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

[violentenvies]

I can think of a choice few people I would not mind turning to stone.

[disharmonizes]

Ooh, really? [And... does he suddenly have a notepad in his hands? Did he always have that?] I love a good revenge list, do tell.

[violentenvies]

[oh no, he does not want to find that amusing.

But alas.

There's almost a quirk to the corner of his mouth that he immediately suppresses]

Hm... [he trails off, like he's considering, as he retrieves a cup down from the cupboard] Well...I suppose it couldn't hurt. It's not as though you'll ever meet them.

[disharmonizes]

Just the same as you're very unlikely to meet the subjects of mine, of course.

[Casually throwing aside a paper with a crude drawing of one Princess Celestia.]

Now, come on. Sharing is caring, you know.

[violentenvies]

[the paper goes fluttering out of Discord's hand and, due to his ever far too close proximity, it flutters right into Saleri's face--who makes a grab for it before it flutters to the ground.]

Mostly annoying people from court. It would serve them right to be turned to stone for a bit. Like Lady Heumann, who always slurps her soup far too loudly. [idly, as he studies that drawing]

Is this a unicorn?

[disharmonizes]

A decent start. I'm sure you can do better than that, though.

...Hm? Oh, yes, well, of a sort. An alicorn, actually. Wings plus horn and all, oh, it makes them think they're so special.

[violentenvies]

An alicorn. [eyebrow arch] It certainly sounds special. Though it also sounds like you've something to say about that.

[getting down the loose-leaf tea now]

[disharmonizes]

Oh, I could go on and on about that. The things I know, well, the scandals there'd be in Canterlot.

[violentenvies]

[he pauses briefly in the act of spooning out tea] ...Canterlot. [wtf....

BUT ANYWAY]

I'm surprised you haven't let loose with that information, considering your affinity for chaos. I imagine scandals would cause quite the uproar.