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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Comments

[nobodysbismuth]

[Bismuth got locked away for ages by Rose, and then she kinda freaked out and tried to shatter Steven over it. Didn't do anything to the Earth, but then again, she was at least bubbled the whole time. At some point, you gotta figure it kinda all cancels out.]

Uh... [She takes a step closer and leans down to check Kristoff. She's spent a lot more time around humans, and seen plenty of them die.] Why don't you go grab the others, Spinel.

[herwiggles]

[There's gotta be a time limit on some of these things. Cancel it out with a song about how you can change for the better, that did wonders for her.]

Wha? [My, that sure is a knife sticking out of the man's gut. Fancy that.] Ya gonna deal with this, Bismuth?

[nobodysbismuth]

Uh...sure. Maybe ask any of the humans if they want to help.

[Look, she knows humans better than a lot of Gems, but it's not like she's ever studied their insides or anything.]

But don't let 'em come in here if they're gonna get upset. No sense in that.

[herwiggles]

...Ohhhhh. Ha! Yeah, this is probably one of those human things I don't know. Silly humans.

[She knows humans better than the Gem that stood in a garden for 6000 years.]

Uh, okay? How am I supposed ta know if they're gonna get upset?