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Laia in Pokémon
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There are lots of buildings that aren't obviously closed to the public, but probably her best bet is the one with the big flashing sign and the open door.

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Wow, that's flashy. In she goes!

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There are a few different people she could conceivably talk to but probably she wants the woman sitting at the desk right by the entrance.

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"Good morning! I'm an alien. On my planet I'm an actress so I came by to see what you've got going on here, can you point the way?"

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"Oh, an alien, Mr. Deeoh is definitely going to want to hear about that. Wait here, I'll call him over."

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"Thanks!"

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A few minutes later, a balding, middle-aged man in a purple suit arrives.

"Bonjoir, darling! I'm Stu Deeoh. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"She says she's an alien," supplies the woman at the counter. "I figure it'd be good marketing."

"Oh, certainly," says the man. "An alien, you say? That's simply marvelous. You'll have to tell me all about yourself, darling."

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"I'm Songbird Laia Solandra - Songbird is a title, it means that I'm a cleric of Shelyn, Legendary Pokémon of love and art, she gives me spells. I'm from a planet called Golarion and was transported here the day before yesterday complete with knowing the language somehow when a Pokémon I didn't recognize appeared where I was and attacked suddenly. I've been an actress since I was three years old. On the stage - we don't have movies on my planet - but I watched a movie the other day and I think they're brilliant. I can do some sample monologues or songs if you'd like but they're all in my native language, Chelish."

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"Oh, that's simply wonderful. Why don't you pick your favorite monologue to start with, and then we'll see about getting you some of our classic audition materials?"

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"Sure!"

She does the one from Summer, Autumn about her plan to poison her boyfriend's other girlfriend, it's got some great emotional peaks and valleys.

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He looks suitably impressed.

"Now, theater in Unova is a bit more improvisational than most places I've visited. We have scripts, of course, but we like it when our actors come up with their own lines at suitably dramatic moments. With that being said, why don't you take a look at this and pick out your favorite monologue to deliver impromptu?"

He hands her a small binder of short monologues covering a range of moods and genres.

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"I have a little improv background, mostly informal," like her entire life when she's working under her own name. She picks out a paragraph on trading away a Patrat for a Munna, figuring she can guess well enough exactly what flavor of ambivalence to inject into the situation.

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He watches intently.

"Do you have a lot of experience working with Pokémon onstage back home, darling?"

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"No, Pokémon are very different at home and my company was always - almost all human, with a couple players of other races, but like, the kind that spoke the same language as everyone else and wore clothes and suchlike, so I expect that to be different from Pokémon here none of whom I've seen doing that. Though if it matters it turned out when I tried it that a spell I can get to understand foreign languages works on Pokémon."

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He nods. (The woman at the desk looks a little uncomfortable at the mention of the spell.)

"Many of our films have Pokémon costars, is that something you'd be comfortable with?"

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"Oh, sure!"

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"In that case, I'd like to get a sense for how you work with unfamiliar Pokémon. Are there any species you're likely to have particular issues with?"

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"Um... I've never met a Ghost-type Pokémon and on my planet anything like that would be really dangerous to people, so I guess I might be nervous with those, though I overlooked somebody being undead for the sake of art once and can probably do it again!"

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"Most Ghost-types aren't very dangerous, and besides, they usually don't show up so well on camera. I can make sure to avoid Ghosts in the audition."

He goes over to another part of the room and returns with a Pokéball, a script, and another person. He hands the Pokéball to Laia.

"Alright, darling, we're going to start with some freeform interaction between you and one of our Pokémon stars. This is Riley, one of our star Riolu."

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Out you come, Riley!

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Riley lands on one leg, does a little spin, and then looks expectantly at Laia.

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She can mimic the spin and do a little bow! "Hello there, Riley! I'm Laia."

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Riley bows back and says something incomprehensible. It gives her a playful, gentle shove.

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She knows how to pratfall as though he pushed her much harder! "Why, Riley, if you don't want me copying you all you've got to do is wag your tail, I can't do that."

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With her on the ground, Riley places one foot gently on her torso and makes a victory pose, then offers her a hand up.

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