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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.
dieformymusic: (Grackles)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-10 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[A piano?! Aw heck yes. Winslow grunts with excitement, pointing towards wherever it is.

Heck yes let's go there.]
dontfeedplants: (It's not a question of merit)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-10 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Seymour manages a small smile as he follows him to the music room.]
dieformymusic: (Rhythmic clucking)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-10 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's like a bird in a popcorn shop.

He glances around, in awe of all the instruments there as he sets down to the piano, testing it with a couple notes.

And before long he doles out the start of a melancholy song.]
dontfeedplants: (And gee my bank account will thrive)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Seymour pulls up a chair and watches Winslow in awestruck.]

Wow, you're amazing.
dieformymusic: (Fucking dead now)

[personal profile] dieformymusic 2016-10-11 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles. Despite all this, playing music always brings the life back into him.

He really gets into it, adding soul and force behind each key.]
dontfeedplants: (My future's starting)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2016-10-11 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow, this music is actually pretty moving. As he listens to it, he soon finds himself singing.]

Loneliness
Takes the romance out of falling stars
Fills the wishing wells and fills the bars
Run and hide the scars of loneliness

Loneliness
Makes the winter's night seem twice as long
Makes the summer sunlight much too strong
Nothin's really wrong
It's only loneliness

So stay awhile
We both have stories that are hungry to be told
Your eyes are warm but I can feel your hands are cold
Still they're nice to hold
It only takes a simple yes
The time we spend leaves that much less for

Loneliness<
Like a love song or an old cliche
Has its hideouts but it's never far away
Look around you've found
It's only loneliness

So stay awhile
We've worn the night away and now it's almost done
If you could stay a bit of breakfast might be fun
It's too much work for one
And though it's just a simple guess
We're stronger now we've made the best of

Loneliness
Waits in silence while the shadows grow
Waits and wonders if it's finally time to go
The yes in our hello said no to
Loneliness