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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.
catliketread: (☠ WHILE THE HOUSEHOLD SOUNDLY SLEEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-12 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[RAOUL NO........]

Frederic was from some fancy house as well, which made it incredibly strange that he would be apprenticed to a pirate. But! It really was for the best!

[...it was a mistake, please do not repeat the mistake.]
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-12 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
A...hah. I see. Most unusual.

[He won't, don't worry.]
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed! But he has reached the end of his apprenticeship and today marks his twenty-first birthday! He'll stay with us, of course, but he is no longer an apprentice to a pirate!

[...well.]
dechagny: (is not a total douchebag)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-13 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
So does that make him an official pirate?

[If there even is such a thing...]
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-13 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That it does! From today on he is now one of the pirates of Penzance!

[STOP]
dechagny: (mild disgust)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-14 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[RAOUL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING OKAY]

Well! Congratulations to him. I'm sure a fine career of...flagrant piracy awaits him.
catliketread: (☠ SO STEALTHILY THE PIRATE CREEPS)

[personal profile] catliketread 2016-10-14 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Poor Raoul. He suffers so much.]

That it does! He will surely be a fine pirate for many years to come!
dechagny: (aint no viscount got time for that)

[personal profile] dechagny 2016-10-15 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
God willing.

[God willing he gets the fuck out of that profession, poor kid]