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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: (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?!
inforapenny: (what's the phrase)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-11 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs.]

We're not...I mean, isn't there supposed to be safety measures in place, even when plays have that kind of...

But the program! It-it makes it sound like we are all supposed to be actors.
dechagny: (done with this letter bullshit)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-11 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
But we can't be - I know I am not an actor. And you, sir? Would you call yourself an actor?
inforapenny: (mumbling)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-13 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
I-I'm not saying this isn't crazy. I'm definitely not an actor, I'm a-

[shit nope]

...I'm just a normal guy.
dechagny: (aint no viscount got time for that)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not implying that it isn't. It is - sheer madness, in the form of a neatly framed piece of paper.

[As for the normal guy comment? Yes, you do look like a normal (if oddly dressed to Raoul) guy.]