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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: (but now they're the normal kind)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-06-14 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Should he offer Riley his jacket to kneel on? No that's like. Contamination. Also he likes this hoodie and he doesn't want to wash blood out of it.

........................... We're gonna have to kneel in Harold Hill's blood. So he's just gonna. Do that. Ohhhhhhhh, where are the adults. Why can't the adults be here.]


Whoever did this was really angry. [He sounds vaguely queasy now that he's looking at it up close.] Do you see any, um. Wounds or anything?

[There Is So Much Blood Why Did He Suggest This.]
isawallflower: (there's only one more year)

[personal profile] isawallflower 2020-06-14 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HELLO? ADULTS? ANYONE???

Riley holds back a small whine, and she holds it back remarkably well, for, you know, kneeling in a grown dead man's blood!! Is she getting paler? This sucks. ]


Jeremy. [ Her voice wavers. But she still has the energy to sound slightly incredulous. ] His whole body is like, one giant wound.

[ THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE. ]
justmeheere: (and there are voices all around)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-06-15 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I know, I know. But - see, the way the blood's positioned? [You know, the blood they're currently kneeling in?] It's mostly pooled here, which means these were done afterward. So there has to be a, a. Starting point?

[If you're wondering why Jeremy just knows this, well. He watches a lot of cable TV. It's fine. Everything's fine. WE'RE FINE, DAMNIT.]
isawallflower: (hear when you're out of luck)

[personal profile] isawallflower 2020-06-15 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ From how she's kind of staring, she's definitely wondering why Jeremy knows this! But, let's- let's go with it. ]

Are you telling me someone just k-kept stabbing? After he died? [ #YIKES ]
justmeheere: (then make up my own mind)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-06-19 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[It's fine. He just watches a lot of CSI. There's definitely not a supercomputer in his brain helping him or anything.]

Yeah, um. Fresh, uh, fresh wounds? Are more [He makes a hand motion trying to indicate "gushing."] but, um. There's not a lot of that. Here.