— A Picture in Bubbles —

lolomoi

A Pursuit in Three Acts
starring
Widow Eloise · Mr. Augustus Brine · Little Ink
with a chorus of clockwork goons
Filmed in Brass & Gold · Approved by the Bureau of Strange Reveries · Lot Nº 1934
— The Programme —

Three Acts. Nine Rooms. Endless Bubbles.

✦ ✦ ✦
I
The Underbelly
Below 42nd Street · The Speakeasy Stairs · The Boiler Room

She begins below the city — among forgotten platforms and hissing pipes — where the clockwork goons patrol the dust.

II
Above the Smoke
The Penthouse · The Rooftop · The Marquee

Climb to the rooftops where champagne is poured into the wind, and the marquee lights flicker in time with her bubbles.

III
Behind the Curtain
The Backstage Catwalks · The Hall of Mirrors · The Brass Cage

The final reel. Mirrors multiply her enemies; brass cages descend; the orchestra plays on, oblivious.

— Of Bubbles, Three Varieties —
The Tesla
— flies sideways with a crack —

Born of borrowed lightning. Bursts horizontally, in the direction you are not facing.

The Ember
— scatters along the floor —

A cigarette ember in glass. Drops a creeping flame that licks the floorboards.

The Champagne
— flows like a flute upended —

A flood of effervescence. Washes downstream, carrying goons in its tide.

— Curtain Up —

The Bubbles Are Waiting.

No tickets, no admission. Step inside the salon and pursue the goons through the smoke. Tap. Bubble. Burst. Encore.