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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: (you've drawn an outline)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-17 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it chimes when it's done. [she says, like five seconds late

(she totally meant to do that, watching him jump is funny)]


Yes, see... [Behold, a totally edible hot pocket.] Food.
robitussin: (or if they just fake it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-17 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
I... feel like I agree with what you're saying.

[If she understood that correctly.]

Yeah. So you get it too, then? Given how freaked out you seem.
robitussin: (it's crystalline clear)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-17 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
It's when someone breaks the law and you hire someone to hold them accountable for it, basically.
irreprochable: (treize)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-17 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
And take care not to be murdered.

[or do the murdering]

But it would not be the first prison you've escaped. Perhaps you will be of some help to the others.
irreprochable: (Default)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-17 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I am glad you think so.
breakingbread: (bread dad sees your sins)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-17 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[That sure is

a substance]


What is it?
breakingbread: (bread dad looks to god)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
That had occurred to me, yes. [though the chain gang is sort of different from a bizarrely enclosed opera house] I hope I can prove of some use in that regard. I can't imagine a opera house is more secure than Toulon.

[This conversation is a nightmare but he's sort of moved through it and into a realm of being okay with this]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (And I FEEL COMPLETELY)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-17 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
I...already have, uh, trouble enough interacting with strangers, so...yes, this is far from any kind of ideal.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i'm standing before you)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-17 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
A hot pocket. [Steak kind!] Take a bite.
dontfeedplants: (My future's starting)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-17 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Me neither, I can't say I've done a lot of traveling before coming here.

[Or any, for that matter.]
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek gonna get it)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-17 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Three years? [What the hell Han's family?] Gee, that sounds terrible, Hans. I... I wish there was something I could do to help.

[Seymour no.]
sunshineprincess: (♥ Before we learn how to fly)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-17 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't know if anyone has ever had that happen in Arendelle.]

That sounds... kind of complicated.
bestof: (pic#10610000)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-10-17 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[...that is the exact opposite of helping and now Eliza has a deer in the headlights look.]

A spirit...?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (reverb‚ resound‚ and repeat)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-17 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Here's D-ne, the D stands for Disaster]

Yes, like if we were spirited away! Hidden by a less-than-reputable kami.

[stop]
trettende: (somos tal para cual)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-10-17 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hans shrugs. ]

Oh, it's alright. That's just what brothers do, y'know?

[ It is really not. But Hans doesn't let that get him down! ]

The best I can do is try to find a way out of there, but that's on me, not you. [ He smiles. ] I appreciate your concern, though.
breakingbread: (bread dad cannot believe)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-17 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[are you trying to literally murder him

Valjean takes a bite of the hot pocket]


It is... [what can one say about this] ...very hot.
breakingbread: (bread dad is disappoint)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-17 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Travel can be quite difficult. I can't imagine how they could have managed to bring us all here so quickly - wherever we are, surely someone must remember some of the journey?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (❣ 'cause you're really my dearest friend)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-17 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh my god NO why would anyone kill bread dad

D-ne lets out a chuckle.]


That is why they are called that.
littlegirl_littlecurl: (pose)

[personal profile] littlegirl_littlecurl 2016-10-17 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sir, no, please think of your liver.]

"Well, then its an experience ain't it? Besides, people kidnap people cuz they want things."
breakingbread: (bread dad is sad)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-18 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Jean Valjean has burnt his tongue.]

Is this what people in the future eat? [I'm gonna be real with you right now, hot pockets are gross af]
dechagny: (mild disgust)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-18 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[The kidnapper may have his liver he has no need of it]

What could they possibly want? Money? Land? Attention?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (✂ i will show you what i can be)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-18 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[how dare yno ok yeah i survived off them for a few years and then lost the taste entirely]

It is one choice! There are many kinds of food, Valjean-san.
robitussin: (if they love each other)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-18 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It usually takes a long time, lots of paperwork and all that.

[A pause.]

If you don't know what paperwork is, let's just change the subject.
robitussin: (if they love each other)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-18 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Because you seemed really calm and collected to me.
irreprochable: (dix)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-18 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[javert almost...laughs??????]

Surely it wouldn't be.