trust you've got a game plan

[isawallflower]

[ At noon on Wednesday, Riley's standing ready in the dining hall, with a clipboard and a big smile to anyone who shows up. She's set blank stacks of paper on the table, but we'll get to that. As promised, there's some basic snacks as well as some tasty banana bread. Snacks for everyone! ]

Welcome everyoooone~! Thank you so much for showing up. This is a new and confusing experience for all of us, but I'm sure if we strive to stick together and cooperate, it'll help us foster the most productive environment that we can. [ Bright, bright smile. ] So! I've gathered all of you so we can share any discoveries and compare basic information that might give us any idea of why we've been brought here. Good? Okaaaay!

[ That smile never leaves her face. She sets something down from her clipboard and starts passing out that blank paper. ]

Sooo, following my example, if you could fill this out, that...can be a good starting discussion!

[ Her example is essentially a survey. Wonderful penmanship, again. ]

Comments

[isawallflower]

[ oh, Christine. ohhhh bless you, Christine. ]

Well. If anyone needs a rundown of who the Phantom is, I guess they can just ask you. [ leaving aside the. remarks. HONESTLY please, he's a bad guy!!! ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

I know my theatre, Riley. A basic plot summary is nothing!

[Hey, shh, Raoul isn't a bad guy! Though that makes him kind of boring.]

[isawallflower]

Helpful knowledge to have, here.

[ hint, hint, HAVE SOME PRIDE, CHRISTINE ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

I mean... maybe. Depending if he's going to actually talk to us or not.

[She keeps trying, though!]

[isawallflower]

It gives us something. We know, without a doubt, who he is. .....If he's...really the actual...Phantom.

[ Which. She's not convinced of yet, but it's counterproductive to Operation Encourage Christine. ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

He's either a really good impersonator, or the real deal. At the very least, he has to be taking inspiration from the books, what with the secret passages...

[So... maybe she's slightly encouraged?]

[isawallflower]

The passages! Right! If we could figure out how to get into those...

[ Definitely helping! ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

Yeah! I think, I don't know, maybe there's some way to chip away at the brick? I wasn't strong enough to dislodge any though...

[Actually, now that she thinks about it, her imagination was just. Letting her picture Angus punching down a brick wall like the Hulk. Which probably isn't realistic.]

[isawallflower]

Well, we just need slap together some kind of...crowbar or something. Right? Something like that?

[ Yeah, she's got no idea. ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

There are a lot of storage rooms! One of them has to have some sort of big club in it.

Oh! Actually, one of the dressing rooms seems to be a storage room now! I found this... arm thing in it. It was cool!

[isawallflower]

Uh, hold on, a dressing room that's a storage room? What in the world...? One of the empty ones?

[madgiganticfeelings]

Yeah! It looks like Room 20 ended up just being used to stuff a bunch of old stuff in. It looks like some of it might have been props? It was pretty packed.

[isawallflower]

Old? How old? The storage closet looked new.

[madgiganticfeelings]

I don't know! All I know is the stuff in it looked kinda dusty. Like they'd stuffed everything in there at least a good few months ago.

[isawallflower]

Why not clean out that, too...? Well, this whole place is a little bit dingy, but...

[ This doesn't quite add up. ]

[madgiganticfeelings]

I know, right? It seems strange that they would miss it, especially since we're all supposed to be sleeping in these rooms.

[isawallflower]

...Maybe it's something to ask the Phantom about.

[madgiganticfeelings]

Mm, if I can ever get him to talk to me...

[He's so aloof and cold!]

[isawallflower]

Just...keep at it. Okay?

[madgiganticfeelings]

I guess... Maybe if I can think of a really good reason to send him a letter... like muffins? I could make him muffins.

[isawallflower]

...Maybe don't put too much effort into them? He doesn't deserve good muffins.

[madgiganticfeelings]

[There's a small snort from Christine, but she nods.]

Sure! I'll just give him boring bran ones then.