week 1

[stagemanagers]

[Well, all escape attempts have failed thus far. None of you have seen the Phantom since his brief appearance on Sunday, or heard from him at all. It looks like, for the time being, you’re all going to be stuck here.

You're free to continue exploring your surroundings to your hearts' content. The only real restriction on your movements is that the kitchen is closed between the hours of 10 pm and 7 am. Better make sure to grab any midnight snacks you may want ahead of time. Also, remember to label any investigation toplevels!

The Merchandise Booth is now open for business as well! The Phantom hasn't deigned to explain how it works, but...well, some of you will start to find mysterious coins in your rooms, and the Booth's got a place to put coins. You'll figure it out.

Should you wish to engage more with your host, you're welcome to drop letters in the box office slot. There's no set way to converse verbally with him, and he's certainly not guaranteed to respond if you just yell at the walls - but that doesn't necessarily mean he isn't listening. Just something to keep in mind.

Enjoy your first week, everyone.]

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

(( OOC: This will be the last mod post for this week! Feel free to start submitting regains for any threads that aren't with the Phantom. Remember, song threads mean an extra coin! This is a peace week, so get all that CR while you can! ))

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[madgiganticfeelings]

[So! Yesterday was a bit of a bust when it came to detective work. But today is a brand new day, with new leads to follow! Christine may have struggled a bit with coming into the role of Sherlock Holmes, but surely today will be a different story.

She decides first, she wants to investigate people's rooms. After all, the most suspicious items were placed there when she first woke up, so surely, others must have had similar concerns about their rooms. Besides, if they're like her room, there's something in them that she knows is connected to their mysterious masked stage manager.

So she might be giving a friendly tap on the door to your room, her sweet voice muffled by the wood.]

Hello! Excuse me, sorry to bother you! I just wanted to check on your mirror!

[That, or you'll hear her in one of the bathrooms (yes, the mens one too!), all but threatening to smash the glass with her fists!]

Monsieur Phantom! Please answer me! I just wanted to ask some more questions! I didn't mean to scare you off!

[She's going to be at that for... a couple of hours. At least until the Phantom gives her an answer either here or in her room.

After that, she can be found prowling the area, possibly bringing a few mops to the ballroom (that cleaning job might be something she can aim to do tomorrow), but she gets very distracted with the costume room. Especially when she finds two deerstalker caps, a magnifying glass, a fake pipe, and two matching plaid jackets.]

Steven!

[She bolts out of the room, screaming eagerly for her new partner in crime. When she finds them, and they're in uniform, the two of them will resume the hunt, ready to interrogate whoever they may come across.]

Halt, citizen! We've gotta take you down to the precinct, see? Got a couple questions for ya. About the night of our 'casting call,' see?

bathroom

[isawallflower]

[ She's just minding her own business. She's just trying to go about her life, maybe shower after what little workout she could do, in the dance room. But before she's even opened the door, Riley knows she's about to walk into something potentially ridiculous.

The first sight confirms that! Sweat dripping from her hair, a towel slung over her shoulder, Riley struggles to find the proper words. ]

Chriiiiistine...? Why are you screaming at the mirror...?

Re: bathroom

[madgiganticfeelings]

Rileeeeeyyyy!

[She responds in a sing song tone, sat up on one of the sinks, both palms and one cheek pressed against the mirror glass. She's so excited to see her new friend! Her new friend after a workout too.

Geez, she's even pretty when she's all sweaty. That's unfair. Christine sits up and tries to smooth out her dress and look half presentable herself.]

Well, there's a very good reason for that! You know that Phantom from yesterday? The one who's maybe secretly in love with me? [No he isn't, Christine.] Well. He's from a musical. I know that sounds a little ridiculous, but he is. Or well, originally a book, later a musical. And in the musical, he spies on the fair maiden Christine with a mirror he has in her dressing room! Much like the ones in all our rooms, in fact.

[She looks quite proud of herself for making that connection, but then pouts as she looks back at the mirror.]

Anyways, I was thinking maybe I could use those mirrors to get him to answer us about the weird errors in the pamphlet. And also for him to finally admit his feelings towards me. But I tried the ones in any bedroom I could get into, and none of them worked!

[isawallflower]

[ I mean! If it helps! Her hair's definitely puffy, strands having fallen from her ponytail. But. Yes, sweaty-Riley is sort of a state she's used to, considering. Cheerleader. She's discarded her tracksuit, leaving her in a pair of workout shorts and a T-shirt, still with the Giles Corey High Tigers logo emblazoned on the front.

Kidnapping aside, this is a normal day for Riley. She also doesn't seem to care about how poor flustered Christine looks! At least in how she's frazzled, dress wrinkled and the like from crawling around mirrors. What she frowns at is what Christine's saying. She crosses her arms and purses her lips, humming lightly. ]

I know who the Phantom of the Opera is, but- that wasn't... That was just a guy, dressed up him, wasn't he? Some...creep playing dress-up. [ There's less fire in her than when she was full-on insulting the guy. Still not too happy about him, though! ] Also, he kidnapped us, you do not want a freaky stalker in a mask to crush on you! Also he's a jerk.

[ ...He called her names!! He poked her insecurities!!! Down With Phantom!!!! ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

I mean, I don't know, he really seems into the role. Like kidnapping us for the sake of Christine's stardom seems pretty on brand. He could be a method actor, though.

[She doesn't like the sound of Riley's voice when she discusses him, though!]

He's not so bad! He's just blinded to his actions due to love! Eventually, I'll teach him to realize the error of his ways!

Even if he is... really rude right now.

[isawallflower]

[ Riley strides over to the sinks and sets her towel down. ]

He couldn't be the actual Phantom, because that is just a story. And did you hear him, yesterday?! He was mean, to all of us, including you!

investigation!

[stagemanagers]

[Okay, Christine! Which dressing room do you want to investigate first, and what are we looking at in there?]

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Well, naturally, she's gotta check as many mirrors as she can spot! If the one in her room isn't working, many she can check the vacant room by Jeremy! Hopefully the door's unlocked...]

[stagemanagers]

[The vacant room next to Jeremy's is unlocked! It does still have a star on the door, like all the occupied ones, but there's no name or title engraved on it.

Inside, the furnishings are pretty similar to all of your dressing rooms: the bed, the vanity, the bureau, and the giant fuck-off mirror, with that tiny bathroom off to one side. What do you want to check out?]

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Christine knows what she's here for, but she should try to be thorough. So first, she starts off by checking under the bed, smoothing out the sheets to check for something hidden. All the drawers are opened to rifle through, and she pokes her head in the bathroom before finally, directing her attention to the full length mirror.

She studies the frame and curls her fingers around it, looking to see if theres a switch to pull it off the wall or... open it to a secret passage or something.]

[stagemanagers]

[Well, to go down the list:

You don't find anything under the bed, although it's a good job you smoothed the sheets; they looked kinda wrinkled.

The drawers contain paper and pens, just like your drawers. There is no monogrammed stamp, no wax, and no envelopes. There are a few stray scraps of paper in the back.

The bathroom is empty save for a disposable razor left on the sink.

Now then, the mirror! There's no switch or visible mechanism on this side, but you know that trick where you check to see if the mirror is flush with the wall or not? It's hecking not. It's not even pretending to be, honestly.]

Costume Shop

[holyspit]

[DELIGHTED GASP]

They're perfect. ...Were there badges? We should have badges.

[madgiganticfeelings]

Oh gosh! You are so right! We should go look for some!

[As soon as she ran over to Steven's side, she is turning tail and running back. They have to have all the components of their costumes, after all!

[holyspit]

You should look for a magnifying glass too! Detectives always have those!

[Will it be useful? Maybe. Will it look cool? Absolutely.]

[And, as they're actually digging through the costume shop-]

Oh! Oh. How do I look?

[Steven is now sporting a pair of mirror shades and a thick black mustache.]

[madgiganticfeelings]

Already ahead of you, Steven!

[She waggles the previously retrieved magnifying glass in front of her eye, waggling her eyebrows as she looks through it just in time to see Steven's new look. She very quickly tucks the prop under her arm to applaud.]

Yes! Absolutely magnificent! Everyone knows you always look 10 times smarter with a mustache. Maybe I need one too...

Rooms

[revelfree]

[Whether it be divine intervention or simply coincidence, Ariel comes upon Christine just as he's beginning to search for her. He's still skeptical about these acting classes of hers, but in the interest of maintaining the interest he'd held yesterday, he decides to keep his word.

Anything to spare the opera house from one last hysterical teenager. Though... by the looks of things, he may be a little late.]

Are you searching for something in particular, my friend?

[madgiganticfeelings]

[What in the world makes him think she's in a bad place? Just because she's knocking on the door and happens to have a knife in her hand...

She offers a little half curtsy with her free hand and tries to step inside.]

Oh! Um, I'm just trying to get behind the mirrors. I think there are passageways back there! The ones I checked were sealed up, though...

[revelfree]

[There is something about a child curtsying with a knife. it is not a good something.]

Passages? As if someone is creeping about being our mirrors?

[He definitely looks a little unnerved by that.]

[madgiganticfeelings]

Yup! The Phantom is!

[That is not at all reassuring, Christine. At least as she walks into the room, her ADD gets the better of her, and she gasps.]

Oh, shoot! I almost forgot! We were supposed to meet up for acting lessons today! Maybe I should take care of the mirror later.

interrogation

[herwiggles]

[Just a Gem minding her own business? Whatever has she done to deserve this?]

Oooh, what's this? Huh? Huh? A new game? Can I be part of it?

[A laugh! And a pause.]

Also, what's a 'casting call'?

[madgiganticfeelings]

[Christine narrows her eyebrows. She is. Not. Going to break character.]

We're all part of this casting call, babe. 'Cept nobody was holdin' auditions, see? So we're lookin' for who's behind this theatrical kidnappin'.

[Good job, Christine, you explained nothing! Maybe Steven can help.]

[herwiggles]

Ohhhhhhh!

[Spinel sounds like she gets it...]

...Yeah I dunno.

[madgiganticfeelings]

You dunno what? Who's behind all this? Or do you not know that you've got somethin' to hide?

[Dun dun dun!]

[holyspit]

[AH this is probably fine, he just needs to maintain his role as the loose cannon bad cop who's a second from snapping at any second! But is secretly soft for his family within the confines of their own home and would do anything for his partner and best friend.]

We're not playin' games here Miss Spinel, IF THAT IS YOUR REAL NAME. My partner's asking questions and you'd better answer.

[dot dot dot]

[He looks over the tops of his mirror shades for a second, whispering-]

I'm being the bad cop, I promise I'm not actually mad at you, just play along okay?

[herwiggles]

[. . .

The dots slowly connect before Spinel's eyes light up.]

Oohhhhh...

[And all of a sudden... her persona shifts. Grittier, more brooklyn-ish.]

It's my name, Universe! And dont'cha forget it! And the answers might not be to ya liking!

[...the facade breaks, for a minute.]

How's that?