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The Leading Player ([personal profile] guardianofsplendor) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2016-11-28 02:42 pm
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CURTAIN CALL

[Once all is said and done, the Leading Player turns her attention back to everyone else. She claps her hands once and the lights turn off and on in quick succession in an attempt to gain back everyone’s attention.]

Ladies! Gentlemen! Cast, crew, and audience alike! Under the usual genre conventions this would be where I would demand you vote to choose your fate, to stay with my troupe or have one of you sacrifice yourselves to the flames and bring this game to an end. However, you’ve all already made your votes clear and due to executive demand we’re obligated to present you with the ending you’ve earned by stealing my crew and forming a united front. You’re all real cute, with your private Plurks. [Wow, bitter much, LP?]

So enjoy your happy, sappy ending. I’m sure Denny’s will love having you. [She snaps her fingers and the fires in the pit finally extinguish.] Show’s over. Fastrada, get the others. Lewis, take the curtains, get the ghost lights, clean up the house. Berthe, take down the page since someone would rather go be a hermit handing out seeds to children than help me with CSS. And turn off the email notifications, I don’t even want to look at this!

[The remaining stagehands, those who didn’t respond to the cast’s attempts at friendship, look at each other and split off, posture a little downtrodden as they slink into the wings or the house. One of them starts to gather up the ghostlights from the side of the stage; another begins stripping the curtains.

The Player herself hops down from her platform, landing easily. For a moment, she stands looking down into the pit, posture tense. One hand rests on her hip; the other hangs at her side, still holding Hans’s winter coat.]


Charlemagne, get the throne.

[Still up there, the Balladeer sidesteps the stagehand as he comes to take the chair, and cautiously begins to make his way down the stairs. The Player pays him no mind; she takes a breath, straightens, and steps around the pit towards the apron.]

And as for all of you - [It’s not clear who she’s addressing now but it’s not the characters.] - we hope you’ve enjoyed your time with us, as participants or even simply as spectators. Hopefully you’ll join us the next time around. Unfortunately, I don’t think I will be. [She snaps her fingers and seemingly out of nowhere a hat and cane appear. The coat doesn’t fit the aesthetic, but she slings it over her shoulder nonetheless. The stagehands moving the platform away and taking down the lighting rigs part before her as she turns and strides upstage.]

I’m erasing myself from the narrative
Let future murdergame casts wonder
Where the Player went to
When she left the stage

Go turn your new page,
And I’ll watch this burn...


[She pauses before the last curtain, letting the orchestra continue the song without her for a few phrases.]

I forfeit my rights to all this. Whatever you took from my office, just give it to him. [She jerks her head towards the Balladeer.]

Let him have the memory
Of when this was ours…

...the world seemed to burn...


[Without looking back, she parts the curtain, steps through, and is gone. The remaining stagehands filter out a few moments later, leaving a bare stage and a quiet theatre behind them.

But, of course, there's still a little more magic to do, isn't there?]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (completely see-through)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-11-28 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[............................so this is
awkward

uh

hey.......]



B- ah... Balladeer-san, um...
onthebusagain: (Or forget that creep)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-11-28 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? Really? [She seems disappointed.]

We're all trying to be better, now. You will too, won't you?
robitussin: (do i just disappear)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-11-28 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Heather!

...Yeah. I'm glad you made it out safe.
pennyless: (Amazing how sheep'll)

[personal profile] pennyless 2016-11-28 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Billy hesitates, before approaching B. He doesn't... he doesn't have much to say to the newly-revived dead, the people he got really close to were the ones who stood beside him in body on the stage. He's caught flat-footed. He didn't think it would be this literal, when he said "all 22" of them would get out of here. There's no science for this. He doesn't know what this is, but it's not science. He's still not sure what he saw when Hans and B kissed right in front of him. A miracle, maybe.

...Magic, also maybe. Maybe there are bigger, more unpredictable things in the universe than he can understand.

But...seeing is believing, right? And over there, when he's done with the whole...bringing people back from the dead thing, over there Billy clearly sees their friend. Whole and healthy and on the same stage where-

Billy goes over to him and just. Lets himself sit heavily on the floor, leaning back against the couch.]


Come back, rebound, simpler said than found.
Night by night and tear by tear.
Somehow, someway, we all get to someday,
Mile by mile and fear by fear...
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i wanna ruin our friendship)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-11-28 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look she hasn't had her designated salt-friend around in two months she's enjoying this chill!]

...No, I don't entirely! [...That doesn't sound like an awful thing-] But I understand trying to find who D-ne is, and be her.

[She's still...a work-in-progress, ya feel?]

You know, I could tell you weren't what you appeared when I was alive. I am, however, glad to hear this development's taken root.
pennyless: (Amazing how sheep'll)

[personal profile] pennyless 2016-11-28 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Why is she crying]
trettende: (no gusta la misma música)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-11-28 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It was the push I needed, one way or another. [ He pauses. ] Which sounds awful, I know.

[ She hasn't been here for Hans' Brutally Honest week, so her surprise is understandable.... ]

Last week was a really weird week for me. [ Putting it lightly... you guys would not believe the shit Hans has said. Out loud. ] I'm trying to tone down the lying and I, I guess true love is what brought the Balladeer's memories back so... I can't keep saying I don't believe in love. That'd be pretty hypocritical of me.

[ That sure never stopped him before! [
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lifegoalsorwifegoals: (can't you see there's nobody here?)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-11-28 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
But you had no reason to be friends with me again and yet you still did!

[oh my god are they REALLY doing this]
bestof: (pic#10675087)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-11-28 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[listen, everyone is alive and she's just!!! so happy!!!

and she saw that wedding, hug your sort of mom-in-law back, billy arendelle]
Edited 2016-11-28 23:46 (UTC)
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (watch out‚ you're on your final run)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-11-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, she catches that look.] Yes, of course, I'll do...what I can, ah... I wouldn't have expected you to...want the rest of us to observe everything.
pennyless: (I think you're slipping)

[personal profile] pennyless 2016-11-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Have you felt a man's soul leave his body before because there it go

She's touching him and at least she's not one of the ones whose bodies he sniffed but for christ's sake she was dead-

And now we've created a new awkward moment.]
onthebusagain: (The tiniest lifeboat)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-11-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't think any of us would. But here we all are.
rockthistown: (Default)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-11-28 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[sniffle] Maybe Ribbon won't lecture me if I tell her it was for a good cause. ...I missed you guys!
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[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-11-28 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
She looked really mad when I did... [Hime sort of hides behind her bucket in case LP jumps out again.] But we had this great plan to put out the fire and she just ruined it, so I got mad and threw it!
trettende: (somos tal para cual)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-11-28 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. That sounds like a good plan. [ Finding yourself when you are an embodiment of lies and hating love is hard. ] I mean, to be fair, you... you helped me more than you know. Even after you were gone.

[ He didn't want to die like her, basically, but she got him started on the "cry to the Balladeer about your fears" train so congrats on starting the ship, D-ne! ]

I feel the same. I knew... we had more than a bit in common. From one mirror to another, I'm glad I met you. However brief. [ He smiles. It isn't even fake this time. ] And if I could change like this, I'm sure you can too.

[ Yeah, that talk to the audience/crew wasn't all bullshit, Hans actually... believes this now. What a world we live in. ]
rockthistown: (Default)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-11-28 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry! They might be a little scary at first, but I think they're really nice when you get down to it. Um, Mr. His Majesty the Pirate might jump out at you all "HI HOW'S IT GOING WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY" a lot.
onthebusagain: (My Candy Store)

[personal profile] onthebusagain 2016-11-29 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
I just love to be the center of attention! [more like she was hoping they'd bond over both of them being awful humans, but like hell that confession is happening again.]
breakingbread: (bread dad is disappoint)

[personal profile] breakingbread 2016-11-29 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, monsieur.

[He has long since accepted his fate of being called Mr. Smee every time this happens. Though he does wonder who that even is?]
aflatouttahell: (10)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-11-29 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Jez will approach after the man has a little while to rest, smiling.]

Hey, Mister Balladeer.
rockthistown: (awwwwwwww)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-11-29 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hamilton-san, we really came back!
aflatouttahell: (01)

[personal profile] aflatouttahell 2016-11-29 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
We missed you a lot too, don't worry.
trettende: (a tiempo y armonizados)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-11-29 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, in a way... that really helped. I think when the Balladeer offered her my coat, she... got so surprised by his kindness that she kind of gave up? It seemed that way to me.

[ He was kind of like right on the edge of the stage because. Boyfriend. ]
trettende: (mil portazos en la cara la vida me dió)

[personal profile] trettende 2016-11-29 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hans got kicked in the nads he deserves to have a sit down too. That said, he's taking this "back from the dead" thing really well-- after the shock of seeing the Balladeer up on that stage again wore off, and he started seeing proof that the real Bal was hiding under there, somewhere, Hans has decided he's 100% down with whatever stage magic was used to bring them back. He still has questions, he'll likely have them for a while, but more important than anything is the fact that they made it. Somehow.

Well, because of True Love, apparently. How embarrassing. Bal might be the real deal Showrunner now, but when Hans steps over to join him on the couch, he's smiling at him same as earlier. Nothing's changed except everything. Maybe it's not so embarrassing to admit you're in love as long as you know it's all worth it.

And this? This is worth it. But just in case, before he tries leaning in and throwing his arm over the Balladeer's shoulder, he prefaces the next bit with this.
]

Stop me if this is embarrassing.

[ Okay, get ready. ]

Tale as old as time,
True as it can be...
Started off as friends,
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly.
bestof: (pic#10610001)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-11-29 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Eliza is too high on straight up joy and adrenaline to feel any sort of awkwardness, excuse you]

I can't believe you and Anna got married!
bestof: (pic#10675079)

[personal profile] bestof 2016-11-29 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
We did! We really did-! [Oh no, she's crying again. Come here, Hime, it's hug time.]

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