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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.
solomonjihad: (well I don't know...)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes...

[She goes to stand.]

Everyone calls me Astarte, though...
irreprochable: (sept)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
With so many of us...

[he's not big on hope as a concept, he's big on rationality. but, also anna seems like the kind of person who could use some hope. he'll deal with hans later.]

Surely we will find a way.
blackstache: (023)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-10 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Then we must assume the worst, my dear boy, and prepare ourselves for any unexpected surprises from whoever has brought us all together.
onthebusagain: (diggity dang dang dang)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-10-10 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't matter if Natalie bumped into Heather, or Heather bumped into Natalie. Heather stumbles back, looking completely astonished at the fact that she's been told to watch it.]

You watch it! [It's obviously not her fault either. Obviously.]
sunshineprincess: (♠ Welcome to the rhythm)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Then you'd be most honorable pirates in the seven seas!

[Still not thinking you're an actual pirate.]
trettende: (y por fin te encontré a ti)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-10 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Um. Wait, what? ]

Yes? Twelve older brothers, remember?
trettende: (mil portazos en la cara la vida me dió)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-10 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Astarte, then. My apologies.

[ Feel free to take his hand he will help you up! ]

I'm Hans. It seems we're all stuck in this mess.
sunshineprincess: (♣ So's that door)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? Why would I hunt them down?

[She looks offended at that.]

I would love it if magic existed in my world! It'd make things... less boring? And who wouldn't want to be friends with someone who knows magic?
sunshineprincess: (♥ I gotta know)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[She relies on hope a lot more than she realizes. She gives him a small smile.]

Thank you, Sir Javert. I know we can do it if we all stick together.
irreprochable: (cinq)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You should be careful. With the talk of murder in the rules, I fear the worst.
solomonjihad: (...never mind)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Because Undead don't look all human. Many are grotesque to human eyes, and their bodies-

[Wait what]

You want to meet an Undead?
sunshineprincess: (♥ And the stars shine for you)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anna just stares at Hans.]

No... and that's a lot of brothers.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (and when i wake you)

lobby

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-10 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Someone doing some investigating, that's good to see. D-ne approaches, keeping quiet as possible.]

What's the point of doing so?
sunshineprincess: (♥ To take it slow)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I know... But why would we want to-[She can hardly get herself to say it, lowering her voice.]-murder each other? I don't want to hurt anyone here.
solomonjihad: (maybe I can be friends!)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No, its ok. Thank you.

[And up she goes!]

I don't understand any of this. I'm not an opera...ist.

[Operaist is a word humans use right]
irreprochable: (neuf)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Nor would I. But there are convicts here among us who would give in much more easily to temptation.

[steal bread, murder someone, potato potahto]
sunshineprincess: (♥ There's something in the air)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No, not an Undead. That sounds kind of gross... but anyone else magical would be neat!

[The former sounds like a nightmare.]
sunshineprincess: (♥ You can't deny)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[She tenses at that.] Actual convicts? What are we going to do about them?
solomonjihad: (...never mind)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Most creatures with magic are Undead. All monsters are Undead. Vampire, werewolf, yeti, troll, mermaid, no matter what they are...they're all Undead too.

[The More You Know(TM)]
Edited 2016-10-10 23:57 (UTC)
dechagny: (cannot believe)

B for BREAD

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is madness, and it's beginning to drive Raoul mad. The information in the blasted pamphlet tucked away in his suit jacket, he's been pacing back and forth along the wall with the most boarded-up windows, pausing once in a while to confirm that they are indeed well-reinforced.

He decides, on a whim, to read those incredibly cryptic rules again, as this older gentleman is reading them, and a hand rests over the pamphlet stowed away.]


Actors...playing parts...intermissions during a normal man's sleeping hours...blasted pirates, of all things...

[Uh. You, uh...okay there, Raoul ol' buddy?]
irreprochable: (quatre)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I will do what I can. I am a police inspector.

[he is the law and the law is not mocked.]

Watch out for Jean Valjean. The man has escaped prison several times to date. He may seem nice on the exterior, but he is a hardened criminal.
rockthistown: (did we end up on tv again)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
You mean you're the storybook kind of pirate? [She starts to untangle herself and stand up.] W-well, maybe then you were invited to the celebration, too! Right?
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I highly doubt anyone here would not want to have words with whoever is responsible.

[Considering he was whisked away while in the middle of something important, it's safe to say these folks were, too.]
solomonjihad: (...never mind)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
...You mean the pamphlet?

[She's staring at the hook. An Undead...hook...vampire...um.........?????]
dechagny: (will smugly concede)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Audrey II? Weird, okay, but there's something definitely more pressing here - this poor fellow has absolutely no self-esteem, and it pains Raoul to see it.]

Perhaps, sir, you, are more important than you give yourself credit for.