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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.
aflatouttahell: (01)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-11 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[A sheepish smile!]

Way. Nice to meet you.
robitussin: (am i feeling)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, you're really polite for a, uh...

[She trails off, but she's certain that Jezebel knows what she's leaving unsaid.]
aflatouttahell: (03)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-11 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
A devil? Well... devils are more polite than you'd think, when they're not angry.
robitussin: (when you know)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
...You know, I'm not going to argue with that.

[It's not as strange as the fact that she's talking to a devil, at the very least.]

This is actually happening. Wow.
aflatouttahell: (02)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-12 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised too, trust me. But yeah, it's sure... it's sure happening.
robitussin: (or if they just fake it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-13 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Man... I thought it was weirdly far away when that other guy told me he's from France. Yikes.
aflatouttahell: (03)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-13 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Hell's a little farther away from most anywhere than France, considering what it takes to get there. It just makes all of this even more confusing.
robitussin: (for sixteen years?)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-13 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[And you know how she's going to deal with the confusion? By avoiding it like a champ.]

Okay, so. I'm gonna guess even you don't remember coming here?
aflatouttahell: (12)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-10-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. Just woke up in a room like everyone else seems to have. Everyone in this program, apparently.

[She gestures to the booklet in her hand.]
Edited 2016-10-15 04:05 (UTC)
robitussin: (do i just disappear)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-15 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's another thing. I mean...

[She gestures to the pamphlet as well.]

Do you see a pattern between all of us? Because I don't.