Week 7

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, on It's Curtains...boy, that sure was a year-long week, huh?

But despite it all, you've gotten through it with less death than there might have been. Spongebob and Farrah both survived their ill-conceived plan; Maya, with the intervention of Janis and Hester, survived her triple murder. Since the failed execution, there has been no sign of the Wizard or of Hester. It seems like you may have gotten away with that cleanly!

When you wake up on Sunday, you remember everything. All the gaps, the missing pieces, entire chunks of time from back home - they're back and neatly fitted where they should be in your heads. Elle, Orpheus, and Eurydice have also been given graves alongside the others in the garden. These ones were filled in for you; after all, you were all pretty occupied over the weekend.

Other than that...it seems like some unusual posters have been put up around the school. Sounds like something's going to happen this week. You'd better prepare.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday

(( As per usual, endgame will ICly take place on Wednesday, so get those last threads in! As this is the last week, all characters should be at their true canonpoint memory-wise. Feel free to continue submitting regains and...well, you can certainly try to visit Hester. No AC this week, but be sure to check in for endgame! ))

Comments

[mcfife]

Does it matter how you did it? You said you already made plans. You were ready. Few murders are plotted in detail, I know from what I've seen. It's all about seeing the opportunity or making the opportunity. It was late, people were tired and alone, you went to the roof, and you saw her.

She saw you. And she was weak.

[What did Elle do when she noticed Maya? Did she cry? Was she afraid? Did she regret what she did? How badly had the nightshade affected her? Was she doomed to Lucy Barker's fate?]

You approached her.

[Did she realize what was happening? Did the hallucinations offer her comfort? Did she welcome Maya, fear her?]

There in he garden
She stands very still

And you-

[How much effort did it take to push her off? How did it feel, shoving her and seeing her disappear? How did she fall past the rope that she and Angus climbed together? What happened the instant before she hit the ground, lying in the position he found her? Did she wish her prince was there to catch her?

The microwave beeps. Angus blinks back the tears.

Just like everyone else on Earth he couldn't save, Elle was gone and nothing could be done about it.]

[mayavericks]

[That manages to get a rise out of her, likely the first spike of emotion she's felt since that day. Everything has felt so fuzzy and dull, like she's been looking through mist or a film. The only thing she's been able to process is the fact that somehow, she's alive despite the three bodies and one missing person in her wake.

But now, defiance surges within her. She turns to him, drawing herself up as close to her full height as possible. She's still smaller than him, but she recalls having managed to hold her own in a fight with him once. She's in far worse condition now but... It's probably fine.]

I made plans before I knew to value the lives here! Plans that bloomed and died weeks before any of this. They were considerations to save all of us, and I determined that it was not worth the sacrifice!

You are right, Angus. It was late, and I was tired. But I was also ill. I do not even remember going to the roof. I was in the stairwell, and I had the voice of a Wizard and a Goddess in my head! We were all sick and you know that!

Elle was one of the best of us. She helped me grow closer to Discord and Salieri-sensei. Hold her death against me all you want, but do not think for a second that I ever deliberately planned to harm her. If I had, I would not have worked to lay her and the others to rest as I did.