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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-05-30 12:40 am
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once more with feeling [act 3]

You awake in an unfamiliar bed.

It’s comfortable enough, sure, but it’s certainly not yours. The room, too, is unfamiliar, especially in such heavy darkness. There seems to have been a great effort put into making it a livable space, with fuzzy rugs laid over linoleum, beds arranged as best to fit (and one bunk bed per dorm, rip whoever has the bottom bunk), and a single desk. You've also got individually labelled trunks; if you look inside yours, you'll find a yearbook with mostly blank pages, as well as a few with some interesting information. But even with all these changes it’s clear this room started it’s life as a classroom, every window hidden behind heavy dark green curtains.

To add to the strangeness of it all, your clothes have been swapped for some kind of uniform. It, though fitting your body perfectly, might feel a bit odd to some of you, as the body you have isn’t quite the same as it was before you mysteriously fell unconscious. The other important thing to note is the people in the other beds around you, all wearing the same color-coded uniform.

The hallway outside the dorms is narrow but well-lit, with fresh white walls and some scattered posters advertising some kind of midweek club meeting. The hallway goes on until, for the more contemporary of you, the pieces start to fall together as to your location: a school. Once you leave your rooms you’re free to wander as you wish but pinned up on a corkboard just outside the cafeteria there’s framed information that you might find helpful. If you explore further into the other rooms, in fact, you'll see there's an identical copy outside all of them.

In the lobby there are linoleum floors and fluorescent lighting, and a pair of glass doors that appear to lead outside. You can see out of both of them that the sun is shining brightly and there’s definitely more to see in the distance but the glass is unbreakable; you can't get out that way right now. A rolling metal sheet blocks off the hallway to the west. For the moment, both doors leading outside are locked.

It looks like you’re stuck. But hey - at least you aren’t alone.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-05-30 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once they've got it all righted, Salieri straightens, just in time for Elle to stick out her hand. It's not...quite what he expected, but it's not so different that he can't just roll with this at least.]

Mademoiselle Woods, then. I am Maestro Antonio Salieri.

[he's just going to take her hand and, as is polite, bend over in a bow and press a kiss to her knuckles, before straightening]


A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[and then he'll just move to straighten and release her hand]
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[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-05-31 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[If Elle is thrown off by the gesture, she doesn't let it show. It's probably European or something. She gives a small curtsy in return. (That's why you do in this situation, right?)]

The pleasure is all mine! I mean, it would be better if, ya know- [She gestures around them]
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-05-31 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[a curtsy is exactly what you do in this situation Elle a+

Salieri glances around the room briefly as she gestures to it, though he's assuming she means the whole...situation...rather than just the band room itself]


Indeed. Circumstances aren't the most fortunate. I assume, like the rest of us, you've found yourself here under mysterious circumstances?
whatyouwant: (indignant bunny)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-05-31 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Fell asleep in my room at UCLA, woke up here in this. [She plucks at the uniform skirt.] I mean, at least it's cute, but waking up in something different is never a good sign.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-05-31 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Salieri glances down at his own outfit, expression going a bit sour]

I would agree with that. This is certainly not anywhere near my normal choice in fashion.
whatyouwant: (indignant bunny)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-05-31 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like one of those prep school get ups.

[Elle looks at Salieri's uniform a bit closer.]

I wonder why the piping is different colors.
violentenvies: purrahms @ tumblr (01 How could this happen to me)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-05-31 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't a clue about the piping or what a prep school is, to be quite frank. But I must admit that I very much dislike the long pant. I feel as though I'm overheating. [he is used to knee-length pants and tights and what is this.]
whatyouwant: (sassy)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-01 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
If we can find a sewing machine I could cut them off for you.

[Listen, do don't get to go into fashion merchandising without learning the basics of sewing!]
violentenvies: qu-r @ tumblr (07 I just wanna scream)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-01 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Truly? [oh, that certainly has Salieri's attention]

I would appreciate that quite a lot.
whatyouwant: (smirk)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-01 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally! People should be comfortable in their clothes. This place probably has a home-ec room somewhere.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-01 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[he has no idea what a home-ec room is, but he'll just roll with it]

I shall trust your instinct. I'm not very familiar with these types of places...though I had been meaning to look around a bit more.
whatyouwant: (indignant bunny)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-01 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's kinda weird so far. Kinda like a high school, but then not? I don't know, hopefully we figure out what's going on soon!
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-01 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's hoping. The entire situation is quite unsettling and strange.