IT'S CURTAINS 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 sloooowlllyyyy 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!

Comments

[dieformymusic]

[He whirls around. Another human what?! A student? By instinct he brings a cape to his face.]

Somewhere in here, I know it!

[He moves right by his door, no going in there!]

This is another prison of his.

[solomonjihad]

[She blinks at him, at this. Well, no chance going in there to try and find this SWAN of his.

Still, her eyebrows raise when she hears him speak of it being a prison. Then, that which this monster speaks of...another monster? A swan demon, perhaps?]

How do you know?

[dieformymusic]

[Sorry no Paul Williams hiding in there.

He gestures broadly at this dressing room.]

He's done it before. He's done it to me! This must be his new Paradise...

[solomonjihad]

He has?

[She looks around, again.]

I haven't seen any swans here, though. Not yet, at least.

[dieformymusic]

[...oh my god. You thought he was talking about a bird.]

Swan is human as you...but you'd think he was the devil.

[solomonjihad]

...Oh. I'm not human. I just look it.

[Something in her tone becomes slightly defensive, as she speaks.]

So he's just a human, then?

[dieformymusic]

I'm sorry, can I ask...what are you?

[Hes written of devils and and deals with them...but he never imagined them to be real.]

>He looks like it. Human or human-shaped he's one of the worst I have ever met.