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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.
mayavericks: (Going Higher)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-05-31 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
One last question, then.

Do you know what sort of story this is supposed to be?
tellthestory: (♪ vivace ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-05-31 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It looks a lot like my new one, actually. It's...a little experimental. Sort of like a murder mystery, but the Player thinks I've got a good shot at keeping them from actually committing the murders!

[Isn't that exciting???]
mayavericks: (The Star Soaring Down is But One)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-05-31 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
So... Your duty is to serve as a mediator? Prevent them from acting out their purpose in the play?

[How confusing!]
tellthestory: (♪ bend ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-05-31 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no - I can't stop them from doing anything. But I was always sort of...a voice of reason, back in my show. Maybe this time, people will actually...listen.

[He trails off, then snorts at himself a little.]

They may not want to hear it, but they'll listen.
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[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Deep breaths. Just try to find the commonalities, rather than focusing on the crazy.]

I was the same, with my classmates. With luck... You won't be the only one trying to speak above the chaos.
tellthestory: (Default)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-01 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The Balladeer smiles wistfully.]

That would be nice. It's always been just me before.
mayavericks: (The Star Soaring Down is But One)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Alright. She can do this.

... She can do this.]


You've been more forthcoming information than many would have. Consider it repayment for that.
tellthestory: (♪ accentato ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-01 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks a little bemused.]

Alright. Not like I'm going to lie.
mayavericks: (Of the Beast That Lies Within You)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
You are the only one with even the slightest bit of understanding of this predicament. Surely you can see what a danger that could pose amongst a group such as this.

Especially considering the rules in this place.
tellthestory: (♪ recapitulation ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-01 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[From the momentary look on his face, it sort of seems like he...had not, actually.]

If the people running this didn't want me here, they could have just...not brought me here.
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[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's not those in charge that I'm worried about. [She shrugs.]

Is it so hard to believe that someone may choose to take their frustration and fear over this situation out on you?
tellthestory: (♪ gemendo ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-01 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
If I'm really the only person who knows even a little bit of what's going on, wouldn't it make more sense to keep me alive?

[So he can, like. Share that information? Not that...things like that always stop people, he guesses. He'd been their narrator.]
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[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
To some, yes. To others, you might be seen as a spy of sorts.
tellthestory: (♪ enter'acte ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-01 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He...very visibly hadn't thought of that at all.]

God, I'd be a terrible spy.

[which, like, he did just tell her like literally everything there is to know about him three seconds after meeting her so probably]
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[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[A faint amount of amusement creeps over her face. She's still reeling but. Coping.]

That much is obvious.
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[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-01 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckles. At least he's self-aware???]

Oh, well. I'm here to tell the truth, you know? Can't trust the actual cast to do it.