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.]

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Kitchen

[breakingbread]

[You know, it does Valjean a bit of good to see other people as interested in the new machines as him. One does have to wonder why they would give them to a bunch of largely unfamiliar people at all - could they be dangerous if used improperly? - but on the whole the appliances have mostly been interesting to mess with.]

It is, isn't it? I could never have imagined such a thing.

[sunshineprincess]

[Someone else who is as delighted as she is? Great!]

When I watched Cook make anything in the kitchen he only ever used spoons, knives, and some other things. Nothing like this! I can't wait for the future.

[Anna, you won't live long enough to see any of this be created.]

[breakingbread]

[Anna, you may not last the month in this place.]

I don't imagine I'll ever see these at home. [It's a reasonable estimate; he's fairly old and it's 1832.] So I am glad for the chance to explore them here, at least. Have you seen this micro-wave?

[sunshineprincess]

[Rude]

I'll tell my sister all about the things here when I get home. She'll be so surprised, she'll want some of them!

[She tilts her head.] Micro-wave? [Like a little wave in the ocean?]

[breakingbread]

Yes, this little instant oven! D-ne showed me how to use it.

[Jean Valjean now knows how to cook a hot pocket, and he will pass that knowledge on.]

You put the food inside and press the buttons to tell it how long to cook - this cooks for a minute, I believe? And then it cooks it.

[He closes the door and successfully starts the microwave. It sure is spinning. The cooking is much less visible, but that's probably happening too?]

[sunshineprincess]

[Anna listens and watches this display of future cooking be performed. This is even better than the stove!]

It's spinning! [She touches the outside of the microwave, expecting it to be hot.] It's cold. Is it only hot on the inside?

[breakingbread]

I think it must be. D-ne could not say how it heats, but the "hot pocket" was warm when it came out.

[Ding! He removes the hot pocket and holds out the plate to Anna.] See? I haven't had one of these, but I believe there's cheese inside.

[sunshineprincess]

[She takes the plate, poking the hot pocket gently.]

It really is hot... How about I get a knife and we can both try it?

[breakingbread]

That would be delightful.

[what a nice princess. I bet no one ever has to steal bread to feed their families in Arendelle.]

[sunshineprincess]

[She's not sure if they do! She finds a knife and cuts it in half, gasping softly.]

That's a lot of cheese in here.

[breakingbread]

It's heated it up a lot.

[See, it's steaming. Don't burn your mouths on the treacherous hot pocket cheese, you two.]

[sunshineprincess]

[She takes her half and very carefully takes a bite. Hmm... She perks up with a big smile.]

This is amazing! It's like a hot sandwich!

[breakingbread]

[Valjean takes a bite of his own half, and...um. Hm. Maybe this is a taste teenagers enjoy.]

And so fast to make, too. A child could do this!

[sunshineprincess]

[Anna can be easy to please.]

That might be the point. It's fast and you don't have to worry about Cook cooking for hours just for one meal.

[breakingbread]

[worry about Cook cooking, jesus Anna check your privilege]

I was thinking that it could help working parents. It's very hard to work all day and then cook a meal. [Ages past, he'd talk to his factory workers about what they needed. He does wonder where they all ended up.]

[sunshineprincess]

[It's not her fault she was born a princess and has a lack of brain-to-mouth filter sometimes.]

Like farm work hard? Wait, in all the books I read the mothers would stay home and cook for the children. They don't do that anymore?

[breakingbread]

Often, the income a woman can provide helps to keep the children fed at all. Besides, not all families have both parents living.

[Or present, @that-fuckface-who-ditched-Fantine, whose name Valjean does not know and thus I am spared from googling it]

[sunshineprincess]

Oh... I see... That sounds awful. Is there at least someone there to watch over the children when the mothers work?

[France sounds awful now.]

[breakingbread]

It depends. Often, the older children will watch over their siblings, until they are old enough to work.

[I mean the book is called Les Miserables]

[sunshineprincess]

That doesn't sound any better than not being watched. I know that as a kid I was all over the place. I can't imagine my sister watching over me without getting mad.

[breakingbread]

[He chuckles.]

Good practice for a Queen, then. But doubtless your family has servants for such things.

[sunshineprincess]

[She goes quiet, not sure how to respond to that.]

We had two servants. My parents dismissed the rest. They never told me why. Such a huge castle and all we had were Kay and Gerda. Oh, and Cook. My sister stayed in her room all the time, and she didn't have the same tutors I did.

[breakingbread]

[He sobers immediately as she does, realizing that this must be a sensitive topic. What a strange thing for a royal family to do.]

Did you see much of your parents?

[sunshineprincess]

I saw them every day. Mother and I would do all sorts of things together.

[She smiles sadly at that.]

They passed away three years ago.

[breakingbread]

[Oh.]

I'm very sorry, Princess.