week 3

[stagemanagers]

WEEK 3
[The past weekend has been a difficult one. With Valjean's murder and D-ne's brutal execution the monotony has been broken and it can be said the show is finally and truly underway.

When the performers emerge from their rooms on Monday morning the decor of the opera house has changed. Not drastically but someone was busy during the night with some redecorating. There are cobwebs draped over nearly everything, some of them with tiny plastic spiders stuck in the cotton webbing, and pumpkins of various sizes on the floor and on the tables. Some of the walls have been adorned with cartoon-ish paper skeletons and scarecrows and in the ballroom a poseable plastic skeleton has been posed at the piano looking ready to play. Someone's even set a bowl of candy on the counter of the merch booth.

But that's not all. There's a light coming from the now open doorway in the lobby that had been previously locked for the past two weeks. This new floor is similarly decorated but why not go have a look and explore for yourself?

Despite their losses, the show must go on after all.


[Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday]

Comments

[dechagny]

I don't know.

[He shakes his head. He really doesn't know and it bothers him, because he always knows what's real and what to do. He's grounded and logical and calming and everything about this place challenges that.]

I don't know, and I wish I knew who did to find out why...

[robitussin]

Do you think the Balladeer would know?

[dechagny]

[A sigh.] He...might. It would not hurt to ask, even if he does not know. I...

[He pauses, remembering just over a week ago, how he'd promised D-ne he'd tell her what he learned if he spoke to the Balladeer again. A lump forms in his throat.]

...I will share whatever I happen to learn.

[robitussin]

[As prickly as she normal is, she's also perceptive enough to notice that.]

...What's up?

[dechagny]

[...He's not sure he wants to say. But at the same time...it would be better to be honest. Don't stir suspicion, they don't need any of it.]

I made a similar promise before. To...D-ne.

[robitussin]

...If it helps, there's no way I'm making the same stupid mistake she did, so the similarity stops there.

[dechagny]

I certainly did not think you would.

[Yeah he didn't mean to imply that...]

It just...hurts to remember it. Feeling that I was on a united front with someone who...

[robitussin]

Yeah, she was a real bitch.

[She shrugs. She's taking care not to seem bothered by it.]

Nothing we can do about it now.

[dechagny]

[He wants to argue she wasn't, that she was simply troubled, that if she had realized how harmful it was to try to remove the things about herself then she wouldn't have done what she did...but it's as Natalie says. There's nothing that can be done about it now.]

No...you're right, there isn't. The dead are dead.

[robitussin]

Yeah. We just have to try and make sure it doesn't happen again.

[dechagny]

Right. Of course - I know I shan't kill.

[We'll see what happens Raoul, RNG is a fickle mistress.]

[robitussin]

Yeah. There's nothing I want that bad.

[Pray to the RNG gods, both of you.]

[dechagny]

Nor anyone in the world I would like to see dead.

[Your memories are going to bite you in the ass buddy.]

[robitussin]

My guess is that most people are going to be more motivated by what they offer us. What do I know, though, maybe one of us just really wants to kill us all.

[dechagny]

They could do that easily by not being caught. I suppose we will just have to be vigilant in the future to keep any murders from happening to begin with.

[robitussin]

Vigilant is pretty vague. What would you suggest?

[dechagny]

Actual vigilance, for one - simply being aware of our surroundings at all times. Keeping away from leaving our rooms at night unless absolutely necessary would not be amiss either.

[robitussin]

You think a buddy system could help?

[dechagny]

A..."buddy system". I'm not certain what that pertains to.

[Christ Raoul you make this too easy for her.]

[robitussin]

[Luckily for him, she won't tease him this time. Not when they're talking about something this important.]

It's like... Staying in pairs. That way nobody can catch us alone.

[dechagny]

Oh, I see! That is a good idea. And there happens to be an even number of us at that!

[robitussin]

Maybe we should bring it up with everyone else soon.

[dechagny]

We should - and then we can pair ourselves up with people who share mutual trust.

[robitussin]

Yeah.

...Who are you going for?

[dechagny]

I'm not sure! I think I will have to give it some thought.

[Let the ladies pair up with ladies if they wish and then he'll choose.]