The Luster of Stars in Moscow
⁇ 51
"But, to make a theater group, we have to have a script and a director!"
The administration room that afternoon turned rowdy, signaling a normal life, after days of deserted abandonment.
Everyone gathered looked excited even though they were hesitant on how to start.
"If it's a script, it doesn't matter" Saul said. "We can form a small group to rewrite Rafael's script. But director?"
The entire room muttered and exchanged glances with each other.
"I want to be the director!" Sesha volunteered. "If you don't mind, of course!"
The entire room looked at Sesha dumbfoundedly. Some are excited, some are still unsure.
"My ability is not comparable to Rafael" Sesha admitted. "But if it's a matter of discipline, I'm pretty confident. Moreover, my strength is also quite strong. After all.." Sesha hung up her sentences while looking around, observing one by one the faces of everyone in the room. "I'm the oldest here!" He adds.
"True, too" said one of the boys. "There is no choice but Sesha."
"I agree!" A girl was happily slammed.
"Good too" another comment.
"Where do we want to go on stage?" Cyzarine. "In kindergarten? Ria park? Or on the roof of the department store?"
The whole room is now silent. Some looked at Cyzarine, some exchanged glances.
Cyzarine took out a cigarette from his box, lit it and looked around while exhaling smoke from his mouth. "Rafael no longer exists" he said. "We have also lost many of our important members. What kind of audience do you think will be watching this MoscovArt Theatre show?"
The entire room exchanged looks while muttering.
"Not to mention that only the drama that has been performed," Cyzarine added. "Are we going to continue the MoscovArt Theatre for such a target?"
"You broke my spirit, Cyzarine!" Ibrahim groaning.
"Look at the truth!" Cyzarine.
The whole room sounded groaning.
"Cyzarine.." Cheri finally opened his voice. "Now Rafael does not exist, but one day he will come back," he said trying to convince his friends.
"I'm sorry!" Cyzarine flicked his shoulder. "But I'm not sure Rafael's problem will be solved anytime soon. I'm not even sure at all if there's a chance for him to heal!"
"What's Rafael really sick about, anyway?" Someone suddenly interrupted.
Then everyone started to question the same thing.
Cheri and Cyzarine exchanged looks.
"I'm not following!" Cyzarine turned his face and moved from his seat. Then tidy up his personal belongings from the table and put them in a bag. Then hurry up.
Everyone looked at him with surprise.
In front of the exit, Cyzarine nearly collided with someone.
Everyone was surprised.
"Valensky!" The whole room muttered almost simultaneously.
"Why is he here?" Saul growled with Daniel.
The man ducked down and smiled at Cyzarine.
Cyzarine was flabbergasted with sparkling eyes. Very handsome, he thought fascinated.
"Can I borrow the keys to the practice room?" Vladimir asked the girl.
Cyzarine blinked and spontaneously took the key out of his bag and gave it to Vladimir.
"Cyzzarine!" Cheri screeched while smothering his mouth. Why did he just give it away without thinking? erang in the heart. "How dare!" grunts Cheri upset.
Vladimir approached Cheri, then stopped in front of the girl while crossing her arms. "After the MoscovArt Theatre was disbanded, I heard the training room was rented out" he said. "I came here to look around. Since my members are now numerous, my training room is no longer fit!"
The whole room sounded snorting.
"It's so arrogant" a few people grumbled.
Vladimir just shrugged his shoulders. Then twist his body and get closer to Cyzarine. "Miss, would you give me the honor of showing me the training ground?" He asked while bowing and smiling widely.
Cyzarine stuttered with round eyes and mouth.
"I'm your fan by the way" Vladimir whispered to the girl.
Cyzarine nods his saliva and points his own nose with his index finger. "Me?" He asked unsure.
Vladimir nodded and blinked one eye silently.
"Ah.." Cyzarine smiled widely with a face sparkling with pleasure. "All right!" said. Then lead the man to the training room.
The entire room held its breath, but none of the people were able to hold Cyzarine.
What did Vladimir really mean until he came here? Cheri nodded and thought hard.
From where could he know the members of the theater were being gathered today?
In the training room, Cyzarine grabbed Vladimir's arm after he opened the door, then pulled the man into the room with a crisp look. "This is the training room" he said with a smile.
Vladimir smiled faintly and looked around. Then a short sigh and bowed. "Repot too, huh?" said grimly.
Cyzarine spontaneously looked up at the man's face with his eyebrows linked. "What's the bother?"
"The Rafael issue!" Vladimir replied while glancing at the girl with a concerned look on his face.
"Oh, that problem!" Cyzarine's turn is now a short sigh. "But there's a rumor that says you've arranged everything."
"Oh, huh?" Vladimir smiled faintly. Then back to looking. "When the staging time, Rafael's own condition is not so good."
Cyzarine looked at him again.
The man looked back at him. "No need to be surprised" he said. "I've known Rafael for a long time. I know everything!"
Cyzarine. "You mean.. his double personality—"
"You must be very surprised?" Vladimir looked at Cyzarine with a concerned look on his face.
Cyzarine gulps. "Well-yeah" he said, bowing. "I didn't believe it at first, but…"
"Why are they so long?" Saul grumbled in the administration room.
Everyone in the room looked agitated. Some of them even waited in front of the administration room while watching the corridor with anxious faces.
Over ten minutes they waited in the administration room with a feeling of unease. And during that time, they were arguing over who spread the word that the training room had been rented.
Shortly afterwards, Vladimir's laughter exploded at the end of the corridor.
Everyone simultaneously spilled from the administration room and scrambled for the door. Then watch the corridor in surprise.
Vladimir and Cyzarine did not appear at the end of the corridor, while Vladimir's laughing voice grew louder.
"So wasn't Vladimir's voice, was it?" Everyone is wondering.
"Are they still in the practice room?"
"What's he laughing at?"
"I'll be there!" Cheri immediately cheated from the crowd and rushed into the training room.
Everyone just stuttered to watch him. Don't know how to respond.
As soon as he arrived at the training room, Cheri was stunned at the doorstep with his eyebrows intertwined.
Vladimir stood half-down, curling Cyzarine's body with one hand against the wall, while Cyzarine looked up only to observe the man with a face wrinkled in confusion.
Vladimir was still curled up, "I thought so," he said. "You are so innocent. Just a little angled, you've already revealed everything!"
Whahuh? Cheri shrieked in his heart while smothering his mouth with both hands.
What does it mean to reveal everything?
Did Cyzarine leak Rafael's secret?