Tropical Fish Swim Through Theater Stage Curtains

Honeyed evening light spills across the heavy velvet folds of a stage curtain in a Deoghar theater, illuminating dust motes suspended in the air. Thick black cables coil in tangled loops on the wooden floorboards beside the fabric. A school of vibrant tropical fish with bright orange and blue scales swims through the air at head height, their fins cutting through the warm golden hour glow. Raindrops from a light drizzle outside bead on the window glass, catching the light. The fish appear translucent against the dark red velvet, their movement frozen in the stillness of the empty room. Shadows stretch long across the floor, highlighting the texture of the worn wood and the coarse weave of the curtain.