Chapter 248 (2/2)

“We can nick a few from a construction site.”

“That’s a bit…”

That was the conversation between Daemyung and Dowook as they walked up front. Thanks to the participation of Dowook who was unexpectedly good with his hands, it seemed that the props could be made quite easily. Well, it wasn’t actually that surprising since his sister was good crafting things as well. This was why genes were scary. Maru thought about getting him to make some theatrical masks later when he then came to the conclusion that it might actually not be the genes.

When they arrived on the fifth floor, the first years greeted them. It seemed that they were doing a read-through as there was a script in each of their hands.

“Let’s do some stretching before the instructor arrives,” Daemyung spoke as he stood in front of everyone. Ever since he took the role of the club president, he became more and more like a leader. As he wasn’t the type to order people around but the type to lead everyone by taking action himself, so none of the first years had a complaint about him. If he was someone that just told his juniors what to do, then they would have followed, but would not have liked him at all. He was the ideal type of leader.

Maru thought that it was good to have yielded him the role. He followed Daemyung’s actions by twisting his waist to stretch his body. Next came the facial muscles. This was where one used all the muscles in the face to create a variety of expressions. This was a crucial step to increase the variety of expressions one could make.

“Don’t look at me.”

Maru chuckled when he heard those words from Dowook who said the words with a scary smile. A perfectly symmetrical smile that showed the upper teeth was difficult to make. Just lifting the corner of the lips didn’t make a smile. It was only a smile after an innumerous number of practices in front of the mirror to relax the tense muscles around the lips. A stewardess’ smile was not something created in just one day.

Maru also stood in front of the mirror and did some facial expression acting. In a play, facial expressions actually weren’t that important. Although it was important in small scale theaters since the audience is right in front of the stage, there was quite a distance between the actors and the audience in large scale theaters so the actors’ facial expressions couldn’t easily be seen by the audience. All actors were aware of this fact. This was the reason they exaggerated their actions on the stage. Expressions were the same. Small movements of the facial features meant nothing to a faraway audience.

This was why seemingly exaggerated emotions didn’t look that out of place on a stage. Maru frowned in front of the mirror before widening both his mouth and his eyes to express glee. As different expressions used different facial muscles, he had to practice as many expressions as possible to develop his facial muscles.

“Seonbae. I can practically hear your mouth ripping,” Aram called out from behind. When he slightly turned his head, he saw Bangjoo, Aram and Jiyoon standing behind the mirror.

“You should do it as well. You should practice early to not make any mistakes on the real deal.”

“Like this?” Aram frowned as she spoke. It wasn’t that easy for a girl to make an expression like she was doing now. Jiyoon hesitated for a moment out of embarrassment, but eventually started doing what Aram was doing. If Aram was a fully-fledged criminal that could rob a bank at any moment, Jiyoon looked like a stereotypical girl trying to act cute in front of her boyfriend. Bangjoo seemed to have taken after his sister and his eyes were different from the rest.

“Bangjoo, you practice with these two. They’re both quite spectacular, in a bad way.”

“Yes!”

When they finished their vocal exercises as well, Suyeon entered through the door. She took off the sunglasses she always wore before sitting down.

“It’s so hot. I’m not getting any motivation to teach you guys.”

Leaving Suyeon, who was grumbling like a child, aside, the club members started thinking about the props. They were used to Suyeon now. They were all aware that Suyeon would soon return to her normal self and start teaching them.

“Having something like a pistol should be good right?”

“There are toy guns for that. I believe there are holsters for them as well.”

“Then let’s use that. What do we need to do about the hostess?”

Daemyung looked at Jiyoon with a complicated expression. Maru was worried about that as well. Being a hostess meant that she had to wear a sexy outfit and wear thick makeup, but he wondered if Jiyoon was capable of digesting all that. A hostess didn’t suit this girl with a squirrel face at all. Someone working in the adult entertainment industry had to have a seductive gaze, but Jiyoon was too naive for that.

While Jiyoon smiled back at everyone, Suyeon, who was far away, walked up behind Jiyoon and hugged her.

“Don’t worry. This big sister will tell you all sorts of things.”

“Wh, what?”

“Just trust me.”

Suyeon winked. It seemed that she had dealt with the heat. She was someone who was serious about her job so Maru thought that he should just leave Jiyoon up to her. After all, it was easier for a woman to tell her about these kinds of things.

“A scammer needs a suit, right?” Aram asked while locking her fingers together. She looked full of expectation.

“I’m going to wear a mini skirt, a white blouse and heels!”

“Do you have a place you can get them from?” Daemyung asked. Aram confidently replied ‘no’. She was clearly implying that the club should prepare the clothing. Daemyung looked at Maru since he was at a loss on what to do.

“Instructor, do you have a suit?” Maru asked Suyeon. Suyeon made a circle with her thumb and her index fingers.

“Aram has a similar body figure to mine, so it should fit if I tighten the waist a little more with a band.”

“Instructor, do you have high heels as well? I’ve always wanted to wear them.”

“I do. Since it’s like this, let’s go to my house. You too, Jiyoon. We should get you a set of clothes that suit you from my dress room.”

Suyeon looked like she was having fun. Perhaps she was thinking of it like dressing up dolls. Well, Maru didn’t mind as long as she did her job properly, but he did think that Jiyoon was a little pitiful when he thought about the things she was about to go through. He thought that he should tell Aram to take care of Jiyoon later.

“We got the scammer and the hostess down. We have a police uniform, as well as a delinquent uniform. So there’s only the drunkard and me left?”

Maru looked at the checklist as he spoke. Thanks to Daemyung bringing the clothes upstairs, they did not worry about having to prepare a new uniform. As for a drunkard, just casual clothes were fine. A white shirt and black suit pants. As for the tie, he could just use the one she gifted him. He smiled when he thought about having to wear a suit again after all this time.

“Now we need to create the scene. It would be strange to use rebars, right?”

“They’re too thin, so the audience won’t even be able to see it. And considering the sheer weight and that we have to move them on the stage… Getting some bamboo or wood and spray painting them should be our best option.”

“That sounds good,” Daemyung nodded and started writing down a list of props. Only when this list was finished could they go buy things without wasting time.

“Bamboo sounds good. Where do we get them?” At Daemyung’s question, Dowook replied that they should get them from the nearby apartment complex since they were used for landscaping. Daemyung shook his head.

“We should look into wood workshops or landscaping specialists. Let’s try asking Mintae-hyung. He’s a stage director so he should know a few places.”

“Oh, yeah, we can do that.”

Things were taking shape. What remained was preparing the small props

‘The acting club is going well without a hitch, and there are no problems on the movie side, so I guess everything’s good?’

It would have been better if all the minor problems were fixed as well. Maru took out his phone. His phone was on silent and it hadn’t gotten any messages. Perhaps nothing had happened yet?

Well, Geunsoo was someone trustworthy, so he could be counted on. Since he told Geunsoo about the matter, it was up to him to decide what to do. After all, there was nothing more tiring than getting involved with the matters of someone else’s family.