The Luster of Stars in Moscow
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"Finally it can continue," cried Mikail happily mixed with relief. "Now he's locked himself up because he's upset." He told Cheri. "Later he will only appear in the round of 18!"
There's no answer.
Mikail froze at a loss for her words.
Cheri was bowing in front of the mirror, propping both hands on the edge of the table, staring at his reflection without blinking.
I'm the Beautiful!
I'm the Beautiful!
Cheri concentrated his concentration.
"Cheri, get changed!" A staff member from the costume section rushed inside.
Mikail. "Wait," he said. "Slow down. Don't be bothered yet! Whatever happens, don't make him shaken."
The staff stuttered. Staring at Cheri with round eyes and mouth.
"He's trying to keep the pretty soul." Mikail.
The staff nodded in understanding.
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Round 16.
At the Beautiful House…
"Well! Is the beauty alive?" The sisters of the Beautiful Lady.
The Beautiful One comes with a beautiful dress and jewelry that the Bad Look presents.
"The dress is so beautiful!" Sister Spade-played by Lila, wide-eyed.
"Bikin's just pissed off" snorted Clover's older sister, played by Evaline. "How about we take some time to let the Beauty stay longer?" Clover started to hunch. "Thus, the Ugly One will not forgive him for the Beautiful one for reneging on his promise."
"True," the Beautiful Man's brothers joined his sisters. "We're gonna send our own sister back to the monster's lair?"
"Why don't we just finish the Ugly One?" The other brother provoked. "We take the treasure!"
The sisters of the Beautiful One began to make plans.
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Round 17.
The father of the Beautiful-played by Ibrahim lies on his bed.
Cheri knelt on the side of the bed crying, slipping his face on the side of Ibrahim's head.
"Beautiful.." Ibrahim begins his dialogue with the heavy voice of the sickly old man. "Is your desire to meet the Ugly One so great?"
Cheri raised his face, linked his fingers and propped his chin up in his knuckle. His face was teary.
Ibrahim gulped and looked at him with a wrinkled face. Surprised to find the totality of Cheri's acting.
"Now I just understood.." Cheri said raucously. "I love her."
Ibrahim.
"No matter how bad she looks.." Cheri continued his dialogue, stammered by her sobs. "I love her."
Ibrahim smiled with concern. The man interpreted another Cheri's words.
No matter how rude and arrogant…
I'm willing to be a marionette doll Rafael Moscovich!
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Round 18.
The Beautiful Brothers attacked the Castle of the Bad-France.
But because one glove was given to the Beautiful, the magic power of the Ugly One weakened.
The Beautiful knows the state of the Ugly One through a regular magic-glass mirror placed in the middle of the stage that limits the blocks of the Beautiful One and other performers. The beauty stood at the front. The other players are behind the mirror with a spot light spotlight from behind, so that the image of the Beautiful is not caught in the reflection of the glass.
"Bad Appearance!" Cheri shouted while running on the spot.
Glass was pulled to the side of the stage along with the cast of the Beautiful sisters.
After the glass shifted completely, the new Cheri actually ran towards Rafael who was sprawled in the middle of the stage, then fell to the side of the man and scooped his head.
"Bad Appearance! Wake up! I'm back!" Cheri wailing.
The roses in the background turn brown aided lighting.
"The rose flower is withered," Cheri's dialogue is poignant. "Could possibly…"
The audience held their breath.
"When I realized that I love you" isak Cheri.
Rafael suddenly poked both hands into Cheri's neck. "I hate women who lie" he said outside the scenario.
Cheri swallowed. This fucker…
"You really hate me, don't you?" Rafael chuckles. "A stranger who suddenly appears riding on his body."
Mikail watched them through the gap of the curtains in the back corner of the stage. He deliberately asked such a question to suppress Cheri, he thought.
Sesha and a few other players peeked and crammed in another corner.
"Didn't you feel that Rafael was acting strangely from earlier?" Sesha muttered, inexhaustible.
"Stop pretending to be a stranger" Rafael snorted further down the line from the scenario. "Just tell me how you feel!"
"I.." Cheri stammered. "I love you."
Rafael exploded laughing.
"It's hard to believe" said Sesha. "So he kept making mistakes. It seemed like all he thought about was destroying this drama."
Mikail moved away from the corner of the stage, then rushed—back to the control room.
"So, I heard Rafael kissing Cheri by force" the cat actor told another player.
The players were flabbergasted at the same time.
"Omong empty," Sesha rebuked him. "Rafael couldn't have done it!"
"But he himself…"
"Just enough!" Sesha cut quickly. "I don't want to hear."
"He's right!" Kyle suddenly interrupted them.
All the players in the back corner of the stage turned their heads in unison.
"I also heard Cheri say it to Mikail myself" Kyle continued with a sad face.
The players are silent.
The sound of Rafael's laughter blared in the middle of the stage.
Sesha groaned in annoyance and shook her head.
The other players were confused.
"I mean it.." Cheri screeched restrained. "Love you!"
Rafael is still chuckling.
The audience did not realize anything was wrong. They all listened to the scene with serious expressions.
"I hated you at first" continued Cheri. "I'm scared," he said honestly—beyond acting. "I was brought here because my father promised you. But now I see, what's scary about you is appearance."
This personality likes to bluff, Cheri said in his heart.
"This personality is very happy to trouble others."
Mikail's words flashed through his mind.
"He loves to confuse others, especially those who know nothing about him. He would feel very satisfied if others were confused!"
"You're actually good" Cheri said out of context. "You're a tough guy."
You're actually suffering a lot, inner Cheri.
The man below him gasped behind his mask.
"When the situation worsens, he will disappear by himself."
Mikail's words came back.
"He can't stand being pressured the most."
"Although you are an animal, to me you are so beautiful and noble heart." Cheri added—back following the scenario, then pulled Rafael's head and inserted his face under the man's jaw. "In my eyes you're still Rafael" he whispered
You and Rafael are one! It adds in the heart.
Rafael tightened his jaw, then pushed Cheri's shoulder as he growled.
Cheri pushed to the side and fell on Rafael's side. "If you die, I too will die" lamented Cheri in the man's ear.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRH!" Rafael groaned as he grabbed his mask and threw it.
Cheri gulped and screeched, "Bad Appearance!"
The man held his head while frowning.
"Please don't die!" Cheri took Rafael's arm.
The man jerked his hand and let his body stand.
Cheri was flabbergasted and looked at him.
The man raised his head.
Cheri shuffled and pulled his body.
Rafael bowed and looked at him.
Cheri stuttered to watch the man's movements horrified. "Who are you?" He asked according to the scenario if the Ugly Bad One had removed his mask.
Rafael stuttered glaring at him.
"You're not the Ugly One!" Cheri shouted while inching away from him. "Where is the Ugly One?"
Rafael blinked and frowned. Then suddenly the man bowed with a faint smile and extended both hands. "Beautiful," he said. "The Bad Look you've known all along is no more. Your love and tears of sincerity have delivered me from the curse."
Cheri gulped and stuttered.
That face…
A pair of blue eyes containing a magnet…
"I have returned to my original form" explained Rafael as he pulled Cheri up to his feet.
Cheri looked at her with teary eyes.
Could it…
Rafael pulls Cheri's chin with his knuckle, then bends down, aligning his face with the girl's face. "Beautiful.I want to say a boring sentence that I have been saying to you for a thousand nights. Will you be my wife?"
Rafael is back!
Cheri jumped up and wrapped his hands behind the man's neck, "Badly Appearance," he cried happily.
Rafael wrapped his arms around Cheri's waist and inserted his face into the girl's shoulder.
The loud applause of the spectators boomed from all over the place.