itscurtains | Week One

[Yesterday, everyone woke up in a strange place and realized that they'd been kidnapped, and also that everyone else around them may or may not be kinnies? Wow, what a weird escalation of kin drama! Given what some people have seen of Spongebob's freaky arm thing, though, maybe it's not that at all?

Your Assistant Director, Hester, showed off her stuff and immediately had her life threatened by Lumpy Space Princess, who got her life threatened right back. Maybe you should keep that in mind if you decide to pay Hester any more visits! She won't be making another public appearance this week, but as promised, she'll be available for visits and consultation in the Principal's Office during business hours.

If you don't want to chat with Hester, there's always the school to explore! Some of you might also be receiving mysterious coins next to your bedside this week - those must be useful for something, right? There's lots to do, and you all seem like a group who can make your own fun, so enjoy your first week of school!]

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(( OOC: This will be the last mod post for this week! Feel free to start submitting regains for any threads that aren't with Hester. Remember, song threads mean an extra coin! This is a peace week, so get all that CR while you can! ))

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[He glances over at that abrupt topic change, noting her change in expression, and not to mention the fate thing again lol. But he'll move to follow the shift of conversation, however]

Ah, well...at current, I live in Vienna, in Austria. I'm a composer there, and I compose commissions for the Emperor, the church, or whomever else requests one.

[ yeah it sure does suck to be part of a Greek tragedy!

Eurydice is grateful Salieri is playing along, though. At this, she actually looks back up at him. ]

Oh, so you're like Orpheus, but for kings and presidents. [ That sounds like serious business. ] Do you like what you do?

I do. It's taken a fair amount of time, work, and, moreover, luck to achieve a position where it is my main vocation, but I'm grateful for it.

[he sets another apple peel aside, reaching for another] And you?

Then I'm happy for you.

[ Eurydice may not be, strictly speaking, the friendliest of people, but there's an earnest, almost wistful tone to her voice that suggests she's not just offering a platitude.

Salieri's life is definitely a tough act to follow. He knows Orpheus, though, so he probably knows not to expect kings or riches or full-time jobs. ]

Oh, it's not much. I traveled a lot, before I met Orpheus. We got married pretty recently, and I don't think I'm going to have to move around so much anymore. I'm looking forward to it.

[ Once they get out of this weird school, that is. Eurydice starts slicing the peeled apples. ]

Congratulations on your recent marriage, then. [he'll offer her a small smile at that]

I'm sure you're eager to start your life together.

Thank you.

[ Her smile returns, a little stronger this time. She's very excited, and hopeful, too -- for the first time in a while. Her optimism is cautious, but it's there all the same. ]

I am. I think...things are looking up, even if we are all stuck here for a little while.

[considering the mythology, there's certainly a bit of doubt in his mind, but he absolutely does not want to burst her bubble or think about that too much. Perhaps things will go differently for them in their version, or so he likes to think. Whatever Rapunzel mythology Varian is related to has changed significantly, so why not Orpheus and Eurydice's?]

I'm glad to hear that. I know Monsieur Orpheus is working on a composition to bring balance back between Lord Hades and Lady Persephone...[he glances at her] If you don't mind me asking, what is your vocation, that has seen you travel so much?

[ Her vocation? Eurydice's job prospects are nonexistent, and have been for years. In her world, most people's are. Salieri must really be from somewhere else. She snorts, almost amused and definitely a little bitter. ]

It's so I can find food. When one town dries up, I move onto the next. Sometimes I can pick up the odd job here or there, but I don't think that's what you meant.

[ Her comment about the apples might now make a bit more sense. ]

[...oh.

Oh.

THAT will make him go quiet for a moment.]

Not...precisely, no. [. . . . .] Forgive me, but...is there some measure of calamity happening, then, where you and Monsieur Orpheus are from?

[ Oh, now that gets a huff of a laugh. ]

Yeah, you could say that.

Weather ain't the way it was before
Ain't no spring or fall anymore
It's either blazing hot, or freezing cold
Any way the wind blows.

[that'll certainly garner a frown of concern, as Salieri picks up the tune]

And is there anything that you can do
When the weather takes a turn on you?

[ Eurydice shakes her head. ]

Nothing, except hurry up and hit the road. [ She shrugs. ] It's been like that for years. I manage fine. [ sure, jan ]

I see. All that traveling...[...] Until you met Monsieur Orpheus, of course?

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