It's Curtains Act 3 Test Drive

[stagemanagers]

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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Comments

New Soul

[peglegscrown]

[ At least Orpheus doesn't look completely lost, unlike this deathly pale fellow staring at him like a deer in the headlights. ]

... No? [ He holds his hands close to his chest as his eyes shift about in some vain attempt to recognize his surroundings. ]

This isn't my home, or any home I know. [ Here he makes eye contact. ] ... The same must go for you?

[themuseabandonsyou]

Oh, [ says Orpheus. He stands up, stretching, and peers around the room. Mostly it just looks very plain, but it's definitely not anywhere he's been before. ]

Yes. I don't think I've ever been here before? And when I fell asleep I was at home. [ So this is all very strange. He shakes his head, frowning and worrying his lip slightly before turning his attention back to his... new roommate, he guesses? ] I'm Orpheus, by the way? It's nice to meet you.

[peglegscrown]

[ He frowns in turn. Did he fall asleep before he woke up here? He doesn't remember. The last thing he does remember is...

Well, he better introduce himself back. ]

Wilhelm. [ He nods with an award smile and offers his hand to shake. ]

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Orpheus smiles and shakes Wilhelm's hand, either not noticing or not off-put by the awkwardness. ]

That's a strange name, [ he says. ] Where are you from, Wilhelm?

[ Aside from "not here". ]

[peglegscrown]

[ Thank you for working with him. Allow him to respond with a word that kind of sounds German? Probably the name of his hometown? ]

And you're from?

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Well that sounds like somewhere Orpheus probably hasn't been, so it stands to reason that the man's name is strange to him. It does kind of raise some questions about how both of them got to wherever this is, though. ]

Oh, I've been all over, so not really any one place? And the town I was born in and that I live in now is small enough that it doesn't really have a name. We just call it the railway stop.