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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.
rockthistown: (with... what's the rest of the saying?)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Does it really say that someone's going to have to kill someone else?
allicareabout: (LEAN Δ they call it a royale with cheese)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-12 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Only if we want to bring "the show" to a close - whatever that is.
rockthistown: (okay never mind that)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
The program talked about actors pretending to be us. Maybe they're putting on something about us, but then why would they kidnap us?
allicareabout: (NEGOTIATE Δ if you're a dirty liar s2g)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't that just the question.

[He goes back to tapping that program against his sleeve, the gesture a bit more pronounced this time around. A bit more agitated.]

Panicking about it's not going to do us any good. You want someone to die, that's going to be what causes it. Nothing premeditated, just good old-fashioned hysteria.
rockthistown: (doki fans are trashing hacha again)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody's going to die just from panic... [She swallows hard and goes to read the rules.] Intermission? Isn't that when you go to get food? I hope we aren't only allowed to eat in the middle of the night.
allicareabout: (ACTUALLY Δ *your)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-13 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Not directly, maybe.

[Kid, you have not seen very many crimes of passion if you think panic won't kill somebody somehow.]

You ask me, I'm more concerned with the part where areas are off-limits and none of them are actually mentioned.
rockthistown: (chicken riot after this nap)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-14 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[sulk] Maybe they'll just put big CLOSED signs up. I don't know.
allicareabout: (GENDO Δ get on the witness stand andy)

[personal profile] allicareabout 2016-10-14 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Best-case scenario, sure. They don't seem all that subtle around here.
rockthistown: (okay never mind that)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-15 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
You mean like how the rules are in every room?