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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] curtainsdown2021-06-12 11:09 pm
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the mark of those who cannot be saved

[You remember dying. Maybe the memory is clear and bright and your body still aches from the cause. Maybe it was fast enough that you didn't feel it and don't remember what you went through. But no matter how you went out, that's no excuse for truancy! Which is to say: you are still in the school.

For those executed, you will wake up in your beds. The dormitories look exactly as they did when you first arrived, without any of the changes or personal effects you and your dormmates might have made. The only real difference is that the little cot in Ambassador isn't there.

For those who were victims, you will wake where your body was discovered. All of your injuries are gone, and you feel fine. It's almost like you're still alive - but you remember what happened to you. It couldn't have just been a dream, could it?

The school looks much as you remember it, save perhaps for a few key differences. For one, there's no groundhog murals anywhere. Where things were green on the other side, like banners or paint, you'll find that here they're blood red.

The doors, for the moment, are still locked. Looks like even death couldn't free you.]


Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
| Week 5

(( ooc: Welcome to deadland, everyone! It mostly resembles the school here, and new floors will be revealed after new people die. For example, the second area will unlock after the week 3 dead arrive, and so on. Also, all dead characters will wake up at their actual canonpoint, with all lost memories restored. Have fun being dead! ))
alchemistake: (Flynnoleum)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-07-02 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no- it's okay! It...scared me too.

[You heard him also do a yell, it just wasn't as cute as yours, Rina.

Since Rina is so close to him now though, he'll take advantage of the closeness to just...keep her against his chest, resting his cheek atop her head. He never thought he'd even be able to embrace her again, much less be allowed to like this...]


I'm not going to let anything happen to you ever again, Rina-chan.

[-chan is back now, because he feels like...well. He's allowed.]

I promise...you're safe with me.
Edited 2021-07-03 00:08 (UTC)
samefacesyndrome: (37)

Fuck it I’m doing it I’m stabbing myself. Repeatedly. In the heart.

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-07-03 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ There’s a brief moment where she thinks “but I wasn’t last time” but… she pushes it back down. They’ve made up now, he’s… explained himself, remembers everything now, and she knows they were all just puppets in the Wizard’s game.

They’re starting fresh now. No more secrets or information being withheld, no more of that. And while she has every right to be upset even over being accidentally killed, it was still an accident without any malicious intent and he’s here now with her, dead for his actions. Dead with her in whatever this…… “new life” might be. It’s okay. It’s okay to believe he means it this time.

She closes her eyes and snuggles in closer. ]


Say you love me every waking moment,
Turn my head with talk of summertime...
Say you need me with you now and always...
Promise me that all you say is true
That’s all I ask of you.
alchemistake: (Sodium)

STABS YOU BACK

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-07-03 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[...

It's reflexive. Almost before Rina finishes that last refrain, Varian's joining her as he holds her close, rubbing gently between her shoulderblades.]


Let me be your freedom,
Let daylight dry your tears...
I'm here, with you, beside you,
To guard you and to guide you.
samefacesyndrome: (135)

AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-07-03 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
All I want is freedom,
A world with no more fright;


[ She curls up even more, weaseling her arms around his sides and placing her hands on his back as she returns the embrace more fully. ]

And you, always beside me,
To hold me and to hide me.
alchemistake: (Tellurium)

Im sorry trial is making me legit sad so I have to take out my emotions somewhere

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-07-03 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once they're hugging- fully embracing each other- Varian can finally allow himself to blink.

He'd been holding his eyes open, glassy and resolute, because he didn't want Rina to see tears rolling down his cheeks as he held her.]


Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
Let me lead you from your solitude.


[His breath catches, because...well. What life?

He'd stolen that away from both of them. But he's not about to try to alter the lyrics to fit, because...they're here together, now. It's an eternity, but it may as well be a lifetime.

It's their life, from now on.]


Say you need me with you, here beside you,
Anywhere you go, let me go too...
samefacesyndrome: (56)

HO WHY DO YOU THINK IM HERE RN

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-07-03 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She finally reopens her eyes and tilts her head up to look at him, as she parrots back: ]

Say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you

Share each day with me
Each night, each morning


[ And then she moves to gently kiss the corner of one of his eyes, like she did before when they were still alive and he to her as she lay dying, trying to kiss the tears away. She rests their foreheads together again after, her singing voice much lower and softer: ]

Say you love me...
Edited 2021-07-03 21:42 (UTC)
alchemistake: (Sodium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-07-03 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[...he hasn't said it yet, has he?]

...I love you.

[Even when Rina was dying, even since they arrived here...he never got the opportunity to tell her he loved her.

He's not going to make that mistake ever again.]
samefacesyndrome: (132)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-07-03 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At hearing him finally say it, her mouth curls into a smile once more. ]

...I love you too.

That's all I ask of you.

[ And then she kisses him. Not just on the cheek, but a full one like the two he'd done earlier, full of pure love. ]
alchemistake: (Antimony)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-07-04 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He might still be getting used to kissing, but it doesn't matter. He can feel the love present here, and...it's what seals the idea that everything is going to be okay. It's not a good situation their in- in fact it sucks quite a bit, actually- but they're able to still make the most of it. They're not alone...they're together, and even if they still have things to work out...they'll be working them out with each other.

Varian was convinced he'd lost Rina forever, both physically and from his life entirely. He still isn't sure he feels he fully deserves this kind of ending, but...he's thankful for it regardless.

He kisses her back, this time letting it last for as long as Rina will.]
samefacesyndrome: (133)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-07-04 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ It’s even longer than their last kiss but eventually she breaks and rests against him, nestling her head on his shoulder, right in the crook of his neck. She’s quieter now, no more singing, just… content to be here. Like this. She’ll stay like this as long as he lets her.

After a moment though: ]


Thank you… Varian.

[ Maybe they’re young and dumb. But they’re also dead and here together, and that’s enough for her. ]
Edited 2021-07-04 04:14 (UTC)
alchemistake: (Lancium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-07-05 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
...you're welcome.

[He doesn't feel like he needs to be thanked, but he'll answer her as he should regardless. It's something they both need, he thinks.

Varian plans on just staying here with Rina until either or both of them decide they should probably head back to the school, which...might end up being a while. He doesn't particularly want to go anywhere right now.]