[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=#9370DB]Nancy Parker[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://24.media.tumblr.com/c38ba64408bfe3e0c7b381468e50d0e6/tumblr_mk70lnPIIf1qd4d7jo1_500.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][b][color=#9370DB]Location:[/color][/b] Ville au Camp - Room 104: Receiving Entrance/Hallway ---> Road to Kitchen House
[b][color=#9370DB]Skills:[/color][/b] None[/center][hr]	Nancy nodded. She couldn't help but feel slightly relieved, actually. In her experiences, it was those who were honest about their lack of abilities that gave the best performances. Had Sophia come in claiming to be a skilled actor, Nancy would have considered changing the plan entirely to avoid any sort of role. As truthfully, it didn't matter if they [i]thought[/i] they knew how to act - it would be like having a dream where you could fly. It didn't mean you still could when you woke up. [color=#9370DB]"Excellent. I can tutor you some, but to be frank, there's only one thing to know about acting - it's all about lying. And only lies have details,"[/color] Nancy explained. She walked up and down the hallway, tapping randomly on the wall as she went. [color=#9370DB]"So just act naturally and you'll be fine. This audience isn't too tough."[/color]

	She then stopped, pulling a caramel chew out of her pocket and she ate it. [color=#9370DB]"I'm thinking we do something where it looks like I'm going in to cut off your hand - and since it's a false one, you can just chuck it off or something. There'll be things in the kitchen house we can use - some sort of sauce will do for the blood and there'll be a knife for the weapon. And once you fall to the ground, bleeding - I can even pretend to kill you - you jump right back up and pretend to kill me. They'll eat it up, I'm sure of it,"[/color] Nancy said with a smile, looking at her protégé. 

	[color=#9370DB]"Come on, that's more than enough planning. Any more and it'll go stale. Kitchen house is this way,"[/color] Nancy said, heading outside and motioning for Sophia to follow her. She figured there was a decent chance they'd run into Gilbert there and perhaps he'd be willing to provide them some decent swords for the fake duel. Otherwise, a knife fight would have to do. [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=9999ff]Andromeda Aldrich[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://78.media.tumblr.com/e3277d555e7049f72ae1a6fbb28e7460/tumblr_ow6yauhebS1qgnqg7o1_500.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][b][color=#9999ff]Location:[/color][/b] Ville au Camp - Gate at Edge of Grounds ---> Near the Oak Tree
[b][color=9999ff]Skills:[/color][/b] None[/center][hr]	Andromeda gave the girl who spoke up a smile, noticing that the children had divided themselves up already. There were a lot of stories that she could have told them, but her thoughts had drifted to Fairfax in that moment. Was he still alive out there somewhere? Had he ever managed to get home? Or was he still trapped in what would appear to be a modern era? She had felt something for him and she was almost certain he had returned her feelings - they just hadn't had enough time together to resolve the mismatch. [color=#9999ff]"Have you ever heard the story of the scientist who fell through time and the gypsy girl?"[/color] Andromeda prefaced. 

	The children quietly shook their heads. They seemed to be on the shy side - which Andromeda could understand. [color=#9999ff]"In my family, there was an incredibly old wardrobe. Most people overlooked it, thinking that it was just collecting dust...They didn't appreciate what they couldn't see. Now, this little gypsy girl one day found the wardrobe and she could see what others couldn't - that the wardrobe was [i]magic[/i],"[/color] Andromeda said, speaking in a hushed voice. But she knew that the kids caught her every word as she walked with them. 

	"What did the wardrobe do, if it was magic?" one of them asked quietly. 

	[color=#9999ff]"Excellent question,"[/color] Andromeda praised. She was moving at a slow pace, not wanting to rush anything. [color=#9999ff]"When someone went inside this wardrobe, they would fall through time. So this little gypsy girl went inside the wardrobe and met a brilliant inventor - like Edison. The scientist became friends with the girl and she would go to visit him, using the wardrobe to travel through time."[/color]

	"And then what happened?"

	[color=#9999ff]"Well, you see, the scientist eventually realized he was a great-great-great grandfather of the gypsy girl. I was friends with her and when we were in trouble, and needed help to fight a demon, the inventor came with us through the wardrobe."[/color]

	"Did you love him?" another kid asked. 

	[color=#9999ff]"Maybe I could have,"[/color] Andromeda said softly. [color=#9999ff]"But I'll never know."[/color]