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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.
dontfeedplants: (What am I saying?)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-12 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
It can't be a ransom; I'm completely broke!
rockthistown: (this jamjar doesn't even have internet)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Really? But then that means they don't want the rest of us for the ransom either, and that at least made sense! I don't get this!
dontfeedplants: (You know the book doesn't lie)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-12 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Me neither! I... I guess they could want Audrey II, but I don't even hide it anywhere so I don't know why they couldn't just steal it.
rockthistown: (someone shut up the neighbours)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Is that your car?
dontfeedplants: (You know the book doesn't lie)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-12 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
... It's a plant, actually.

[Why would you think it's a car...?]
rockthistown: (is that really gonna work)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... I know someone who really likes plants! Though I don't know if she named any.
dontfeedplants: (And gee my bank account will thrive)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-12 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh really?

Well, I don't normally name my plants; I only gave it its own name because I didn't know what species it was.

I named it after this girl I know...

[Oh god already he's blushing just thinking about her.]
rockthistown: (and you're gonna get married)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
You mean, because you're in love?
dontfeedplants: (It's not demand and supply)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-12 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[If Seymour was drinking something, he'd be doing a spit take right now.]

No! I-I mean she's amazing, but she would never love someone like me. Besides, she already has a boyfriend.

[There is some disappointment in his voice, but there is a twinge of something beyond just someone who's in love with someone who's taken.]
rockthistown: (maybe i might have screwed up)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-12 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Aww... Love is complicated, anyway. Love triangles always lead to drama!
dontfeedplants: (What am I saying?)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-12 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Always"? R-really I'm just fine as long as Audrey's happy.

[Although considering Orin...]
rockthistown: (iS ANYBODY LISTENING TO ME)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-13 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Always! And then the next time you look, it gets even more complicated!
dontfeedplants: (What am I saying?)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-13 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you saying that there might be a fourth person involved?

[Hime you're making Seymour think he has a less than zero chance with Audrey.]
rockthistown: (with THOSE shoes?)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-14 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Take this one thing that happened once! These two people were in love, but one said he couldn't return the other's affections because she worked for him. Then she got really mad and left! And another girl came along to replace her and she fell in love with her boss too! But her childhood friend was falling in love with her, and her new friend got a crush on him, but that didn't last because I-- I mean, she didn't want to get into any drama and it turned out she just liked him being her friend. And in the end, the first two got back together and nobody else ended up with anybody. But it was really scary for a while there!
dontfeedplants: (What am I saying?)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-14 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow, that's a lot to take in.]

I... I don't think it's going to get that complicated.

[Seymour just suspects that Orin is a horrible person.]
rockthistown: (and i don't know what i'm doing)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-14 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
I hope not. That's never good at all.