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

[wanderlusttitania]

[Salieri. Salieri. She knows that name.

-Oh!...Wait no. It's slipping her mind. Mostly. But.]

I feel like...do you....have you ever visited Vienna, by chance?

[violentenvies]

[the corner of his mouth quirks a little, partially in puzzlement, and partially with nostalgia for his home]

Indeed, madamoiselle. It has been my home for over a decade and a half now.

[wanderlusttitania]

That just became my home.

[Many years ago but I'm playing with memory shenannergerns]

I was just married, actually, before I came here! At least, that's what I remember. I originally come from Bavaria, of course...Munich, actually. My family, you know.

[violentenvies]

[memory shenanigans are half the fun]

Oh, is that so? My congratulations, then, on your marriage. I've never had the chance to travel to Munich myself, but I hear it is quite the place. [he smiles, again] However, I do hope you'll enjoy Vienna as well, as come to find a home there. It is also quite the city, if I may say so.

[wanderlusttitania]

So I've heard...it's the city of dreams, they say. Already I believe them-the Hofburg is beautiful, and the Augustine Church...!

[She brings her hand to her chest, blushing.]

Forgive me, monsieur, eheh, that...I know there's much more to the city, but I was married there.

[violentenvies]

Not at all, madame. [because she is married, after all] The Augustine Church is utterly stunning, as is the Hofburg.

[But...the location does make him pause] Am I to assume that you were married there? [she would certainly have to be of high status for that]

[wanderlusttitania]

Yes, I was! Quite recently, actually! It was a lovely ceremony...

[Though, her smile falters, just a bit.]

Ah, it...it was wonderful, of course.

[violentenvies]

[...huh. He's going to note that bit of faltering for later.]

I'm glad to hear it. I imagine it was quite the spectacle, then, if it was there. Might I ask, Madame...I don't believe I've had the pleasure of your name, yet?

[wanderlusttitania]

Of course, forgive me. I'm Elisabeth!

[A little bit coquettishly. All thoughts of that little interruption is gone from her mind.]

Maybe it sounds fantastic to say this, and even now it feels like a dream, but my husband...Franz-Josef...he is the emperor of Austria.

[A little blush. Ah, a woman in love, despite her age. until her memories return, but shhhhh]