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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.
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek are gonna)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-10 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Seymour.

[Okay he can't take it anymore, suddenly he blurts out:]

I'm really sorry, but are those horns real?

[He looks terrified, as if he said something horrible.]
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek are gonna)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-10 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Seymour is already fearing for his life.]

Right, and I'm sure you're an amazing pirate?
solomonjihad: (☆if only I knew...)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...I...

[What was that? Why did...how...but this is an Undead, isn't it? Even if she thinks her dad is Satan (why would that make that happen), she's still a monster. Someone Astarte swore to protect. So.

After that one second, Astarte reaches up and takes the hand.]


Thank you.
catliketread: (☠ IN SILENCE DREAD)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Least I'm not alone, there...

[And SPEAKING OF...]

You've uh... quite the elaborate costume there...

[what are you supposed to be, a devil???]
dechagny: (is gonna fuck the phantom up)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jesus Christ what the hell just stormed out of that room? Does that man have a hook for a hand? No - no, that's only in fairy tales, men don't take to hooks for hands in real life!

See these eyebrows Hook? They're going waaaay up.]


Sir, you would have better luck finding whoever wrote all of this if you did not yell...
catliketread: (☠ UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course! My ship is crewed by incredible pirates! We are... the pirates of Penzance!

[DON'T NAMEDROP THE TITLE IN THE INTRO LOG]
superboyisalive: (orly)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-10 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm no actor. Well, other than if I want to stay out a bit too late and try to convince Mom to let me. Then I can be an excellent actor. Nothing stage-worthy, though.

[He pauses, shrugging.]

I figure it's better to at least see what's going on before getting the metaphorical torches and pitchforks. There might be an easier way.
dechagny: (aint no viscount got time for that)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raoul is on his own sofa, a little wary of this fellow who's claimed an entire one for himself, and when he points himself out in the pamphlet, Raoul can't help but turn the pages of his own to check who this fellow is.

...]


The Pirate King?
superboyisalive: (serious)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-10 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm almost curious as to what kinds of books you're reading that you've seen swearing in them but not in your real life.

[He shakes his head, just a bit exasperated.]

My parents and my sister swear. Mostly Sis and Mom. Dad's... in some ways the most respectable. Well, other than Sis. She's smarter than the rest of us put together.
aflatouttahell: (03)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-10 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jezebel is overcome with the feeling that she's going to be fielding this question a few times today.

She smiles.]


Yes, they are. No, I'm not here to... torture your eternal soul or anything. Promise.
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[The horns and skin are rather...weird. And strange, and ominous, and about as weird as that girl with blue hair, but this person does seem, at least, like a lady, and should probably be treated as such. Raoul approaches carefully, clearing his throat when he nears her pacing.]

Miss? If I might inquire...do you happen to know anything about this place? Or might you be as stumped as the rest of us?
dieformymusic: (Coo)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-10 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Winslow hoped no one would notice his entrance. That perhaps it was empty, but alas not even that wish would come true.

He looks at the stranger standing up...oh he doesn't really want them to see him like this so Winslow only keeps his head down, shaking his head. No he knows nothing that's going on. He holds up his own pamphlet with a finger over Raoul's face.

Is this you?]
robitussin: (when you know)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-10 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's the sound of that voice that strikes a chord in her, but it doesn't calm her - in fact, it does the opposite. She takes a step back, fighting to control her breathing. It feels like the walls are closing in around her.]

No. No, I don't have a brother. Stay away from me.
dechagny: (cannot believe)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Given that this fellow is dressed as the most unusual...birdman...thing...Raoul has ever seen, he does give him a respectable berth when he doesn't speak, but gestures.]

Ah - yes, that would be me. Though, I must make sure you know that I am not an actor, and I suppose the same must be true of you.
catliketread: (☠ WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Aye, the Pirate King!

[Slightly different emphasis, but it's very important!!]

And you are...?

[Sure, he can look through the book to find him, but that seems a little rude when the guy's right here.]
aflatouttahell: (01)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-10 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[And pulling her up!]

No problem! And I'm as fine as anyone else here. Since you asked.
robitussin: (you've seen it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-10 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that, like, a really small town in Europe somewhere? I'm from the United States.

[She shakes her head.]

I don't have any friends who are into practical jokes, and this is way too extreme for a prank, anyways. [A short pause.] Wait, guards?
dieformymusic: (BAAAAAH)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-10 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sadly Seymour, as lost as you are, you have the misfortune of running into someone who looks like a a horrible crow with a metal head.

It doesn't help that this bird is also a tad panicked with his looks as much as anyone else and made a terrible job of not looking of where he was running with that big cape.]
blackstache: (008)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-10 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Aye, clearly this is the work of that rapscallion, Peter Pan. What of yourself, then? What grudge does the boy have with you?

[He sneers as he inquires, jabbing his hook forward.]
blackstache: (010)

[personal profile] blackstache 2016-10-10 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I will yell whenever I want, sir. In fact, I feel that now is an especially appropriate time to do so!

[look at him go]
dechagny: (ha ha i win)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, I believe every man has done something of the sort a few times in his life. [Raoul smiles a bit ruefully.] And what "easier way" might you suggest? Frankly, I would like to have all this [He gestures around them] resolved as calmly as possible.
solomonjihad: (well I don't know...)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once she's up, she dusts off the weird dress she's somehow been wearing when she woke up.]

...I'm Astarte. Shiva Shingetsu Astarte.
dontfeedplants: (You know the book doesn't lie)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-10 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[I am ashamed that there's no real good way to title drop Little Shop of Horrors and not have it be clunky as heck.]

That sounds great?

So, um, is your name really "The Pirate King"?
dechagny: (here to help)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It could be anywhere, or even someplace we know very well, and yet we're stumped without any way to find a landmark of sorts.

[Which, if anything else, the Eiffel Tower would totally be.]

If our pamphlets are any indication, however, it seems that someone has taken a lot of people to this place for no apparent reason.
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT GET THE OPPORTUNITY SOMEDAY]

It's my title! It's my being! I am the Pirate King!

[and that's not really an answer]