thebackstage | It's Curtains Act 3 Test Drive

1) CURTAINS UP

You’ve just woken up in some kind of dorm 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 worse still - there's other people waking up in the same room with you, in the same state.

Talk to your roommates! Go out and meet everyone from the other rooms! 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 even a band 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) I LOVE PLAY REHEARSAL

It's Club Day! What's Club Day, you ask? Come to the classroom on the poster to find out! It looks like this week's club is Bread Club. Be wary, when you enter the classroom you'll face a shower of various bread slices but be rewarded with a surprisingly fancy layout of spreads and jams to go with them. Don't mind the oddly threatening poster on the far wall. He's just here to supervise.

5) 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.

6) CUE MUSIC

Feelings in a murder-school 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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[ Eurydice, on the other hand, stares at the body -- probably for a beat too long. It's definitely a horrifying sight, but it's also confirmation that there's a killer in this place. It's evidence.

She'll investigate it later. For now, she's worried about Orpheus. Eurydice turns towards him, laying a hand gently -- protectively -- on his back. When she speaks, it's barely above a whisper. ]

I don't know. People do stupid things when they're desperate. What's important now is that we stay safe.

[ Orpheus just nods, swallowing hard and stepping closer to Eurydice, reaching out to wrap an arm around her shoulders. It's tempting to cling to her more fully, to hide his face in her hair and hold her and wait until someone else solves the problem, but he knows it isn't going to work that way. ]

I just - didn't think anyone would actually do it. [ he says, quietly. ] What should we do?

[ He looks to her expectantly, wide-eyed. She's better in a crisis than he is, sharper and more canny, and while he's aware to an extent that he tends to trust too easily, he knows he can always trust her. ]

[ Eurydice slides her arm around Orpheus's body as well, pulling him close. Unlike Oprheus, she anticipated this. She's always expected the worst from people, even if the worst means murder. Still, that doesn't mean she's not frightened. She could be next. Orpheus could be next.

Orpheus looks to her, and Eurydice nods once, doing her best to appear steady. ]

We protect ourselves. Even if this killer's caught, who's to say there isn't more than one? [ Wow, Eurydice that's...super reassuring...

Eurydice breaks contact, moving to hold Orpheus's hand instead, leading him away from the body and back towards their rooms. ]

I've got some food saved. We can get it quick, but then we shouldn't stay in our rooms for much longer. We're easy to find there. Better to go someplace more sheltered. [ Since escape isn't an option. ]

Right. [ Orpheus has noticed her sneaking food away from bread club and meals, and honestly given how weird the whole situation is he kind of can't blame her for being worried about supplies drying up here too. He'd done a little bit of it as well out of sheer force of habit, rationing things away for later, though not quite as diligently as her.

He lets go and allows himself to be lead along by the hand, worrying his lip as he follows along. ]

Where will we go? We can't leave the school, and this place isn't that big. [ There don't seem to be that many places to hide, although he hasn't really been looking. ]

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