Yellow - The Room

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(im not editing this dialogue to make sense)

 (Yellow is trying to have a conversation with Sage. Sage is distracted.)

Ah, Mr. Secretary!

 Mr. Burr, sir

Did you hear the news about good old General Mercer?

 No

You know Claremont street?

 Yeah

They renamed it after him, The Mercer legacy is secure

 Sure

And all he had to do is die

 And that's a lot less work!

We ought to give it a try

 Heh

And how you gonna get your debt plan through?

 I guess I'm gonna have to finally listen to you.

Really?

 Talk less, smile more

Haha.

 Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the congress floor

Now Madison and Jefferson are merciless

 Well, hate the sin, love the sinner

  Hamilton.

 I'm sorry Burr I gotta go

But-

 Decisions are happening over dinner.

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Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room

 Sage and Grey from behind

Diametrically opposed

 door closed?

Foes

They emerge with a compromise

 Sage sad, being reassured by Grey

Having open doors that were previously closed

 door open

"Bros"

 Azzy :)

The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power

 Azzy has some green

A system he can shape however he wants

 Turns it into new eyes

The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital

 Sage

And here's the pièce de résistance

 so every transition into the chorus, yellow does a paper thing to transition from her explaining events to her little study sesh

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 chorus takes place in yellow's office, only a little messy at this point. she's got one of those pin boards going. only light is a desk lamp. etc.

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened, The room where it happened

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened, The room where it happened

No one really knows how the game is played

 Holds up papers of the others?

The art of the trade

 Grey, not an option

How the sausage gets made

 Blue says :P, they know nothin

We just assume that it happens

But no one else is in the room where it happens

 Ends on Red. Transition to Red interrogation.

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 (Red generally doesn't give a shit and knows very little. She agreed to talk to get Yellow to leave her alone)

  Alexander was on Washington's doorstep one day in distress and disarray

  Alexander said, "I've nowhere else to turn"

  And basically begged me to join the fray

  I approached Madison and said

  "I know you hate him but let's hear what he has to say"

  Well, I arranged the meeting

  I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating

But!

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 back in the office, more papers, more mess. yellow is frustrated with red's lack of help

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened, The room where it happened

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened, The room where it happened

No one really knows how the parties get to "Yes"

 snake visuals?

The pieces that are sacrificed in every game of chess

 ohoho chess analogy visuals :3

We just assume that it happens

But no else is in the room where it happens

 End on Yellow head on desk. No leads.

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(Meanwhile) Madison is grappling with the fact

 Grey

That not every issue can be settled by committee

(Meanwhile) Congress is fighting over where to put the capital

 Just a normal day with the Sages

*yelling*

It isn't pretty

 Yellow is not participating today

Jefferson approaches with the dinner invite

 Red approaches Blue

Madison responds with Virginian insight

 Yellow is evesdropping

 Maybe we could solve one problem with another, And win a victory for the Southerners,

 In other words-

  Ho ho.

 A quid pro quo!

  I suppose.

 Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?

  Actually, I would

 Well, I propose the Potomac

  And you'll provide him his votes?

 Well, we'll see how it goes

  Let's go

No!

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 Office time again! She's going a little crazy this time.

-one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened, The room where it happened

No one else was in the room where it happened

The room where it happened, The room where it happened

My God, In God We Trust

 dont call azzy that

But we never really know what got discussed

 sorting thru notes on the others' deaths

Click boom! Then it happened

 Flash of Yellow's death, all she gets.

But no one else was in the room where it happened

 End on Grey.

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 (Yellow manages to grab hold of Grey, tries to roughly interrogate her. Sage comes to break it up and tell Yellow off.)

What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river

Did Washington know about the dinner, Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?

Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. capital?

 Cause we'll have the banks, we're in the same spot

You got more than you gave

 And I wanted what I got

 When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game

 But you don't get a win unless you play in the game

 Oh, you get love for it

 You get hate for it

 You get nothing if you

  (Wait for it, wait for it, wait-)

 God help and forgive me

 I wanna build something that's gonna outlive me

 What do you want Burr? What do you want Burr?

 If you stand for nothing then what'll you fall for?

I-

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I wanna be in the room where it happens

 Yellow stumbles back, now in the middle of her office, papers fluttering around her. Room is full of stacks of papers and books at this point.

The room where it happens

I, wanna be in the room where it happens

The room where it happens

 Turns to door behind her, barely visible through all the mess.

I (I wanna be in the room where it happens)

I wanna be in (the room where it happens)

The room where it happens, I

I wanna be in the room.

 Going for that door, pushing stuff. lyrics get messy here but u get the idea right

I wanna be, I wanna me in,

I've got to be, I've got to be

In the room

That big ol room

(The art of the compromise)

Hold your nose and close your eyes

(We want our leaders to save the day)

But we don't get a say in what they trade away

(We dream of a brand new start)

But we dream in the dark for the most part

Dark as a tomb where it happens

 Welcome to the void

I've got to be in the room (room where it happens)

 Yellow is bleeding again.

I gotta be (the room where it happens) I gotta be (the room where it happens) I've got to be in the room (the room where it happens) I gotta be, I gotta be, gotta be (the room where it happens) In the room (I wanna be in the room where it happens)

Click, boom

 One last flash of her death.

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