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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.
irreprochable: (huit)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Crying alone is a good way to be cornered.
irreprochable: (dix)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
There is only one way to find out.
trettende: (siempre estamos sincronizados)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
I hope not. Our so-called accommodations are quite small, so it should only be a matter of time.

[ I mean, small compared to a palace, but u know. ]

I am not, actually. [ He bows. ] Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, at your service, sir.
robitussin: (when i thought you might be dying)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, guess so.

Man, you seem pretty chill about all this. Like, weirdly so.
rockthistown: (maybe i might have screwed up)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Okay... I don't want to get murdered either! Can't they just hold us for ransom or trap us inside mirrors or all the other things I don't want them to do?
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek gonna get it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe this is some mistake?

[Surely that has to be the case because why else would he be here?

But then he is really distracted by Hime's hair and he just kind of... stares at that a little.]


Is that natural?

[What do you think, Seymour?]
blackstache: (014)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
By some manner of trickery of course, just as every other soul here has ended up here. No doubt they couldn't handle Captain Hook while he was awake.
Edited 2016-10-11 04:07 (UTC)
trettende: (somos tal para cual)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Princes shouldn't shake hands with strangers but Hans is 13th so no one cares... ]

I'm Hans. [ He takes Seymour's hand, giving it a firm shake. ] Are you going to be alright? Do you need any help?
blackstache: (016)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Have you considered the possibility that nobody works there. Tell me that.
rockthistown: (totally no problems here)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks at her hair and smiles.] Of course! I always make sure to find clothes that compliment my hair colour! The charm point on this dress is the gold braid and blue ribbon!
dontfeedplants: (It's not a question of merit)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Neither? I just don't think I've ever met anyone from the past.

[His life is sad Anna.]

Not... really, we were lucky to get any customers some days. [Suddenly he perks up.] But yesterday was really busy, probably the busiest it's ever been.
trettende: (por primera vez hoy siento que se abrió)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
So it seems we're all in the same boat, then.

[ Hans looks over to the playbook impaled in Hook's, well, hook. ]

I do wonder why they chose to print those lies where everyone could see. Are they to tarnish our reputations with one another? It all seems so awful.

[ Yep, it's all definitely lies. ]
rockthistown: (you gotta be kidding me)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Well, then maybe we'll just talk to the janitor! Or whoever serves the concession food! There's probably a concession, what kind of theatre would it be if there weren't?
blackstache: (021)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
It's a form of public humiliation, of course. It's a lowly act, even for a vile man such as myself.

[He grumbles, kicking the ground.]

I'm just disappointed that they thought of the bloody idea first.
blackstache: (001)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
The theatre is most likely abandoned, if that were not obvious enough.
dontfeedplants: (Stick with that plant)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Seymour returns the smile, although it seems a little forced.]

Seymour. It's Seymour.

[He idly looks through the clothing options, frowning slightly at some of them.]

irreprochable: (cinq)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Chill"?

[he raises an eyebrow. how do you do youths]
rockthistown: (brb escaping)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Well, somebody brought us here!
irreprochable: (onze)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[this girl is definitely crazy. but children like to play pretend right? is this normal for children? he doesn't know. javert was not equipped for these kinds of interactions.]

You have to keep vigilant.
robitussin: (and you graduate early)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, right. You're old.

[wow natalie]

Uh, it means calm.
dontfeedplants: (Default)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
No, I've been through worse anyway. Although, I admit this entire thing is confusing me.

[This entire "for some reason trapped in a building with 19 other strangers thing".]
rockthistown: (did we end up on tv again)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-11 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
R-right! Vigilant! I'll be vigilant! I'll look for a way out or something! I wanna go home. And-- and nobody's going to die or anything!
breakingbread: (bread dad is good)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-11 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[look, he's an old man and he just saw a girl made up to look like a winged devil, he's stopped questioning these things]

Good, good. Come, I will help you find him. [He smiles, motioning for the bird man to join him. This is really inconvenient; as rude as he finds it, he'd better just look up the man's name in the directory.]
breakingbread: (bread dad outside)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-11 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[There's some things here to say about breaking out of jail four times and he's gonna say precisely none of them.]

We will all be grateful for your help, Captain. I haven't seen much that could give us an advantage - though there are a lot of strange machines here.
breakingbread: (bread dad cannot believe)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-11 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[That might honestly be for the best - some teenage girls SOMEWHERE are safe and not here.]

Where were you going?