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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.
dontfeedplants: (I've got to let it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Seymour, nice to meet you. I-I guess...

[Looks back at the rules. Yeah maybe it would have been nicer to have met in better circumstances.]
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed we are! We're the feared, famous pirates of Penzance!

[STOP DROPPING THE TITLE]
bestof: (pic#10609995)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-11 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. [Picks through racks and oh god, what is this even?] Whoever trapped us here did so without a change of clothes so it's their own fault if we aren't supposed to use them.
inforapenny: (Laundry day see you there)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[SHE'S SO PRETTY. There's- there's a girl talking to him, how does he do this.]

Re-really? Some girls wear skirts, where I'm from, but a lot of them wear pants. The skirts are pretty...well, not like that. So, um, so where are you from?
catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Escape! Or well, at least locating a way out of here. It's possible we're up a bit too high to escape out the windows. No way of knowing that without any way to see outside!

[He gives one final tug before giving up and turning to her.]

But it seems my efforts are in vain! We won't be leaving this way, that's for sure.
dontfeedplants: (My future's starting)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
You're from a country I've never heard of, have somehow never heard of America, and you're suggesting having a trade partner for a flower shop. I-I know time travel doesn't exist but I don't think I get you.

[Sorry Anna.]

Also... uh sorry, but I think you still need money to get an investor
catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
I was in the midst of a celebration, actually, but what sort of celebration are you talking about?

[Hey, this looks like a lead!! Maybe you know why we're here!!!]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (and when i wake you)

B

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-11 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[D-ne wrings her hands at her chest.]

It certainly is worrying. What sort of thing have we got wrapped up in...?
rockthistown: (everything sucks rn)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
But there are a lot of Precure on Earth and they're on TV every day! Ohhh, I don't get this... [Hime holds her head and groans.]

♪I know somewhere out there
Once, I called my home
But now, I live on Earth
With them, it feels like I belong
We were everywhere
But now what I can hear
From you and everyone
The stars have lost their way and it's all wrong
catliketread: (☠ COME FRIENDS WHO PLOUGH THE SEA)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[WHO!! NEEDS!! CHILL!!!]

Kill somebody... Hah! What a ridiculous prank! Not a soul here would believe such a thing!

[...he hasn't spoken to most of them BUT THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE, RIGHT]
trettende: (a tiempo y armonizados)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that sounds good.

[ Cough cough, look, he's reformulating his plan here. Pull yourself together, Hans! ]

So, are you alright? You mentioned you and someone else thought we'd been kidnapped...?
sunshineprincess: (♥ Before we learn how to fly)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Seeing as no other explanation is being offered, she decides that following up on that might not be a good thing.]

All I have to go on are books... so maybe a strange kind of trust exercise with strangers?
inforapenny: (mumbling)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Y-yeah, I guess.

[Also looks back at the rules. Awkward losers being awkward next to each other, I guess.]
bestof: (pic#10609995)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh-! [Eliza is thankfully clothed at the moment, still in her nightgown while she rummages through the racks for something in her size and modest enough to suit her needs. She still holds the green gown she's found up to her chest.] No, I apologize, sir. I should have put up some sort of notice on the door.
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek gonna get it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
L... looking around? I've never been in a building like this.
catliketread: (☠ WHILE THE HOUSEHOLD SOUNDLY SLEEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh, France! I haven't had the pleasure of sailing that far out. We're most often known as the pirates of Penzance!

[THIS IS THE THIRD TIME HE'S DROPPED THE TITLE]

Lovely region, wouldn't care to be anywhere else for long.
sunshineprincess: (♠ Joined at the hip)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
... Penzance? Where's that?

[AT LEAST HE'S ABLE TO]
rockthistown: (chicken riot after this nap)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
The one the rulers of Harmonia were throwing! It's a yearly thing, I think, but the theme this year was "39 Fairies." That sounds really specific, but I think it's a pun on "thank you, fairies," which makes a lot more sense.
irreprochable: (cinq)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
According to the rules that are posted, they are hoping for murder.

[he's pretty sure he's going to make this girl cry again]
inforapenny: (mumbling)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy hunches his shoulders and steps out of the way.]

Y-yeah, I hope...
rockthistown: (this jamjar doesn't even have internet)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
--whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? No way, no way, no way! That can't even happen! Can it?
sunshineprincess: (♠ And hit the road)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Words keep happening this is good right?

She listens to him before looking down at her skirt. Would she look good in pants? She turns her attention back to him when he asks where she's from.]


It's a country in the north called Arendelle.
catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO IT]

Perhaps our host - or hostess - will be kind enough to do that for you! I've never owned a plant before, but if it's that important to you then surely an argument can be made to bring it here!

[just argue with the mastermind JUST DO IT]
blackstache: (023)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[...huh. He leans forward and peers at the paper, still impaled on his hook, murmuring a selection from it under his breath.]

...Hrm. Well, yes, I suppose it does. I was far too fixated on the libel aspect to notice that bit of information.
irreprochable: (quatre)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[look being in your nightgown barely counts as clothing in this day and age!!]

There is no need to apologize. I will stand watch outside the door while you change.