mayavericks: (The Cogwheels Have Started to Turn)
mayavericks ([personal profile] mayavericks) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-06-19 03:52 pm

Is This Where You Wanna Be? Crawling On Your Hands and Knees?

[In a perfect world, Maya would have been able to isolate herself for the rest of the evening. It's not like her to wallow in her feelings, but it's also not like her to be trapped away in a murder school or part of an execution so... not like she has much choice there. Besides, between the influence of Janis, and the sight of her remaining dormmates, it's clear that Maya simply can't... let things go.

It's like she told the SQUIP. They look to her for hope. And so, hope she must be. It's her job to stand tall for the others. Thankfully help comes easier this time -- there's no need to scruff Discord, or try to keep Spongebob from making Hate Patties. Maybe that, in and of itself, is a good sign.

It's just another fluke. They'll be okay. They're together, after all. Even Salieri and Discord are getting along well enough to help.

Cutting potatoes proves to be an interesting task, considering the fact that most of the knives are missing. Maya has a few guesses as to how that happened, but she won't point fingers again today. She makes do with what she has -- two swords between her and Cassandra.

Potatoes, cakes, pies -- the arrangement is much the same. There's even cocoa (made by less experienced hands, unfortunately), and alcohol. It all feels like a repeat of last week, but she's trying to not think about it. She does her best to keep a smile on her face as she knocks on each door, inviting others to the cafeteria once more.]
tellthestory: (♪ bass ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-21 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
No. No, it's...I'm not even supposed to be around for the last scene. They were supposed to get rid of me right before.

[And it's mildly disturbing to him that he hadn't recalled that encounter happening before, but...is that the whole point of him? Something to be got rid of to make way for the big climax?]
whatyouwant: (confidence)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-21 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
They were suppose to? Does something else happen? [And wouldn't he remember that?]
tellthestory: (♪ cantata ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-21 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Mm-hmm. It's right here in the script: [He flips it open again, to read:] "They advance on the Balladeer, forcing him off the stage."

That's all it says. I...I was so afraid when that happened...they had me surrounded, I thought... [But it's just a single line in the script, and he's gone.]
whatyouwant: (friendship)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-21 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that sounds pretty scary.

What happens when, you know...the play ends?
tellthestory: (♪ giusto ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-22 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't know anymore. If it really just started again, I would remember those parts, right...?

[He feels like he's been through his three songs multiple times. But never Another National Anthem.]

Maybe that's just it. Some other me comes in.
whatyouwant: (friendship)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-22 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...you're here now. That's got to count for something, right? This isn't part of your play.
tellthestory: (♪ etude ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-22 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. But we're all still the same people we were.
whatyouwant: (friendship)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-22 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really. We've only been here a few weeks, but we've all changed. None of us are really 'the same.'
tellthestory: (♪ lusingando ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-23 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmm. Maybe not. I just...it's a weird thing to learn about yourself. It all is.

[...]

Plus there's this whole other assassination I guess I didn't know about?
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[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-23 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Assassination?

[Elle looks a little closer at the script.]

What kind of play are you in?
tellthestory: (♪ beat ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-23 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Balladeer closes it and shows her the cover, which just says ASSASSINS.]
whatyouwant: (smirk)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-23 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, that makes sense.

So which assasination do you not remember?
tellthestory: (♪ da capo ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-23 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
John F. Kennedy? When was he president?
whatyouwant: (:O)

[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-23 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, yeah! That's a pretty major one to miss! I think he was president in the 70's?
Edited 2021-06-23 17:42 (UTC)
tellthestory: (♪ accelerando ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-23 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I...got that impression.

[yikes, though?]

He must've saved it to the end for drama. Something that recent, it'd be way more relevant to the audience...geez, though, Hinckley was after that. How did I not know about that?
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[personal profile] whatyouwant 2021-06-23 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I could be wrong? I was never great with dates in high school. We could probably look it up.
tellthestory: (♪ lusingando ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-25 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh - yeah, that's literally what a library is for, huh?

[He looks around like he hadn't really contemplated ay of the other books here.]

I could believe it, though. I don't really know what happened in that decade.