Goblet had soaked into the bustling crowd of eager students with everywhere to go. He had not been interested that much in the multitudes of sweets, latest broomsticks, or food Hogsmeade had to offer. Goblet's unmonitored wandering just led him place to place with only the curiosity to explore to motivate him. Soon his footsteps led him to the more secluded locations of Hogsmeade. This was one area that failed to interest the common Hogwarts student. A stage was set up in the corner. It was made out of a shabby wood with stair steps on both sides. And that was about it.
Any chairs that were used to the convenience to the appreciators of art were long gone. Instead there were stores on the other side of the road. So anyone who would so happen to perform would be to the appeal of the passersby. Other than for the intent of acting and presenting a play, Goblet wondered what other purpose could it have served? All Goblet knew was that it no longer serves any specific man's purpose.
But it IS a stage. Nobody is using it. Nobody would mind if Goblet destroyed it. Perhaps maybe they would since it would create a mess, but Goblet had a better idea.
Nobody would mind if he performed. And if they did paid mind, then it would be for their own benefit.
Goblet trotted up the stairs. He was now center stage. He didn't care if he was a bad actor or a good actor. This would be just for, well, fun.
Goblet tried to recall dialogue from somewhere instead of improvising a plot. What was a memorable piece of work to him?
"Good evening, the worm your honor!" announced Goblet, performing strange bows and striking finger pointings. "The prisoner who now stands before you was caught red-handed showing feelings... showing feelings of an almost human nature. This will not do!"
Sky walked outside of the old building. She pulled her black cloak tightly around her as a breeze whisked through the air, blowing her black hair into her pale grey eyes. She pushed the hair back and looked at the building. There was a voice coming from it. The voice seemed so...familiar to her. She quietly walked up the steps and peeked her head inside. Once she seen Goblet acting, she leaned against the doorway with a smile. Once has finished, she clapped her hands together. "Ah bravo! Bravo!" She exclaimed.
Goblet received a boost of motivation through the single applause. Like he was designating a lightning strike, he pointed at the viewer who he had identified as Sky. "Toys in the attic," said Goblet. "She is crazy. This prisoner, if I could have my way, I could have flayed her into shape." Goblet was still heavily resorting to Sky through strange pointing body movements with the arms. "But my hands were tied and the bleeding deluded supporters let her get away with actual emotions! Let me hammer her today!"
Goblet's improvisation had led him to make an invitation.
Sky giggled. "I never knew you acted." She said with a smile. She walked up to the stage and looked out onto the empty space where the audience would be. "Imagine if this place was up and running. It'd be a nice place." She sat down on the stage so her feet hung over the edge.
Goblet heard all of her words, but did not act on them. Goblet still gestured heavily to Sky as she sat down. "You're really in it now. I hope they throw away the key. You should have talked to me more often than you did, BUT NO! You had to go your own way. Have you felt anything lately?" Goblet now referred to the invisible judge. "Just five minutes, worm your honor, me and her alone!"
Sky laughed. She had no idea what or who Goblet was impersonating, but he did an excellent job. She looked up at him. "So what brought you into a place like this?" She asked him.
Goblet considered it to be rude for him to ignore Sky any longer in the real world. "Just the simple way of letting my own feet guide me instead of my brain. I walk with other people, I dodge other people, but I never think where I am going. It's either fate's gift or an appreciated coincidence that I am here. Upon gazing upon this rickety structure here, I sought to perform not for myself, but TO myself. For if you do not care what conjured thoughts the pedestrians may conceive, then there is no stopping you to doing what you want to do!"
Sky was slightly amazed that a student at Hogwarts would have such feelings about something like this. "Wow." Was all she could really say. She thought it was pretty neat that he acted despite the crowd of people. He didn't mind others' opinions. She stood up and looked him over. "You should do a performance for a group of people sometime. I'm sure they would pay you too." Sky said. She knew it wasn't about the money.
"I do not seek money. My occupying the stage was of something for myself. If anybody were to think that this rambling of a courtroom plot with cryptic sentences taken from an album were something they could call along the lines of art, then they can gladly see my performance. This not something I seek to be source of fame or money. This is just a simple, little, activity," said Goblet.
Sky nodded. "Right." She said. She wandered around the building, looking at the old cracks in the ceiling and the scuff marks on the floor. It was a part of history.
Goblet resumed to his careless but not entirely tasteless acting and continued to use Sky as his subject. Now this was the part where Goblet was the mother. "Babe!" he pleaded. "I never wanted her to get in any trouble. Why did she ever leave me? Worm, your honor, let me take her home!"
Sky smirked. He sure did have talent. She thought.
"THE EVIDENCE...!" shouted Goblet, turning abruptly to Sky. "before the court is incontrovertible! There is no need for the jury to retire. In all my years of judging I never seen anyone more deserving the full penalty of law. The way you made them suffer, your exquisite wife and mother, fills me with the urge to scream!" Goblet was almost near Sky's face now. "SINCE, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear, I sentence you to be exposed before your peers!"
Sky noticed he was close to her face and poked his forehead. "Exposed before my peers eh? So if I fear something...I shall be humiliated before a crowd?"
"Actually, that's just the end of the song," said Goblet with a long laugh. "I just recited a song whose lyrics are extraordinary, which therefore have been etched deep in my mind. I apologize if I went too deep and went in your face and all that."
Sky laughed. "Don't apologize. You looked like you were having fun." She said, fiddling with the collar of her cloak.
"I was," said Goblet. "And that, was all I was doing. Just having fun. Although I was not aiming to do so, did thy enjoy my performance?"
"Why yes. I did actually." Sky said.
"Well, good for you then. Have you ever considered just getting on stage and letting your imagination go?" asked Goblet.
Sky laughed. "I have, but I would never do it. I can't act." She thought for a moment. "I sing." She said.
"Ah," said Goblet. "You can sing, can ye? That's interesting. I did not know I had a singer for a friend. I actually would be keen on seeing a demonstration, Sky," said Goblet.
Jackie pushed her way through a crowd of people and to the stage. "Did someone say singing? I love to sing!" She exclaimed.
Sky looked at the ground. "I don't know. I mean...I'm not that good." She said to Goblet. She didn't even know what to sing. "You want a demonstration then?" She asked, looking up.
(Sorry Lola, but this RP is private.)
"I didn't care if my acting was dreadful and a beautiful, but I did it anyway. Now," Goblet took Sky by the shoulders and stood her up. "Don't think, Sky. Whatever you do, do not think but enjoy yourself. Just enjoy yourself," Goblet repeated.
Sky smiled and nodded. She stood up on the stage and felt her stomach feel slightly nervous. She took a deep breath and began.
And I don't know
This could break my heart or save me
Nothing's real
Until you let go completely
So here I go with all my thoughts I've been saving
So here I go with all my fears weighing on me
Once Sky sang that part she looked at Goblet, her face slightly pink from her nervousness. She shrugged her shoulders. "How..was it?" She asked.
Goblet smiled. "That was something, Sky. I really enjoyed that. Do you sing often?"
Sky smiled, grateful of the comment that was given to her. She sighed. "Believe it or not, I don't. The only time I sang for someone was to show them my mother's lullabye..." She said to him.
"I would certainly like to hear it. You do have such a sweet voice," said Goblet. "That is, if you don't mind."
She took in another breath and nodded. "Sure.." She said, thinking of the words before singing. "And thank you for the compliment." Sky said with a bright smile.
Sleep my little angel. I'll watch over you. The monsters cannot hurt you, with me standing here beside you. Don't shed a tear, theres nothing to be afraid of. Dream of happy things and remember my love."
Sky sighed. "It's not amazing, but it will always be my mothers song." She said proudly.
"Now that's just something," said Goblet to himself. "That really is something," Goblet said a little louder. "It's such a great mixture. Your soothing voice with soothing lyrics. I imagine people would happily go to sleep to your song. I know I would."
Sky smiled. "Is that so?" She said, crossing her arms. She couldn't imagine someone falling sleeping to her voice.
"Yes it is so. If it was dark out, then I would gladly use myself as an example," said Goblet.
Sky smiled. "Thank you." She said to him. She looked at him with a smirk.
"Can you sing?"
"No, I don't think I can. If I possess any creative talent, it would be acting rather than being blessed with delicate vocal cords," said Goblet.
"Ah. I see." Sky said. She stood up and jumped off of the stage. "Well..I think I may be going back to the school. Would you like to get a butterbeer or something before I go?" Asked Sky.
"Yes, I'll think I will have myself a nice glass of milk." Goblet jumped down the stage and started following Sky.
Sky entered the doors of The Three Broomsticks. She sat down at the bar on a stool and motioned for Goblet to sit on the one next to her. The bartender walked infront of her. "What'll it be?" He asked while fixing a beverage for a man several stools down. "Hmm...2 glasses of milk." Sky said. She had changed her mind on what to have. The bartender laughed. "Okay then." And walked away to get the drinks. "You did want milk..right?" Sky asked Goblet.
"Oh yes. Milk is my drink. I understand that it is your drink too?" asked Goblet.
Sky nodded. "Every once in awhile I have to have a class of milk to keep me running. It's quite refreshing, no?"
"It is quite refreshing and healthy too. It's the best drink in the world I say!" said Goblet a little loudly, getting a few faces. "So Sky, what do you plan to do for the rest of the day?"
Sky sighed. "I have potions and herbology classes tonight. What about you?" She asked him.
"Me? I do not have a single plan for tonight," said Goblet. "I didn't know you had classes at night."
"Well..Herbology is from 6-7 and Potions is from 7-8." Sky said. "But I only have them twice every other week. Weird schedule I have."
"That certainly is a strange schedule. Do you plan to retire once you are done with your classes?" asked Goblet.
Sky shrugged. "I'm not quite sure what I am going to do. I suppose it'll depend on how tired I am." She thanked the bartender as he brought them their milk.
Goblet took a swig of his drink. "That's refreshing," he said. "I think I might continue to wander in Hogsmeade or in the forest."
"Both are interesting places." Sky said, taking a large sip herself. "I think I might take a walk through knockturn ally this week." Sky said.
"Knockturn alley? Of all unpleasant places, why there?" asked Goblet.
Sky grinned. "It's something different. I'm curious to see whats down there anyway. I hear it's rather Dark."
Goblet had an uncomfortable twinge from remembering past events. He calmed himself down. "Dark is right. I don't know why aren't half the things down there are illegal yet."
"Yeah. I just want to see whats down there is all." She finished her milk fairly quickly with a few gulps. "I'm tired of Hogsmeade and I go to Diagon Ally for school stuff. So this is just a change in scenery.
"You could try to do a change of scenery for the better instead of walking with the scum down there," said Goblet.
"I suppose that would be better." Sky said as she layed some coins on the table for the milk. "I hear that Knockturn Ally sells some pretty nice things down there. And some are actually legal."
"Knockturn is filled with illegal activities and very creepy people. Unless you were actually curious, there would be no reason to go down there. I'm pretty sure there are actually some killers down there," said Goblet, getting another uncomfortable twinge from a past memory.
Sky looked at him. "Where else should I go?" She asked him.
"Just not Knockturn Alley, anywhere but there. I've been there before, and uh, I am not keen on going back. Not that I am though, yeah," said Goblet nervously, who twinged again.
Sky noticed Goblet was feeling nervous. "Goblet...did something happen to you down there?" She asked quietly.
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"Nothing happened, nothing happened," assured Goblet. "I just used to go down there a lot to this certain place which uh, was associated with some illegal activities. But that's just something that I'd like to bury." Goblet took a large swig of milk.
"Right..." Sky nodded, deciding not to ask any further questions. She put her hair up into a ponytail. "Well if you're think you'll be bored tonight, I'm willing to play hooky." She said with a grin.
"Yeah, yeah," said Goblet, still slightly nervous. "I am up for whatever. What do you have in mind?"
She shrugged. "Hmm. You decide." Sky said slowly.
"I dunno. I usually just like to go on walks. You want to walk?" asked Goblet.
Sky smiled. "Sure. I enjoy exercise." She replied.
"Then I'll meet you later, I guess," said Goblet.
"Okay." Said Sky. "See you tonight."
((Are we just going to make a topic for that or let it go?))