Opening 1
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As the Fontainian Film Festival comes to its end, services resume in the Court of Fontaine.
For Lucius, he just finished a shopping run as per the request of Furina but is stopped upon noticing someone...
Lucius: ("Lynette?")
He wonders as he sees her kneeled down in front of a cat.
Lynette: Meow.
???: Meow~.
The cat meows along with her.
Lucius: Uh, hey, Lynette.
Lucius greets, surprising the girl who stands up instantly and faces him.
Lynette: Oh, it's you. One second- now activating chat mode... ou made me jump there. I thought they'd finally caught me.
Lucius: Caught you? Is someone out to kidnap you?
Lynette: Objectively speaking, the trouble is entirely of my own making. Half an hour ago, I was at Hotel Debord for a drinks reception it was to celebrate the successful opening of a show, but it was draining my energy... So, I waited for the right moment, then snuck away so I could switch to standby mode.
Lucius: I see... So they sent someone to find you and bring you back? But why?
Lynette: Um... Probably because I'm playing the lead role in the show.
Lucius: Eh? Seriously?
Lynette: Is that so surprising? I'm always getting invitations to do solo performances... I just usually get Lyney to write back and turn them down. But then came the Fontinalia Film Festival a few days ago... We took all the kids from the House of the Hearth out to see a film, and after it finished, they all started clamoring for me to try out acting for some reason. Even Lyney was chanting along with them.
Lynette: Anyway, it just so happened that a director called Merieux had sent me an invitation right around then... I'll spare you the details, but basically, I ended up accepting it.
Lucius: So we're about to witness the debut of the magician's puppet, huh...
Lynette: Yup, you nailed it. I'm playing the role of a puppet. In fact, the show's called The Lost Puppet, and it's a masked mime show. So I don't have to do any facial expressions, or say any lines - literally just a series of physical movements. The director says it's a very "avant-garde" art form.
Lucius: That does sound pretty avant-garde... But can people understand the plot?
Lynette: Art is not comprehended by the mind, but felt in the heart... At least, that's what the director says. Anyway, if nothing else, the opening performance seemed to go down well. At the drinks reception, everyone was crowding around me saying... "triumphant character portrayal," "faithful adaptation of the original work," "unequivocally, quintessentially avant-garde"... and stuff like that. But being the center of attention is draining. So the moment they left me to go harass the director instead, I was out of there.
Lucius: ("At least Lyney won't be used as a human shield this time...")
Lynette: The other thing is... Some weird things happened while I was on the stage...
???: Meow.
Lynette: Oh... Sorry, Bonnie, I didn't mean to leave you out of the conversation. My bad.
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