Puppeteer [Interstellar]

The students in the class moved quickly, and all the invitations were sent out within a few hours. Everyone in the college immediately knew the news about the prom, and then waited until the day of the prom. During the hour, the students were already restless. They re-examined and planned the dance scene that had been prepared, and waited for someone to come to participate.

An hour before the ball started, people finally arrived early one after another. The first ones were some of Lyle's acquaintances, the group of Major Gary. Afterwards, Clarence also brought his subordinates into the venue, in order to welcome these invited guests. With the arrival of the newcomer, Jeno, who was one of the few in the freshman class who could play the piano, sat down in front of the piano and began to play a relatively soft and brisk piece of music.

As a pianist, Jeno was wearing a vampire tuxedo, with a half mask of blood pattern on his face.The lights of the dance venue were dimmed, and the light was concentrated on the colorful food on the long table. Although there were not many people at the dance, the graceful atmosphere had gradually returned.

Because it was a masquerade ball, Arista’s group of students specially prepared a lot of strange costumes and masks in the outside room, such as vampires, zombies, witches, pumpkins, supermen, clowns and other inexplicable costumes and masks. Masks are readily available. Everyone who enters the ball must go in and choose a set of these clothes, and then put on these costumes in a single room in the dressing room. Even if you don't want to, at least you have to wear a mask on your face to go in.

Lyle was also wearing this strange set of clothes. He chose a set of white priestly clothes. This dress is actually a hooded robe with a very wide hood, which can cover most of his face after wearing it. Lyle He wore a white mask on his face, with a few simple colored stripes on it, and all kinds of glittering jewelry necklaces with bells on his neck and hands. Where did it come from.

The puppeteers who entered the ball had to be separated from their puppets, and they had to give the order that Lyle had experimented on those third-grade students before. This rule also applied to himself, so Lyle Alone now, Scar doesn't know where he went, but Lyle is not worried, he knows that Scar will find him soon.

As the time for the official start of the dance party approached, more and more people entered the dance party.

Arista and Lyle discussed the venue for this dance, and specially chose the small auditorium in the college. This place is large and spacious enough to accommodate about a hundred people, and it can also set up several long tables, which is troublesome for the kitchen of the restaurant. Prepare a variety of dishes one day in advance. In order to make the dishes richer, several chefs put their lives together. They specially found a lot of recipes and learned some new dishes. They also learned some methods of bartending, drinks, Juices and wines were all placed on the table, which was dazzlingly colorful.

Lyle raised his head and glanced at the people in the venue. There are already a lot of people. Lyle and the others had prepared for the worst. They expected that there might not be so many people coming to this dance... because the Puppeteer Academy has never If such an event has never been held, some people may still be stubborn, thinking that having a dance party is boring and meaningless.

But the result was unexpected. Near the time of the dance, more people came, probably because it was a masquerade dance, and people realized that in this dance, they could change into their usual costumes. They don't know how to wear weird costumes, and wear masks that cover their faces. They appear in such a gorgeous ball that no one knows who you are, and you don't know who others are. Knowing who is who, people are extraordinarily open and let go.

They let go, step onto the dance floor, dance next to someone they can't see, have dinner, maybe some romantic date, in this cruel and dark academy, it's something they can't even imagine. things.

It's time for the dance to start. The host came to the stage of the small auditorium with a microphone on his ears. The host was a girl who was recognized as the most diplomatic in the freshman class. She was wearing a very gorgeous red tutu dress, candy Shoes with bow ribbons, white elbow gloves, and white leggings.

She has long hair dyed blond, dressed like Alice in a fairy tale, with a mask covered with colorful feathers on her face, and she spoke loudly: "Sir and ladies, welcome to the first session of the Puppeteer Academy." The celebration ball, this is an exciting program for us, I believe that in the entire history of the Puppeteer Academy, this ball is an unprecedented creation."

"It doesn't have much meaning, I just hope that everyone present can have more means of communication and communication, and a place where they can release their hearts and souls. We have been closed for too long, we have been suppressed for too long, we We've been locked in a dark room for too long, and we can't see the light, so why put out the only candles?"

The host opened his arms, and at the same time, the pianist sitting on the side also set off the atmosphere with a beautiful high-pitched legato. The host continued: "Today, we all put on masks. You don't know who I am, and I don't know who I am. I don't know who you are. I don't know what you've done in the past, I don't know what you're going to do in the future, I don't know any of these things, and I don't care, and I hope everyone here doesn't care about that."

"No matter how much pain any of you have suffered, how badly you have learned, I hope you can forget these things today and throw away the sadness, the pain, and all the despair , On this day, you only need to think about how to laugh and laugh, how to step on the dance floor in circles on the dance floor, how to let go of your stomach and clean up the things on the table, you only need to think about these... that's enough."

"So, without further ado, gentlemen and girls, the dance begins—"

The music sounded loudly again. Apart from the pianist playing, there were also a few bands who were ready to play together. The people gathered in the dance suddenly seemed to relax, and they came and went wandering around. Take candles and light the candles on the silver lampstand on the dining table one by one, and the greedy ones start to sneakily stuff the fruit platter on the dining table into their mouths, just like what the host said just now, they put those sad and All the pain is forgotten at this moment.

"How do you feel? Dear sir." Lyle was sitting on the sofa taking a nap, holding the fruit wine that a girl dressed as a catwoman just handed over to him, when he took the initiative to sit beside him A person, wearing a deacon uniform and a flower mask, looks like a very elegant man, but listening to his voice, Lyle can recognize who he is.

"Arista?" Lyle was a little surprised, and said, "You look so mature in this outfit."

"Hey!" Arista smiled cheerfully, and immediately pierced the mature disguise, exposing the fact that he is a funny guy.

Arista put a hand directly on Lyle's shoulder, and described the bustling crowd in front of him, and said: "I didn't expect it to be so successful, not to mention 100%, at least 80.00% of the people in the college It's all here."

"So someone still hasn't come?" Lyle said.

Arista sighed and said: "Yes, there are some particularly stubborn ones, but we don't need to worry about those ones. After a long time, they will realize the fact that this academy is slowly changing, and this place will become stronger than before. Yes, absolutely will."

Arista's tone was full of firmness, which made Lyle feel something in his heart. He couldn't say what it was, but he felt very happy.

But Arista didn't stay with Lyle for too long, and he was called away soon, leaving Lyle to sit on the sofa alone.

Lyle sat for a while, lazily leaning against the back of the sofa, closing his eyes and listening to the slow but melodious music in the dance.At this time, someone came over and stood in front of Lyle. The tall man covered most of the light shining on Lyle, submerging Lyle in the shadow cast by that person.

Lyle couldn't help opening his eyes, raised his head and looked at the person who was wearing a European-style black and white knight uniform, with a saber around his waist and a silver mask. He raised his right hand and took off his glove, and then held out his hand to Lyle in a gesture of invitation to dance.

"Would you mind dancing with me?"

Then Lyle laughed, he thought for a while, stretched out his hand and put it on the open palm of the man, and was pulled up by the knight wearing a silver mask, Lyle staggered Standing up, he staggered a few steps forward, and threw himself into the man's arms, while the knight also stretched out his hand to hold Lyle tightly in his arms.

The knight hugged Lyle for a while, then let him go, took his hand and went to the dance floor. There were many dancers, some danced to the end with only one partner, and some changed one after another. They followed the rhythm of the music. Spinning and jumping, dancing clothes and melodious music are rippling in this ball together.

The knight who danced with Lyle seemed to be too close to Lyle, almost hugging Lyle's waist and sticking to him. He lowered his head and rubbed Lyle's mask with his own mask. The ambiguity made Lyle a little moved.

"Ska." Lyle whispered the knight's name.

His knight responded to Lyle in a low voice: "Hmm."

He is no longer as taciturn as he used to be, he gradually became active, and he would respond in various ways when Lyle spoke, feeling less and less like a puppet, and closer to a human being, his Seeing the changes, Lyle is very happy, but when he is happy, Lyle will also be a little scared.

Maybe one day, he will remember it.

Think of his past.