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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2020-07-26 11:34 am
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week 5

[That was...an absolute shitshow. More beloved friends are dead in a mess of a trial that's left Angus half the man he was, Riley in a free fall and the Phantom...somehow still standing despite taking two stabs to the torso.

When you wake on Sunday, you'll find that you've recovered another one of those memories - or had another dream, if you still wanna be in denial about it. The door blocking the stairwell on the second floor has been unsealed. You can now venture up to the third floor! You have so much space now, it's just a shame it's all come at the cost of eight lives.

But despite the tragedy you have made progress! The trip into the Phantom's lair yielded some hints to the past of the Opera House, your house manager's apparently grim hobby and the possibility of an ally outside the Opera House. Who knows what this week will bring?]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday



(( Welcome to Week 5! Please remember to submit your AC and your memory regains, as well as your coins! You can also still contact the Phantom. ))
musacal: (52)

[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... yeah I can do that. I know it pretty much by heart by now.

Do you want an abridged version or the whole thing?
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He leans onto the counter, still peering at her.]

What do you think would keep your mind most busy?
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
...The full probably but...

Clau-chan... was one of the leads and I... I couldn't do it as well as she does...

[ So it would make her pretty sad. ]
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Of course.

[He has regrets.]

Broad strokes, then.
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ it’s







fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiineeeeeeeeeeee ]


All right.

[ She takes a moment to clear her throat. ]

This is a story from long ago, set in the distant future of a faraway star. In the small village of a small country there was a traditional summer Star Festival.

Below a shooting star that falls once a year, Flora and Claire had their fateful encounter. It felt as if they’d been together forever... So they resolved to meet again next year, at the next Star Festival.

However, once they had both turned 16, on the night of the Festival...

“Who are you?”

On the way home from the previous year’s Star Festival, Claire met with an accident and lost her memory.

“I don’t understand! Your voice, your warmth... the promise I made to you... I can recall that it was something important... but I don’t remember what it was!”

But then Flora had an idea. If they climbed to the top of the Tower to the Star that night... maybe she could take hold of that star, and Claire's memories might come back.

“Let’s go! Together, we will grasp that star!”
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
So... It is a story of -- [He furrows his brows.] Two young lovers, attempting to retain their memories of one another?

[Are they lesbians, Harold?]
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay that gets her to laugh a little. ]

I suppose you can see it that way! Honestly the text is rather vague about whether they're just friends or more but...

[ They're fucking girlfriends goddamn ]

I think there's definitely a "star crossed" element to them. Like Romeo and Juliet.
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
... Who?

[Sorry, Nana.]
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh no. ]

Oh it's... a famous play by William Shakespeare, the most famous playwright in the world. They're star crossed lovers from opposing rival families that can't be together and in the end die because of a misunderstanding.

[ can you guess

how Starlight ends

with THAT comparison

can you ]
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. That one.

[Christine was very upset when she found out he didn't recognize the name.

At least Nana seems to be taking it better.]


Hopefully Starlight has someone less prone to tragedy behind it.
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ stares into the camera like on the office. ]

Ah... w-well...

[ bad news Mephisto ]

Should I continue then?
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Aw damn.]

If you feel it's helping then -- [A quick nod.]
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ She nods back. It actually kinda is! She's not hearing that stupid giraffe right now so hey! She continues and hey, it's song time! ]

With the aid of song, the two arrive at the Tower to grasp the Star.

If you catch a small star,
You will seize a small bit of happiness.
If you catch a large star,
You will seize a large fortune.
If you gather them both,
You will seize an eternal wish.

Grasping the Star means forgiveness for your sins,
Grasping the Star is the miracle of the night...


[ She sang a bit of this song to Riley when they were still getting to know one another, so singing it to Mephisto is... nostalgic and brings a brief smile to her face. ]

However, in their way... were six sinful goddesses, confined to this tower 500 years earlier, sleeping and near death.
Fury.
Escape
Arrogance.
Curse.
Jealousy.
Despair.

Why were they imprisoned there? What crimes had they committed? Such time had passed that even the goddesses themselves had forgotten...

[ She pauses. ]

...It just occurred to me that it's a little bit funny talking about "sinful goddesses" to a fallen angel.
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Mephisto seems to be amused as well. He'd already begun to relax at the singing -- what kind of tragedy could occur with song. At the mention of sin, though, a wry smile springs to his face. He's polite enough to muffle his chuckle until the end.]

Perhaps we're related. Except I have the great fortune of remembering what sin I caught up in. [Still smiling, he nods for her to continue.]

Were they able to pass the goddesses?
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ She nods. ]

Even as the dark emotions of the goddesses cut and tore at them, the two headed to the top of the Tower.

"Please take this... the star you have wished for!"

But...

[ And then she frowns because haha... she hates this part. ]

The star... it returned Claire's memories but... Flora, whose eyes had been scorched by the shine of the Star, fell from the Tower and Claire, left alone at the top, was imprisoned with the other goddesses. They were separated for the rest of eternity...

[ She takes a deep breath and says Claire's final line: ]

"I'm sorry Flora... our dream will not come to be."

And overhead, the stars continued twinkling forever...

[ She goes quiet after that. ]
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe he should have anticipated this. But considering the praise that Nana had heaped on the performance, he'd gotten the wrong idea along the way. It doesn't sit right with him, being punished for completing a journey. He can't quite put his finger on why.]

And you performed this again and again? It seems rather... bleak, doesn't it?
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles weakly. ]

You're right. The truth is...

...I hate Starlight. It's beautiful and touching... until it gets to the end. And then it's awful.

But it's... not the story that I loved. It was making the absolute best friends in the world, working on this together with them for a whole year, holding hands as we took our bows.

I have always enjoyed theatre but... that was my first time not going on stage alone. It felt amazing being with them...

I didn't... want anything to change. I didn't want them to leave me... I just wanted to be together with them forever.
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Suffering for something you loved. It's certainly poetic.

[He falls silent, studying Nana. It's a bit of an intense stare, Mephisto's brow drawing together the longer it goes on.]

I've known a few like you -- afraid of change. Desperate to stay in one place. And I've dealt with their souls accordingly.

I find it interesting that I feel no such compulsion to do so here. [A beat.] Perhaps we're both learning.

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1/2

[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Heheh, I suppose so... I appreciate you not trying to take my soul at le—-
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ And then she pauses and looks behind her. ]

...Can I ask you something without being laughed at?

There’s no... animals in here... right?
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mephisto doesn't have time to agree or disagree, so he doesn't feel bad that he snorts once before -- realizing that Nana is very much serious. He bites back whatever quip he may have about his own status and turns his head to look over his shoulder.]

No. Nothing.

[Not even octokitten! Kitchens aren't safe for cat monstrosities, after all!]
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay... thank you.

[ She sighs with relief, looking back over at the pot. ]

I’m sorry for just... asking that out of the blue. [ It kinda ruined the moment they were having! ] But he won’t... leave me alone.
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mephisto considers Nana for a moment. In any other circumstance, he'd wave it off, hide his own troubles under the skin. Given the situation they both find themselves in, the compulsion churning within his mind.]

I'm followed by my own ghosts as well.
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[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-02 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's quiet for a moment, also considering him, then decides to ask: ]

Would you like... to talk about it?

[ In case maybe it'll help. ]
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[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-02 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It is... A long story. [But if he's learned anything from what happened to Riley, anyone could find themselves overburdened with secrets at a moments notice. It wouldn't do either of them good to keep their mouths shut.]

How much were you told about Ariel and myself? About our deal?

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