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! ))

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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?]

[fourbutts]

Uh... Evan Lastname?

[yourattention]

No, the. My fucking fun fact—"Connor Murphy only has one friend." It's true. I only have one friend and his name is Miguel, not Evan Hansen.

[He still doesn't know what "Most Likely To Befriend Evan Hansen" even means.]

[fourbutts]

Oh, right. I just sort of... you know.

[ gestures in the direction of the concept of friendship, and also the concept of evan hansen ]

Friend, or... you know. Friend?

[yourattention]

[flat, deadpan:]

He's my very good friend I have an entire sketchbook of nude drawings of.

[fourbutts]

Ah. He's your friend like I'm a Mitski fan. Got it.

[ She exhales, then offers the photo. ]

I guess it's only fair to offer it back to you, then.

[yourattention]

Yeah. It's not, like, a secret or anything but.

[Connor hesitates for a moment before taking the photo and carefully tucking it into his Death Note. Which he's just. Carrying around.]

Thanks.

[fourbutts]

I mean we vibed hard enough that I sort of figured, but. You know.

[ She will gladly hand it over, then nod. ]

No worries. I already got two jackets and a lizard out of the thing today, I'm thriving.

[yourattention]

Yeah, I mean. Would a straight guy have hair this good? [He flips it over his shoulder.] I think the fuck not.

[fourbutts]

I mean I sure couldn't name you a straight man with good hair, so.

[ a point to u, connor ]

[yourattention]

I found out that some straight men use bodywash in their hair like some kind of awful, all-purpose soap and I have not been the same since. They don't even have the decency to use 2-in-1.

[one time i found 3-in-1 bodywash at a target and i have not been the same since]

[fourbutts]

Wh. I.

[ She brings a hand to a forehead. ]

Every day men prove more and more that being straight can't possibly be a choice.

[yourattention]

I'm sorry to share this cursed knowledge but I couldn't bear it alone.

[He pats her shoulder.]

[fourbutts]

Like I'm not... you know, the kind of girl who uses five products or anything, but I simply would not have hair- wait is that why they shave their heads, is having hair just too hard for them?

[yourattention]

[Connor stares into the middle distance for a moment before quietly saying:]

Oh my god. Straight men really just solve problems by getting rid of them.

[fourbutts]

Fucking cowards.