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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: (here to help)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[...That's bad. That's - who is this guy, going around and kidnapping people and changing their clothes? Raoul frowns.]

Other than your attire, do you feel changed in any other way?

[Did this guy assault you HE WILL HAVE WORDS WITH THIS GUY YOU DON'T DO THAT]
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Nobility, and yes, it is different. Lower in rank by a considerable amount - but I am more than content with my position.

[He could be going after some higher society ladies, but there's no love in that sort of thing. Plus, rude.]

Well met, Miss Natalie, though I wish it were under different circumstances.
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, of course - I intend to act, but not as an actor.

[He's gonna have Words with this guy. A lot of them.]

Now, who might you be, good sir?
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[By all means, take a look, he'll hand it over.]

I haven't the slightest clue, miss, but everyone I have spoken to so far has his or her picture within, as well as some sort of...odd profile written alongside it. I believe if you were to return to the room you awoke in, you would find another just like it.
dechagny: (made it to survivor pool)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raoul looks wistful for a moment, remembering what happened just before he found himself here. The stage, the applause, Christine.] It is truly a spectacular sight.

[Up north? So that might be...]

Would it be, perhaps, close to Norway or Sweden?
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
As am I. I do believe this has to be - that there is something wrong here, for what madman would subject a group of people to these things? Frankly, I do not know how seriously to take these rules.
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! You might surprise me!

[Raoul's definitely looking on the bright side of this, isn't he]

Tell me sir, what is your name?
dechagny: (done with this letter bullshit)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
But we can't be - I know I am not an actor. And you, sir? Would you call yourself an actor?
dechagny: (cannot believe)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[...

What in the hell was any of that]


...Miss Shirayuki Hime it is, then - well met, though in such circumstances, well is relative.
breakingbread: (bread dad looks to god)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-11 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Valjean shrugs lightly. He understands, but the pure principle of the thing would probably also stipulate that the ladies be protected from convicts, so.]

We will have to look out for them, then. But for now, at least, we all seem to be equal victims of...this. [Gestures at the rules, because what do you even call this] It is a pleasure to meet another Frenchman, if you can say that here.

[like he's not glad anyone is here ever, but yo dude france]
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah but when that convict is a Jesus metaphor it's okay, totally. Also, Fraaaaance!]

And the same to you - it is somewhat comforting. Unlike that. [Points to those wretched rules.] It's as if the person who placed us here is convinced we are but mere actors to do what they wish!
superboyisalive: (judging you)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-11 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Who knows. Business deal gone bad? Girl problems? That's the mostly likely, I guess.

[He shrugs. Gabe's an observer, and that terrible voice in your ear. He's not usually one to actually do things.]

There might come a time for the torches, but I'd rather not start that way. Generally destruction of that scale hurts more than it helps.

[He was somewhat around when his family had a house fire.]
superboyisalive: (suburban boy)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-11 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. I've always wanted to see something like that. There isn't much of that back home, unfortunately.

[A nod and a shrug.]

Yeah, you're probably right. Sure, you could print this crap in an hour or so, but getting all of this information, that does take time.
breakingbread: (bread dad is good)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-11 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
They do sound quite mad. And I cannot imagine how they got such information about us...

[He's been SO CAREFUL even JAVERT didn't know where he was. Until now, now he's like two doors down from the man.]

Oh, but where are my manners? I am Jean Valjean, monsieur.
dechagny: (mild disgust)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[A shrug - though there's a twinge of concern in the back of Raoul's mind. Girl problems...]

Alright then, I'll keep that in mind - though resorting to controlled destruction, eventually, might not be amiss.

[All he's saying is that if they make a battering ram they might be able to open those doors, if push comes to shove.]
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed! It is an incredible violation of privacy, though I found mine to be exaggerated to a degree. It makes a man wonder if some of these are even truthful.

[He's only...skimmed bits, though. Enough to be able to match up faces, but not much more. He's being polite.]

Ah - well met, Monsieur Valjean. I am the Viscount Raoul de Chagny.

[And you're the first person to get his first name. Probably because you seem like a nice, grounded guy.]
blackstache: (020)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
And by doing that, they've made themself our enemy.
superboyisalive: (judging you)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-11 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You realize you're blaming a dead baby, sis. It's Mom's brain that's to blame if you really feel the need to blame something.

Be mad at me. It's what our family does the best. Yell at me if it makes you feel better. I don't mind.

[He really just wants to be your brother, Nat. No asshole this time.]
superboyisalive: (serious)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-11 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it might. I just want to get out of here without anyone getting hurt.

[Oh, Gabe. What you don't know.]
superboyisalive: (whut)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-11 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[Gabe pauses, concerned.]

Are your parents gone, then? I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to bring something up that would hurt you. I tend to run my mouth and not think.
blackstache: (007)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[...squint]

An excellent photograph, if you can stomach the terrible writing.
blackstache: (002)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-11 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Aye, but we can work out those machinations if doing so will remove us from here. I have business far too important to be stuck with you lot for so long.
trettende: (y por fin te encontré a ti)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He sighs. A lot of crimes in his day involved people dying, now is definitely not the time to go into it. ]

That's what I mean. Why kidnap a bunch of royals and otherwise normal people and make them put on a show?
solomonjihad: (maybe I don't need friends after all)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
...No...they don't have real bodies they were born with. So they're not fully alive. Just Undead.
Edited 2016-10-11 15:28 (UTC)
trettende: (y de pronto contigo choqué)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I agree! And they expect us to simply play along and act out some kind of show? It's ridiculous!