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. ))

Comments

[fourbutts]

[ She wants to say something, but Janis bites her tongue. It's not what Peregrine needs to hear right now. Instead, she just holds her tighter. ]

I know. I'm sorry.

[comeandfindme]

I keep seeing him.

[ She whispers it softly. It's softer than Peregrine usually is. It makes her sound younger than she is. ]

Why couldn't...he have just been happy with us? We could've... We could've...helped each other. We could've...found relief.

In a clearing,
In a clearing,
In a...break from the trees...
In...the arms of...someone...

In a...clearing,
In...a clearing,
You can feel...a little touch...

[ But, Peregrine can't continue whatever she's getting at. Because, in Janis's arms, she passes out. ]

1/3

[fourbutts]

[ Janis holds Peregrine as well as she can while she wears herself out against her shoulder. She thinks, as she does pass out, that she's almost thankful she won't have to respond. How is she supposed to respond to that without feeling terrible about the imitation?

She sits there for a few long moments, supporting Peregrine's dead weight as best she can, before she shifts and picks her up. She's weakened by sickness, sure, but she has the physique of a broadway actress. She can carry Peregrine Wells well enough. ]

2/3

[fourbutts]

[ As she carries Peregrine Wells back to the school - across the football field, past the treeline - Janis feels herself return to the table one last time. Brett - that was his name, she finally remembers, though if Peregrine gave her any physical description beyond that she couldn't say - looks at her with his colorless eyes from his featureless face. The microphone is still recording, somehow she can tell.

"And what if you can't save her?" ]

See, that's the thing. I don't have to.

[ "Oh? Then who will?" ]

3/3

[fourbutts]

I'm gonna help Per save herself.

[ Even as she says it, laying her girlfriend (probably? still??) down into her bed, she's not sure how she's going to. But it's not just her job, is it? That's the nice thing about having so many people she loves, who love her in return.

She moves some hair off Peregrine's forehead. ]

The darker the night,
The brighter you shine

Plastic don't shine
Glitter don't shine
Rhinestones don't shine the way you do
You are so real, you are so rare
I see you there
I see you...

[ After a moment of hesitation, Janis pulls off her jacket and lays it gently atop Peregrine. Then, still humming lightly, she leaves Rodgers Dorm. ]