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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: (What am I saying?)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-16 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
I... I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. There is no reason why I would kill anyone, especially people I've just met!
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek gonna get it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-16 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's not much of a secret, at least as far as I know. I feel like Paris would have known about them by now.
dechagny: (ffffffffuck)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
No!

[Though for her to ask...has she????

God, make that ten drinks.]
robitussin: (it's crystalline clear)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-16 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
No, I just think they have some serious denial issues going on.
dechagny: (here to help)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-16 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
That I could not say. It sounds incredibly confounding, in my opinion.
robitussin: (or if they just fake it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-16 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
No, sue me. Like, a lawsuit. Please tell me... [a pause] You don't know what that is, do you.
dechagny: (Default)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-16 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[STRIKES A FUCKIN POSE]

Ah - I hope my positive attitude can spread to others, truthfully.
dechagny: (Default)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-16 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, of course - the chief of the flies cannot carry all he needs by himself!
breakingbread: (bread dad wonders about you)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-16 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He watches with keen interest. It still makes very little sense to him. The glowing numbers are counting down, so that's obviously time, but...]

How does it know how much heat to use? And...where is the heat coming from?
aflatouttahell: (12)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-16 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[LISTEN ANYONE HERE PLAYS THEIR CARDS RIGHT AND SHE'LL PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR THEM

except maybe billy f but it's not his fault that's just what lawyers accept when they start out]


So how'd you earn the crown of Pirate King, uh... Pirate King?
breakingbread: (bread dad is concerned)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-16 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Most of this does. I doubt if any of us are actually actors...

[The whole pamphlet is really weird and sort of unnerving, lbr]
aflatouttahell: (08)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-16 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. I just languish until he... I don't know, marries me off or something.

[Haha. You know. Since she doesn't remember how he's actually tried that right now.]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (Who am I meant to BE ?)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-16 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... Mm. [She nods.] I know a boy like that... I understand what you mean, that would just lead to more pain and... Th-then I'm glad you have, ah...a firm grasp of the danger of our situation?

[....she's trying]
breakingbread: (bread dad cannot believe)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-16 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid not.

[god they're talking at such cross-purposes]

I wonder if we are somewhere in America, then...
dechagny: (cannot believe)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-16 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I certainly know I am not. And, for those I have spoken to, they seem to not be actors as well.
catliketread: (☠ WHILE THE HOUSEHOLD SOUNDLY SLEEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-16 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's true, lawyers can never escape hell]

I claimed it for myself! There is not a crown, exactly. There isn't really any sort of procedure to claim the title either. In fact, I made it up.

[i'm so sorry]

But I have more than lived up to the title that I chose for myself!
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (Who am I meant to BE ?)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-16 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It knows ah, by this. The power button. I...could change it, but, the default, it works well. As for where it comes from, um...

[how do]

It generates it? Itself? I frankly don't know how to explain it beyond that?
dontfeedplants: (It's not demand and supply)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-16 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
We might be. But if we are, this must be a really nice part of America. I don't think I've ever seen a refrigerator this nice.

[Seriously he couldn't even dream of a refrigerator this nice.]
trettende: (por primera vez hoy siento que se abrió)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-16 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That's awful... Though I understand. I know what that's like.

[ Get ready for his own sad story, Seymour. ]

I'm the youngest of thirteen brothers-- they've all practically told me that if I ever got kidnapped, no one would miss me. I'm sure they'd jump at an excuse to get rid of me.
sunshineprincess: (• 'Cause for the first time)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-16 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head. She can sort of guess what the implication in the world 'lawsuit' is, but how would you sue the law?]
sunshineprincess: (♠ And the roadmap)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-16 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[That doesn't sound right at all.]

Wait what. He's not going to let you fall in love and choose your own husband?
breakingbread: (bread dad sees your sins)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-16 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. I suppose I don't really need to know more than that, do I? As long as it -

[The timer goes off, startling him a little. He hadn't expected it to shriek.]

- as long as it works.
breakingbread: (bread dad is disappoint)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-16 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't say I know that much about different parts of America...I have never traveled outside France.
dontfeedplants: (No way forget it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-16 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Gosh, I'm so sorry about that Hans. I've never had siblings myself, but I can't imagine what it would be like to have thirteen brothers just not care if you vanished.

[Good job Hans, he bought into your tragic backstory.]
trettende: (y de pronto contigo choqué)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-17 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Well, twelve, but... yes. [ He's not gonna fault him for that. ]

Once, they pretended I was invisible... For three years. They just acted like I wasn't there and thought it was hilarious.

[ Hans did not think it was hilarious. I cannot imagine how he grew up so maladjusted. ]

I was ten.