Mika’s Mesmerizing Mission
Part 5 — Fumiko
Filming was going with the same pace as normal. Outside of the special weeks Mika could almost go onto autopilot and just flow with the needs and whims of production. Recently that had been harder as she was always twisting her head to see if anyone was on to her and to see if Fumiko was open to being trapped within her web. Fumiko was very close to Gina to the point their characters were treated as sisters with Fumiko being the slightly older one.
Mika thought as she spent time in the bathroom washing off some smeared make-up as she was shaken by a loud ringing nose and heavy breathing, she poked her head out of the bathroom door expecting to see production crew running around after presumably breaking something or setting it on fire. But, there was nothing, the crew were all milling around but the alarm was still going off. Then Mika realized and walked towards the voice and heard the alarm and breathing coming from one of the bathroom stalls and immediately she recognized the voice and giggled a little before getting out quickly to allow Gina to keep having her fun.
As Mika giggled to herself she bumped head first into Fumiko. After quick and furious apologies Fumiko moved to the bathroom and Mika saw her chance “Oh you cant use that one, its an utter mess in there, pipe burst or something” Fumiko stamped her foot in the cute way she always did
“Drat! I don’t want to go across the studio!” She looked right at Mika “I know, I know I am lazy” and with that Mika started to quickly formulate a plan
“Oh! I know a secret one, its meant to be for executives but none of them use it or lock it, follow me!” Mika led her fellow cast member down several of the studios winding corridors until she pulled her into the same unused office that her on-screen sister had be caught in. “And in here is the! Oh, I may have made a mistake” said Mika as she looked around the empty room. Fumiko walked into the room and looked at Mika
“I can see why they don’t use if often” she giggled as she sat on the desk. Mika slowly kicked the door shut with the back of her foot while she put on her best disappointed face. “Oh no, I think I took a wrong turn, let me think...” Fumiko giggled as she watched Mika’s shock and Mika quickly hit on an idea to complete her collection. “Oops I made quite the mistake didn’t I?” she laughed moving close to her friend placing her hand on her shoulder. “So its forward and then left, or is it right” as she went through her directions she moved her hand in front of her cast mates face, miming the ever growing list of directions. “So left then right and after the fifth sign for the emergency exit you got right, left, then right past the kitchens sign, can you remember that for me?” Fumiko looked bemused but nodded her eyes crossing as she followed the fast twist of Mika’s hands and tried to take in the utter mess of directions Mika had already given her. “So left or right or maybe, no, right right?” Mika continued with ever increasing speed, her hands matching every movement, Fumiko nodded dumbly. “Wait, did I say left, right, left past the toilet signs and the straight on right past the kitchen?” Mika watched closely as Fumiko’s brain tripped and stumbled through the overload of information it was being fed and her eyes rolled back a little as the act of untangling it got more and more confusing, Mika saw the chance to help and interrupt her confusion “No I said, up, left, yellow, sleep!” and with that last punctuated syllable she dashed her hand down and watched as the once stable Fumiko wobbled and fell forward her eyes rolling up into her head as she did. Mika moved quickly and like the other cast members before her set her up for Mika’s use. She realized of course that she now had to get her back on set without her remembering this little incident. “Now when I say you are going to follow me back to the set, acting totally normally, except when you sit down in the bathroom you will wake up with no memory of bumping into me today, now wake up”. Mika watched as life returned to Fumiko’s limp body and she gradually sat up revelling eyes that, while open, had a distant far away quality. As she walked back to the set she kept turning to see her following close behind, slightly less animated than normal, her eyes looking where she was going, unfocused on anything else. As they reached the bathroom in which they started Mika guided Fumiko in and made her way back to the set and began the normal routine of show preparation. A few moments before they started to film Fumiko came up to her
“Hey, did you just arrive? I missed you coming in today!” Mika smiled to herself and made her excuses as the director began to shout at them to take position.