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itscurtains2016-10-31 10:48 am
stagemanagers) wrote in itscurtains2016-10-31 10:48 am
week 4
[Another week has passed in the opera house and things are looking grim as ever. With Gabe and Hime gone, the performers are down to 16 of them.
On Monday, the opera house is still heavily decorated with a few new additions. There are more cottony cobwebs, a few small ghosts hanging from the ceiling made of cheesecloth, even more pumpkins here and there. A few more candy bowls have been set out in places like the dining room and a few others and only a few of them are only filled with candy corn. In the dressing rooms the stars on Gabe and Hime's doors have fallen off, leaving behind a patch of star-shaped wood slightly lighter than the rest of the doors on Hime's and a different star underneath on Gabe's.
Like the previous week, the door on in the second floor lobby is unlocked and a new floor is ready to be explored. Have a good week, everyone.]
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MONDAY
Seeing as it's a very special day and that Hans is throwing a very special party, it looks like someone has a very special activity planned for it. In the third floor dance studio, trash bags have been spread out on the floor and 16 tables have been set up set up, each with a pumpkin on it and a small assortment of carving tools.
What even is all this about?]
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But I'm not alive rang in his head and he felt sick to his stomach.
He spent a good amount of time trying to convince himself in vain that it was just a nightmare. But he couldn't deny that it felt just as real as last week’s “memory”. The anger, the panic, the pain, he had to keep looking at his hands just to make sure he was still here.
And he realized in horror that this was what the secret was referring to.
Notably, Seymour is not going to be anywhere near the garden today, nor is he anywhere near the Halloween party. Instead opting to mindlessly wander the first floor. He doesn't even seem to realize that there's a third floor. Before it even hits noon, he finds himself in the first floor hallway, curled up in a fetal position.
How could he have been so stupid to think that he was here for no reason.]
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OTA/Investigation!
[Gabe's door...what does that star say? How come he has a star, still, when Hime...
...In any case. She slept nice and long last night, and she's now awake and ready, though a little more somber than last week, for certain. She's exploring the third floor in the morning, though with less enthusiasm as before. The unlocked door doesn't mean freedom, she knows that now. Feel free to join her, or to join her in the bakery in the early afternoon. She...seems to keep staring off, for some reason, as she tries to look for ingredients. What is she thinking? Is it her thinking?
Maybe it is. She is Sailor Astarte, after all. There's no way to deny it. She...saved the sailor soldiers with that power. Thus, she's the last magical girl here, so she has to carry on what Hime did. And...that includes following up on making that cake for Hans' party.
The kitchen is where she is in the late afternoon, trying to make that special Halloween cake. And lastly, she's in the dance studio, carving herself a pumpkin. Or hacking it depending on your interpretation. Oops.]
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I double checked for a property damage rule for this
But now he's on the third floor, with a small device that looks almost like a screwdriver. He's borrowed a pair of goggles and big ol gloves from the woodworking shop, and he's standing at the padlock with the device in one hand and the padlock cupped in the other.
Who needs keys when you have a laser?]
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For the latter half of the day, she can be found in the library, curled up in an armchair with a few books at her side and one held in her hands - a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. Compared to how she was acting towards the end of the trial, now she at least seems much calmer. She's humming a tune, but she falls silent as soon as anyone enters, turning her attention back to the book in her hands. She doesn't look up at anyone or address them unless they approach her, and then:]
Yeah? What's up?
library!
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So Anna can be seen exploring the bakery. She was hoping for some krumkake... When she can't figure out how to use the coffee machine in there, she tries her hand at opening the cold storage door. Woooooowwwww! So much stuff in here! She has a few bags of dough under her arm, because why shouldn't they bake?
After bakery time, she is sure to go on the hunt for anyone who dislikes Hans even remotely so she can vent. OH BOY DOES SHE HAVE SOMETHING SHE NEEDS TO GET OFF OF HER CHEST]
Kitchen Ranting
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Investigation/OTA
The Angel of Music...it's not anyone he's met before, that Raoul is sure of, but from what he's learned from the others trapped in this opera house and his own suspicions given thought, he's certain they are no angel - and that the longer he and Christine are separated, the more likely it is that they could cause her and the entire Opera Populaire serious harm.
He's got to get out - but he won't kill to do it. No, there has been too much death here already, and the management is their real foe.
Raoul will come by Hans' party later. For now, he's going to check out two places on the new floor that's opened up - the Paint Room and the Game Room. If anyone is to find him here, they'll see he's actually making an effort to examine what's been offered to them, whether by checking out the shelves behind the paint cans in the former or by physically opening up every game in the latter to make some sense of the pieces and see if there's anything of note besides the games in the cabinets. Feel free to come send his little investigation off the rails, or help him, whichever you see fit.]</small.
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Considering their circumstances, checking up on her might be a good idea.]
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Well, there are other things to do here, like pumpkin carving! Why would you not take the opportunity given to you to sit there and carve things into a pumpkin. Honestly. So he'll spend most of the day in here, working diligently on a pumpkin. It takes him a little while to get the hang of it, but when he's finished he's carved a surprisingly detailed and lovely scene of a ship sailing. Who said a pumpkin needed a face when you could have something awesome like this?? You can catch him while he's carving or after he's finished and cleaning up.
Once he's done there he'll make his way over to the paint room, which is... not something he was expecting at all. Who needs this many different colors?? How many different shades of blue are there??? The best thing to do is to make use of the resources he's been given, when means opening the cans of paint, dunking a brush in, and painting on a canvas to look at the colors. Sure, they're on the cans, but that's very different from the canvas! Once the Pirate King has found a few different shades he likes, he sets to work on - you guessed it - a pirate ship. He's actually much better at painting the ocean than he is the ship, and pretty soon he'll be focusing more on that since blending paint to create cool new colors is fun!!
Don't worry, he'll clean up in here too. But today's absolutely going to be arts and crafts day! What better way to ignore all the terrible shit happening, right?]
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paint room, why not
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Pumpkins!
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This Halloween must be real foreboding too...Winslow remembers more...
Anyway what difference does it make? What choice do you have?
A name familiar to him, to everyone back home: Swan. He's in his gear from what he remembers...something happened to him, maybe this is what made Swan speak with him at all.
A prick of the finger and blood on the contract in his memories. Ink isn't worth anything to me Winslow. Now sign.
He's in the first floor ballroom. The real Winslow has his prosthetics on, but he's chosen to don the cape. Will he ever be himself?
He hammers out his tune from his Faust. You can join and sing if you'd like.
He signs in his memory.
And now we're in business. Together. Forever.]
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Exploring, OTA
She spends a bit of time outside of the dance studio grumbling to herself. Studios are not for pumpkins.
She wanders off to the game room after, poking around at the card tables and playing with dice before ending up in the paint room. She doesn't do much there either, just looking at all the cans after she wandered in from the workshop.
Later on, Darla's ready to party.]
TUESDAY
MOTIVE: IF I WERE A RICH MAN
Meeting at noon. Standing meeting at noon, actually. Do I need to keep announcing this every Tuesday? Is this helpful for you guys?
[You can try answering, but he can't hear you. It's an intercom. And, as per usual, he isn't in the lobby when the meeting time rolls around. It doesn't take long for him to make his entrance: coming down the stairs this time, strumming a cheerful-sounding tune on a little ukulele.]
Money makes the world go around
The world go around
The world go around
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go 'round.
A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound
A buck or a pound
A buck or a pound
Is all that makes the world go around,
That clinking clanking sound
Can make the world go 'round.
[Remember those ghostly voices from the walls? They're back in force today, all chanting in unison:]
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money
[Again the Balladeer ignores them, going on and weaving around the rest of the cast. He doesn't seem in the mood to engage with anyone during his performance today; he's just trying to get to the other end of the room.]
If you feel like
Being rich
And you think that a
Murder's no problem
You can get what you wish for right here
If you're smart and
Get away
With your crime then you'll
Have a big payday
And your future will be crystal clear
If you're quick and
Win the week
And -
[Before the door to the east wing, he hesitates. The ghostly voices go on, but he stops playing and sings, for a moment, an entirely different melody.]
If you won the lottery
That's such a petty prize
Just stay the course
Prizes are everywhere, we've just got one life to spare
[He glances up and around, then starts playing again, joining back in with the phantom singers.]
Money makes the world go around
The world go around
The world go around
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go 'round!
[And then he steps back into the east wing and out of sight. You won't find him anywhere down there even if you follow after him immediately, but he'll be back in the box office in a little bit.]
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Investigation/OTA
First, you'll find him in the first floor lobby setting out some merchandise booth prizes he's more than happy to give away. Seriously, this shit's cluttering his tiny room and trunk. If you catch him while he's putting them out, he'll make sure you know you're free to take what you please. He accepts trades as well, if you're interested.
Later, Raoul can be found in the Bakery and the Cold Storage, investigating the areas. It should be noted that he looks rather melancholic in the former, as if thinking of someone who's now gone who would have liked such a cute setup, and in the latter he's propped the door open out of nervousness - it's a cold room with a heavy door, and even an accidental chance of being locked inside is not on his agenda. It's worth noting that he does take out items from the cold storage here and there and sets them aside, as if...planning something.
Then, in the evening Raoul is in the kitchen at various stages of cooking something - not a beloved burnt-bottom quiche, though. As the dish begins to take form, it resembles...
...What in the fuck is a Frosted Ribbon Loaf? Oh no - Raoul, no, he's setting out little plates and forks and cutting it into slices for everyone when it's done. Run before he offers you some, if you know what's good for you.]
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OTA, some investigation at the end
First is the new floor, which she looked around a little the day before, but definitely not at all of it. She checks out the game room first, looking through all the board games and, naturally, the tabletop rpgs.]
Who needs this many sides on their dice?
[The other rooms she only really briefly enters - she doesn't know how to bake, and carpentry is the big guy's son's shtick, so she heads to the library instead to curl up with a copy of... some sort of trashy novel about vampires? Huh.
Later, though, she gets an idea for somewhere to look for actual... information or hints or whatever. She goes to investigate the media room, starting with what seems the most suspicious: the cabinet of dvds. Any of them immediately stand out, or is she gonna have to be That Person and start making stacks?]
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So thank you, opera house management, for not completely fucking up his day.
However, once the motive announcement is done and over with, he'll be upstairs for the better part of the day; he'd taken a cursory glance at the rooms on the third floor yesterday, but for now he's actually going over them in a bit more detail.
The game room has his interest perhaps a bit more than he'd like; he's not really one for board games, but chess is something that tends to entertain him and so he'll be checking out the tables there, looking the pieces over like he's trying to figure out what he thinks of the quality before setting up one of the boards for the sake of having something to do. If you're interested in a game...well, he certainly won't say no.
...Otherwise, those d20-game books are interesting, given that he is from the 1920s and what the hell are games like this. He is going to be in here for a while, is what I'm saying.
The workshop also has his interest, though he'll be in there later in the evening when he presumes less people will be wandering around; he's got his suit jacket off and slung somewhere that it won't get in the way, and his sleeves are rolled up while he works – it's hard to say what he's going to be working on, but he's got a pencil out and a few tools arranged in a vaguely purposeful manner like he at least somewhat knows what he's doing, and he's currently marking up a couple of boards and occasionally leaning back a bit like he's trying to visualize something, so who knows.
He's humming sort of tunelessly to himself while he works; whether it's because he's actually enjoying this or just enjoying having something to do with his goddamn hands is difficult to say, but at the very least today isn't terrible and that's more than can be said for the entirety of the past weekend.]
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Later on, she can be found in the kitchen, mixing together several ingredients in a bowl with perhaps more force than is necessary. She's lost in thought, and when she turns to grab something, she knocks a cup of flour over - some of the resulting cloud of flour settles on her clothing as she frowns, trying to brush it off.]
Dammit...
WEDNESDAY
Investigation/OTA
The first place he's going to check out is the Prop Room on the second floor. Despite the nefarious things that came out of it last week, he is still somewhat curious as to what else might be in there, and oh boy, where does he even begin to take a look around? Eventually he'll take some of the fake fencing swords for practice with The Pirate King, but for now he's just picking through weird stuff.
Later on, he'll be in the Media Room, attempting to investigate, but it's hard when there are so many weird future things to look at! He's never heard of any of these productions...are you supposed to watch them somehow? Somebody explain the future to him, please.
In the evening, Raoul can be found in the kitchen. You fools. You let him in here again. Do you know what he's trying to make now? Perfection Salad. This attempt is coming out pretty poorly because what is patience and allowing the gelatin to set, but even if it was alright, it's still a bunch of vegetables and flavorless Jell-o. Did he pick it because of the name? Good God, Raoul.
Run before he makes you try it. Seriously.]
Media Room Investigations!
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Attention everyone!
Just when you though Hans could not get worse, I remembered that he left me to die when I was afflicted with something that was making me freeze to death. He did it intentionally and spoke to me in detail about his plan to not only marry me, but to kill my sister after he did.
Don't trust him.
-Anna
Otherwise she will be in her room with the door open, sorting through the various things she has received from the merch booth. Feel free to visit and ask for items?]
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OTA/Investigations
It should still be noted that he isn't going anywhere near the Garden all day, or really this entire week for that matter. Instead, you can see him in most other rooms, seemingly trying to entertain himself like playing solitaire in the Game Room, or examining the weird disks/DVDs in the Media Room.
He seems especially interested in the Library, doing a thorough investigation of the room. He doubted he could find a way out through this but he hoped at least a little that they could find some clue about this place.
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library, let's investigate!
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OTA
The women's bathroom is occupied by Heather for a ridiculous amount of time- she's busy carefully examining her skin in the mirror, and applying copious amounts of stage makeups to cover the most offending places. In the library, Heather pulls books off the shelves, giving the covers half a glance before jamming them back into place. Later, she can be found in the game room, fussing with a deck of cards, or peering into various different boxes. Nothing seems to be captivating her interest here, either- she wears the same bored look.
It's in the Dance Studio that she finally stops her rampage. She's dragged a few of the mats out onto the floor, and can be found either stretching, or practicing flips. It's here she seems the most relaxed she's been all week- and she won't even notice anyone entering, unless they speak up. ]
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As the evening wears on, he can be found in the chapel - he bypasses the pews in favor of just kind of...being up on the raised platform at the front, pacing around like he's trying to get a general feel for something. He'll stop eventually, though, once he's got something sufficiently mapped out in his head, and he'll settle in one of the pews eventually; he doesn't seem to be praying at all, given that he's got the clipboard from earlier out with him – this time it's being dedicated to sketchy drawings of...something, either the man seriously can't draw or he's just trying to get something out of his head and down on paper.
Who knows with him, really.]
Lobby!
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OTA/come for hans scrap
MEANWHILE...
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He hadn't expected the sharp sting of betrayal before Wednesday, but he had found it from learning about Hands. He found his music HIS music had been used as a fraudulent lie. This came fresh off the memory of signing himself with Swan, of entering an agreement for the sake of Phoenix. He did that for her. Just so she could be his voice. But Hans? He was a fraud of love and robbed his music. And for that, Hans must pay.
Cue Winslow rushing out past the lobby, his helmet and cape firmly back on their place now that he's enraged. Anna said he was nearby, he would tear this opera apart looking for him.]
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THURSDAY
Investigation/OTA
Raoul starts his day in the Chapel, taking a moment to pray (for Valjean, for D-ne, for Hime, for Gabe) before investigating the area. He's not a religious man, but even he wants to show some respect for what this room should represent before he takes a look around. Later he's in the Garden investigating, partly because he hasn't been in here yet, and partly because you never know what sort of things you could find anywhere. Hmmm, maybe he should double check the Library and the Tea Room tomorrow...
For a third time Raoul busies himself in the kitchen in the evening. He's working on some new culinary horror, of course, but it's worth noting that the cookbook he's been using to make all these disgusting things is laying open on the counter for anyone to just...pick up and abscond with.
Please. For the sake of everyone in the opera house, be the hero we need. Take the cookbook and burn that shit to embers. Sure, Raoul will be sad, but hey, maybe he'll pick up a more contemporary one instead.]
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Investigation
Re: Investigation
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