Week Six

[stagemanagers]

[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.]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regain and your AC for this week! As always, Hester's office hours and the merch booth remain available. ))

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[whatyouwant]

I don't think I can go to another school.

[She pulls back slightly, but doesn't look up at him.]

I told you about what I remembered last week? That super amazing internship I got with that hard-ass professor? Turns out I'm just another dumb blonde Professor Callahan wanted around for my pretty face. [She sniffs and furiously wipes her eyes.]

[mcfife]

[he did what.

Elle is gorgeous, obviously, and that's part of the reason Angus likes her along with her bravery, intelligence, and kindness. The last three are the most relevant traits in her job, but there's only one reason her professor cares about her looks.]

What did he do to you. [His grips tightens protectively.]

[whatyouwant]

[For a moment she thinks about lying, saying it was nothing. But she remembers talking to some of her Delta Nu sisters.

"You need to be honest. We're here for you."

Angus wants the truth.]

He kissed me. I slapped him, he fired me. There's no reason to stay. He's one of the most respected professors on campus.

[mcfife]

[He squeezes his eyes, remembering that photo Elle received the second week here. That gross old man - Callahan - that's what it was a photo of.

They were all futures that they had already experienced.]

He deserved that slap. He doesn't deserve you if he treats you like that. [The Wizard knew that she was destined to have her heart broken.]

[whatyouwant]

He did, but...I still can't go back. Even if I did, he'd probably just get me thrown out anyways. It's not like anyone there besides Emmett even likes me.

[mcfife]

Emmett? One of your classmates?

[That's such a small number of supporters there. Especially if Harvard is supposed to be a world-class law school.]

You can't be so despised that no one else will come to your aid.

[whatyouwant]

He was Callahan's assistant; the one who helped me study and get caught up in my classes.

Emmett tried to convince me to stay, but he doesn't have enough pull to do anything against Callahan. I can't think of anyone else who would stick their neck out like that.

[She looks up at him and gives a sad smile.]

I'll still take you to Malibu, though! There's a nice little ice cream shop on the pier you would love.

[mcfife]

[It's a hopeless situation, is it? Kicked out of a school because her teacher is terrible, crushing her dreams. But she's still a lawyer in training. She just...needs to join a different order.]

Ice cream would sound good right now...

[It feels as if Malibu is a faraway land, past the realms of imagination. All that exists in Angus' universe at the moment is the school and death.]

One day. Soon. We'll be there, we'll be all alive and...yes. Nothing terrible will happen. [No knife, hopefully.]

[whatyouwant]

[Sometimes it's hard to believe they've only been here for a few weeks. That not even two months ago she didn't know any of these people, thought she knew what love was. Now the idea that they might be free one day seems impossible.]

Right. And now I have more time to visit Fife!

[But still, they have to hope.]

[mcfife]

What's left of it, anyway. But you're smart. We can rebuild it together.

[He will live to see it. The task won't fall onto a non-evil relative. All will be well and-]

I hope nothing exploded while I was away.

[whatyouwant]

You've got people you can count on. I'm sure they were able to keep it together.

[mcfife]

...It's difficult to believe that when many have died because I wasn't there to save them.

[Like. Being on Mars instead of Earth.]

But you're right. [He sighs and rolls away from Elle.] We can only plan for now and assess the damage when we return. If it really has been a year since I was kidnapped by The Phantom, we might be in decent shape.