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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.
mcfife: AMAZEMENT (☀️I will soar)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-01 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I do lead armies! But not as a soldier. [They reach the end of the hallway - the choir room.] I am a prince, and I do believe that we may find the answers we seek in there.

[He throws the side of his cape and dashes into the rather empty and boring classroom.]
mayavericks: (The Star Soaring Down is But One)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-01 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
A prince? Of which Kingdom?

[She's totally expecting a normal answer. Like... Wales or something.]
mcfife: (🦄 lost in the realm)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-02 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Fife!

[It's geographically close enough.]

My hopes are that I was not taken too far from that land!
mayavericks: (Do Not Be At The Mercy)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-02 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[At that, Maya's eyes brighten with recognition.]

In Scotland, correct?
mcfife: (🦄 of an ancient and powerful wizard)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-02 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He hesitates. That doesn't sound exactly right.]

Yes, I have just been inside the citadel of Dundee before I had awoken. [Hey, countries are called different things by other kingdoms.]
mayavericks: (Default)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-02 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I... See.

[Dundee sounds Australian, so. Now she's just confused.]
mcfife: (🦄 of an ancient and powerful wizard)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-02 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[It was a city in Scotland first.]

You sound as if you disbelieve me.
mayavericks: (I Have No Need)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-02 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It's... slightly unfamiliar. That's all. I've only spent a brief amount of time in the United Kingdom.
mcfife: side eye (☀️no return forevermore)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-02 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
United...? We never signed any treaty to call ourselves that.
mayavericks: (Default)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-03 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
I see.

[She taps her chin.]

It seems many of us come from a collection of different worlds and places, Angus.
mcfife: AMAZEMENT (☀️I will soar)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-03 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Such as a world where Fife became part of another kingdom's-

[He clenches his fists spins on his heel, and screams at the ceiling.]

I have protected the kingdom
Defeated the wizard at last!
Now once again I have found myself lost
in a world with a far different past!

Is this my eternal torture?
Will I just never find peace?
When one evil falls another comes in
My duty to fight will not cease!
mayavericks: (With Your Pride On the Line)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-03 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, this certainly is happening. What an outburst!]

McFife-san?

[You good bud?]
mcfife: somber (☀️riding on the astral fire)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-03 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He finishes his lamentation by kneeling on the floor, one hand gripping the air in frustration.]

This has happened before. An evil wizard escaped my home universe into an alternate timeline, and even thought I had pursued him, even though I had quested to end his reign of terror, another has taken me from my home.

When will I know rest?
mayavericks: (I Have No Need)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-04 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[This seems like a mental breakdown she isn't ready for yet. She doesn't even know the lyrics to her inspirational song yet, Angus!]

At least you know you are not alone?

[Is that helpful?]
mcfife: (🔨 face-to-face?)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-04 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[She is right. He already has found allies - twenty of them (Discord nonwithstanding). He does not have to attack their captor alone. They may not be an army, but they are a team.

Maya's words bring Angus to his feet.]


I may not know how to travel between dimensions on my own, but you are correct. Together, we have the force of a great fire, destroying all obstacles in our way of going home.
mayavericks: (The Heavenly Throne)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Maya rests a hand on her hip, staring up at the man with all the confidence in the world. It's a pretty intense expression for someone as young as her.]

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No, you won't be afraid
Oh, you won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
mcfife: heartfelt (☀️all that I've known here)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-04 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maya has the heart of a warrior. She has also woken in a strange land, but she retains her resolve. If she can be brave, so can Angus.]

I understand.

No matter what, no one person will escape alone. Tell me, strong one, can you fight if it comes down to one?
mayavericks: (The Star Soaring Down is But One)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-05 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I can fight.

[In theory. Most of it has been stage fighting, but she'd done her best to make it look real. Besides, she'd also been doing a fair bit of practicing when it came to the Giraffe's revues. That had involved a real sword and everything.]

I'll need a blade, though.
mcfife: (🦄 of an ancient and powerful wizard)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-05 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
We will find one. A grand school like this always has magical weapons hidden somewhere.

[...]

And my hammer must be stored away here. There is no chance they threw it out.
mayavericks: (I Want You to Show You Are Fighting)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-05 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maya doesn't know if she believes that but... Sure, okay bud.]

If it is as important as it seems to be, I doubt they would simply cast away something so valuable.
mcfife: heartfelt (☀️all that I've known here)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-05 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Hidden in this castle [Even if to most people, this is simply called a building] there is a chamber where our magical artifacts were taken. Somewhere, we can find our answers.

It's only a matter of finding the right place. [He gestures at the rest of the hallway.] There is more to explore. We do not give up hope just yet.
mayavericks: (The Heavenly Throne)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-06 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Why would they store them here? If they can pluck us from all manner of places in the world, why would they not simply store the items in a place they're certain we will be unable to find?
mcfife: concern (☀️clouds beneath)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-06 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It should be somewhere nearby so they can use it and not fear outsiders stealing it. That's how it's always done.

[Villains just have to have a conveniently located item that hits their weak point.]

If they can find it, so can we.