the mark of those who cannot be saved

[stagemanagers]

[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! ))

Comments

[tellthestory]

Aw, that's alright. Always good to learn a new style. I'll teach you mine sometime, it wouldn'tve been invented for you yet.

[American bluegrass bay-bee]

[violentenvies]

I'd like that. [he would indeed, but he nudges forward the sheet music he currently has open, while also scooting over a bit to make room for the Balladeer next to him]

In the mean time...this is what I was working on.

[tellthestory]

[The Balladeer takes a seat and leans over scans the notes. He's not well-versed enough in classical music to recognize most Mozart pieces just by the sound; it's sort of obvious when he glances up to the top of the page and notices the name.]

Mozart?

[violentenvies]

Hm?

Oh, yes. Indeed. I picked his scores specifically, mostly.

[tellthestory]

Yeah? How come?

[violentenvies]

I...remembered everything else I'd forgot.

[he huffs out a small, rueful chuckle]

The Yearbook was right. Best Example of a Narrative Foil, indeed.

[tellthestory]

[The Balladeer looks concerned. Yeah, he knows the title must be right in some way - although his own is still a mystery to him - but without knowing more about the story he doesn't know what exactly that means. He doesn't know who Mozart was as a person.]

...that's not...necessarily a moral judgement or anything.

[violentenvies]

Most of the time, no. But...I'm afraid my own decisions and actions will paint me as a villain to Mozart's tragic hero in history.

[he lays the violin across his lap with a small sigh]

And rightfully so.

[tellthestory]

...I should take you to meet Burr and Judas, when we get out of here. They've both been through the same thing.

[Which might be obvious with the inclusion of Judas in there!]

It doesn't mean you can't move past it.

[violentenvies]

[Salieri's quiet a moment at that--though he does arch an eyebrow at the name Judas]

...if it's the Judas I think it is, then that is quite the feat.

[he...huffs, a little]

As far as I'm concerned...what is done, is done. Instead of trying to shy away from my mistakes and the consequences thereof, well...

Our dress rehearsal, this attempt, will rely on the connections we've made and we have, will it not? I thought, perhaps, being Mozart's foil, if I strengthened that connection and perhaps incorporated it, or at least studied his music, it might help.

[tellthestory]

Hey, now, he's a good guy!

[Yes it absolutely is that Judas]

Well...yeah, you know, I guess that sounds pretty solid. As long as you're okay with doing it. [Theory holds up in his opinion, though!]

[violentenvies]

[Salieri can't help but chuckle at the protest that Judas is a good guy. But then, he supposes, he can certainly relate]

I am. I'm...in a much better mindset about Mozart himself than the last time we spoke of him.

[tellthestory]

Oh, yeah? That's really good!

[Like, things seemed pretty bad the last time we spoke about him, but still.]

I'm glad.

[violentenvies]

[oh it was, absolutely]

Thank you. Dying and...remembering has given me quite a bit of clarity, I think. [he chuckles, a little]

So...shall we give this a try?

[tellthestory]

It does that. Grants a new perspective, I think, having that distance.

[The Balladeer's not quite sure if he's had any new insights of his own just yet, but he's seen it happen.]

Sure, let's go. [He can play classical! Might put a few weird spins on it, but!]