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Theatre Fencing
August 6, 2019
Two women are in a play. Deborah and Darcy. They are fighting with prop swords, they think!
Deborah fights for Mother Russia. Darcy is just playing her role. She doesn’t care about fencing. Her moves are small and boring.
Fencing in dresses is ridiculous. The skirts are annoying and they’re so hot. They can’t wait to take their masks off. The masks smell like gum. Wintergreen.
Deborah will win this duel because her sword is real. It’s a katana sword. Someone left it in the prop room even though it’s real. Real sharp. She doesn’t know it’s real. Darcy wants to take a union break.
The director is watching. And the stage manager. Someone is going to get in trouble. It’s a mystery.
Deborah and Darcy met in acting school. They pretend to be friends but they secretly hate each other. Darcy steals all Deborah's parts AND her boyfriends. Deborah probably uses a real sword in purpose. They’re not in school anymore. Darcy married Deborah’s favorite boyfriend, Mark. They have two sons, Tom Jerry and Sponge Bob. The names were Mark’s idea. His grandparents had those names.
I hear clashes of metal swords. Slicing sounds. Like, “zing zing zing” and the katana makes a humming. Watch out! It’s real!
Darcy’s dress gets sliced. It doesn’t hurt the skin but she is so angry! Livid! She will sue you!
Deborah feels really bad. It was an accident.
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