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

[holyspit]

[YES]

No. It- no one else should have to deal with this.

[what a perfectly healthy attitude]

[nobodysbismuth]

Alright.

[Well, uh...there's a bit of doubt here, but what is she gonna do, get in another argument with Steven?]

How 'bout I just look at this, and I'll let you know if I got any questions? We're gonna need to look around the room, too?

[holyspit]

...You don't need to protect me, you know.

[he's totally got this, he's a whole sixteen years old, that's plenty old enough to deal with a corpse examination right]

Are you sure you'll be okay doing this alone?

[nobodysbismuth]

[Look, ordinarily she wouldn't have thought she did, but some things have happened, and! You know, maybe Steven's dealt with a lot already!]

I'll be fine. Not the first dead human I've seen.

[holyspit]

Me neither.

[Steven pauses a second, turning finally to search the rest of the room. He just quietly lays a hand on one of Bismuth's massive biceps for a moment.]

...Thanks, Bismuth. We'll- figure this out together, right?

[nobodysbismuth]

...yeah.

[She reaches up to pat his hand for a moment.]

Yeah, sure we will.