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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.
trettende: (y por fin te encontré a ti)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Don't give him ideas! ]

You're right. There's more than a few royals here, but there are others who are just normal people. It's quite strange...
dechagny: (will smugly concede)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gets a gold star - wait there's already one on his door]

Of that I have no doubt.
sunshineprincess: (♠ Joined at the hip)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, she's got other priorities, and doesn't know how sensitive other people are, okay?]

R-Right... What's a grocery store? Is that some future thing?
catliketread: (☠ LET'S VARY PIRACY)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, fairies are said to be the cause of all sorts of nasty... things. Magic, and all that.

[He wiggles his fingers as if this explains everything.]
catliketread: (☠ IN SILENCE DREAD)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

[He studies the rules again, thinking it over.]

Well, there usually is at least one incredibly gullible person and if they believe it and act on it, then...

[Well, then someone will die.]
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek are gonna)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[That is not the answer he was expecting. Cue Seymour staring even more because what is going on with her.]

But... how?
sunshineprincess: (♥ 'Till then)

lobby!

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anna, too, had been bothered by the rules. So when she sees Eliza standing there in even more of a tizzy than herself, she decides to join the other.]

It's horrible, isn't it. Why would they want us to kill each other just to leave?
dontfeedplants: (You know the book doesn't lie)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
... Okay, maybe not worse than being kidnapped.

[To be fair, even though Seymour doesn't know this, he kind of has.]

That still doesn't explain why a lot of us are here. I'm not even an actor.
onthebusagain: (Go braid her hair)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-10-11 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh- no? How the hell do you not know what a grocery store is. You buy food there- you do know what food is, don't you?

catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha, I see! Yes, our mysterious captor's mysterious intentions are very mysterious, are they not?

[okay]

I've no idea why we're here or what they could want from us, so I'm afraid I'm not very helpful there!
sunshineprincess: (♥ 'Cause it's all so brand new)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[She claps her hands together, her eyes wide.] That's so romantic! She'll be so surprised! Did you being her flowers, sweets, or a other gift?
sunshineprincess: (♥ It's just a matter of time)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Calm yourself there, Satan.]

Maybe... they're trying to make us let our guard down with all these people around?
catliketread: (☠ A FLY'S FOOT-FALL)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
A captain...

[looks him up and down]

You don't look like you're with the navy.

[like, not at all]
catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that what you call it where you're from? Close enough!
catliketread: (☠ TRUCE TO NAVIGATION)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[NAAAAAAAHHHHH PROBABLY NOT]

All the more reason to ask for it to be brought here! Or at least taken care of in your absence, though I'm sure you would feel better if it was here.
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed! It's a lovely little town on the coast, full of pirate-fearing people!

[...thanks, that explained a lot]
solomonjihad: (...never mind)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Paris? But...I was in Tokyo.

...

So...we're not in your Opera...and maybe not Tokyo...
onthebusagain: (Default)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-10-11 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not reading that again. Someone's obviously jealous of me. [That's the only reason someone would say something like that, right? Why is it upsetting her so much? ]

dontfeedplants: (You know the book doesn't lie)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
A-alright, I guess. I'm not hurt yet, at least.

[Keyword is "yet".]
solomonjihad: (maybe I can be friends!)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[........yes]

Hazing?
trettende: (por primera vez hoy siento que se abrió)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hans is the one with the broken heart Anna, gosh :'( ]

Hmmm, it could be? Some of the people are wearing strange clothes too, so I don't understand where they could all have come from. They certainly weren't at the ball.
trettende: (mil portazos en la cara la vida me dió)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-11 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sometimes life repeats itself, eh, Seymour?

Neither am I. This booklet with our faces on it isn't exactly flattering, either.

[ He gives a slight bow. ]

I'm Hans, by the way. Prince Hans, but you don't have to bother with the formalities. We're all stuck here, after all.
aflatouttahell: (01)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-11 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I'm just getting that a lot today. My name's Jezebel.
dontfeedplants: (Stick with that plant)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gives Raoul a look. You sure do have a lot of trust in a man you just met.]

It's Seymour.
sunshineprincess: (♠ Needs you)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't have those where I'm from. Seymour told me I was from a way early past. [She huffs at that last part.] Of course I know what food is!