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

[fourbutts]

[ Exploring takes about a day, as usual, and Janis is less... Affected by her memories than some of the others here? She finally got her revenge on Regina George, after all this time! That feels great!

... But it doesn't feel awesome? Even in just the last couple weeks, her perspectives have sort of. Shifted. So she's mostly trying to avoid thinking about it!

First off, she heads towards the regains machine to redeem a few of her coins! She gets a few things, including a photo and a telephone that slightly unnerve her and uh. A picture of Connor that doesn't seem quite right. But if you aren't Connor, you'll probably see her slightly losing her shit over a lizard. ]

What were you even doing in there? What do you eat? Do you know that I love you?

[ And then, carrying her new lizard in her mostly emptied popcorn container, Janis heads out to raid the new areas for things to do. After all, if they make the motives a weekly thing, better to have fun today before they emotionally knock half of the people she knows.

She starts in the library, going through the movies. ]

Why does every school have some of these?

[ Or, later on, she's relaxing in the teacher's lounge, new scarf from the vending machine around her neck and camcorder on the table in front of her - next to a couple basic film-making books and a few snacks raided from the room. What, she's going to be able to hang out in a teacher's lounge and not take some Teacher Snacks? ]

Okay so like... I don't know what state we're in, so I'm covering my bases - permission to film you? I kinda want to try some documentary work while we're here, and uh. You know, could be useful to have a video record, someday.

regains

[yourattention]

[Connor sees Janis just kinda. Standing in front of the machine and looking down at a photo? So he goes over to her instead of grabbing food because if two weeks in this place have taught it's anything, photos are maybe bad fucking news.]

Hey. Something from home? [Now that he's closer, he looks down at the photo and freezes.] Oh.

[He doesn't make a move to take it, just stands there looking at it. The last time he saw that photo, he was burning it. The copy in his phone fared slightly better: he only cropped Miguel out of it, because it's the rare photograph of himself that he didn't hate and he thought he might need it in the future.]

[fourbutts]

[ It's... she hasn't known Connor long, but she doesn't get good vibes off the idea of whatever this picture represents, or why it's in this fucking vending machine. ]

Uh... yeah, but not mine.

[yourattention]

Yeah, that's.... M. He liked to take pictures when we went places.

[His hair is much shorter in the photo, which was taken... he remembers taking it, actually. They'd gone to a park after school, hanging out in the shade of a tree.

Hey, come here. I wanna take a picture.
M, I don't—
No, c'mon! Just one photo, CJ.]

[fourbutts]

M, huh?

[ She turns the photo over in her hands, mostly looking for like. Writing or whatever. ]

You guys go places a lot?

[yourattention]

We.... yeah. He's the friend mentioned in the yearbook.

[Hey, wait... isn't that Evan Hansen?]

regains

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Is that... a lizard?

[Cassandra can't help but notice, among the things Janis has accumulated, is the little reptile she's talking to.]

They're keeping lizards in that thing, too?

[fourbutts]

Yes? I guess?

[ She is holding this lizard and looking at it like it is the coolest thing she has ever seen. ]

I have no idea how to take care of a lizard, but I'm gonna learn.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

I... [Wow, never thought she'd need this.] Okay. I have a friend whose best friend is a chameleon. Maybe... I can offer you some pointers?

[fourbutts]

No shit? Lay 'em on me.

teacher's lounge

[barberic]

Not to sound ignorant, but what is 'Film?' [Please. Use small words with grandpa. Benjamin looks at the camcorder on the table in front of her.] What is that contraption?

[fourbutts]

Oh right! Time stuff.

[ She holds the camcorder up to demonstrate. ]

This records stuff, so you can see it later. Like a painting or a photograph, but for more than just the one second.

[barberic]

Oh, I see.

[He doesn't, completely, but sure.]

If that's all, then I don't mind at all, my dear.

[fourbutts]

Cool!

[ She looks at it, making sure she knows how the buttons all work. ]

I figure that... some kind of record of all of us here would be useful.

[barberic]

A record, of those of us still here.

[In case they don't make it. Or others are brought here after they escape. At least, he assumes that's what she's intending, even if it's a bit too grim to say aloud.]

That's a very good idea, pet.

Teacher's Lounge

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ It's just Orpheus's intent to check the teacher's lounge briefly to see if anything's changed since yesterday, but Janis gets his attention as he peers in the door.

Oh, um, sure? Is that a camera?

[ Orpheus points at the thing in front of her that isn't snacks or books. It doesn't look like the other ones, but it has a lens on the front, and she's talking about filming, so. He steps into the room fully and sits down across from her. ]

[fourbutts]

Yup! A less, uh... ominous one than the security cameras.

[themuseabandonsyou]

It looks friendlier. [ says Orpheus, because that's a normal thing to think about technology. Look at it, it's got rounder shapes! ]

So you're... going to make a film? About us? How does that work? [ He seems pretty curious about it! Thankfully he's polite enough not to touch the camera, but he does lean in and examine it as closely as he can without doing so. ]

[fourbutts]

That's the idea! Maybe not, like, a whole professional thing, but... you know, it would be cool to at least have a record of all the crap we're going through here.

[themuseabandonsyou]

I don't think I've ever been filmed before. Except, well. [ Orpheus glances up at the corners of the room, looking for the less friendly cameras with some concern. ] But that's a good idea. Do you need any help with it? I don't know much about cameras or movies, but I'll do what I can.

library

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine's doing a cursory sweep of the library when she runs into Janis. ]

Some of what?

[fourbutts]

So like. Magic School Bus? That makes sense. Bill Nye? For sure. Teach them kids, let them grow. But I have watched Remember The Titans in multiple classes and it was relevant to absolutely none of them.

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine leans over and oh, there indeed is Remember the Titans. ]

...They got War Games here? My middle school was weirdly obsessed with War Games.

[fourbutts]

They might? If they do, I feel like the Squip should see it. Kind of hard to find in this pile of adaptations, though- oh shit, Jumanji.

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine winces at the thought of the Squip seeing War Games, because maybe that's a little too bad of an idea? But then— ]

Okay, that's a solid one, I don't even care if it makes no sense.