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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-07-02 11:58 pm
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fourth trial

[As the investigation ends, you'll hear Hester's voice inviting you to the auditorium. As this happens, the twin doors on either side of the concession stand, across from the gym, will click open. You can enter on either side; both go to the same place.

When you enter the auditorium, it's dark. There's only the small lights along the walkway behind all the seats, just enough to illuminate where you're going. There's a central path between the seats, down towards where you know the stage must be. That's where you must be going, right? As you pass each row of seats, the lights at their ends flick on, marking your procession and slowly making more and more of the room visible. Shortly, you can see your destination: a circle of podiums stationed in the orchestra pit, below the lip of the darkened, curtained stage. They're all identical, labeled with a cast member's name. Varian and Salieri, side by side, now have theirs draped in black crepe and with a framed monochrome photo of them on top.

When you reach the podiums, the lights above the stage finally come on. The Wizard is once again waiting for you. Beside it Hester is slowly lowers in on her bubble. There's no flashy costume this time, just a plain black dress belted with green satin around her waist. She sits in her seat with her head down and her hands in her lap like she's trying to make herself as small as possible. As if, if she tried hard enough, she could just disappear despite the lights on her.

The mechanical head, with glowing green eyes, is installed above the stage and the still-closed curtain. Even if you were standing on the stage, it'd be well out of reach. It peers down at all of you, its motions fluid, and speaks with a booming, artificial-sounding voice:]


Welcome to your fourth trial, everyone. It's time to determine who was responsible for the murder of Salieri. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and work together - you'll have to show teamwork if you want to leave this room alive.
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[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-07-04 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ When Discord gets free, Orpheus feels a surge of wild and irrational hope, whooping with something like triumph and clinging to Eurydice as he watches him hijack the song. There's no way he could've predicted just what Discord was going to do, though, and when the explosions start Orpheus turns to shield his wife from the blasts. He'll think, later, that this was probably the only way it could have gone, that if Discord had tried to escape instead he would have failed, and without being able to strike a blow like this to the Wizard. But for now it feels like losing him again, and it's all he can do to try to herd Eurydice to the doors before the fire spreads. ]
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[personal profile] howtheworldwas 2021-07-04 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ For the first time today, Eurydice lets herself be shielded, be held. Then the fire starts, and she feels Orpheus guiding her towards the door, and the old instincts kick in. This time, though, she's not numb -- she's sharp. She takes Orpheus's hand and runs. She does not look back. ]