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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.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (and when i wake you)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-14 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[And you know, that is a respectable school to attend.]

But at the, ah, same time, I can't see myself agreeing to such an arrangement... We were drugged, perhaps?
allicareabout: (INFORM Δ look if jesus christ had $5000)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Were you somewhere that you could have been drugged?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (Who am I meant to BE ?)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-14 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[She thinks it over.]

...you know, not exactly, but it wouldn't be impossible.
allicareabout: (GENDO Δ get on the witness stand andy)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-14 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[...You know, he has to consider that, but...]

...Actually, I'm in a similar boat. It'd be possible, but it'd be difficult, and I don't think my secretary's that kind of person.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (you'll fall asleep)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-14 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
And they would be the only one who'd have access to you?
dontfeedplants: (Stick with that plant)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-15 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully, there's an easy solution to all this...

[There's definitely a hint of "but I doubt it" in his voice, though.]
dontfeedplants: (You know the book doesn't lie)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-15 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Watch as they both make it to end game somehow]

Nothing, I guess. We're obviously not being held for ransom, anyway.
dontfeedplants: (No way forget it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-15 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
... How bad is it?

[Because already he doesn't like where this is headed.]
bestof: (pic#10610000)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-15 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
I just can't make sense of it. Who could ever want this?
bestof: (pic#10609998)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-15 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She's right there with you, Raoul.]

It doesn't make sense, any of it. I don't understand. [There's an edge in her voice, almost a crack. Crying sounds like an excellent response to all this but she knows it wouldn't do any good.]
bestof: (pic#10610002)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-15 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
It's terrible. The way they wrote this, it's almost like it's some sort of game to them.

[Who would ever want to run a murder game?]
dechagny: (here to help)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Oh no, oh dear, that's a lady who is not okay. Raoul takes a moment to collect himself, breathe.]

Neither do I. But...I am sure none of it can be true. It mustn't be - it can't be. It is ludicrous.
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully, yes - and I'd bet all my hope that there is.

[Raoul honey no]
dechagny: (just got introduced through song)

I'll go sit in my corner now

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Nooooo shush she is not a D she is a D-]

And it reassures me as well. We will certainly be able to figure out a way to free ourselves, I am certain of it.
dechagny: (aint no viscount got time for that)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
God willing.

[God willing he gets the fuck out of that profession, poor kid]
dechagny: (here to help)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes, of course. Perhaps in another wing?
dechagny: (aint no viscount got time for that)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Jesus Christ in heaven he needs a drink. Or like five drinks. Immediately.]

I...will certainly make an attempt, Miss, but I cannot bring myself to think it shall be successful.
allicareabout: (SHRUG Δ honey we're all half-centaur)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-15 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
She's the only one who'd have access to my office and what's in it, sure.

I was with a client before all of this happened, but he left before all this happened and he didn't touch anything but what he handed over.
allicareabout: (ASSURE Δ huge reward or some shit)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-15 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds about right. It's a playhouse, right? Supposedly. There's probably something for maintenance.
aflatouttahell: (02)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-15 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Different worlds, yeah.

[WHY DIDN'T HER DAD TELL HER? ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WORLDS THING???]
robitussin: (or if they just fake it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-15 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Well, okay, but what I said still applies. Just used the wrong word, I guess. Sue me.
aflatouttahell: (06)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-15 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I... meant Hell, but retribution sounds more accurate.
robitussin: (and i'm trying to enjoy it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-15 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, at this point I'm more concerned about the people who don't seem worried.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (And I FEEL COMPLETELY)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-15 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
It m-might not be a person. It could be some kind of, uh, spirit or the like.

[...she says this like, trying to be helpful.]
aflatouttahell: (12)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. Just woke up in a room like everyone else seems to have. Everyone in this program, apparently.

[She gestures to the booklet in her hand.]
Edited 2016-10-15 04:05 (UTC)