Geminid Alsa, you wake up in Paolo's arms

• Alsa rolls over and slaps the switch on his alarm clock, then slips out of the bed, gets dressed, and heads for the studio.

Geminid Paolo blinks muzzily as you go, barely awake.

Geminid At the studio, you find a man there with the complete lists of things you need to use.

Alsa Part of my crew?

Alsa "Hey, I don't suppose that dryad is here? Tilly?"

Geminid "Haven't seen her." It's a studio rep. One of Donna's go betweens. "It's Tagium, though."

• Alsa spends a minute counting all of the sets. "This is going to involve some brutal transitions. Or a running time of 6 hours," he mutters. To the rep, or whoever's handy, he asks, "Where do we keep the contracts? I need to call that dryad, or her agent."

Alsa s/contracts/personnel records/

Geminid "Main offices. Ask the receptionist."

• Alsa makes his way there.

Geminid The receptionist is a human woman reading a trashy romance novel.

Alsa "Hello! Um, I'm looking for the contact information for an actress on lot 42."

Geminid "Name?"

Alsa "Till - uh, Tilly, Tilluel! That's it. Tilluel."

Geminid "What's your last name, Tilluel?"

Alsa "Oh, me? I'm Alsabyerdiese Ipanym. I need to call Tilluel about a dryad choir."

Geminid "I see. One moment, Mr. Ipanym." She heads back into a store room.

Geminid About five minutes later, she comes back with a file, "Right on top. Fresh one, huh? Here you go."

Alsa "Thanks! Yeah, she's a new find." He flips through it, looking for a phone number or address.

Geminid The only information in there is Honest Eddie's card.

• Alsa sighs silently and writes Eddie's number on his beat-up notepad, returns the file to the receptionist, finds a phone, and calls Eddie.
• Alsa probably goes outside, might go all the way back to the lot.

Geminid The phone rings, rings, rings, with no answer.

• Alsa mutters to himself, "I guess I'm winging it today." He heads back to the parking lot to drive to the park.

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Alsa He just spends some time inspecting the sets, props, and costumes, for now.

• Alsa goes home for dinner and leaves the smuggled bagels and spread in the kitchen.

Geminid Also, when you said you had to leave soon, I assumed you meant like right then. Paolo has at the bagels with a passion, sucking out the nutrients with his hands.

Geminid Paolo invites you to partake of more hash.

• Alsa fails to resist, as usual.
• Alsa tells the story of the banished magic-using dryad who has never seen a movie in 400 years.

Geminid "They've only been around for what? 40 years? 50? What did they even do before movies?"

Alsa "Plays. She'd never seen one of those, either. I guess after the first couple hundred years, you stop seeking out new experiences. She loved /Sidney/, though. It's like the projector put her under a spell."

Geminid "Everyone loves /Sidney/. It's the director, not the projector."

• Alsa chuckles and gives him a kiss, then gets himself to bed for the next day of adventure.

Geminid You dream of being trapped under a pile of props, and no way out.