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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.
inforapenny: (like a fool)

OTA | press A for accidental bumping or B for da rules

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-10 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Billy is immediately on the defensive when he wakes up in a place that he has no recognition of. It's not a jail cell, but it's small and claustrophobic and definitely not his apartment. His hoodie is wrinkled, but he zips it up and pulls it tighter even though he can feel the heat from the vanity lamps sinking into it. He stares at his reflection and flinches, blinking hard at the light.]

Where am I...?

[He picks up the pamphlet and flips through it, stopping when he sees his own face looking back at him. He doesn't like this. He doesn't like this at all.

Pulling his hoodie tighter around him for comfort, he leaves the room and looks around cautiously. His posture is subdued and withdrawn, but he's so focused on the carpet and on surveilling the walls and the chandeliers that he is definitely not looking where he is going in the slightest, making it inevitable that he's going to bump into somebody.]


Ah!

[But what catches his attention the most is the posted rules in the foyer.

Ohhh, suddenly he likes this even less.]


This has to be some kind of mistake...
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dontfeedplants: (No way forget it)

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[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-10 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somehow they don't end up ramming into each other as Seymour's dazed wandering is interrupted by this stranger just said.]

"A mistake"? [Was this guy not an actor too and has no idea why he would be in an opera theater? Out of curiosity he looks at what Billy is looking at.

And Seymour feels his heart stop.]

"K...kill..."?
[He turns to Billy, already looking a little desperate.] But why? I-I'm not even an actor! I shouldn't be here!
inforapenny: (like a fool)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-10 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Billy jumps when he hears a voice next to him.]

You shouldn't be here? I-I shouldn't be here either! Nobody should be here!

[THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE US KILL PEOPLE.]
dontfeedplants: (They say the meek are gonna)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
M-maybe this is a theater joke? Do theater people make jokes like this?

[PLEASE TELL HIM THAT THEY DO.]

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sunshineprincess: (♠ To take it slow)

A because... :V

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-10 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anna wasn't quite sure if this place was dangerous or not, so she had set out to exploring in the same way she wold anything else: Let's run around and see if she can find something that might help!

Which in this case causes her to run right into someone. With an 'oof!' she plops down on the ground.]


H-Hey! Watch where you're going-

[She looks him up and down, frowning. What was with those strange clothes?]
inforapenny: (like a fool)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy is also sent tumbling onto his ass because he's about 120 pounds soaking wet and momentum sure is a thing that exists. He's just going to stare at her for a moment (heart pounding hard enough she can probably hear it, tbh), completely not hearing a word she says.

And then realize that, oh, right, he should probably, um. Yeah.]


I-I, uh, I'm, uh, sorry?
sunshineprincess: (♥ But now I've got to go)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-11 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Is he okay? Anna gets up and dusts herself off before holding out a hand for him.]

I-It's okay! I shouldn't have been running around!

[She gives him a sheepish smile.] Sorry.

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superboyisalive: (whut)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-10 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[So how many times is he going to have someone bump into him here? If this is some sort of side effect from being solid, he's not sure he likes it. However, he puts his hands up, a bit defensively.]

Woah, dude. Watch where you're going there. Something wrong?
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy bounces back when he realizes he almost collided into somebody, glancing at the boy and then immediately away, blinking hard.]

I-I mean, not unless you think there's something wrong with waking up in a strange place, because in that case, then nothing wrong at all.
superboyisalive: (keep it cool)

[personal profile] superboyisalive 2016-10-11 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I was assuming other than the obvious that we're all stuck in an unknown place with people we don't know.

[He shakes his head, only a bit frustrated.]

Sorry. I think we're all on edge. I'm Gabe, by the way.

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catliketread: (☠ A FLY'S FOOT-FALL)

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[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-10 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHO NEEDS RULES WHEN YOU'RE A PIRATE though he does glance over them briefly from over Billy's shoulder, like this is not a weird thing to do. Huh. These seem kind of weird but uh—]

...What is that sixth rule?

[Is this some kind of joke? A really bad one?]
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[HOLY SHIT uh dude do you mind uh

do you wanna like back up a little bit cause you need to like locate a severe amount of chill but]


It says we have to- The-the only way to get out is to, uh. [Billy blinks hard, once, and then twice.] ...To kill somebody.
catliketread: (☠ COME FRIENDS WHO PLOUGH THE SEA)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-11 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[WHO!! NEEDS!! CHILL!!!]

Kill somebody... Hah! What a ridiculous prank! Not a soul here would believe such a thing!

[...he hasn't spoken to most of them BUT THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE, RIGHT]

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solomonjihad: (...never mind)

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[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-10 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
...Are...are we dreaming?

[ Any cast member may bring the show to a close by killing another cast member. They must simply do so without being caught.

She shakes her head when she feels the breathing, the breathing, and lets out a shaky 'heh'. Good god, why?]


No, this...this has to be a prank, right? A prank by an upperclassman, maybe? Maybe...maybe they're behind the door.

[Humans could be cruel like that, right?

...You're kind of old though]
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inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
By an upperclassman?

[What are you, in high school?]

I don't- I don't know... I hope it's a prank. Maybe some kind of hazing, b-but... I don't know
solomonjihad: (maybe I can be friends!)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-11 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[........yes]

Hazing?

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dechagny: (done with this letter bullshit)

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[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-10 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
This entire situation, sir, is obviously a mistake. What part of it are you referring to?

[Guess who only overheard you and is just now coming over to take a look at those framed rules. Raoul raises an eyebrow.]

Surely this cannot be serious.
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[he doesn't even answer the first part just steps out of the way (shoulders hunched, head down, tilting his head toward the rules and blinking, hard.)]

Th-that's the part that... Yeah. They can't- they can't really expect us to...

[It's so...ungraceful.]
dechagny: (mild disgust)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy. Another man here who really, really needs a boost in the confidence department, huh?]

Of course not! That is absurd. Not a one of us is even an actor to begin with - and what sort of sick production indulges in actual murder?!

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irreprochable: (un)

b.

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Awful, isn't it?

[Javert is standing behind him, suddenly, tall and, yes, almost menacing as he glares down the posted rules in front of billy.]

But the real question is, who will be the first to fall into temptation?
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Billy jumps, startled, lord you people he's going to drop dead of a heart attack and one of y'all is gonna be the first culprit, damn.

Billy isn't short, but when he's trying to collapse in on himself like a dying star in the shadow of the terrifying and imposing figure behind him he sure does seem like it.]


Heh, I'm, uh... I'm kind of hoping it's all some kind of sick joke, right now. I mean, they can't really be serious about keeping us all here until we... You know, uh. Until somebody...

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lifegoalsorwifegoals: (and when i wake you)

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[D-ne wrings her hands at her chest.]

It certainly is worrying. What sort of thing have we got wrapped up in...?
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, I-I'm hoping it's some kind of a joke... You know, ha ha, joke's on us...

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breakingbread: (bread dad is good)

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[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-10-11 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Valjean is no longer quite in his prime, but he's still the man who carried Marius through miles of sewers in his sixties. Running into him is sort of like running into a solid wall. He reaches out to steady the young man - what on earth is he wearing]

Careful, monsieur.
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-13 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Not only did he bump into a brick wall but said wall reached out to touch him, and Billy freezes like a frightened rabbit at the admittedly gentle hands on his shoulders.

He's not short, but boy does he feel small. He stares for a minute and then glances away, blinking nervously.]


S-sorry, um... My. My bad.

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