Title: ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
Description: } A SHAKESPEARE POST-POTTER RPG
Description: } A SHAKESPEARE POST-POTTER RPG
Guest - June 30, 2008 04:51 PM (GMT)
THE SCRIPT:
WORDS WORDS WORDS
The world is a stage in which we are all merely players.
And the dawning of a new generation has been swept into this world, only to find that family, trust, love, lust, and power, are now the lingering themes of every play.
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The world felt a mighty tremble of force when the Last Battle of the Second War took place, and Harry Potter emerged victorious in his campaign to save humanity from a despairing future. That night wasn't easy, and the nights never mentioned afterwards, were the hardest; whole factions of magical folk had died during the war, families had to cope with the loss of another brilliant child, and lovers lost the ability to find tender affection in relationships once more. The wizarding world had suffered for years, until at last the youth had begun to settle down, and give some frame of thought as to how to re-construct their lives. Many took the time to return to their old school sweethearts, while others found solace in the arms of another; shops were opened, and the death black wardrobes were soon replaced. Things were beginning to change, for the better, and everyone was readily capable to accept it.
The Next Generation of wizarding children were born with the new Millennium, and everyone felt hope return to their lives. At last, mankind's greatest evil was gone, and now was the time to prosper in a glorious society experiencing peace. There were no stories of betrayals or any wrongful deaths of any kind, no hell-bent lover determined to exact his revenge; everything was finally alright in the world, and no one could have expected what was going to come next. But those who had had the potential to realize the new string of events. ignored the possibility of something like sin to endanger their peace. After all, what was more dangerous than He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?
Long after the lads and lasses were born, and every cunning fellow married his sweetheart, society was abruptly shocked back into reality when the first heirs of Heroes were sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. These children were taught to respect one another and show signs of peace-making, in order to keep their world in a blissful stage. But these cunning fellows who marry their sweethearts, and these sweethearts who love their foolish husbands, forget that they've grown up, and that adults never see things the same way that children do. Ever. And so it is, just like it should not have been. The reckless actions of some students proved infecting, and just like a wildfire, the whole school had succumbed to a level of adolescent normalcy that was frightening. Of course parents wanted their children to be happy and live life accordingly, but the darkest wishes of these parents also included that their children never lived like them. The one mistake of the Hero-parents, was to shield their children from the horrors of true life: growing up.
And like a play, everything has begun to unfold.
Brothers and sisters argue over the rights of their fortunes; lovers cross dangerous waters to be with one another, against the stone-eyed wishes of families; sinister and selfish little boys plot to steal their most famed titles; and poor little girls lose their instinct to fight back. There is a play for almost every situation, and every acts brings the production closer to the finish. But what possible closing can there be, to these tragedies that children often claim are stories? What possible future could exist for the hopeless and the beaten, and those determined to act typical? No one can stop this reckless events that have been orchestrated by Fate, to punish fools for not believing. Not believing in Her legends. There is a word for every plot, and a character for every sin. There is a play for every House, and a price for every life. Every moment is a heightened sense of prolonged climax, and everyone is waiting to see the end.
The next generation, the one containing Harry Potter and his fellow graduates, were expected to help re-build the society and create new lines of blood aristocracy; they failed.
It is 2021, and it is time for these children to grow up.