itscurtains | Week Six

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Week Six

[Last week, in It's Curtains, the weather changed, and with it your fortune in Dads. Discord took Salieri out - or perhaps Salieri took Discord out - and left the survivors with that much less impulse control. Nonetheless, a visit from a new friend might have provided a little bit of much-needed hope?

On Sunday morning, you'll find that the other side of the second floor has opened up - as well as the actual intended path to reach the roof garden. You can finally stop climbing up that rope every time you want to have a picnic or secret lover's rendezvous!

Outside, the weather seems to have calmed down. It's sunny again, with rather a lot of clouds. Though it's warm, the atmosphere seems very...still.]

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We can have our own dance, you know. Without... any of that. And with Peregrine and myself.

Still I am... glad it wasn't an unpleasant one.

You know... we probably could have a dance here, if we wanted. I would love to take you to a dance - you could see me in a suit, too.

[ Her mood softens. ]

How about yours?

I assume you mean more than a little dance upon the rooftop?

[Ah. Her expression wobbles, just a little.]

It... explained the age discrepancy, at least.

I mean we are at a school, aren't we? Also I really like dancing with you.

[ She puts a hand on Maya's back. ]

You wanna talk about it?

The opportunity to do so again would certainly be deeply appreciated.

[Maya leans into Janis's embrace. She lays her head against her shoulder and sighs faintly.]

I lost.

[ Janis wraps her arms around Maya, frowning. ]

Ah... I'm sorry, babe.

I expected as much. From the first motive we received I assumed it would be a possibility. I had simply hoped that, given our foresight, that fate could be changed.

[She shakes her head.]

It was months ago. We proceeded into the auditions for the 100th Seisho Festival. And... we learned what the cost of victory would have been.

The... cost of victory? What do you mean?

I told you we could stand on any stage if we won, right? It turns out, it was a promise that had been made before. In London, I believe. One of my classmates participated and lost. When she came to us, Aijo-san recognized that she had changed. From moment one, even I could tell that her heart wasn't in it.

It was Karen who pieced together what had been lost. Her passion for the stage. Her brilliance. That was the fuel for the eternal stage she fought for. And by all means, it should have been the cost of our own fight as well.

[She glances at Janis, expression grim.]

Perhaps I should not be so appalled with your Regina George.

Edited 2021-07-05 07:31 (UTC)

[ Janis listens intently, lips drawing more thin as Maya explains. She thinks about whatever anime nonsense her poor girlfriend got pulled into, just to try to show off on a stage. And she thinks about the fucking giraffe that, supposedly, is behind it. Her tone is even when she responds, only partially joking. ]

... You know, between Peregrine and me, we could really do a number in big game hunting. Just, you know, in case you wanted one less giraffe in the world.

[That nets a laugh from Maya.]

It is a tempting offer, I will admit.

[And then her expression sobers.]

I would not know where to find it, though. The giraffe, the stage, and Kagura-san all disappeared without a trace.

Well, who better to track down a magical giraffe than your charming girlfriend who happens to be a narrator?

If anyone could.

[Maya laughs, faintly.]

I managed to tell Claudine she was cute when she cried.

Well that's good, at least.

[ the countdown to janis seeing claudine and going "oh there's two of them im in danger" continues apace ]

I have become a very firm believer in the importance of telling girls they're cute.