The Curtain Falls

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 79916

The iron rail supporting the curtain was sturdy, and quite thick. But Fred's weight was enough to wrench the screws that supported the right side of the rail out of the wall. The curtain listed to the right, and within a few seconds it came crashing to the ground.

The audience roared with laughter, and started to applaud.

Astra was facing down and hugging the rail when she fell. Her body pivoted around the rail. When she hit the ground, she rolled gracefully out of the fall, and had no more than a few bruises on her upper arm. The melon rinds did not survive the fall intact, however. At this moment, it did not matter much, as she was now under the curtain, and could see that someone else was struggling to move under the curtain, but she could not be sure of who it was.

Fred was near the end of the rail when he started, in a standing position. His legs moved out away from the stage as he fell, and he hit the ground sliding, resulting in a great rash on the back of his right leg and a large bruise on his buttocks, but there were no broken bones. He was at the edge of the stage now, and away from the curtain. He could see that there were two people under the curtain, and that the way to the backstage appeared to be clear for the moment. He was in an exposed position in more ways than one - he was above the curtain and could be seen by the audience, and his costume had been destroyed in the fall.

Fred decided to

  1. run - somewhere.
  2. go under the fallen curtain and support Astra.
  3. try something else.

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