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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-06-13 01:55 am
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Week Three

[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! ))
themuseabandonsyou: (concern)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-20 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, really? [ That is insanely impressive, and it's clear from Orpheus's expression that he thinks so. ] We don't really have alchemists where I come from, but most scientists and engineers have to go to school for years and years to do what they do. I don't think I've really heard of anyone studying it by themselves, these days.
alchemistake: (Phosphorus)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-20 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the sound of that, because it means maybe in the future for my world, it will actually be a more common profession. I'd love to be able to go to a school like that...

[He looks wistful as he thinks about it.]

A place full of like-minded individuals...it'd be amazing.
themuseabandonsyou: (profile)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-20 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Right? I don't really understand what's going on here with time and different worlds, but there are definitely a lot of scientists and chemists and engineers where I come from, and they're all really well respected and important for keeping society running.

[ Orpheus pauses, thinking. ]

I mean, it's also kind of complicated, because we've gotten to the point where machines can do a lot of the jobs that people can do, but faster, and better, and you'd think that would be a good thing? Because then people would be free to do as they wanted. But mostly it's meant their bosses replace them and they don't have a way to make money anymore.

[ Another pause, as Orpheus realizes that was a HUGE DOWNER. ]

But that's not the engineers' and inventors' faults! It's just, um. You know. [ He waves a hand, vaguely. Industrialization!! ]
alchemistake: (Fredericite)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-21 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's this emote on plurk- This one. That's what Varian's face did just then as Orpheus kept talking.]

O...oh! Oh.

[INDUSTRIALIZATION]

Well that's, uh...really great! And impressive...that technology has advanced so much...

[He blinks, shaking his head a little.]

Maybe there's just...gonna be a sort of growth period? It'll take a while for people to get adjusted to all the new machines that exist so...surely it'll balance out.

[SURELY]
themuseabandonsyou: (smile)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-21 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Orpheus nods. That's the spirit! ]

It's just a matter of the people in charge learning to value the work that people can do, and making adjustments. There's always work that needs to be done! Like maintaining the machines, or inspecting what's been made for quality. But people need to be trained for those jobs, and paid a fair amount for the more complicated work, and right now the ones in charge of the factories aren't willing to do that.

[ His expression sours a bit, not quite into a scowl, but he clearly disapproves. It only lasts a moment, though, before he smiles again. ]

Someday, though! There are people fighting for it now, and it'd be impossible to ignore them forever.
alchemistake: (Sulfur)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-21 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somehow, when Orpheus explains it, Varian believes him genuinely. He's right...there have to be workers to maintain those machines. How do they expect them to keep working otherwise?]

Yeah, you're right! Otherwise they aren't going to be getting more machines to do the work.
themuseabandonsyou: (flower)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-22 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Right! And if a company keeps focusing on profits and cost-cutting measures over treating its workers right, then people won't be willing to work for them any more, and they'll have to either shut down or make concessions to their demands for fair treatment.

[ That's... the ideal case, at least. ]

It's all kind of complicated, and there's some natural disasters going on that are also making it hard for people to find work? So people are more desperate and will do even more for even less than they would otherwise. But something will have to give, probably sooner rather than later.
alchemistake: (Radon)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-22 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Natural disasters, huh...yeah, I imagine that complicates things...

[He's not sure he'd call it "natural" in the case of his own home, but he can...relate. There sure is a disaster in progress, that's for sure.]

I hope the people in your world are as optimistic about the future as you, Orpheus.
themuseabandonsyou: (flower)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-23 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's a hard world to live in? But things will get better. We'll make them better.

[ He smiles, confident in this, though after a moment it falters as he remembers the photo of Eurydice in the midst of that winter storm. His expression darkens, going haunted and determined. ]

We have to.
alchemistake: (Chlorine)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-23 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe you will. Just like I'm going to fix things back home for my village.

[He sounds determined enough in that, even though the only reminder of it he has now is the staff he now holds.]
themuseabandonsyou: (smile)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-24 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Orpheus shakes off the grim reminder of what might be waiting for them back home and smiles again, nodding. ]

I'm sure you will, too. What's wrong there, though?
alchemistake: (Helium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-26 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Well...it's in danger.

[Plain and simple.]

But I'm still not sure exactly what it is, or how to stop it. These...black rocks have started appearing all over. They're destroying streets and peoples' homes...and it just gets worse by the day.]
themuseabandonsyou: (profile)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-26 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. That's really strange? What could do something like that? Do you think it's some kind of curse?

[ It kind of must be, if they're just... appearing out of nowhere, right? ]
alchemistake: (Helium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-27 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's...something like that, I think. It's some sort of strange magic, but it's not something I've been able to decipher yet.

[There's no real information out there on "mysterious black rocks" so like...]

If something isn't done soon, though...my village won't be around for much longer.