It's Curtains Act 2 Test Drive

[stagemanagers]

1) CURTAINS UP

You’ve just woken up in a small dressing room, which is certainly not where you went to bed last night. Actually, do you even remember going to sleep…? Regardless, this isn't where you last were, and if you leave your room you’re going to find a lot of other people in the same state.

Go out and socialize! Most of these people may be strangers, but you’re gonna all have to get used to one another. And who knows? There may actually be a familiar face in the crowd.

2) THIS PETTY PACE

By now, you're acquainted with everybody here and you're slowly growing bored. Bored enough to kill? Hopefully not. You'd better try to find something else to do. You can always go hang out with your castmates, or maybe try and whip something up in the kitchen! There’s also a music room to keep you busy! I sure hope you like music.

3) BREAK A LEG

Comedies are fun and all, but that’s not quite what we’re about here. You’ve all just been handed this week’s motive. What do you make of it? Is it one that might actually tempt you to kill, or did you get off lightly this time? Either way, maybe you’d better look around the room and see who else is having a rough time.

4) CURTAIN

It was bound to happen eventually. Someone is dead, and now it's time to go off and investigate. Were they close to you? Are you, perhaps, feeling guilty? Either way, it's probably best not to leave anyone alone right now.

5) CUE MUSIC

Feelings in a murder-opera can get pretty gosh darn intense. Sometimes you’ve just got to let it out. And hey, if you sing a song about whatever’s going on in your head, maybe someone will hear and come help you? Either way, this is a musical – there’s not really any reason not to sing.

[Mod Note: The song mechanic is meant to be fluid and simple. You do not have to produce your own song lyrics, nor are you required to use show tunes (although we do encourage it!). If you want to rewrite existing lyrics to fit the situation, go for it! Anything goes - if Mumford and Sons expresses your character’s current emotions, then break out the banjos. We want to keep the musical mechanic as fun and simple as we can to encourage our players to use it as much as they like.]

6) WILDCARD

Make up your own prompt!

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Curtains up

[mcfife]

[While inspecting this strange prison, our hero Angus Fife XIII findsthe first hint as to where he is. A voice from an old radio - or was it a normal one, only with poor reception? - gives him enough hints. He thinks little of the oddity of the subject: perhaps feral otters did exist in this part of the world, and his heart cries for the poor farmers who suffered in the bloodthirsty rampage across the land of-]

Oklahoma? Is that not a region of America? [But how could this be? Did the portal transport him to an alternate Eart? That could explain the odd people who had never heard of Fife.] Hoots! That means that the Kingdom of California must be nearby! If only there was a way to send a distress signal...

[While Angus had never been trained in the art of technical wizardry, he had watched such experts fiddle with dials and buttons to their command. He slowly turns the knob in hopes of finding a station with more information.]

[ifwisheswereweinerdogs]

[Wow, touchy guy for someone you just met. Rude.]

[The broadcast spilling from Radio's grill slowly shifts around between static and various bits of music and further news.]

-a real case of "man bites do-" [kkkkssssh] -looking cloudy with patches of sunshine- [phweeeee] -Eutilizando el software de traducción incorrectamente, consulte- [DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO] -has only been a test, if this were a real emergency-

[mcfife]

[Alas, this is just news, weather reports, and...a language he did not study in his youth. He stops after going through some other stations, disappointed at only finding some rather pleasant music.]

Perhaps I have to find better reception. [Seeing that there was no owner of this radio (and if they were their kidnapper, they deserved losing their radio temporarily), Angus unplugs it from the wall and tucks it under his arm.]