Thread: Caught Up in the Act (Collector of Rarities x Nobodysangel)

Perseus ex Britania was an oddity among his brothers and sisters where most members of the Imperial family dedicated themselves to politics, law or business, Perseus had pursued acting as a career. Initially, he'd been berated by critics, long before his first film had been released, for being another entitled brat from a rich family who coasted on the family name to get a favorable review. Everyone was expecting him to fail even a good number of his family members laughed at him behind his back, some even to his face. But then something unexpected happened his first film was released and he was a great success. Granted, the film itself wasn't great, only just making back its expenses at the box office, but Perseus's acting shone through and suddenly many more directors, most of whom were far better than the one who had given him his debut, wanted to work for him. Over the next five years, the young prince quickly worked his way to stardom. Even the Empress, Megara vi Britania, had to admit that her seventh child was finally proving useful God knew that the Britanian Empire could use a friendly face to present to the world since it hadn't stopped its attempts to expand its borders until they covered the world until sixty years ago, when a masked man, or perhaps a group of men under the same mask, named Zero had lead a rebellion that stopped the Empire in its tracks. With the Empire forced to give back most of the land it had captured and Empress Nunnally doing her best to repair relations between Britania and the rest of the world until her death, reparations had begun, but it would be a long time before Britania would be viewed in an entirely positive light. Fortunately, Perseus was well-loved by almost everyone he met, giving the people of Britania a symbol to be proud of and the rest of the world a Britanian everyone could agree they liked. With Perseus now a star, a status he'd achieved in part with some help from his family, his publicity was just as important as his skill as an actor. In continuing with the theme of improving Britania's image, the Imperial Film Production Company, IFPC for short, had held an open contest for screenplays for a short film starring Perseus, with the winner allowed to be on-set during the shooting of the film as well as the privilege of personally meeting Perseus. ----- Prince Perseus ex Britania, twenty three, stood behind the gates of the IFPC studios, waiting to meet the winner of the contest. He was a tall, attractive man, with shaggy blonde hair and the violet eyes of the Imperial family, who stood at 5'10. One of Perseus's greatest assets was his face his face was very expressive and he had trained extensively to have complete control over it. His smile, which was often lauded as his most charming feature, was always welcoming, though there was a slight roguish curl to his lips that minted at mischief something his sparkling eyes would verify. As this was a formal appearance, Perseus was dressed to the nines in the same attire in which he made most of his public appearances. He wore a navy blue coat with gold buttons that hung down to mid-thigh and was buttoned down to his waist. Beneath the coat he wore a white shirt, though it was hardly visible, khakis that were a slightly lighter shade of blue than his coat and black dress shoes. Though the public was not allowed past the gates of the IFPC studios, a small selection of media personalities had been allowed in to commentate on the event. Perseus himself was not allowed to be filmed until the gates opened, but the various crews were already at work, hyping up the arrival of the contest winner, eagerly awaiting the opening of the gates. Perseus himself had read the script and was quite excited to meet the young woman who had written it she had a talent for words and he was eager to talk over some of the finer points of the script with her over lunch.