Week Three

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, some shit went down! Salieri's scene went off without a hitch, but the good mood didn't last. The first motive was a bit of a doozy, and yet it didn't even have anything to do with the eventual accidental death of Mumble Happyfeet! At least Sissi was already pretty much dating Death anyway, right? She's probably fine, wherever she is.

This week, new menus have been posted in the cafeteria. But, more importantly, it seems that other new information has emerged. Everyone wakes on Sunday with some new memories - or are they old ones? - floating around in their heads. Maybe there was something to your discussions of time travel after all. Maybe there was someting to the Wizard's knowledge of the future.

Regardless, you're still stuck in here. At least there's some new places to explore this week. Maybe you'll find something helpful.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))

Comments

[mayavericks]

[Okay... That's unexpected.]

They... Must be something else entirely, considering the fact that you decried tearing someone down over a role in a play.

How would you even accomplish that?

[fourbutts]

Regina George deserves being unpopular.

[ That's... said with a bit of uncharacteristic bitterness, but! ]

We, uh. Sabotaged her social life, basically. There... wasn't really a more straightforward way to deal with her. If there was, I would have done it a long time ago.

[mayavericks]

Regina George?

[Somehow, someway, this tickles the back of her brain. But... Moving along.]

What has she done that was so terrible? Not that I am doubting your methods, it just... seems rather extreme.

[fourbutts]

Well...

[ Since she asked! ]

Don't be fooled by the pink
She is not playing dolls
She is stalking the halls
For the thrill of the kill

Every person in school
Is aware of her stare
When she tosses her hair
They go perfectly still

All their eyes say, "don't attack me."
Watch them sweat and pant and shake
Every food chain has its acme
Regina George eats steak

Regina George became the most popular girl in school by tossing every other girl in it under the bus. Including me. Someone had to stand up to her eventually.

[mayavericks]

[Well that's... a lot. Maya listens patiently, maybe a little surprised at... all of that. American schools sure are wild. Kind of like the animal kingdom.]

Well. If she was cruel to you, then I can only imagine that she deserved every bit of what she received.

[fourbutts]

[ Janis smiles a little and lets out a small laugh. ]

I'll give her this, we never got into a full-on swordfight.

[ But that... might have been easier than what Regina did do. But Janis is a little cautious about the idea of just tossing that out. ]

But yeah. We, uh. We stopped her from being garbage to everyone else. Hopefully at least until she goes to college.

[mayavericks]

I'm glad that you were able to put an end to... all of that but --

Are you sure you wouldn't like to see her in a swordfight?

[Whoever this Regina George is... She might like to put the fear of the Giraffe in her. Especially if she can get her hands on her actual rapier.]

[fourbutts]

[ Janis snorts. ]

No, uh... I mean I would, but I think we've probably done enough to her for now.

[ A slight smirk. ]

If she doesn't learn her lesson, though, I'm not opposed to a little bit of... knightly intervention.

[mayavericks]

[It's hard to bow like a gallant knight while sitting in a library chair but... He sure does try.]

I am at your service, my fair lady.

[Still, her brows furrow after awhile.]

Can I ask what she did? If only so I know how extreme my intervention should be.

[fourbutts]

[ The effort is appreciated - though the second part gets Janis to sort of. Exhale. ]

I mean... if you want to know, but just warning you now, it's not a fun story.

[mayavericks]

If you don't want to tell it, I won't make you. But I am willing to listen, if you ever are.

cw homophobia, forced outing

[fourbutts]

No, it's...

[ She sighs. ]

Regina was my best friend when we were kids. But then she got popular, and I didn't, so... she ditched me. By telling everyone at school I'm a lesbian. And I don't think she knew she was right, I think she just wanted something to make everyone hate me, but...

[ Janis sort of. Gestures. ]

[mayavericks]

[Maya is... silent for several seconds. Despite all the griping she's done about her competitive school, about how tensions could be high, nothing was quite like this. Never mind the fact that it was hardly out of the question in her school. Maya wasn't exactly alone in her school.]

Janis-san, I am... So sorry to hear that.

[It doesn't feel like enough but... Right now it's all she can offer.]

[fourbutts]

Thanks. It's... I mean it's not fine, but. I got most all of the violent feelings out in therapy the rest of that year.

[ She exhales. ]

Like I said, Regina deserved it.

[mayavericks]

You're right.

[Sure, Maya doesn't know everything that happened but. Some things are universal constants, right? Regina George deserved it just feels right somehow.]

I would offer you some sort of reassurance, that you are amidst like minds and people who care about you now but...

[Vague motions.]

We are in this situation, after all.

[fourbutts]

[ It's going to be funny when Janis regains the memory that [redacted], but for now she smiles. ]

Well, you know. I got a couple people I trust to have my back. Counts for something, even locked here in a freaky school by a giant robot creep.

[mayavericks]

And with a robot creep, as well.

[Sorry, SQUIP, but fuck you.]

Rest assured, if the Wizard sees fit to invite this Regina George here as a motive, I will be one of the first to have words with her.

[fourbutts]

And I would buy you Walker Brothers to see it.

[mayavericks]

Walker... Brothers?

[fourbutts]

Uh... pancakes. I would buy you pancakes. I forget that Walker Brothers is a blessing we only get over in Chicago.

[mayavericks]

Oh! Pancakes. [Now you're speaking her language.]

But. Only if afterward, I can take you for Baumkuchen.

[fourbutts]

I have no idea what that is, but if you're paying I will gladly have some.

[mayavericks]

It's the greatest dessert ever made. Trust me.

As soon as we are free of this place, I will take you to have some. A friend of mine has made it for me before, and she never disappoints.

[fourbutts]

Cool. Two more reasons to get the hell outta murder school.

[mayavericks]

With Pancakes and baumkuchen being two separate things, right?