SERA00 Movie Auditions! (Fab 4)

(Karayin segment coming soon!)

The entire "march break" in the SERA00 complex, we were all locked up in the stage. No, it wasn't because the amount of daily concerts (one) quadrupled in number...well that was part of it, but also because all the other time, the casting agents for the SERA00 movie were here!

Unlike the normal routine, all the roles were auditioned for randomly. Yesterday, Thursday morning, Rome jumped on me while I was still asleep.

"EEEEVIIIEEEEE," she shrieked in my ear. "It. Has finally. Happened. EEEEEEEKKK!"

I felt ready to slap her. And not just with my pillow. I mustered my weak morning strength, bolted upright and screamed "WHAT?"

It was a good thing both our roomates, Piper and Fawn, we're already up. They would not have been happy.

B and C ranks share four to a room, and usually there aren't enough A ranks who reside in the complex. So they usually get two to a room.

"Kay, so I was joining the Team Night's morning jogs, quite funny actually, night...morning, River's leading us and she was quite adamant to continue Luna's regime even though Luna wasn't there, which reminds me, that's probably why-"

"Get to the point." I said menacingly.

"Okay, so we passed the stage, and THE FAB 4 ARE AUDITIONING!!" Rome screamed.

That got me out of bed quick. In ten minutes we were one of the many curious SERA00 members who have taken a seat in the stage seating area to watch the auditions. For those who haven't read the "movie scripts" post, here's a quick rundown. Agent R and Agent T are the main characters. Agent R is captain of the team but often likes to investigate solo. Agent T, the supporting character sidekick, often fills in as captain. Agent T is a smooth and cunning double-agent who is so good at her job that her own team members begin to doubt her loyalty. Meanwhile, Agent R is efficiently spying on the story's villain, a ruthless woman with an innocent exterior whom the film is named after: SERA.

Whoever is cast in the lead role of Agent R will be granted the opportunity to sing the theme song, a solo opportunity.

The Fab 4 are reading all three parts and the roles will be determined by the casting agents a week later. The movie was terribly behind schedule, and was set to be released in the summer to coincide with the big biannual SERA00 concert...but with filming not even started it will be a deadline unheard of.

Granted, this isn't your ordinary film as all the cast members are from SERA00...we shall see.

"Miss Fallon Mackenzie," the agent called.

“Heeere,” she bounced onstage with her script in hand.

“Fallon, would you please read for Agent R first.”

“Can I read for Agent T?” Fracken asked. Luna was snickering from the sidelines at Fracken’s rebellious reply.

“Go ahead, Miss Mackenzie.” What else were they to say to Miss Rank Three? “Then can we have Miss Annelise Gillian read for Agent R at the same time?”

The props were wheeled out, a chair and a long rectangular table. Fracken deliberately fell into the chair and propped her feet on the table, one by one, her smile all but wiped off her face. “Agent R, my dear friend. Back now, are we?”

From the shadows behind the chair emerged Angel as Agent R in the same playfully serious demeanor. “Have you been suppressing my agents successfully?”

Fracken moved her head back to rest it on the top of the chair. Her golden-brown hair tumbled and draped over the back of the chair. “Well…” Fracken let her head roll to one side to eye Angel. “That’s a given, isn’t it?”

Angel smiled subtly and perched herself on the desk beside Fracken. She removed her own cell phone as a prop and pretended to scan the room for bugs. “Sera has been bolder,” she explained. “We must be on our guard at all times.”

Fracken removed her legs from the table and ran a hand through her hair. She placed her elbows on the table and rested her chin on her hands. “Why do we, Reagan?” she said thoughtfully with her eyes narrowed. “Why…do we fight each other like this…” She inhaled deeply and turned foxy eyes on Angel. “But Reagan dear…you’d follow me to the ends of the Earth…”

The casting agent stood up. “Thank you Fallon and Annelise.” He looked down at his clipboard. “Can we have Miss Mihashi Sakiko read for Sera and…ah, Miss Luna Remington for Agent T?”

Luna walked onstage, did a double-turn, and exclaimed, confused, to Angel, “Eh?? Where’s Sassan?”

Angel and Fracken did a quick take of backstage before Angel rolled her eyes and ran off shouting “Sakiko!” A minute later the two of them ran back.

Sassan hurried onstage and bowed to the agents. “Sorry, I was in a meeting with Miss Avery.”

“No worries, Mihashi. Places!”

The setting was supposed to be a rowdy bar late at night. Luna staggered to the bartender’s island and slammed her bottle down on the table. “Another one!” she yelled, pretending to be Agent T who was pretending to be drunk. Basically, she was pretending to be someone who was pretending to be drunk but wasn’t actually drunk.

A fresh faced girl clumsily brought Luna a bottle. I recognized her as the B rank Aida Kotoka, one of Sassan's best friends.

“EH. GIRLIE, ME FIRST.” Sassan appeared next to Luna, acting even more raucous and drunk.

Luna hurriedly slid her bottle to the “stranger” next to her. Red-faced, Sassan brought the bottle up to her face as if trying to read the label. “Blue…mountain? Rubbish! I. Want. Gilpard. Now!”

Luna’s eyes widened noticeably for a second before turning her full attention to the girl beside her. “Why don’t you try…Gillair, my friend?”

In a split second, Sassan dropped her “drunk” façade and smiled sweetly at Luna. “I’m not actually drunk. I only pretended because…” Sassan leaned in conspiratorially. “My friends kidnapped me out for a night of partying and I’m not really into that kind of stuff. They said I couldn’t leave until I was fully intoxicated. Come with me.”

Sassan led Luna “up the stairs” to one of the bar’s hotel rooms. “So, you are Tethany, and I am Sera.” She said matter-of-factly. “Let us not waste any time in this business.” A briefcase prop opened to reveal tons of cut-up newspaper parading as money. “Remember, Tethany, if you don’t do your job correctly…” Sassan tilted her head to one side and grinned. “Goony One and Goony Two will be watching.” With two fingers up for “Goony Two”, paired with her innocent smile, Sassan seemed almost as if she were posing for a picture.

Luna was trying to convey all of Agent T’s thoughts on her face. In this scene, Agent T had confirmed her double-agent spot with the villain Sera, and was meeting up for the first time to get paid. By pretending to spy on Agent R’s team for Sera, Agent T was able to actually spy on Sera for her team. But when she met Sera, the villain wasn’t the ruthless, cunning woman she had been led to believe. Instead, this girl spoke about everything in such a carefree manner, it was hard to believe.

“Thank you Luna and Mihashi!”

I will reveal the results in a week!!!! :D

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