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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.
irreprochable: (cinq)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[javert is a little surprised to hear it. everyone is french. well, everyone at home. although it sort of belatedly hits them that even though he called her by a french title, they are not, in fact, speaking french. it didn't seem weird until she pointed it out. but he has no time to deal with that now.]

Unfortunately, no. I would that I had, for all our sakes.
robitussin: (do i just disappear)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-10 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, that's what I figured.

[She sounds exasperated, but not necessarily at him. It's this situation - it's ridiculous.]

Anyways. You're from France?
irreprochable: (onze)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-10 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's correct. Are you not?

[this leaves a lot more questions unanswered. surely they are in france??? how would they get out of the country so quickly???]
robitussin: (for just another day)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. I'm from the United States. Which... raises a few questions that I don't want to think about.

[At least they're on the same page; she's troubled by something similar.]
irreprochable: (huit)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
The United States?

[it's worse than he feared.]

There are endlessly more questions and few answers.
robitussin: (feel like i feel too)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yep.

[A shrug.]

On the other hand, I doubt whoever it is would have brought us here for no reason, so I'm assuming we'll find out what's up eventually.

[She's assuming it's going to be awful, whatever it is, but hey.]
irreprochable: (neuf)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
And try and obtain the answers we seek in the process.

[they could all jump the guy, right?]
robitussin: (or if they just fake it)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Although I'm guessing the fact that they haven't shown up yet means we're dealing with a cryptic asshole who isn't going to be very helpful.
irreprochable: (dix)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
There are ways of forcing out answers from people.
robitussin: (there will be light)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[She pauses for a moment, frowning.]

Okay, uh, just to make sure we're on the same page here... You're not talking about, like, torture or anything, right? Because it kind of sounds that way.
irreprochable: (douze)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

Nothing so barbaric.
robitussin: (it's crystalline clear)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[Even with that cleared up, though, she's still curious.]

Just so we're, like, even further on the same page, what ways are you talking about?
irreprochable: (treize)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
We can subdue whoever it is. Threaten, if we have to. But there are several of us.
robitussin: (bleeding out in the--)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Unless there's more than one person in charge. I mean, if they thought they were bringing a number of people who could overpower them, wouldn't they kidnapped less of us?

I mean, unless they're really stupid. Always a possibility.
irreprochable: (dix)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
There is only one way to find out.
robitussin: (when i thought you might be dying)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, guess so.

Man, you seem pretty chill about all this. Like, weirdly so.
irreprochable: (cinq)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-11 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Chill"?

[he raises an eyebrow. how do you do youths]
robitussin: (and you graduate early)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-11 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, right. You're old.

[wow natalie]

Uh, it means calm.
irreprochable: (huit)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-13 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.

[he's quiet for a moment, unsure of what to say here]

I know nothing will come of panicking. Someone must remain aware to protect the people.