Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 380 [The Wedding in a Dream]

The camera pans upwards.

Finch and Kevin began to get into full working mode.

They love this place, St. Quantico.

It is clean and pure, like a city that doesn't exist in this world at all.

Only in this place can the feeling of escaping the confines of the script be fully reproduced.

The protagonist is reborn and changed here.

In the script, the protagonist Tommy will meet the love of his life here; they meet, get to know each other, and then get married.

Tommy had originally planned to retire here completely and never concern himself with any family matters again.

He resolved to become a Qunti person.

pity……

Without any prompting, Ethan, who plays the lead role of Tommy, naturally found himself in the perfect position.

Ethan had no prior acting experience.

But it's unclear whether it was due to the artistic talent of the predecessor or the transformation by the 'name of the true god'.

In short, he has a great sense of the camera and knows exactly how to act.

Of course, it's also possible that this character was half based on himself.

This scene is about Tommy, who has escaped to Quantico and is bored at home, so he decides to go to the local church to pray.

He wasn't religious; he was just killing time.

Then, in the church, he met the beautiful nun Sophie.

This scene is the one where they meet.

Ethan entered the church.

Sofia, who plays Sophie with almost no change in her attire, stands in front of the statue of Saint Quantius, praying softly.

Ethan didn't bother her and just found a seat.

This scene almost perfectly recreates the meeting between Ethan and Sofia yesterday.

However, this is just acting; in the script, the two people naturally don't know each other.

Sophie showed absolutely no interest in Ethan. She was truly devout, praying softly, her entire figure appearing exceptionally holy in the almost unadorned interplay of light and shadow.

The scene slowly zooms out from Ethan's half-lit face to the praying girl in the distance, then to a panoramic view that includes both of them, followed by a close-up of a blurry frontal statue of Saint Quantius.

Accompanied by the gentle ringing of church bells.

Pope, watching from behind the camera, almost burst into applause.

perfect.

so perfect.

Whether it's the set design, the actors' performances, or the timing of the bell's chime.

Impeccable.

He was convinced.

Ethan is indeed an artistic genius.

Although Fincher and Kevin are looking at the camera in this scene, Ethan actually directed the entire thing.

All I can say is that it's flawless.

Difficult to surpass.

Of course, another point worth praising is Sofia, who, despite having no acting experience, made no mistakes in this scene.

The entire shot was filmed in one go, and it was completed in one take.

Only when Kevin and Finch called "cut" did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. She quickly stretched her body and then hurried over to Ethan.

"How was it? How was it? Was my acting okay?"

"That's amazing, I can't believe it's your first time acting."

Ethan nodded in praise.

Finch, Kevin, and Pope all nodded in agreement.

This made Sofia very happy.

Of course, most importantly, the role she played and the story that happened with Ethan made her very happy.

In the storyline, they will get married.

When Sofia saw this scene in the script, her heart was beating incredibly fast.

She even wondered if Ethan was hinting at something to her.

Later, when she was memorizing her lines, she dreamed of marrying Ethan.

She was mortified when she woke up the next day. Luckily, no one knew.

Then came the filming of the subsequent scenes.

Sofia performed very well, mainly because she really immersed herself in the role.

The fourth scene was the proposal scene.

Sofia was both excited and nervous.

She was afraid of saying the wrong line or acting too strangely, so she prepared for a long time.

Just before she was about to go on stage, she saw Anya.

She suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Or rather, it feels like I've stolen something from someone else.

"Anya, why aren't you playing this role?"

"I don't want to play this role, and I can't act."

Anya shook her head.

This wasn't a lie to Sofia; Ethan originally intended for Anya to play the role.

However, Anya felt that the role was completely unlike her, and she really didn't have the talent for acting. It was she who asked Ethan to find Sophia.

"Okay, but..."

Sofia wanted to say something more.

Anya laughed and said, "Go ahead, don't I still have that painting?"

She was referring to Ethan's painting, "Girl Under the Lamp".

But when Sophia heard this, she didn't feel much jealousy; she just thought Anya was really great.

Everything is ready.

The female lead enters.

In the small square of Quantico, Tommy and Sophie sat on a bench, chatting and watching the fountain.

Then Tommy suddenly proposed to Sophie.

There was no ceremony.

It was just one sentence: "How about marrying me?"

"Huh? What?"

Even knowing that's how the script is written, Ethan would still recite that line.

Sofia's heart was pounding uncontrollably; she was overjoyed, almost to the point of panic.

The main problem is that there are so many people watching people.

Ethan gently took her hand and whispered, "Will you be my wife?"

Sofia, feeling dizzy and disoriented, replied, "Okay...okay."

The camera begins to zoom out, freezing this moment in time.

Then, it slowly turned towards a house next to it.

On the second floor of this house.

A person was leaning against a corner that was hard to notice.

She wore a mask and a clean, sharp hunting outfit. Even though the mask concealed her face, one could tell from her emerald eyes and her cool, snow-white hair that she was an absolute beauty.

She wasn't watching the romantic scene in the square; her gaze seemed to be fixed on the horizon.

This person is naturally Anya.

Although she didn't want to act and even turned down the role of Sophie, Ethan still forced her to create a new character.

A female assassin who closely protects the protagonist, Tommy.

She always wore a mask, and there was a vague, unspoken connection between her and Tommy.

The mask was also a way for Ethan to take care of Anya, as she didn't want to show her face and felt she couldn't act at all.

In fact, the way she leaned against the sky and looked at the horizon was already a beautiful sight.

Not to mention the watery light in her eyes.

She hummed a tune softly, which sounded like a folk song, but the exact words were unclear.

But it directly provides the most perfect footnote to this scene.

Clouds drifted across the sky.

Or perhaps this is not a footnote, but a prophecy.

(End of this chapter)