day of rehearsal, saying it was inappropriate to let Xing play this role, especially the lines in the script that ridiculed the prince. It was too much to use on a disabled person!
However, the protest was ineffective. Both Xing Shuyao and other classmates emphasized that this choice was appropriate. In the end, they convinced her by saying that "this way Xing Shuyao can leave earlier."
Xing Shuyao must not have thought too much about it. He quickly got into the role and recited his lines in front of everyone.
Chen Xiao'er was also moved by his professionalism, so she perked up and sneered at him sarcastically, then left without looking back.
The performance of this scene is very simple. During the actual performance, there will be school workers handing out snacks, which will definitely make it go more smoothly.
They boarded the bus again and arrived at the venue for Act II.
During the second act, visitors need to cooperate with students who play the role of suitors to search for "treasures in high places" in various stalls.
These treasures from high places will be hidden among ordinary goods and will be given to you for free as long as you find them.
So the stage for Act II is set at the end of the merchandise stalls, where all the colored lines on the ground converge.
Chen Xiao'er will interact with tourists and suitors who have obtained the treasure in an open space. The lines that need to be rehearsed are very simple, and she can also improvise freely according to the situation on the spot. In short, she just needs to make sure that the tourists take the gifts.
Finally, we have Act III, whose ending is still undecided. Of course, even if we choose the most popular ending, we don't have to worry, because the final scene ends with the Queen's encounter with the Goddess of Love, and at most we'll modify the few words before the entrance.
The audience will only see Chen Xiao'er walking into the "temple" with her skirt lifted up. They cannot see what happens next and therefore there is no need to rehearse.
Chen Xiao'er held Lin Lang's hand and walked down from the bus. She looked at the clock tower under the setting sun and slowly relaxed her eyebrows: the tower was painted with snow-white crystal decorations, and the texture of ice crystals revealed in the sunlight.
The senior students from the Student Union were leaning against the fence of the clock tower, each of them wearing the same silver-white long dress.
Their light-colored long hair and eyes were more dazzling than the gems on their skirts, like clusters of snow roses surrounding the god of love.
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