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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2016-10-22 12:25 pm
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First Trial

[Just as everyone is starting to finish their investigations, there's a slow ominous sound from the lobby.

The gilded doors on the northern wall have opened.

This time, the space behind them is lit; you're free to enter. There's one more set of doors to pass through, and then you're all, finally, in the House. There's one grand chandelier above, glittering crystal, and the seats around you are made of fine red velvet. Those don't seem to be for you, though - all the way down in front of the stage, where the orchestra might sit, there's a circle of wooden podiums. They're arranged so that everyone can face each other, and are fixed into place. Each one bears a metal plaque with a cast member's name engraved on it. There's also a metal panel on top, with twenty ivory buttons paired to everyone's name.

Among these, only Jean Valjean's podium is different - that one is draped in black crepe, with a larger greyscale version of his headshot from the playbill framed and sitting at its foot like a funerary portrait. Standing where he might have stood, a bare lightbulb glows faintly atop a metal pole.

Right here, you're very close to the stage. But the curtain is closed, and it's a little too high to easily clamber up. You may not want to try. You've got more important business right now, after all.

As everyone is finding their places, the Balladeer's voice suddenly sounds loud and clear throughout the space.]


Okay, guys, here's how we do trial. I've...never actually been involved in something like this before, but you can do it. Just take all the time you need to talk it out - I'll be right here the whole time. You don't need a unanimous vote, we go by majority rule.

Oh, and don't mess with those buttons until you're really ready to vote. You won't be able to take it back.

...good luck.
rockthistown: (brb escaping)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-23 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Hime bites her lip. Her fists curl at her sides, the music flowing back to D-ne's.]

You told me just the other day, "There are people who never have their great desires, understand?"
That the people with no hope in the world to get their wish for themselves are the worst

The ones you always have to watch out for if someone says, "No matter what, make a wish," because
They know they have nothing in their own power. Do you mean to tell me that the person you were speaking of was yourself?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i'm a broken frame)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She grits her teeth and-]

I've got the things I want to hold most close, so a "wish" wouldn't matter, not one here you see-
I was, but-

[It seems arguing with Hime is...hard.]
rockthistown: (this jamjar doesn't even have internet)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-23 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
But what? D-ne, why? What could you want so badly? I know you had someone you loved, but I thought that was going well!
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (why i never like your new boyfriends)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
...Why would you think that? Why would you think someone...perfect, could...

[She shakes her head.]

Don't, Hime-san.
rockthistown: (not the main character anymore...)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-23 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm sorry, D-ne. Love can be really disappointing, and sometimes people do desperate things because they're hurt. And wishes are tempting. The whole reason I even became-- I had a wish too once, and it didn't seem like I could ever get it myself without magic.