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

[mcfife]

Yes, on the second floor. [Do they not...have them in his universe?] It's much easier to clean them there.

[There's his quest for the day. Angus dries himself off and retrieves his school uniform from his locker.]

Look, I'll show you how it works.

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh, okay! Thanks.

[ Orpheus turns his back and leans against the lockers to give Angus some privacy while he retrieves his clothes. ]

I've never used one before. They're around, where I come from, but they're really expensive. I've only seen them in catalogs.

[ He guesses if Angus is a prince it makes sense that wouldn't be an issue for him, though. ]

[mcfife]

[Well, Angus' universe is incredibly advanced. He leads Orpheus upstairs, to the room of washing. He holds out a hand at the white box.]

Lo! A device that washes clothes for your!

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh! That's what these ones are. They don't look anything like the washing machines I've heard of.

[ Much sleeker, and more rounded edges, like a lot of the machinery here. ]

So how does it... work?

[mcfife]

First we'll need your laundry. [He slaps the top of the machine.] This thing can hold so clothes. Once that is done, you add soap, whatever else you use, and then it does the work for you.

[And next to it, another box.]

This is where you dry them quickly, unless you prefer they hang in the sun.

[themuseabandonsyou]

Okay!

[ Orpheus has two outfits here that he alternates between and he's currently wearing one of them and just got done washing the jacket of the other one, but he'll look to Angus for approval before opening the washing machine's door and putting the shirt and pants and a couple of spare pairs of underwear inside.

He looks at the shelves, staring at the assorted laundry supplies in vague confusion, before spotting a round container with the word detergent on it after some searching. He pulls it down and reaches inside, producing a brightly colored squishy... thing. ]

What's this? Is this soap?

[ why does he kind of want to bite into it like a fruit ]

[mcfife]

[Angus has his own laundry for later, but he can work later. He leans on the washing machine, nodding as Orpheus follows through each step. Opening the door, putting in his clothes, and finding the soap.]

Oh, that's a new invention. They've made washing pods with all of the soap and treatments you need! It does make it easier. I don't even remember how much soap to use. Better than putting in too little or too much, huh?

[It's very shiny and it looks delicious! But Orpheus surely knows soap is not food.]

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Orpheus is, indeed, smart enough to know not to put soap in his mouth. He does play with it for a little while, though, squeezing it gently in his hand and watching the colorful liquid inside slosh around, before remembering what he's doing and putting it gently on top of the clothes in the machine. ]

Like that? Is there anything else I need to do, before I close it back up?

[mcfife]

No. [...He is certain of it. Just soap and stuff.]

That's all you need. Go on, close it and hit the button.

[themuseabandonsyou]

Okay. [ Gingerly, like it might bite him, Orpheus presses the button - and jumps back a little bit at the loud fshhhhhhhhhh of the machine filling with water, briefly alarmed before realizing what's going on. Fascinated, he stoops to watch through the little round window as the drum begins to rock back and forth, sloshing the water and soap and clothes around. ]

Oh! That's much easier than washing everything by hand. And it just goes like this by itself?

[mcfife]

Correct. I don't touch any of those dials, it should be fine. [It's currently set to use cold water. Angus is lucky he didn't ruin any of his uniforms.] So after an how, you'll put it in the dryer or let it hang, whichever works.

[He leans on the vibrating washer.] That's the magic of technology!