Week Four

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, Gershwin High School Academy University saw its very first intentional murder! What a milestone! And right after Spongebob's No Murder party, too - that doesn't seem like it bodes very well for anybody's future.

You all wake up this morning with yet another new memory returned to you. You'll also find that the school's external doors have now unlocked. Congratulations! You're free! Unfortunately, you also seem to be entirely in the middle of nowhere. So maybe it's more of a symbolic victory.

Still, you should look around and do some investigation! Maybe you'll find a fun surprise.]

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(( 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

[mcfife]

Oh. Right. [He was so caught up in the details.] But The Phantom isn't a wizard, is he? That was run by someone else, with different people.

...Could that have been someone on The Wizard's team?

[stagemanagers]

[I mean, almost by definition, yes.]

[whatyouwant]

We can't think like that.

[Elle leans in a little as well.]

Like, maybe he was upset that the last group got away. Or maybe if you guys hadn't, he would have grabbed us anyways and just done it again. This-[She gestures around them.] -does not strike me as the actions of a guy who would just stops because his crazy evil scheme worked once.

[tellthestory]

Well...no, he's not.

[He thinks about this for a moment. The Phantom...maybe could run something like this, if he just selected a bunch of Parisians and locked the doors? The Balladeer has honestly no idea how he'd expand it, or even really why.]

Maybe. I don't...if it was the same as the show I know about, I don't know how he could've done all of that. He has a lot of secret passages in the Opera house, so he can get away with seeming like a supernatural being there, but he's just a man.

[mcfife]

I...[He slides a hand closer.] Hope you are right. If it has been done before, it can be done again.

I don't want to lose any more friends to this evil scheme. Not by murder, not by accident and not...by losing faith.

[mayavericks]

It's... quite a lot, I agree. I'm not even sure what we are being judged on, either. Shine, yes but... It's hard to say what quantifies that.

Truthfully it's all a little hard to grasp.

[mcfife]

What kind of show?

[Angus has only gotten more confused with the Balladeer's explanations, but nothing can hurt him after today's dream. It may as well end up not making any sense; it won't matter.]

Your performers don't kill each other.

[comeandfindme]

[ She holds herself a little tighter, hesitating a bit before shaking her head. ]

It was like... I could still feel it when I woke up. But...no. I just feel like...like I'm not warm enough.

[mayavericks]

I suppose I do.

[She almost looks... uneasy, saying that.]

Back home, I believed that they weren't necessary, that our bonds were not necessary to succeed. But I'm starting to wonder if that is not the case. If I was not the fool.

[mayavericks]

I don't... know.

But it looks familiar, don't you think?

[fourbutts]

Um...

[ She looks around. She feels bad, with how much it meant to give away the last one, but also... ]

Do you... want to borrow a jacket?

[mayavericks]

I have never been to therapy so... As far as I know, that's exactly what it is.

[She curls up just a little tighter.]

Thank you, Sarkisian-sensei.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Nngh - Ugh... [Cassandra's reply starts with an audible groan. Her voice is muffled in the dirt, until she finally decides that she can't lay here a moment longer.] Orpheus? ...Yeah. I'm okay.

[She's going to be sore tomorrow.]

[alchemistake]

[Varian hesitates, but only for a moment. He'll reach out and very carefully pet Gary's...shell? He assumes that's the best petting place. Can he really even feel this, though?]

Good, uh...snail.

[alchemistake]

[>Varian will remember this

Flowers, check. Tree, check, No poisonous things, check. Garden being constantly tended to...check.

He's going to wander around and check the area surrounding the garden now. What's that like? Is it forest on all sides with just the one entrance?]

[alchemistake]

[Varian inclines his head in a sort of "aaah, right" kind of nod. You know the one.]

Yeah, I'm...kindof in the same boat.

[They're not, like. Tangled? But when Varian shifts to the side a little, Janis will be able to see Rina's shock of pink hair from where she's sleeping clinging to that Sonic plushie.]

longacre

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[It's taken a minute or two, but Cassandra's reasonably come down from her own rude awakening, so...]

Elle? Are you okay?

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh. Why - [ And then it occurs to him, the way everyone watched as he laid the coins over Mumble's eyes. ] Oh. I'm - thank you, for bringing them to me. I... I hope we won't need them. But thank you.

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh, good. [ He sounds a little confused, but he's glad she's okay, at least! ] What happened? Did you fall?

[comeandfindme]

…Me too.

[ She’s moved back just a bit, to give Maya some breathing room. ]

I mean— I’ve made…similar mistakes.

[fourbutts]

Um.

[ Looks at the sleeping girl she is actively cuddling. Looks at her memory on whether Antonio Salieri would have been cool with this or not. Does not find that memory, because it doesn't exist and she knows fuckall about historical composer Antonio Salieri. ]

Haha, yup!

[alchemistake]

No, yeah...I agree. I was thinking the same thing.

[He just wasn't sure quite how to say that.]

It doesn't feel...as meaningful, as it could be.

[fourbutts]

[ Cranes her neck to see. ]

Aww, good for you guys. [ A beat. ] Are you two...?

[comeandfindme]

[ Her lips quirk lightly. ]

No, it's— ...it's probably psychosomatic, or something.

[alchemistake]

[Varian jumps, because even though Rina is so quiet somehow she still managed to surprise him...but he's quick to correct himself, standing up straight with a sheepish smile.]

Rina-chan! Sorry, did...was I supposed to not be?

[He leans over just slightly, more so that he's looking directly at her instead of down. She's quite a bit shorter than him, after all.]

I thought I'd take a better look around outside this morning...since I didn't really do a whole lot of that until late yesterday.