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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.
dechagny: (mild disgust)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah yes, Raoul knows that time well. He probably got into shenanigans of a different nature, but then again, these two are at least a century apart timewise.]

So you believe that we should seek to speak to some other party that we have not yet encountered...and cannot be found within the confines of our "thoughtful" documents. Where do you think we should begin to look for this person?
robitussin: (when you know)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, uh, I'm not sold on that. I mean, kidnapping royalty makes sense, but if that's the theme they were going for they way missed the mark with some of us.

[She gestures to herself.]

I'm not exactly the princess type.
solomonjihad: (maybe I don't need friends after all)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Not if you're going to hurt them...
trettende: (somos los dos igual)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ You can't hide those pipes, gurl! Her hiding plan was probably a good one, Hans didn't see her at first. ]

Oh. Well, as long as you're alright... This is an understandably scary situation.
trettende: (y por fin te encontré a ti)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ tun Tun TUN He sighs, shaking his head. ]

The only doors I've seen were bolted shut. Besides the ones that lead to other rooms, I mean.
robitussin: (give me pain)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not the one running into random passerby.

[Whether or not that's what actually happened, she's sticking to it.]

Anyways, I'm trying to find a way out. You want to help, or do you want to stay out of the way?
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, to be frank, I have only skimmed these sections out of respect for privacy.

[Sure you're kidnapped and locked in an opera house, but you've gotta not be an asshole.]

It is incredibly troubling, I agree. Why, I doubt a single person who's been brought here has tread upon the stage a day in their life.
robitussin: (bleeding out in the--)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, a fact that involves people dying.

[But she won't press on it any further, since he's made it clear that isn't what he meant.]

Uh, yeah, that's a ridiculously high royalty to normal people ratio.
dechagny: (stopping some raptors)

it's alright but now I'm rethinking these two fighting ;A;

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course! Raoul can't write or play music. It's a wonderful talent!

The pushing motion takes him a moment to figure out.]
It is entirely possible we could force our way through, but that would require every person here to work together, and perhaps a suitable battering ram. I doubt the couches would be sufficient.
inforapenny: (like a fool)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy is also sent tumbling onto his ass because he's about 120 pounds soaking wet and momentum sure is a thing that exists. He's just going to stare at her for a moment (heart pounding hard enough she can probably hear it, tbh), completely not hearing a word she says.

And then realize that, oh, right, he should probably, um. Yeah.]


I-I, uh, I'm, uh, sorry?
dieformymusic: (Grackles)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-11 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head. He doesn't think they're his own clothes. Why would he wear something like this?

A doctor.

A doctor is good. Winslow grasps for the air at the mention of doctor. Sure, doctor would be great!

Oh you poor fool.]
solomonjihad: (maybe I don't need friends after all)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
So did I. But then, I...I thought you were...a rack!
rockthistown: (our ice cream. oh no)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[She blinks.] You're a princess, too? Are these people going around and kidnapping us because of that?
rockthistown: (no way that must be wrong)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
You mean a haunted one? I'm sorry! I just made it worse!
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[...Oh wow. Now he just feels like an asshole.

Raoul sighs, getting up from the sofa proper to approach - slowly, mind, and with his hands up.]


I am very sorry, then, for my brusqueness, so do forgive me. I too am without a familiar face in this place, and I should not have been rude, especially towards a young lady.

[Even though she just screamed out of nowhere...]
rockthistown: (iS ANYBODY LISTENING TO ME)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
No kidding! Who kidnaps people and stuffs them into a theatre where they have to live in these tiny little bedrooms, then steals all their stuff off them? This is terrible!
solomonjihad: (well I don't know...)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe we can...break them down, or...

[Wait, the rules said they couldn't, right?...]

...something...
dechagny: (stopping some raptors)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah he's...more nervous about this than he realizes.]

I see. Thank you, miss - and I am sorry, to have asked that so suddenly. I simply want to find answers.
dieformymusic: (Sad cawing)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-11 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh lord he's stranded with a really dense Victorian millionaire(?).

Winslow shakes with frustration. No! Okay let's see...maybe he can get the pamphlet.

Wham look. Do you know these people?!]
sunshineprincess: (♥ But now I've got to go)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Is he okay? Anna gets up and dusts herself off before holding out a hand for him.]

I-It's okay! I shouldn't have been running around!

[She gives him a sheepish smile.] Sorry.
robitussin: (if they love each other)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Cool.

[She pauses.]

So... Who're you?
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah - a countryman! Raoul nods with a smile. Hey, look, you may have read this thing cover to cover, but with how weird his own blurb was, Raoul doesn't know if he feels right reading someone else's all the way through.]

I am, Monsieur, and it is good to meet you, though I wish it were under different circumstances. I believe, when it comes to answers, we are in the very same boat.
dieformymusic: (Croons softly)

tomato tomato let's call the whole thing off

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-11 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Winslow muses, approving of this with a bobble of his noggin. They could get everyone...

He considers another option. Winslow mimes pouring gasoline. What if they make a small controlled fire?]
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy bounces back when he realizes he almost collided into somebody, glancing at the boy and then immediately away, blinking hard.]

I-I mean, not unless you think there's something wrong with waking up in a strange place, because in that case, then nothing wrong at all.
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[...Oh. Crap. Where are his manners?]

Ah, sorry - I am the Viscount de Chagny. [He offers the young lady a slight bow out of respect.] And you, miss, are...?