Week One

[stagemanagers]

[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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[violentenvies]

[once he's given permission, Salieri will enter, pushing the door open and stepping inside. Spotting only Sisi there, he'll start to make his way towards her]

Madame, are you alright? Are you hurt?

[that's the first thing one should ask right???]

[wanderlusttitania]

No, I-

[She is looking in front of a mirror, pointing shakily at it.]

The sun is the same
In a relative way
But I'm older-!

[It's her face that seems to be the problem. Her definitely not young face, the streaks of silver in her hair, her hair being impossibly long.]

How-!? I was just married, what happened to me-!?

[violentenvies]

[Her....face? She was just married?? Salieri takes a moment to put two and two together, and then he steps a bit closer, reaching out to place a steadying hand on her shoulder, trying to be comforting]

I can imagine such a change would be rather disconcerting, if last you saw yourself, you were newly wed. [he presses his lips together] Perhaps it is simply a trick of this terrible place, and you shall return to normal soon?

[wanderlusttitania]

I don't know...I don't-

[She buries her head in her hands.]

First I am told someone is from 2018, now...now this...I don't know!

[violentenvies]

I beg your pardon--2018? [wait no Salieri this woman is in distress, focus]

No, never mind, please forgive me. This is hardly the place to stay and discuss this. Perhaps I could escort you to the kitchen? A cup of tea always helps to calm my nerves.

[wanderlusttitania]

Yes, tea....yes.

[Anything to get the hell away from this mirror. Anything.

She starts to stagger to him.]

Let's go, please.

[violentenvies]

[Salieri is immediately moving to her side, one hand moving to cup her elbow, the other going around her shoulders in support]

Of course, madame. Right this way. [he's just going to usher Sisi out of the girl's restroom and towards the Cafeteria.] Do you have a preference of tea?

[maybe getting her mind off of all this will help???]

[wanderlusttitania]

Black...black is fine...

[It'll be hard suddenly finding yourself in the plot of a Shyamalan movie. Not that she knows what that is, but.

She's old. She's old.

Would she even be recognizable to her husband-]

[violentenvies]

Black it well will be. [he tries to smile a little, reassuring] I have been told I make a very excellent cup of tea.

[wanderlusttitania]

[A little chuff at this.]

I-I'm almost tempted to ask for a lager to go with it.

[She's definitely old enough to have it now, obviously.]

[violentenvies]

[alskdhfs that'll startle Salieri into a small laugh]

I'm uncertain whether that that's available here, madame, but I will be more than happy to search. I'd gladly join you in that, if it's possible.

[wanderlusttitania]

Ha...thank you for the sentiment, at least.

[A sigh.]

We could certainly try looking later. It's...tempting, I won't lie.

[violentenvies]

One would think they could at least provide us with a stiff drink, considering what we're being subjected to. [dryly, but with a hint of humor]

[wanderlusttitania]

Indeed. I almost wish to be with my parents. Maybe they'd let me have a drink from my cousin's brewery...

[She wiped her nose.]

...and then they'd be shocked when they saw me. "Sissi, you've only been married a day! How you've aged so!"

[A little sob comes from her at that.]

Sorry. I...It's still quite the shock. Even the picture I glanced at in the book...I still looked...like me, you know? But grander.

[violentenvies]

[oh no, that sob :( Salieri tightens his grip to support her a bit more]

No need to apologize, madame. Everything that has happened so far has been quite shocking, it's only natural to react to such a thing. [ah, the Yearbook...the thing he's read about a dozen times over and over. It takes half a moment to place her face, because she certainly does look different, but...]

...if I may, would you prefer Madame or Your Highness? [because lol Empress of Austria, he remembers staring at that for quite a while, completely perplexed.]

[wanderlusttitania]

Madame works. We're certainly not in Vienna, so...

[Well, she hopes not, because they she has So Many Questions.]

I'll be honest, I don't know where the dress is from. It's not my wedding dress, and I...I'd certainly think I'd remember...something like that...? Wouldn't you?

[A pause, then she smiles.]

If you were to wear something that level of fancy, I mean.

[violentenvies]

This is certainly not Vienna. [a bit dryly] At least, not a Vienna that I'm familiar with. As for the dress...I believe I would certainly remember wearing such finery. It was quite a beautiful garment, surely befitting of an Empress.

[oh, look at that, they're at the Cafeteria. Salieri is just going to lead Sisi over to one of the tables and help her sit down, making sure her hair doesn't get in the way.]

I'll be right back with, Madame Elisabeth. Please rest.

[wanderlusttitania]

Yes, all right.

[And so she sits, wincing at the pain of the chair. She'd never felt pain there before, not even when she rode hard on her horses. Another sign, then, that she was truly as old as she looked.

That, or the seats were just awful.

She keeps scooting around with a frown because what are these seats made of.]

[violentenvies]

[the word "tea" may have been forgotten before, but not this time as Salieri returns with two steaming cups of black tea on a small tray he's found, along with cream and sugar. He'll just set that down on the cafeteria table, before taking a seat next to her]

I cannot say that the quality of tea here is the best I've had, but it is certainly passable for the time being. [he'll just lift her cup off of the tray and set it in front of her, before repeating with his own]

Unfortunately, my search turned up zero lager. Though, I did find a couple jars of honey, which perhaps could be converted into mead within a few weeks.

[wanderlusttitania]

Thank you.

[She takes the tea gratefully, along with the cream.]

Do be warned, though, these seats are...quite a struggle.

[Stupid future chairs.]

[violentenvies]

[Salieri shifts a bit in his chair at that]

Yes...they're rather unfortunate. I cannot fathom their purpose, after all, what is the harm in having actual comfortable chairs to sit on?

[wanderlusttitania]

It would be nice to have something soft, yes.

[She looks into her tea.]

But...we were effectively kidnapped, weren't we? Maybe this Wizard doesn't want us to be comfortable, then...?

[violentenvies]

I suppose not...considering the state of the beds in the dorm rooms. [dryly. He frowns a little, though, and after a moment, sets his tea aside and shrugs off his jacket, folding it a couple times until it forms a loose square]

If you would stand a moment, madame...?

[wanderlusttitania]

Mm?

[She does so, taking a tip of her tea before she does. What is he doing?]

[violentenvies]

[he'll settle that makeshift-cushion on the chair for her to sit onto, balancing it there]

There. It's not much, but I hope it will help at least a little.