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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] thebackstage2020-05-17 11:58 pm
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It's Curtains Act 2 Test Drive




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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Questions, comments, concerned? Reach the mods on plurk at [plurk.com profile] slothbless (Lynny) and [plurk.com profile] lluosogrwydd (Lu) and at our public mod plurk [plurk.com profile] stagemanagers. Our official Act 2 FAQ can also be found here!
justmeheere: (i tune them out)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-06-10 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Don't worry, I'll be right back.

[He's just gonna go talk to some people! Presumably, since I'm playing Jeremy, nobody is playing Nathan. He's not here and it's very sad. Unrelated, but I just remembered that Alexa Vega is an inch shorter than me so Jeremy "Tall-Ass" Heere, who is not actually that tall, is probably looking down at Shilo all the time.]

Sorry, Shilo. Nobody's seen your dad, and it doesn't look like he's on the [He stumbles over saying this next bit:] cast list.
recessives: (checkup from dad)

[personal profile] recessives 2020-06-10 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
The... what?

[ Her dad not being here takes a second to sink in, so she just kind of. Clings to that, because What? ]
justmeheere: (i'll let 'em squeal and i will deal)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-06-10 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
The cast list.

[He kind of just. Gestures at the wall of this room, where everyone's profiles sure are, because he doesn't really. Like, obviously he knows what a cast list is, but he doesn't really understand why there's one here. And why it's so detailed - it's a little creepy, honestly.]

It's a list of everyone that's here. I think. I'm pretty sure that's what it's for.
recessives: (checkup from dad)

[personal profile] recessives 2020-06-10 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, but... is this some kind of GeneCo thing?

[ She looks it over. ]

Is that... there's someone here just called The Spider? That's not even his weird title, his name is just The Spider?

[ His title is, naturally, The Lamp-Averse. ]
justmeheere: (then make up my own mind)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-06-10 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I talked to him. He's [como se dice] an interesting guy.

[Read: he was super creepy and kept touching Jeremy and trying to convince him he was special. Which: weird! Bad! He's not sure he likes that!]

I don't really know what GeneCo is, but um. I don't recognize anyone else here. Do you?
recessives: (i'l add a few new insects to my gallery)

[personal profile] recessives 2020-06-10 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shakes her head. ]

No, no one.

[ A beat. ]

Wait, how do you not know what GeneCo is?