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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
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Jafar | Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
[ Jafar, of course, is anxious about the state of The Magic Kingdom without his rational guidance. Otherwise, being stuck here isn't terribly draining. Sure, he has issues with the concept of magic, but he's no longer the subject of day-to-day mockery and repulsion. That has some worth on a man's self-esteem.
You might encounter him in the library today, reading from a black-and-white book. He keeps to himself, but he offers you a friendly greeting if you venture close to the vizier. ]
Ah, hello there! [ The people here are (mostly) kind, and he feels comfortable starting conversation.]
I was just reading the most interesting story! It's a book about a misunderstood talking bear who has to fight back against twenty horrible children who keep him trapped in an abandoned schoolhouse! It's quite hard to follow and very difficult to get into, but I find it oddly engaging.
Regains
[ He's rather mystified with his find in the merchandise booth today. It's a plush toy of a wide-eyed red and blue bird with a pullstring. Jafar does a couple once-overs of the toy, finding something about it oddly familiar. ]
This stuffed parrot is most peculiar - it bears a striking resemblance to my own bird! Only this one sounds to have drowned itself in tobacco.
[ He yanks the doll's pullstring: "AND THEN, I STUFF THE CRACKERS DOWN HIS THROAT!" ]
Curtain's Up
[ King K. Rool, The Mean And Green Scale Machine, is dead. Jafar gives the bloated CGI body laying on the ground a grimace. ]
Well, that's just great!
[ He's so exasperated, this many weeks. Jafar is nearly convinced he's the only rational man here, and his frustration erupts in the form of an outburst. ]
Have you people lost your senses completely?! That you could be so tempted by these... vague and untrustworthy motives that you would murder your fellow man - oh, I'm sorry. Allow me to correct myself. Murdered your fellow GIANT FUCKING CROCODILE?
Wildcard
[ Hit me! This Jafar is the main character of Twisted: The Untold Story of A Royal Vizier, Starkid's vulgar musical parody of Wicked and the Walt Disney Company that casts Jafar as the good guy in Aladdin. ]
curtains up
When she's gained her senses enough to trust her mouth to open, she lays a hand across her eyes, trying to shield herself from the light. Hangover or not, she has to say something. Someone just died. Jafar's right, even if he's loud, she should support him.]
Hey. Can you be a little less loud? If it had to be anyone, we're all glad it was him, right? [....Supportive?]
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Still, this is hardly the time to voice concerns over how rude the king of massive CGI shit was. He looks at Farrah as though she had committed the murder. ]
How am I supposed to be less loud when there is a ROTTING FUCKING LIZARD CARCASS in the middle of the kitchen?! I apologize for my outburst, but that... dismissive teenage attitude is hardly the proper reaction to our circumstances.
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Yeah, Yeah, you're right. It sucks he's dead. I'm just saying, if it had to be any of us, he was kind of a di---- [She hangs onto the word. Oh my god, farrah, a living being is dead.] ----iiiiiinosaur. [she wasnt going to say dinosaur. before.]
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You see, it is in these times that The Golden Rule most applies! Would you wish for someone to speak ill if it were you in place of that... seven hundred and forty-five fucking pound... reptile carcass.
[ Okay, maybe not totally calm. Forget it. He's not yelling anymore, at least, and this comes out as more of a pointed whisper. ]
I apologize for my outburst, Farrah, but this is really fucked up and I am trying my fucking best here. But mark my words, we will not make it through this ordeal if we expend our energy on infighting.
CGI is Dead
Either way. Her voice is quiet. This is just...if he's angry, she's tired.]
You needn't shout, monsieur. There's no point.
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[ There is a dead gross lizardman, and while he was not the most appealing member of their group, Jafar is still disappointed with everyone. ]
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He is drawn to their voice...
[A sigh. She does turn to look at him, careful not to look at the body lest...well, everything she's remembered so far of course.]
It is...
[Her eyes narrow.]
...especially over riches.
["Your greatest treasure", huh. Some motive.]
We must find who did this. Can...can you search the body, monsieur?
we're all rooting for the bear
...I see. Well, for how hard to follow and difficult it is to get into as it purportedly is, at least it has found an audience in yourself. That is certainly something.