week 1

[stagemanagers]

WEEK 1

[With the introduction of their showrunner and a brief run through of what they're in for in their time in the Opera House out of the way, the performers are free to explore the first floor of the opera house at their leisure then and for the rest of the week that lies ahead. The double doors leading to the kitchen will be unlocked at 7 am and locked at 10 pm for intermission. Performers are free to prepare meals for themselves and others at any time outside of intermission.

The Merchandise Booth will also be open for business after the first day as some of the performers may find envelopes with their names on it taped to their doors in the morning.

If performers wish to have private conversations with their showrunner, The Balladeer, just step up to the box office and see if he's in.

Enjoy your week, everyone.]


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[ooc: This is the last mod post for the week for us! Feel free to start depositing coins in the merch booth if any of your threads have reached that length, so long as they're not with the Balladeer. Remember, song threads mean double coins! There will be no murder this first week so gain all the CR you can while it lasts, darlings.]

Comments

[catliketread]

"Ruler" tends to bring to mind thoughts of tyranny and control, while a leader is someone who guides others. That is how I think of it, anyway. Thus the distinction!

[rule by love, not by fear, etc]

[solomonjihad]

...even if you have to be stern, you're just a leader?

[catliketread]

Indeed! I have not often had to be stern with my crew. They're very well-behaved!

[solomonjihad]

That seems...surprising. They follow you no matter what...

[catliketread]

Is it truly that surprising? Would you not follow someone who inspired you and believed in you? Who pushed you to do your best, no matter what? That is the sort of leader I aspire to be! My crew are the closest I have to a family and I cherish each and every one of them!

[solomonjihad]

....for me....that's mother.

Truly, she is a leader...

[catliketread]

Ah, your mother! Tell me, what is she like?

[solomonjihad]

My mother...

[Before she knows it, she's singing.]

In cold dark forests
When I was alone,
She took me in and wrapped me
Under the cloak of darkness
To the circle she took me
To the broken windows of a forgotten past
As broken as...

[She stops, faltering, looking over at the King nervously, before taking a breath and continuing. Broken as what? It's not important.]

A once-proud ruin
Now a mausoleum
a cemetery of a glorious past...
Its there she took me,
and there she gave me new life

Its there I learned
My True Name...

"Astarte, Astarte
That shall be your name now
Forget your false mortal past
Your future is now Eden.

Astarte, Astarte,
In your breast I feel
The beating heart of a sovereign.
And I, aaah,
I shall be mother to you now."

[catliketread]

[Well, that sounds like the world's worst adoption, um. Hmm. He wants to ask if she was originally an orphan, but if she has a mother now then it doesn't really matter, does it? Hmmmmm.]

You have a lovely singing voice! And such a tale... It sounds as though you have had a very difficult life.

[...the pirate king is not good at this, but he's attempting.]

[solomonjihad]

[Nonsense, it was all perfectly legal and no one mysteriously died or anything!!]

Thinking you're a human when you're not, growing up...but, things are better now. I understand who I am now.

[catliketread]

And what are you, exactly? If I may be so bold to ask.

[he says, after having already asked.]

[solomonjihad]

...I'm Astarte.

[There's a subtle change in how she stands as she speaks this. Taller. Defiant, perhaps.]

[catliketread]

[Well, that's not exactly the answer he was looking for, but the Pirate King can absolutely roll with that.]

Indeed you are! I did not mean to offend with my question; I shall not ask again!

[solomonjihad]

[Huh? Astarte blinks, and the subtle change vanishes. What...what did she answer?]

All right...?