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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2020-07-11 11:52 am
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first trial

[Within a few minutes of the performers is finishing their investigations, the lights in every room flicker on and off several times. For those in or close to the lobby, they hear a faint rumbling. The gilded doors across from the heavy wooden front doors (which have always been there, the showrunners may have gotten to indicate them on the map) have opened.

Your intermission is ending. The show is about to begin.

The space behind them is lit; you're free to enter. It's a very short hallway, decorated in the same way as the lobby with the light walls and red carpet. There is one more set of doors to pass through and then you're all, finally, in the House. There's one grand chandelier above, glittering crystal, and the seats around you are made of fine, if dust-caked, red velvet. Those don't seem to be for you though - all the way down in front of the stage, where the orchestra might sit, there's a circle of wooden podiums. They're arranged so that everyone can face each other and are fixed into place. Each one bears a metal plaque with a cast member's name engraved on it. There's also a metal panel on top, with twenty ivory buttons paired to everyone's name.

Among these, only Jonny's podium is different - that one is draped in black crepe, with a larger grey-scale version of his headshot from the playbill framed and sitting at on top like a funerary portrait. Standing where he might have stood, a bare light bulb glows faintly atop a metal pole.

Right here, you're very close to the stage. But the curtain is closed, and it's a little too high to easily clamber up. You may not want to try. You've got more important business right now, after all.

As everyone is finding their places, the Phantom's voice suddenly sounds loud and clear throughout the space. If anyone is to look up, however, they'll see the dark suited figure of him and the whiteness of his mask peering over the edge of box 5.]


You must now determine who was responsible for the death of Jonny D'Ville. Submit your vote on the podiums when you are certain of your choice.
garbageface: (french girl)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, he always struck me as -- [ Santana makes an 😬 ] -- single.
superbeliever: (β™š βš” 019 βš” β™š)

[personal profile] superbeliever 2020-07-11 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, there is nothing wrong with being... single!
garbageface: (disgust)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, you make up rules and you're single? You're like, the most embarrassing person here.
holyspit: (why this)

[personal profile] holyspit 2020-07-11 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, everyone falls in love in their own time.
garbageface: (Default)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but doing it slower is generally worse.
37773972: (i reach into the darkness)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-07-11 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Doing it too fast can be even worse.

[Oddly deadpan]
garbageface: (smirk)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Santana raises her eyebrows so high they might fly off her forehead! Her eyes flick to Ariel, then back to Stephen.

Then she grins like the shithead teen she is. ]
revelfree: (Default)

[personal profile] revelfree 2020-07-11 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Huh what he was too busy thinking about who would pass the strength DC on Jonny's body.]
holyspit: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] holyspit 2020-07-11 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
No way, love takes time and relationships take real work!
superbeliever: (β™š βš” 021 βš” β™š)

[personal profile] superbeliever 2020-07-11 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm... I'm working on myself, right now.

And besides, my wife tried to have me executed.
holyspit: (here's where cameron goes berserk)

[personal profile] holyspit 2020-07-11 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
...That doesn't sound like a healthy relationship at ALL.
superbeliever: (β™š βš” 032 βš” β™š)

[personal profile] superbeliever 2020-07-11 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... Yeah. That's why it's complicated. She's more like an ex-wife but I don't know if we legally got annulled...
holyspit: (not cool)

[personal profile] holyspit 2020-07-11 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think trying to kill you should probably just count as ending the marriage.
superbeliever: (β™š βš” 082 βš” β™š)

[personal profile] superbeliever 2020-07-11 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe if I just call her my ex-wife that makes the marriage over.
garbageface: (and what about it?)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Your ex-wife sounds hot.

[ Later, Santana will very much regret saying that!! For no reason in particular!! ]
superbeliever: (β™š βš” 055 βš” β™š)

[personal profile] superbeliever 2020-07-11 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
She's too old for you.
garbageface: (watch)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ IMMEDIATELY BACKTRACKING: ]

Ew -- yeah, obviously -- I never said -- I mean, duh. I don't want your secondhand goods.
isawallflower: (you start to realize)

[personal profile] isawallflower 2020-07-11 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .....oh no it's riley's turn to perk up at this turn of events, it interests her but, maybe, when we're not here. ]

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mcfife: side eye (β˜€οΈno return forevermore)

[personal profile] mcfife 2020-07-11 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm...sorry, your majesty.

[Is this what he has to prepare for when he becomes king?]
superbeliever: (β™š βš” 065 βš” β™š)

[personal profile] superbeliever 2020-07-11 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's fine. I didn't need her anyway.

Never ever kidnap a girl and force her to marry you. Promise me. Next thing you know, she sleeps with your jester and steals your crown and shacks up with your oldest friend.
mcfife: nope (β˜€οΈand stars right before me)

[personal profile] mcfife 2020-07-11 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait.]

You did what?

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holyspit: (here come the pain)

[personal profile] holyspit 2020-07-11 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, what?

[...Are you the bad guy, Richard.]
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isawallflower: (the worst team!)

[personal profile] isawallflower 2020-07-11 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Like, hissing: ] Santana, focusing on your passions isn't a crime.
garbageface: (gossip)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-07-11 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Santana feigns surprise. ]

Wow, Riley, are you also single?

[ Santana, who is also single, is being the world's biggest hypocrite. Sorry! ]
isawallflower: (this time i will be stronger)

[personal profile] isawallflower 2020-07-11 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do you have to say it like that?! Yes, I'm single, but I'm not looking for a boyfriend right now, I have my team to focus on!

[ The persecution...!! ]