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stagemanagers) wrote2020-05-17 09:32 pm
stagemanagers) wrote2020-05-17 09:32 pm
frequently asked questions [act 2]
What’s all this, then?
It’s Curtains is a short-run murdergame in the style of Dangan Roleplay or Trustfell, based around characters from musical canons! It is not connected to either of those games continuity-wise.
Sounds fun! How do I play?
It’s Curtains is a comm-based game. There will be weekly mod-posted logs to cover daily threading, but players are more than welcome to put up their own logs for IC special events! Every Friday, the mods will post an Investigation log for IC investigation of that week’s murder(s), and the trial log will go up on Saturday. In the event of a successful trial, executions will be posted and the characters will be free to leave the courtroom and continue about their business.
How long is this going to last?
We’re aiming for 5-7 weeks, including endgame. 1 OOC day = 1 IC day, except for investigations and trials, which are on a 2:1 day scale (meaning: investigations and trials take place on Fridays ICly, but Friday-Saturday OOCly).
How do reserves work?
Reserves will open on FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH at 12 pm EST, and close when all 20 slots have been filled. Apps will not be accepted without a reserve. Proxy reserves are allowed, however; the person applying just has to comment to confirm their reserve within 24 hours.
Can I change my reserve?
Yep! Just contact the mods with the new character before you submit an app.
How does apping work?
Apps will open on FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH and close on FRIDAY JUNE 26TH at 12 am EST. Please post your app with the same journal you used to post or confirm your reserve. Comments on the app post will be screened to protect spoilers.
What are the activity requirements?
Living characters must submit two threads with a total of ten comments from your character with two different characters per week. Dead characters need only comment to check-in as a formality. AC threads may come from the weekly mingle log, motives, or any player-posted logs from the check period. Trials are not eligible for the activity check.
Failure to meet AC without informing the mods will result in a strike. Two weeks in a row will result in an automatic death roll. AC will go up on Sunday for the previous Sunday-Friday, and will close at 12:00 pm (EST) on the following Friday.
Is there a character cap?
We’re accepting a limit of 20 characters, with a 2 character cap per canon and 1 character per player.
What characters can I app?
Characters from any musical canon are acceptable! This includes stage musicals, movie musicals, TV series with musical episodes, and rock opera albums. Disney movie musicals are acceptable but will be capped at 2. The same goes for stage adapted musicals of other canons.
All characters must have human-level intelligence and be at least fifteen years of age. Versions of historical figures from musicals, such as Alexander Hamilton, are allowed. Any characters with supernatural powers will have them dampened.
My character is on the young side. Can I still app them?
That depends. The youngest we're allowing is 15 but we are allowing exceptions if the character in question has, for lack of a better term, seen some shit. For example Oliver Twist would be appable but the children from Fun Home would not. If you're not sure don't be afraid to ask the mods!
But my character is dead in their canon!
Bring them anyway! You can either set their last memory seconds before their death, or have them remember it all and bring them straight into the game anyway.
My character got deathrolled and I don't want to go yet!
And that's perfectly alright! Everyone gets one free opt-out at the start of the game that can be used at any time. Use it wisely. Once that opt-out is used up that's it.
What if my character isn’t human?
Non-human characters will be humanized. They can keep their animal costumes, though, because we all need one of those dudes from Cats walking around.
What about my character’s powers?
Any characters with supernatural powers will have them dampened but not removed completely. If they have something else odd going on that might make them difficult to kill, please approach the mods and we’ll try to work something out with you.
A lot of murder games have memory loss aspects. Does this one?
It does! Your character will actually have two canon points, one being where they think they're from and the other being where they're actually from. On each Sunday morning characters will wake up with a new memory of your choosing.
For example, Elphaba comes into the game thinking she's from the beginning of act 1 when she's really from the end of act 2. Two weeks in she regains a memory of the act 1 finale.
So, this is a musical. Will there be singing?
There will absolutely be singing! Characters may burst into song at any time, and it’ll seem as normal as it did back home in their canons. Music can also appear to accompany them, though it won’t seem to have any particular source.
I don’t have to rewrite a song from a musical, do I?
You do not have to produce your own song lyrics, nor are you required to use show tunes. Anything goes - if Lady Gaga expresses your character’s current emotions, then baby, they were born this way! 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.
We’re also including rewards for the use of the song mechanic: if threads submitted for coins to the Merchandise Booth include songs we’ll be granting an extra coin to both parties involved!
Do we need to be aware of the first round of the game?
There will be some callbacks to Round 1, but the overall plot of this round does not follow directly from the previous one, and no awareness of it is needed!
Will this round be as fourth-wall-breaking as the last round?
Though there may be some fourth-walling elements, this round will not lean on the fourth wall as heavily as the last one! No promises about Round 3.
Where am I?
You are in the Opera House. You’ve been cast in a revival of sorts. This will be your home for the duration and your needs will be met as necessary. Letting you waste away would be...counterproductive.
I don’t remember auditioning for this?
And I don’t remember a single day of my adolescence or what I ate for breakfast, what is your point?
That sounds more like kidnapping than a stage show.
You don't hear audiences complaining when they're trapped for hours on end during "The Music Man", maybe get some perspective.
Who’s in charge here?
You will be meeting your House Manager shortly. He is responsible for all of you while you’re here, so take any requests or concerns to him.
This is terrible and I want to leave!
The show can be ended at any time - all you have to do is kill a fellow castmate (or five) and get away with it. If no one is able to pin the crime on you, they will be executed, and you are free to take your bow.
What if they DO catch me?
Then you’re going to have to pay for your crimes. If you can’t give us a grand finale, the least you could provide is a good death scene. But don’t worry: your fellow castmates will have to vote you there first.
That’s really risky.
High risk, high reward. The choice is yours. As Whizzer Brown once sang, "At least death means I'll never be scared about dying again".
Is there anything we can do other than kill each other?
It would be an awfully boring show if you couldn't. You could try talking to each other, for one. The Opera House is yours to explore at your leisure.
So it’s just going to be us running wild in here?
Your House Manager is a reclusive sort. He will be available in-person infrequently but he will always be available by letter. Simply leave it in the box office slot and he will respond promptly.
Who is the House Manager?
We all hate spoiler culture but there’s no fun just telling you, is there?
I keep waking up with new memories! What's happening?!
Your memories aren't gone, merely muddled. Sometimes you have to give the dramatics a little push. They will be returned to to you with the successful completion of each trial. They might even be in the correct order.
Explain to me how the murders are going to work.
Of course.
Every Tuesday a motive will be presented to the surviving performers by the House Manager. It may be a threat, it may be a pleasant surprise, it may have no impact on you personally whatsoever but for all of you it will be your motive for murder.
In-game the murders will be discovered on Fridays at approximately 12 pm EST; this is purely for OOC convenience and to keep us all on a set schedule throughout the game. Once three people have ICly discovered the body there will be an announcement and a 24-hour period where a mod-led investigation will take performers through relevant areas to find clues to help them piece together the crime.
Trials will take place on Saturdays OOCly at 12 pm EST but ICly take place on Fridays after the investigation concludes. Using the clues found during the investigation the surviving performers will be expected to use them to figure out. At the end of the trial everyone will be asked to vote for the person they believe to be the culprit. If the majority of those present vote for the correct culprit, that person will be executed. Like the investigations, you will have a full 24 hours to figure it out.
But what happens if we vote wrong?
In the event of a majority wrong vote, we do have a back-up plan but it’s a one-time use. If that failsafe gets used, another incorrect majority vote will lead directly into a bad end.
What if the case is unsolvable?
We as mods will always work hard and keep a close eye on the case as it's written and will never intentionally give you an unsolvable case that isn’t endgame-relevant. We also ask that our players put forth an effort to play fair as well- after all, we're all here to make our characters suffer and write murder mysteries for each other, so let's keep things fair and fun for everyone.
When will I know if I’m involved in a murder?
Death rolls will happen the Sunday before the investigation; should you want to volunteer to be killed off, you're more than welcome to get in contact with us or indicate that on your app and we'll try to schedule you in! We mods will work closely with our culprit and victim to plan out a fun and creative case through the week.
What happens to the characters when they die? Do I still get to play in the game?
Now let's skip the tears and start on the whole, y'know, being dead thing.
Once you die, you are not out of the game. There will be a lot of things for your character to do! You might think you can sleep when you're dead, but you'd be wrong.
There's a few special things waiting for you in the afterlife that might help you and your living friends get a better ending!
Is there any way we can get things from home?
That’s what the Merchandise Booth is for!
Any questions we didn’t answer here? Go ahead and ask below! You can also reach the mods on plurk at
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Regains question, are there going to be any kind of multimedia player things here? ie. Something that can play a short video, DVD, etc.? Or alternatively! Would a laptop that can Only Play One Thing be acceptable?
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whats the stance on weapon regains again am i just super blind or something
can i have my cool swords
theyre really cool
alternatively can i have PLASTIC SWORDS or nerf foam instead
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Rule of Cool vs Rule of Funny, fight!