Theatrical Muse 352, How do you respond to pressure?

I used to say that I prefer to get Minions by personal recommendation (although I have a private superstition about never employing a Minion who worked for an Operative that died. If he died he probably didn’t have good sense and he ain’t an example that I want to follow.)

Sometimes potential Minions turn up on a Gig. Good dancers, not too much in the way of a voice and likely to take a spell easily. The ones who are naturally immune to the singing mojo won’t do. I do not want to employ someone who can’t be interviewed properly - but they have to be immune to the magic when they’re working or they could spill the Master’s plans to any passing harmoniser.

One of the questions in the job interview is, “do you work well under pressure?” I remember the one who answered, “That depends on what is being pressed” – well, he was a Vellian; you’ve got to expect that kind of thing, especially when they have to give honest answers.

Anyway, It's the Minions who need to be good under pressure. I need the Minions able to think on their feet. Even then, sometimes …

There was a recent Gig where the one who called me had far more money than sense. She read the part about a happy ending and never thought twice about a payment that wouldn’t involve a credit card. Then her fiancé was there for the big finale.

There’s always the moment when the cabinet opens and there’s the smoldering body falling out of it and the big reveal of why it ain’t safe to go summoning my kind of magic for fun. The fiancé didn’t hesitate for a second – he grabbed her arm and dragged her into a run and a jump over the thing as it turned to ash, shouting,

“Jump rogue and heiress leap,
My wife thou art and mine to keep!

Well Oh Kay; I ain’t heard that one for decades – and then it was a different version, in a world a long way from here. Humans have always found ways to get married on the cheap, jumping broomsticks, leaping swords – jumping a fire is a really old one, but when that ceremony takes it carries an additional blessing. I wondered if they knew about that. Well, they’d find out soon enough.

As it was – well, I’m a sucker for a happy ending.

( ”What?” )

Muse, “Sweet” the Singing Demon,
Fandom, BTVS
Words, 666!