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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.
sunshineprincess: (♥ Welcome to the rhythm)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Then how about we meet up later and see if we found anything! [This is a good plan now.]
irreprochable: (huit)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.

[he's quiet for a moment, unsure of what to say here]

I know nothing will come of panicking. Someone must remain aware to protect the people.
sunshineprincess: (♥ 'Cause it's all so brand new)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[She gives Astarte a big smile.]

I try to be!
dechagny: (here to help)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[The best plan!] It sounds wonderful. Until then...[He'll give her a little bow.]
dechagny: (will smugly concede)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[In the back of his mind, Raoul knows this is a possibility. He's not completely ignorant. But...]

Then perhaps we will be lucky, and a rational answer will come to us. I must have faith in that, Monsieur, if only for my own comfort.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i don't know how to say this)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-13 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head regretfully.]

I wish I did. So far no one I've talked to has been able to answer any questions. You neither?
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
So does that make him an official pirate?

[If there even is such a thing...]
dechagny: (mild disgust)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raoul sighs, tries not to shake his head. He suddenly really wants to dismantle this couch and look closely at the parts to avoid thinking of those rules.]

Nonsense. I shall not kill to leave here. There must be another, rational way.
allicareabout: (TILT Δ okay but that's really dumb)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-13 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course there is. Just a matter of finding it.

[He'll come over and look at that couch with you for a moment, though, because it does sort of beg the question.

...How...exactly are we dismantling this thing.]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i've been trying to be where you are)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-13 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[and thankfully billy has dodged a social link on the first day]

Ah... Yes, we must focus on the events at hand, hm? [At least she's calmed...] Like why we're here, who's to blame... Those sort of more important things, yes?
allicareabout: (ACTUALLY Δ *your)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-13 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[if he has his way he will successfully dodge them for the entirety of the game, tbh, but who actually cares about what billy wants]

Exactly, Miss...

[Playbill, where is the playbill- ...what the hell is that.]

...Anyway. You don't remember anything about getting here?
breakingbread: (bread dad is good)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-13 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, we all have things to get back to.

[Just gonna gloss right over that insult, thanks mate.]

I'm certain our captor will reveal themselves before long, if nothing else. They must be watching from somewhere.
breakingbread: (bread dad cannot believe)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-13 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah shit a Viscount] It is a pleasure - though I hesitate to say so, in a place like this.

I found my own to be... [siiiiigh] ...truthful enough. But there is another man I have met here. His information seems correct, from what I know of him, but the picture shows someone else.
blackstache: (013)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-13 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I don't suppose it is made up of the same material as your head. My hook is far more impressive.
sunshineprincess: (♠ I've got to go)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-13 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[She gives him a curtsy in return.] Good luck~!

[And she's off!]
blackstache: (009)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-13 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
No doubt an error on the part of whoever wrote it! After all, it's already filled with such slander.
blackstache: (004)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-13 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps Peter Pan. Perhaps the Queen herself.

[Hook scoffs, the feather on his hat droops.]

There are quite a number of bilgerats who want to get their hands on old Hook.
blackstache: (021)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-13 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hook looks around, slowly. Thanks dude you're gonna make him paranoid af.]

Aye, it's true. Perhaps even under the floorboards! [He stomps for good measure.]
blackstache: (025)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-13 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Captain Hook always triumphs in his duels, regardless of what was or has not been stolen from him.
blackstache: (018)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-13 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Your point has been made, but I am a man of reputation. I cannot stand to see me black heart get so heavily tarnished, you understand.
breakingbread: (bread dad cannot believe)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-13 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Fascinating. [Let him just. Do it again. Okay he's good now.] You have seen one of these before? I've never even heard of such a thing.
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That it does! From today on he is now one of the pirates of Penzance!

[STOP]
catliketread: (☠ WOULD BE DISTINCTLY HEARD)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed! I suspect the person who wrote the blurb about me wanted to use "the Pirate King" as often as possible as well.

[how is that nearly as important as slander]
breakingbread: (bread dad cannot believe)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-13 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wikipedia says Ovaltine wasn't invented until 1904, so have a totally blank look.]

There's water, milk...orange juice - [He sounds faintly dubious about the orange juice, how can you just have that] - ah, and Coca-Cola!

[It's in one of those old glass bottles, but that sure is Coke. He doesn't seem to think this drink is terribly trustworthy either, but hey, you do you small child]
breakingbread: (bread dad is good)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-13 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh dear, poor man. They're all having a time of it, but that looks much worse than anyone else's situation. Valjean pats his shoulder sympathetically.]

It'll be all right. There are a lot of good people here - we can all see each other through this.