Moth whispers to Peaseblossom ‘has he finished horsing about?’
—’‘I think so.’
—‘Can we get offstage then? My feet are killing me.’
The unlikely fairies, aka Mona and Geraldine, have been suffering the tortures of the damned during the six-hour dress rehearsal.
—‘The idea of dressing us à la Rocky Horror Show is stupendously stupid,’ moans Mona as they shut out the world on the other side of the dressing room door. The two substantial fairies subside onto the bench with sighs of relief. Peaseblossom sticks out a foot for Moth to pull off the hideous stiletto-heeled, pointy-toed boot and Mona obligingly tugs away.
—‘My turn now’ she says, hurling the offending footwear across the room.
—‘Glory be.’ Peasblossom is pink with effort. ‘If that arrogant prat thinks I’m going to wear these things for three hours a night and six on Saturdays for the next eight weeks, he’s got another think coming. What say we get ourselves some nice comfy black trainers?’
—‘He’ll go ape.’
—‘Nah – he won’t even notice. Too busy sucking up to Kate Thingy.’
—‘Talk of the devil,’ Moth whispers as the gorgeous Titania pokes her head round the door.
—‘All right girls? Wasn’t it ghastly? Hey, where’s Cobweb?’
—‘Erm. Don’t tell his Lordship – promise? She fell asleep under the wild thyme bank at the end of Act 4 – still there for all I know. She missed Act 5 altogether!’
Kate’s tinkling laugh is the last they hear of her as she trips down the corridor to her starred chamber. The girls continue to dwell on the treatment of sore feet. They don’t laugh.
The Midweek Trifecta prompt for week 64 is for 33-333 words on the third definition of DWELL … 3.a to keep the attention directed —used with on or upon<tried not to dwell on my fears> or b : to speak or write insistently —used with on or upon<reporters dwelling on the recent scandal> As for me, I’m still trying not to dwell on the subject of coughing.
Fairies in stilettoes and Rocky Horror costumes?! Hmmm.
Your descriptions are really good. great writing.
Nicely done!
*must resist making Rocky Horror reference*
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That was hard lol Great, imaginative story! (:
This was such a different and imaginitive story about fairies. Loved it!
Excellent slice of backstage life showing show biz in a not so glamorous state. My feet hurt too! Great one!
Even fairies have trouble with footwear
Your description of the scene was excellent. I swear my feet hurt just reading it.
Once upon a time I wore stilettos a nd high heels to work. Two barefoot years in the tropics cured me of vanity and irrevocably widened my feet. Now, it’s comfort first.
The idea of poor fairies forced to wear stilletos! Clearly, they need to speak with their union representative.
Utterly delightful and charming.
Thank you. I smiled at the Union rep comment.
Heels are torture.
I love how much character comes through here, and the juxtaposition of the desired effect (fairies) and the irritating real life details. The bit about falling asleep under the bank of wild thyme is particularly funny.
I love that Cobweb fell asleep – Love the dialogue surrounding the shoes.
I hope that your visit to the cardiologue will give you something to do for that cough. It is a stressor on your body and that isn’t good for your physical or mental health. Thinking of you and sending positive thoughts! I liked the dialogue between Moth and Peaseblossom, it made me think of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which I have to say, if they were decked out in Rocky Horror movie costumes would make for an interesting stage production to say the least.:)
I have seen a modern dress MND, but it simply looked ridiculous. Thanks for the good wishes.
you had me at fairies… and rocky horror… and “he’ll go ape”
love it <3
A good one, Viv.
Sorry to hear you’re still coughing. Is that the side effects or something else?
It’s 8 days since I had the last of the nasties, but the cough persists. I’m seeing the cardiologist on Thursday, and I am armed with all the bits of paper from the medicines, with the interractions and side effects highlighted in yellow.
Hope it gets sorted. Coughs are nasty things.
Tell me about it: fatigue, lack of sleep, revolting noises…
That’s a shame, Viv – take care not to crack a rib. My sympathy to you – we are both creaking about with some sort of bug and need some warm weather.
I too was reminded of MND with your piece – and Moth and Peaseblossom (The Peach Blossom is a very pretty moth).
Love it, Viv! Don’t often have time to read all your work but the title lured me in. I do like the Trifecta concept. Can you find me some more hours in the day, please? I know- it’s a common complaint and the only answer is sleep less.
I wish! I sleep less and less, but that’s not an answer.
‘stupendously stupid’… I love that! Fun fantasy without hitting me over the head with it… I was a believer.
Hey, you live in France… go read my story.
I did, but I couldn’t find where to leave a comment. Remarquable! I don’t think that the Paris of the day would have batted an eyelid at bare skin! Remember Manet’s Olympia? Wiki says: What shocked contemporary audiences was not Olympia’s nudity, nor even the presence of her fully clothed maid, but her confrontational gaze and a number of details identifying her as a demi-mondaine or prostitute.
Well, they were not bothered by religious or historical nudity, but this was a real person and that was different.