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00:01Very well. The council will adjust the schedule to split use of the auditorium between the theater club and the
00:07concert band.
00:08We appreciate your support.
00:10I'm done with the polling!
00:12Thanks for your help!
00:14You're really working me to the bone, Grace!
00:16The campus festival is nearly upon us. We can't have everyone falling behind schedule because the student council dropped the
00:23ball.
00:24So, hey, where's Ana?
00:26I'm having Ana focus on laying the groundwork for the play that we're all going to perform.
00:31That makes sense. I was wondering why I hadn't seen her around the office lately.
00:36Huh? You mean she wasn't in the student council office for lunch?
00:40Maybe she went to the dining hall?
00:42Perhaps. But I was there and I didn't see her at all.
00:49We should probably go look for her.
01:00Uh, Lady Grace?
01:06Good morning.
01:07At least I think so.
01:10How long have you been here, Ana?
01:13Um, well...
01:14I came here right after class got out.
01:16I wanted to start compiling information on plays by reading books about them.
01:20Are you saying you've been here an entire day?
01:24The entire day?
01:26That's impossible!
01:27Oh, but it kinda feels it.
01:30Since I'm starving something awful right now and my stomach is...
01:34Ah!
01:34Ana!
01:35Hang in there, Ana!
01:36Oh, what?
03:08I'm sorry for causing so much trouble.
03:12Using your brain for so long without any food or drink would exhaust anyone.
03:16Don't apologize and just eat up.
03:18Drink some tea too.
03:20Thank you very much.
03:26I feel bad, huh?
03:29It's just that I've been the total opposite of useful.
03:33I didn't realize how complicated plays really are.
03:36It's more than just actors speaking on a stage.
03:40You need a script?
03:41A director?
03:43Costumes?
03:44Stage hands?
03:45Lighting?
03:45Sound effects?
03:46Set pieces and props?
03:48There are so many things that have to be done.
03:51I thought maybe it would be best to start by preparing the script for our play.
03:55But no matter how many books about playwriting I read, it just proved too difficult.
04:01Even though you were kind enough to put me in charge, I...
04:08I'm just nothing but an utter failure.
04:13Anna.
04:16Yes.
04:17You make a good point.
04:20I'm sorry.
04:21I'm just worthless.
04:24Stage plays are complex works of art that are made by blending the talents of many people.
04:29It's quite impossible for you to create one all by yourself.
04:34My instructions weren't clear enough.
04:36I never meant for this to happen.
04:38I apologize.
04:41Although I did say you would be the one in charge of managing the play,
04:45it doesn't mean I expected you to do everything on your own without help from others.
04:53This is my fault.
04:54Knowing Anna's personality, I should have seen this situation coming a mile away.
04:59And I really screwed up.
05:01Um, yes, but Lady Grace, what am I supposed to do?
05:05As they say, let the cobbler stick to his last.
05:08Or in colloquial terms.
05:10How should I put it?
05:12Let the baker be the one that bakes the bread.
05:14Does that make any sense?
05:16Um, well, my family does run a bakery.
05:20Pardon us.
05:22May we speak with the theater club president?
05:25You're from the student council.
05:27Thank you for your help earlier.
05:29Please excuse us, but to be blunt, we're in need of some advice.
05:34Ah, I see.
05:35So you need the expertise of someone familiar with plays to help produce one for the student council?
05:41Indubitably.
05:42Not a problem.
05:43I know just the girl for the job.
05:45Hey, Fran?
05:45Are you around?
05:47Fran Cet Mercure.
05:48Hmm?
05:49Oh!
05:50Coming, Chief!
05:52What can I help you?
05:55Greetings.
05:56I am Grace O'Vern from the student council.
05:59No way!
06:00Are you kidding me?
06:01I know who you are, of course!
06:04Forgive my impunence.
06:05I'm just a really big fan of the student council!
06:08A total groupie!
06:10A groupie?
06:11May I ask, to what do we owe the honor of your presence here on the gloomy wings of the
06:15stage?
06:15Hey, Fran, introduce yourself.
06:17Oh!
06:18Oh, please forgive my insolence!
06:20Fran Cet Mercure is extra service and ready to face any punishment!
06:24Just please spare my family!
06:26Kindly lift yourself up off the floor.
06:29You needn't worry us.
06:30The student council has no such authority.
06:33Oh, I see.
06:34The student council is going to put on a play?
06:37As much as I would be absolutely thrilled to participate,
06:40I'm afraid I have less than zero confidence in my ability to contribute anything of real value.
06:45Actually, Fran's knowledge of plays runs so deep that she's the brightest member of our club.
06:49The problem is the festival is focused around all our senior members,
06:53so there's nothing Fran can do as a first year.
06:56I'd say her brains would be better put to use by serving the will of the student council.
07:00Not at all!
07:01I'm just a lowly amateur with no experience to give you!
07:05You're a first year?
07:07Lady Fran said you're amazing!
07:08Even though we're both in the same grade here,
07:11you've already earned the respect of your club president
07:13because of how hard you've studied the art of theater!
07:16Well, chucks, it's nothing impressive!
07:18I'm just so theater obsessed that I learned a lot of useless facts!
07:21No way!
07:22Dedicating all of your focus to a single subject like that is impressive!
07:27Please, we really need your help.
07:28I'm a novice at producing plays,
07:30which has made it difficult to figure anything out.
07:33And the whole thing is even more complicated
07:35because we have to cross-cast all the roles!
07:40You're telling me it's going to have a cross-gender cast?
07:44Yeah.
07:46Meaning the male characters will be played by women
07:48and the female characters played by men?
07:51Yes.
07:52In that case, then please consider me
07:54from San Mercura at your every beck and call!
07:56No matter what you need, I shall deliver!
07:59Please feel free to work me like a horse!
08:01Thank you so much for your help, Lady Fronsette!
08:05You don't need to speak with formalities!
08:07Please just call me Fron!
08:08Now then, what shall we start with, dearest soul sister?
08:11Um, that sounds good, Bron!
08:13I'd like to start by asking you for advice on writing the script!
08:18Oh, interesting!
08:20So you want to adapt this fairy tale into a stage play?
08:24Then I think I have the perfect suggestion!
08:28Luckily, all the old scripts for the plays
08:30that have been performed by the Academy's theater club
08:32are stored here in this room!
08:34And I know there's a stage version of the Prince and the Peasant
08:37somewhere among them!
08:39Yes, I see.
08:40That fairy tale has been around for quite a long time.
08:44Please wait a moment!
08:45I'm pretty sure that I put it back on this shelf
08:47after I finished reading it before...
08:50Before?
08:51Wait a minute, Fron.
08:52Are you saying you just happened to read a play
08:54based on that story?
08:55No, it's not a coincidence!
08:58Because I've taken the time to read all the plays stored here!
09:02Huh?
09:03Oh!
09:04Found it!
09:04This is the one!
09:05The original fairy tale is pretty long,
09:08so I imagine a stage version would take about two hours.
09:11But this script skillfully adapts only the major plot points
09:14into a shorter version.
09:16I would imagine it should only take about 20 to 30 minutes to perform!
09:19Thank you, Fron!
09:21You're the best!
09:25What a relief!
09:26I was so worried,
09:28and now...
09:28Now it feels like we might actually
09:30be able to pull this play off!
09:32Oh gosh!
09:34I haven't done anything worth crying over!
09:36Lady Grace!
09:37I understand what you meant
09:39when you said,
09:40let the baker bake the bread!
09:42Yes, indeed.
09:43We of the nobility are quite knowledgeable
09:45in a variety of subjects.
09:48Although...
09:49That does not mean we must accomplish everything
09:52that is placed on us by ourselves.
09:54Ah yes!
09:55This reminds me of the old days!
09:58Asking professionals to help bridge the gaps
10:00in your knowledge.
10:01And enlisting support from people
10:03with the skill sets you need.
10:05There's no shame in any of that.
10:08I would even go as far as to say
10:10they are key abilities required
10:11to bring any large project to fruition.
10:15Absolute genius!
10:15Her words inspire the kind of vision!
10:19Let's get started.
10:20We should probably read the script first.
10:23Right.
10:23I'm surprised by Lady Grace.
10:25Even though she's way higher than me
10:27on the social pyramid,
10:28it oddly feels like we have a lot in common.
10:32You know...
10:34This is weird.
10:35The cast and dialogue
10:36is almost too on the nose.
10:38As if...
10:39This script was written
10:40for the current members
10:41of the Student Council.
10:42What do you think, Lady Grace?
10:44Yes, I can see what you mean.
10:45But the dates inside
10:46seem to indicate
10:47that this was written
10:48some 30 years ago.
10:50Perhaps our council
10:51coincidentally shares
10:52the same characteristics
10:53of the council from back then.
10:55The scripts used for performances
10:57are duplicated in a process
10:58that leaves behind
10:59a magical imprint.
11:00But I don't see one!
11:02Which means
11:03that nobody has actually
11:04performed this show yet!
11:06Then it's as if
11:08this script has been waiting
11:0930 years
11:10just for us to find
11:11and produce the play
11:12for the very first time.
11:14How romantic!
11:15I adore that idea!
11:17Say,
11:18Fran,
11:19what is this?
11:21Huh?
11:21Oh, that's the signature
11:22of the author!
11:23Do you recognize it?
11:25Yes.
11:26The playwright for this
11:28was Jacqueline O'Byrne.
11:30None other than
11:32my own mother.
11:37Oh, wow!
11:38So this is where
11:39Fran joins the group!
11:41That's cool!
11:42What a twist!
11:43I take it she's part
11:44of the regular game?
11:46Yeah.
11:47She's the best
11:47friend character.
11:48Normally she befriends
11:49Ana right after
11:50the entrance ceremony
11:51and helps out
11:52by providing
11:52all sorts of information.
11:54But since Ana
11:55became friends
11:56with Grace in this world,
11:57I thought Fran
11:58wasn't going to show up.
11:59I'm glad I was wrong!
12:01A theatrical advisor!
12:03Nice to see
12:04the geeky fangirl character
12:05still gets a chance
12:06to shine!
12:07They shouldn't have
12:08any problems
12:09putting on a play
12:10for the campus now!
12:13How do I look, Fran?
12:16I love it, Ana!
12:17You're totally
12:18ensuing that young lad
12:19with Street Smarts vibe!
12:21I'm glad!
12:23So what's the deal
12:24with that flashing thingy?
12:26It's one of the latest
12:27magical gadgets
12:28called a camera!
12:29You can use it
12:30to create a visual
12:31record of people!
12:32In the normal game,
12:33it's shown as the icon
12:34for the screenshot function.
12:36How interesting.
12:37But there's really
12:38no need to record me
12:39in this outfit,
12:40is there?
12:41No way!
12:41This is valuable
12:42history in the making!
12:43Huh?
12:45Thank you for waiting.
12:47Lord Pierre!
12:50Does this seem
12:51all right to you?
12:52My apologies,
12:53I've never worn
12:54a made outfit before.
12:55You look simply
12:56the amazing Lord Pierre!
12:58Huh?
12:59That almost looks
13:00natural on you,
13:01Pierre.
13:07I could say the same
13:09of you,
13:09your highness.
13:10You're the spitting
13:11image of a queen.
13:12Who could possibly
13:13imagine that I would
13:14end up as the queen
13:15before becoming the king?
13:16It's quite amusing,
13:17your highness.
13:18Thank whatever!
13:18God bless me
13:19with this piece
13:20for the eyes!
13:20I'm traveling
13:21and can't get
13:22any good pictures,
13:22but I have to try!
13:24Wow, I can't believe
13:25I get to see this first hand
13:26without paying a penny!
13:27But I have to be
13:28somebody, right?
13:28Because this feels
13:29like one of those
13:30doomed to die
13:30after exhausting
13:31a life's worth
13:31of luck scenarios!
13:34Comfortable, aren't they?
13:35Those costumes
13:36were all hand-sewn
13:37by the talented
13:38Auvergne family tailors.
13:39Yes, they're quite nice.
13:41Except I admit
13:42that wearing this
13:43is killer on the hips
13:44and lower back.
13:45Well, that's just
13:46something you'll
13:46have to bear with.
13:47If I may,
13:48Lady Grace.
13:50Preparing our costumes
13:51early is all well
13:52and good,
13:52but I have to say
13:53we still have no idea
13:55what the actual
13:55content of the play
13:56will be.
13:57Oh, of course!
13:58I haven't been able
13:59to pass out
13:59the scripts just yet.
14:01Allow me to give
14:02you a quick summary.
14:03Our main characters
14:05are Toby,
14:06an impoverished
14:06peasant boy.
14:07That's the little
14:08old me you're
14:08looking at!
14:09And Edmund,
14:10the crown prince
14:11of the kingdom.
14:12This is the role
14:13I will be playing.
14:15Although born
14:16on the same day,
14:17the two boys
14:18are raised
14:18in very different
14:19circumstances.
14:22Please forgive me,
14:23son.
14:24If it weren't
14:24for my bad lungs,
14:25we would never
14:26belong in the slums.
14:28Healthy enough
14:29for puns.
14:30Until one day,
14:32Toby chances upon
14:33Prince Edmund
14:33in front of the gates
14:34of the palace,
14:35where he gets
14:36invited inside.
14:38The two of them
14:38have a conversation.
14:40I wish I could
14:41experience a day
14:42in the life
14:42of a commoner.
14:43The feeling's mutual.
14:45I'd do anything
14:45to live in this palace.
14:47That's when they
14:47are visited by
14:48a prankster fairy
14:50named Fee.
14:51Here's an idea.
14:53How about I use
14:53my magic to make
14:54you two trade bodies?
14:56Perfect testing.
14:57The fairy makes
14:58a quick exit
14:59after casting
15:00the magic spell.
15:01And Prince Edmund,
15:02now in the form
15:03of Toby,
15:04gets kicked out
15:04of the palace.
15:06Now you and I
15:07are sharp enough
15:08to see through
15:08a fairy spell.
15:10Troublemaker.
15:11The prince wanders
15:13through the town
15:13as Toby,
15:14until he is caught
15:15by a corrupt merchant
15:16who tries to sell
15:17him into slavery.
15:18Unhead me now!
15:19I'm the crown prince,
15:20I'll have you now!
15:21Don't give me that crap!
15:22Nobody abuses children!
15:24Not on my watch!
15:27Pretending that
15:28you're the crown prince?
15:29What a vivid imagination.
15:31The prince is saved
15:32by Marielle,
15:33a dame on her way
15:34back from the battlefield.
15:35Using the armor
15:36to hide those broad shoulders
15:37was a real smart move!
15:40Meanwhile,
15:41the queen falls very ill
15:43at the palace,
15:43prompting her to try
15:44and abdicate the throne
15:46to the prince
15:46before it's too late.
15:48You're actually
15:49a peasant boy
15:50from the city?
15:50My how silly,
15:52you do love
15:52your little pranks!
15:55The prince has been
15:56acting very odd
15:57as of late.
15:58I know without a doubt
15:59my son would be
16:00much better suited
16:00as the next king!
16:02Inside the palace,
16:03the queen's younger sister,
16:04Simone,
16:05carries out a scheme
16:06to steal the throne.
16:07He makes a better
16:08villainess than I do.
16:10However,
16:11the question is,
16:12will Prince Edmund
16:13and the young Toby
16:14find a way
16:15to switch back
16:16before the coronation ceremony.
16:19I understand
16:20and I agree
16:21that is an entertaining premise.
16:23The problem is
16:24we only have two weeks
16:25until the campus festival.
16:27Even for an amateur production
16:28such as this,
16:29we need to do some rehearsing
16:30before it's too late.
16:32Right.
16:34That is true.
16:36But the script
16:37is rather dated,
16:38you see.
16:38There are many parts
16:39that we must take our time
16:41to adjust first.
16:42Isn't that right, Fran?
16:43Fran.
16:44Right!
16:45Um, yes!
16:47I've been rushing
16:48through the script
16:49to try and finish up
16:50all the many rewrites,
16:51but I'm afraid
16:52I will need
16:53just a little more time.
16:55Very well.
16:56C'est la vie,
16:56I suppose.
16:57We're counting on you,
16:59dear Francette.
17:00Yes!
17:00I'll do my best!
17:02I feel bad
17:03for giving Fran
17:03so much work,
17:04but this is
17:05an absolute necessity.
17:06We must find a way
17:08to reduce the number
17:09of scenes
17:09that Grace appears in.
17:11As for why,
17:15one thing I realized
17:16after reading the script
17:17is that Anna and I
17:18must portray
17:19two complete
17:20and separate roles
17:21from one another.
17:22What do you mean,
17:23my lady?
17:24Well,
17:25I play Prince Edmund,
17:26but also Prince Edmund
17:27when he has
17:28the mind of Toby.
17:30They're two different
17:31personalities.
17:32Oh, right!
17:33That takes acting chops!
17:35But the prince's
17:36personality is already
17:37perfectly suited
17:38for you,
17:38Lady Grace!
17:40I must say,
17:41this is a fascinating story.
17:43Come and regale me
17:44with more details.
17:45That sounds just like
17:46you, Lady Grace!
17:48Yes,
17:48his lines shouldn't
17:49be a problem.
17:51But let me try
17:52one of Edmund's lines
17:53when he's actually
17:53Toby on the inside.
17:56Oh, man,
17:57what a screw-up!
17:58I gotta get out of here
17:59and find Mom!
18:01Oh, man,
18:01what a screw-up!
18:03I must leave here now
18:04and return to my dear mother.
18:08Was that one of the
18:09prince's normal lines,
18:10my lady?
18:11No!
18:12That wasn't right at all.
18:14Let me try another one.
18:19The real prince
18:20has already
18:20cleared out of here.
18:22Get me?
18:23The real
18:24His Highness
18:24has already departed,
18:25I say to you.
18:27You got any proof
18:29that fella
18:29did the dirty deed?
18:32Do you have any proof
18:33this gentleman
18:34is indeed the culprit?
18:36The elegance cheat!
18:38Even the dialogue
18:39from the play
18:39gets translated
18:40into fancy people
18:41speak when I
18:42talk through grace.
18:42All of those
18:43just sounded
18:44like the normal
18:45prince is talking.
18:46This is not good.
18:47The elegance cheat
18:49is an ability
18:49that was already active
18:50when I first came
18:51into this world,
18:52so I have no idea
18:54how to turn it off.
18:55And that's why,
18:57unfortunately so,
18:58I had to come up
18:59with an excuse
19:00to ask Francette
19:01to rewrite the script,
19:02but...
19:03Please,
19:03my defense apologies!
19:06Despite my vastly
19:07inferior skill set,
19:08I took up the challenge
19:09to shorten your scenes
19:10by adjusting the script!
19:12But the impeccable writing
19:13has left me zero leeway!
19:15When I tried removing
19:16one scene,
19:17it made a mess
19:17of the others!
19:18Then trying to fix those
19:20just made things worse!
19:22Such as Jacqueline Overn's
19:24writing skills
19:24are truly so formidable!
19:26Oh, Mother, why?
19:28Forgive me
19:28if this comes off
19:29as presumptuous Lady Grace,
19:31but I suspect
19:32your reason for doing this
19:34is to let Anna's character
19:36steal the show
19:37by taking away time
19:38from your own character, right?
19:39Huh?
19:41Um, well, yes!
19:43I cannot deny
19:44that's part of the reason
19:45for it all!
19:46Anna is the main character
19:47of this world, after all!
19:49I figured as much!
19:50The theme of this play
19:51is about trading social status,
19:53which is very similar
19:54to how Anna is a commoner
19:55who got placed
19:56in a central role
19:57in the student council!
19:58And so,
19:59you plan to make
20:00the overall theme
20:01of the story
20:02even more prominent
20:03by yielding your spot
20:04at the top
20:04to someone of lower standing!
20:06Do I have that correct?
20:07Genius!
20:08That's Lady Grace for you!
20:13However, I'm so sorry!
20:15My writing skills
20:16just aren't good enough!
20:18Please, m'lady,
20:19don't be too hard on Fran!
20:21That's okay!
20:22It's my fault
20:23for making such
20:24an outlandish request!
20:26Well, shoot.
20:27I guess everybody
20:28has their limits.
20:29But we're only talking
20:30about a play
20:31for the Campus Festival.
20:33Even if it bombs,
20:34the worst will suffer
20:35is a little embarrassment.
20:37Oh!
20:38Perfect timing, Grace!
20:39Yes, Father?
20:41A letter from your mother
20:42just arrived this afternoon.
20:44Oh, really?
20:45She is just over the moon
20:47about learning
20:47that you and your friends
20:48will be performing
20:49that play she wrote
20:50at the Campus Festival.
20:51She plans on coming
20:52to see it herself.
20:54Except I imagine
20:55your mother
20:56might end up sick again
20:57if the play doesn't live up
20:58to her lofty expectations.
21:00You just, sir!
21:01Lady Grace would obviously
21:03never let such
21:04a disastrous thing happen.
21:05Yes, I guess you're right.
21:10Oh, jeez.
21:11Time to buckle down
21:12and practice.
21:13All I can do now
21:13is spend every free minute
21:15reciting my lines.
21:16Or, at least,
21:18that's what I planned on doing.
21:20But the students
21:21only became busier
21:22the closer
21:23the Campus Festival loomed.
21:24Which, naturally,
21:25at the Student Council
21:26absolutely swamped
21:27with responsibilities.
21:29And, to make matters worse,
21:31my apologies.
21:33His Highness
21:33has an appointment
21:34with an important visitor
21:35at the palace.
21:36I'm sorry, Ana,
21:37but our schedules
21:38are already packed
21:39with meetings
21:40about maintaining security
21:41for the festival.
21:42But we'll be sure
21:43to memorize our lines.
21:44Everyone else
21:45having jobs
21:46outside of the Student Council
21:47is really complicating things.
21:49I hate to say it,
21:50but the worst-case scenario
21:51would be the festival
21:52starting without us
21:53having the chance
21:54to rehearse once
21:55as a group.
22:03J.J. Xtenton.
22:05J.J. Xtenton.
22:22J.J. Xtenton.
22:23everyone asks for a new change
22:30you
22:31twelve followers
22:41If you want to dance, you can sing what you can do
22:47Matsuken Samba
22:49Oh hey, oh hey
22:54Matsuken Samba
22:58Arrago se yo, amigo, oto se no, Lisa
23:02Nemu se yo, ae, wa surete, oto ri acazo
23:08Samba, be the samba
23:14Matsuken Samba
23:18Oh hey
23:24A wise man once said, there is no such plant as a weed
23:28Therefore, I do declare, there is no such character as a villainess
23:32Stan just did a total 180, but why now?
23:35Such compassion, Lady Grace is a genius
23:38You gotta trust me on this
23:40Take my word for it
23:41If I say it'll be alright, then it'll be alright
23:44And then it'll be alright
23:44ì„ samba
23:45Tits
23:452
23:45You
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