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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2016-10-10 11:53 am
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OVERTURE

You wake up, and realize you don’t remember how you got here.

This bed is soft and warm, but it’s certainly not yours. And the room is unfamiliar - unless perhaps you’re an actor, seeing as it looks almost exactly like every dressing room in the world. It's not quite large enough to fit the bed and trunk comfortably alongside the vanity, but it what it lacks in open space, it makes up for in coziness. This could be something you’ve seen in a movie, or dreamed about experiencing one day. But whatever the case, you aren’t supposed to be here.

There’s a silver key resting on your vanity, along with a thin program booklet. The cover - where the name of the show would usually be - is blank, but if you flip through it, you’ll find some startlingly familiar information. Maybe a few familiar faces as well…

The hallway outside is narrow and poorly-lit, lined with star-studded doors. But if you make your way past them and out into the lobby, you’ll find something entirely different: an elegant, refined opera house. Crystal chandeliers glitter overhead, and the red carpet is perfect for putting on a show. A large clock on the northern wall marks the time, though with the windows shuttered and locked it's difficult to tell whether it's morning or night. There’s also some framed information pinned up that you might find helpful. If you explore further into the adjoining wings, in fact, you'll see there's an identical copy in every room.

There’s also two sets of double-doors in the lobby: one leading back the way you came, deeper into the Opera House, and one leading out. For the moment, neither of them will open.

It looks like you’re stuck. But hey - at least you aren’t alone.
catliketread: (☠ TAKE ANOTHER STATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Well yes, there's no denying that. [thanks, pk] But what would be the point in going to all this trouble and keeping us somewhere so nice?
irreprochable: (dix)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[javert's frown deepens. but not at anna, no. is this all a farce? or should he be concerned for this poor girl?]

But you do know him, yes? Has he hurt you?
sunshineprincess: (♥ Go see the world)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's some idea of a practical joke. I mean, the only way they could possibly replace us is with magic, but magic's not real!

[Anna... how little you know about your own world.]
solomonjihad: (...never mind)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm fine.

[Indeed! Just going to school and nothing else!!]

No...
sunshineprincess: (♠ In the air you can't deny)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! I'm Princess Anna of Arendelle!

[She's even going to curtsy.]
blackstache: (025)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-10 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely, they have grand intentions. I would wager whatever they have planned is somewhere between a lavish affair or something far more sinister.
Edited (words probably) 2016-10-10 23:21 (UTC)
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (And I FEEL COMPLETELY)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-10 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
With the...?

[oh! well D-ne laughs, though it may be, again, in surprise]

Of course, that would make much more sense? [a demon is teasing her]
sunshineprincess: (♠ Joined at the hip)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. We just met a few hours ago when he came for my sisters coronation. He kind of hit me with his horse, but that's water under the bridge. It's not like he meant to do that. I was kind of running around since it was the first time I'd been out of the castle in thirteen years.

[She's had worse. Like riding her bike down the staircase and crashing.

Wait. Was this too much information to be telling a stranger?]
solomonjihad: (maybe I don't need friends after all)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
...

Yes it is.

[Oh god]
irreprochable: (six)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
He hit you with his horse?

[he repeats, in the way police men repeat things like they're making a record of it for later.]

And it was the first time you've ever been out of your castle?
sunshineprincess: (♥ Before we learn how to fly)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[.....]

No it's not.
onthebusagain: (Or forget that creep)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-10-10 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Heather stands her ground, like a terrifying terrier. She is almost feeling a little bad for him, almost. ]

Oh. Good. You didn't do it on purpose.
trettende: (y por fin te encontré a ti)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-10 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That sounds... different. And not something people normally admit to in the 1800s?? But whatever, Hans would rather act than ask stupid questions. ]

It was a coronation ball. With so many people around, I can't believe they grabbed me.

[ And Anna too? Why would they even grab Hans? To say he's confused would be putting it mildly. ]

Whoever's behind this must have been planning this for a while. It doesn't make sense otherwise...
sunshineprincess: (♥ You can't deny)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes... and yes.

[Now she feels like she should be scared of this man, but at the same time not? He reminds her of one of the castle guards.]

My parents locked it all up when I was little. They never explained why, though, and they never did. [She looks sad now.] They passed away three years ago. Which is why my sister is queen now.
solomonjihad: (well I don't know...)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[.......]

Yes it is.
catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. I know pirates have a reputation, but we certainly aren't horrible people!

[...well, his pirates aren't.]
trettende: (siempre estamos sincronizados)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-10 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course! Even your sister would be worried sick.

[ As much as it pains him to admit it. ]

I don't know-- my brothers used to say that if I ever got kidnapped, the Southern Isles would have to be crazy to pay my ransom. I have plenty of brothers who are more important than me.
catliketread: (☠ IN SILENCE DREAD)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The former would be nice. The latter's more likely, probably.

[As amazing and wonderful as he is... he's probably not going to be kidnapped to any fancy parties where you're not allowed to leave by climbing out a window. So.]
irreprochable: (cinq)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[there is so much information here, good god.]

And now you are locked up here...
trettende: (dónde siempre haya una fiesta)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-10 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps they really do want us to put on a show... Have you read the booklet they left in our rooms?

[ He's got his in his pocket, so he'll helpfully pull his out. ]

Are you miss... Shiva?
sunshineprincess: (♠ We learn how to fly)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
No. It's not. There's no way magic can be real!
sunshineprincess: (♠ And hit the road)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe... I'd hope so.

[They don't have the most glowing relationship.

She looks surprised.]


You have brothers?
solomonjihad: (maybe I don't need friends after all)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course it is.

[Ugh, ignorant humans. A slight tone of...arrogance? Annoyance? seeps into Astarte's voice.]

Magic and monsters that wield it are all real. They just don't like showing themselves because humans like you will just hunt them down. Humans who don't want to accept them or understand them.

So of course Undead hide those things.
Edited 2016-10-10 23:39 (UTC)
sunshineprincess: (♥ And hit the road)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's a Disney. Of course there is.]

Yes... along with everyone else, like you.
onthebusagain: (diggity dang dang dang)

ota

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-10-10 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Waking up somewhere strange with your head spinning isn't too weird after the kind of night Heather's had. So at first, she doesn't panic- she lays and admires the room around her, then gets up and fluffs her hair. In fact, things don't really seem weird at all, not until she's wandered out of the dressing room and out into the lobby.

She tries the locked doors, twice, before she starts to panic. This is one of the worst pranks they've played on her, yet.
]

Very funny Heather and Heather, let me out! [Does she sound a little frantic? She sounds a little frantic.]