itscurtains | week 1

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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I haven't, but let me see...

[I don't know what the fuck that is, so you know what sure]

Ah, there is! You just relax, then - I'll have it ready in a minute.

[it's fine i didn't know what it is either but it's apparently her favorite]

You're, ah... You're a very considerate man, Valjean-san. You don't have to prepare it for me.

It's quite alright. I've already got it started, see?

[he is making you tea deal with it]

[but daaaaaad :c ]

...Hm. I-if you insist.

[...but that doesn't mean she has to make conversation with you!]

[pfffff, teenagers. HERE HE COMES WITH TEA

If she doesn't feel like making conversation, he's content to sit and sip the tea in silence for a few moments. Probably not forever though.]

You were right, this is quite good.

[TEENAGERS CAN GO FOREVER WITHOUT TALKI- oh shit uh he said something

D-ne takes an extra big sip of her tea and clears her throat.]

It- yes, isn't it? It's my...favorite, taste and scent.

[look when someone talks to you you're supposed to be polite.....]

[He hums thoughtfully.]

How lucky that there's some here. It is a small reminder of home, at least. [is she, perhaps, homesick]

[...sure that's one way to put it]

Mm... Are there any comforts for you... or is this place a complete bastion of negativity?

I find some comfort in keeping to my regular prayers. And I do enjoy the company - I spoke with very few people other than my daughter, at home.

[For you know, reasons. Speaking of...]

And I suppose Inspector Javert is also something of a reminder of home. [lol, the one constant in his life]

[She's going to ask about his prayers, but-]

Excuse me? Is... Do you and the Inspector know each other?

We're acquainted, yes.

[...]

Does this have something to do with your history as a criminal?

[like
she read your profile my dude]

[she is one of the few! but that actually makes this easier]

It does. I couldn't say he has spent his career hunting me, but we have run into each other quite often. [It seems statistically improbable. There's definitely more than one police inspector in France probably] I broke my parole, you see, many years ago.

[It's a small world after all, apparently.]

Is that so? Why... What did you do, anyway?

Stole some bread, to begin with, and then attempted to escape prison. But it is the parole-breaking for which he seeks to arrest me now.

[It's funny. A lifetime of secrets, and yet only a week here has made it so much easier to tell.]

In France, you see, ex-convicts are meant to carry papers declaring their status, which they present wherever they go. I imagine you know how that ended for me. [It's sort of right there in the pamphlet.]

Ohhh, that makes a world more sense. I tried to parse it, a-and didn't get very far. I'm not familiar with the way, ah, the law works, in general, let alone for a foreign country.

[Hm! She nods in understanding.]

Valjean-san, it sounds like...you have lived a very full and interesting life? All for stealing bread... How cruel.

The law concerns itself with being just, not humane.

[he's with you on this one french social systems are bullshit thank you for teaching us this valuable lesson victor hugo]

As is expected of this world... [She sighs.] I don't think I much like the law, then.

The law can be changed, if the people will.

[Which, well, France isn't really a democracy at present. So, uh.]

[She takes a moment to sip her tea.]

And you think they want that?

Many do. There have been revolutions, in recent years, but ours...was not as successful as Madame Hamilton's. We have a King once more, now.

[wow I don't know shit about the French Revolution this is terrifying trust nothing I say]

[tell me ALL ABOUT HISTORY no you don't have to]

Well... Even if it doesn't last forever, history shows then that it'll happen again, won't it?

I'm sure it will. None of the reasons it started have changed at all, and America is doing so well across the sea...they give people hope for change.

Do they...? I suppose, that would make sense. I'm not very good on my World History, but...yes, I can understand that.

Indeed. I am too old for any revolutions, but the world keeps moving forward. The future you're from sounds very different from what I know.

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