ic Noble Night Out (IC)

[Poncho]

(King Cole III Post)

 

Early November, 2024

 

Friday Afternoon, Claremont Academy

 

Claremont Academy was a rigorous school in addition to it's function as a Superhero training academy. It meant for students who had previously been proud of their academic achievements, they were now having to fight against significantly smarter students, and their coursework had expanded significantly as well. For Renee Cole King, this meant she was struggling between her studies and her extra curricular examinations of her grandfather's books.

 

She didn't return to the dorm right away at the end of classes, and Estelle was already there by the time Renee returned to the dorm with a screech.

 

"I'm done! I'm done for this week!" she declared to Estelle as she made a beeline for her dresser and grabbed her most important possession, the potion to make her someone else, and drank it down.

 

"AAaaaa!" The King Cole came out immediately, and she shook her head. "Escape! It's time to escape! The King will not be restrained in this horrific...strangulating....place!" she waved her hands frantically in annoyance.

 

"Estelle! Come on! I have an idea, let's go! You want to see a play? At the Beaudrie Opera House! It's the greatest place in Freedom! It got built in 1874, plays, operas, musicals, all of it goes to the Beaudrie! You can't say you're a Noble in Freedom until you've seen a Beaudrie show!"

[Heritage]

GOSSAMER II

 

In all honesty, Estelle was not fully comfortable with her roommate's frequent transformation; she recalled the fate of her uncle and his pursuit of alchemy, which took him into some dark places. Still, Renee was not her uncle, and she had a right to make her own mistakes and discover her own triumphs. The young noble set her concerns aside, and turned around in her seat to address her 'roomie' directly.

 

"You certainly make it sound appealing! What manner of entertainment is being presented there to-day; high art or low farce? After this grueling week of studies, either one would be agreable to me!"

[Poncho]

(King Cole III)

 

"Yes! Yes! A time away from this prison of walls and stuffy uniforms and all that uninspiring nothingness of everyone looking all the same in those uniforms. Forget it! Pshaw on all of that!" She declared emphatically as she hopped around. Under her bed was a secret suitcase of clothes expressly for the King; things that Renee would never wear but her Royal Alterego absolutely would, and she was quickly getting prepared in a flowing purple gown and fur cloak hanging over her shoulders. 

 

"It's going to be Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. You know that one, right? Oooh it's so heartbreaking. But so beautiful at the same time. It's great!"

[Heritage]

GOSSAMER II

 

Estelle looked thoughtful for a moment as she sent golden tendrils into her wardrobe trunk to pull out a few different outfits that might be appropriate for a visit to the theater. 

 

"I of course know the story of Tristan and Iseult, but I'm unfamiliar with Wagner; apparently he's either not part of my world, or he never became very popular. Is he a composer or a playright? And am I correct in assuming the production is a tragedy?"

Edited November 14 by Heritage

[Poncho]

(King Cole III)

 

"He's a composer. It's one of his Operas; he's very seminal in our world; he created and innovated many of the operatic trends that continued on past when he was makign Operas, for instance he was basically the first person to both write the songs and the literature of his operas. And yes, it is quite a tragedy! And more than that, the play is even considered cursed by some, that the role of Tristan is too difficult, too strenuous, for singers, that many of the greats have died portraying Tristan in the Opera." she said, wiggling her fingers to add to the spookyness. "And it's traditional that Tristan and Iseult are portrayed by a married couple, but the curse says that when the man playing Tristan dies from the strain of the portrayal, his Iseult never sings again!" 

 

She laughed, her cheerful cackle echoing around the room.

 

"Isn't that a fun added layer of tragedy to this story? It's excellent marketing for the show 'oh, this Opera is so hard that it steals the life from the male lead' or whatever."