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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.
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed! But he has reached the end of his apprenticeship and today marks his twenty-first birthday! He'll stay with us, of course, but he is no longer an apprentice to a pirate!

[...well.]
catliketread: (☠ WE NEVER SPEAK A WORD)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I couldn't agree more! I may be a pirate, but I certainly don't kill unless it is absolutely necessary.

[or there's a misunderstanding that involves shitty wordplay]
catliketread: (☠ OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know magic really existed until just now, so I hadn't thought about it.

[thanks, king]

Oh! Yes, yes, of course, that is the sort of thing that can't be spoken of so easily...

[YOU TOTALLY HAVE POWERS AND YOU HAVE TO HIDE THEM, HOW SAD...]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: you're beautiful (to me‚ you're strange and)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-13 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
That is... She... [A distant little smile.]

I love B-ko-chan.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (you turn every head but you don't see me)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-13 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gentle nervous laughter.]

Ah, yes, I. Yes, I can imagine, yes. Either way, I haven't had any luck finding her. [Wilts.] We're in an...unhappy situation, to say the least.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i wanna ruin our friendship)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-13 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes, that must be it.

[no it's not you idiot]
sunshineprincess: (♥ 'Cause your future's)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true... I want to be able to trust everyone here if I can. You think they're good people?
allicareabout: (EHHH Δ it's not going to pay for itself)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-13 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Ahhhhh.]

What kind of unhappy are we talking?

[I mean, it's not like he gives much of a damn about some girl he just met in a hallway, much less one who's not paying him to care, but given that no one knows what's going on it's probably best to ask anyway? Since she seems to want to talk about it. Sorta. Maybe.

...He's kind of out of his element here, give him a second.]
sunshineprincess: (♥ Go see the world)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks rather confused.] Hime?
sunshineprincess: (• There'll be light)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Yes I am! You don't even know me, and you're being really mean.
sunshineprincess: (♠ Oh oh oh oh)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
He doesn't let you go out at all?
sunshineprincess: (♠ At the mountains)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's a good question...]

I think she's more nervous than anything...
sunshineprincess: (♥ Welcome to the rhythm)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you are. You're really kind even to those who aren't human.
sunshineprincess: (♥ It's just a matter of time)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe we should go look around again? I haven't seen much of this place yet. I was thinking of going to the ballroom.
robitussin: (and flip the switch)

i understand this pain well

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-13 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, right. It's Natalie.

[A sigh.]

So, judging by the whole waking up unexpectedly thing, I'm guessing you don't have any idea why we're here either. Figures.
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods.] A good plan. I shall see if I can find someone here who might know more than us - and perhaps take a look at these sealed doors and windows. There may be one that is not as secure as it looks.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (Why am I doing this ?)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-13 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Well this is a hilarious turn of events, because.

D-ne looks a little confused for a moment.]
I...I thought that would be obvious, given where we woke up, and-

[It clicks in her head and her eyes widen, and she begins furiously shaking her head with a nervous smile.]

O-oh, no no no, I was simply referring to here, the group of us! Please, put any thing else out of your mind, it's okay!
allicareabout: (ASSURE Δ huge reward or some shit)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-13 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh, thank fucking god.]

Good. Because I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure the last thing we need are distractions like...whatever we were taken away from right now.
irreprochable: (onze)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations are in order, then. A shame it was cut so short.

[how does javert make something so joyful sound so joyless? a mystery]

It is a pleasure to meet you, as well.
irreprochable: (sept)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I appreciate your idealism. But people who want something so desperately...

[he shakes his head. people will want to go home. they will behave like animals. this javert has see and more]
irreprochable: (deux)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[are you sure he can tell you again]

I am a police inspector.
solomonjihad: (...never mind)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-13 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[She blushes, just a little. Deep down, she's glad that Anna doesn't know about what else is in her. The hatred in her voice, just then...

Is her mother right? Will she cleanse all humanity?]


I...like to think you are, too.
irreprochable: (six)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I will do everything in my power to protect the innocent.

[but not the guilty!!! sucks to your asmar, valjean]
irreprochable: (sept)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Nor you, I.

[but he doesn't know how to process this information, other than that Valjean has posed as people he's not, before.]
irreprochable: (neuf)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I fear it is worse than that.

[he turns around, a flashlight he hasn't figured out how to use in his hand]