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]

[She shudders at the thought.]

...I don't think a man like that can play a prank in such a way.

[She had steadfastly refused to look at the body, to even go into the room to investigate. But even she knows a man separated from their head is dead. Her grandparents had lived through that time of fear, certainly.

She does go to try to hold his shoulder to keep him up. Maybe it's a comfort. She has to try.]

Spongebob, we can only help stop his killer now.

[employeeoftheyear]

[Spongebob leans a little into the shoulder touch.]

Thanks.

[He rubs his eyes and he deeply inhales. He's gotta be an adult for this, he can't let his other friends get hurt.

When he opens his eyes again, his pulls his face in a grimace and puffs out his chest.]

Now if whoever did this just confesses now I promise that my punishment will be less severe.

[It sounds like he's trying to be cool and level headed, but between his voice and his appearance, the effect doesn't work as much.

And it works even less when no one response.]

...Barnacles, I thought for sure that would work.

[wanderlusttitania]

It was as good a thought as any.

[A reassuring smile.]

You tried, at least.

[employeeoftheyear]

[He beams back at her.]

You really think so, Sissi?

[He jumps up.]

Oooh maybe we could see if anyone got any blood stains on their clothes to narrow down who the culprit is!

[Even though that would technically include him sine he found the body.

It's fine he probably didn't do it.]

[wanderlusttitania]

Well, that would include you, I'm afraid, but...you found the body, so that would make sense.

[Yeah, she...right now at least, she's pretty sure there's no way Spongebob did it.]

We should also ask what everyone was doing last night, as well.