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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.
tellthestory: (♪ beat ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2016-10-23 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
She killed a man in cold blood.
blackstache: (026)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-23 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
She did a rather fine job of it, at that!
Edited 2016-10-23 05:47 (UTC)
tellthestory: (♪ beat ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2016-10-23 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
You are a disgusting human being.

[Said with a faint note of incredulity, like god]
blackstache: (009)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-23 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
As your rather ridiculous title has pointed out, I relish that fact immensely.
tellthestory: (♪ capriccio ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2016-10-23 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
We didn't make that title out of whole cloth and you know it.

[you are very nearly as bad as billy "the" on that front, sir]
Edited 2016-10-23 05:52 (UTC)
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[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-23 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, hush, boy. Let the captain have his moment.
tellthestory: (♪ capriccio ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2016-10-23 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
The moment's gonna be over soon.

Tick-tock, tick-tock~
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[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-23 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[...

eyetwitch]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (✂ slam shut‚ eyes blank‚ and repeat)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
If you could, sir, shut up until I'm dead, I would appreciate that.
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[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-23 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe we're honoring last wishes here, my dear. Of course, you're welcome to kill someone else to try and get that one too.

[wheres the mic because he wants to drop it]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (jenny take my hand)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
...

You really are the inferior pirate here!
blackstache: (022)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-23 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
I might as well be the only pirate here.
dontfeedplants: (No way forget it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-23 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[What the fuck, Captain Hook.]
solomonjihad: (☥ that's right. I have a god's power.)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-23 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow man she really didn't do a good job

Swordy Impostor-chan is disappointed in you!!]
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[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-23 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[You, sir, are despicable but she's too much of a lady and upset over this whole trial to say it out loud.]
dontfeedplants: (Get what's coming to them)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-23 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
But...

[His voice is quiet, and he turns to the buttons on his podium.]

I'm so sorry...


> The Lonely
Edited 2016-10-23 05:56 (UTC)