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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.
tailor_made: my whole life will change (once I'm with the Wizard)

[personal profile] tailor_made 2021-05-31 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I just don't see the point of you wasting your time going in circles on the grounds on your first day. You wouldn't even have a snowstorm to keep you busy.
comeandfindme: (drop down into the beast that you become)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-05-31 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ In a flash, Peregrine starts toward Hester, fists clenched. There's no prize for guessing what she plans on doing. ]

You fucking bitch!!
mayavericks: (Going Higher)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-05-31 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Other than her few questions or pointed nudgings, Maya's stayed quiet and off to the side. That changes the second Peregrine moves. She moves forward in a handful of steps, sliding in front of Peregrine and placing one hand over her fist. The other folds behind her back in an attempt to dip her downward.

You know. Like dancing.]


You heard what The Balladeer said. We've already used our single strike.
comeandfindme: (push into the fear until it shatters)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-05-31 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Peregrine's good at quite a few things, but dancing? That's not at all what she's trained for. ]

I don't care, let me go!
mayavericks: (The Star Soaring Down is But One)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-05-31 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[She glances toward Rina, twisting Peregrine to do the same.]

You're risking more than your own life. Wells-san. You would do well to remember that.
samefacesyndrome: (23)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-05-31 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rina nods. ]

He said [ motions to the Balladeer ] it was a warning before so...

Something... bad might happen this time....
comeandfindme: (i'm giving control)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-05-31 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ What? Why's Maya turning her to...

Oh.

Oh, that's...

"If something happens,
Come and find me..."


Peregrine's fist under Maya's hand squeezes tight. So tight that she feels like she's starting to bleed.

Unable to find something to say, she tries to just pull her hand away from Maya to try and just leave this whole situation. ]
mayavericks: (The Heavenly Throne)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-05-31 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[That's fine. Maya releases her hand, though she's careful to step back in a way that continues to block her path to Hester.]

comeandfindme: (🌲 i'm willing to take the fall)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-05-31 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nah, she's out! She is just straight-up leaving, heading back in the direction of the dorms. Byyyyye! ]
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-05-31 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[There's that word again.

Spongebob isn't going to physically stop her (yet) but he really doesn't like where this is going.]


We can settle this without resorting to violence; let's just talk it out!
comeandfindme: (🌲 i'm willing to take the fall)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-05-31 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Peregrine's...ignoring that, sorry! ]
employeeoftheyear: (Head in the bubbles)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-05-31 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[You wound him, Peregrine. You wounded this poor sponge.]
samefacesyndrome: (47)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-05-31 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ oooooooh no THAT’S NOT GOOD...

Orrin her place behind her and entirely on reflex Rina reaches out and grabs the hem of Peregrine’s uniform jacket/shirt. ]


Don’t—!!

[ Damn she even raised her voice, wow. ]
Edited 2021-05-31 03:39 (UTC)
comeandfindme: (push into the fear until it shatters)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-05-31 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ How hard is she holding? 'Cause...well, Peregrine's a damn hurricane right now. She's pulling. ]
samefacesyndrome: (9)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-05-31 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not too hard so WELP. She tried. ]
tailor_made: when by the Wizard, you're acclaimed (and all of Oz has to love you)

[personal profile] tailor_made 2021-05-31 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hester yelps in surprise when Peregrine lunges at her, her eyes going wide. She glances quickly around the cafeteria, expecting a not-so-warning before Maya steps in, and relaxes a fraction when nothing seemingly happens. Her gaze falls back to Peregrine and immediately she understands what she did wrong.]

Oh- oh no, I didn't mean- [She quickly stops herself before she shoves her foot in her mouth again and simply watches as Peregrine storms out.]