[b][u]Katsuro Sakuma | Auditionin'[/u][/b]

Eventually, it was Katsuro's turn to take the stage. Some of the people before him had gotten some almost ridiculous adulation for their performances. These people must be really excited for their Shakespeare. The guy that had spoken to him out in the corridor had done fairly well for himself too. It briefly occurred to Katsuro that the two of them were going to learn each others names by hearing them said out loud for these auditions. Not that it was really important to note. As Katsuro ascended onto the platform, he wasn't nervous. He wasn't all that foreign to talking in front of crowds or groups of people, and he wasn't here to be the greatest thespian there ever was, he was here to have fun. If he didn't get the part, it was no skin off his nose, but he had decided against making a mockery of the audition. It didn't seem like these people would much appreciate it anyway. 

[b][u]"Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth;
So quick bright things come to confusion."[/u][/b]

Katsuro recited the lines well enough, but more than anything, he understood the context of what he was saying. This was an excerpt from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 1, Scene 1; a conversation between Lysander and Hermia, two lovers unable to unite due to their circumstances. The lines in question are from Lysander, telling Hermia of the hardships true lovers often face. In particular, these specific lines are him describing how true love is often fleeting, as it is often destroyed by circumstances such as theirs or else. In one way, it could be seen as lamenting their circumstances, but it is also meant to console Hermia by way of convincing her that these trials are merely what many experiencing true love must go through. 

Katsuro didn't know how much of this he cared for personally, but that didn't matter. Right now, he was Lysander, and he was speaking with his love Hermia.