curtainsdown | MEETING: TUESDAY, WEEK 4

[Hello and welcome to the cafeteria. Salieri has set up one of the tables with some sandwiches and water, as well as papers and pencils. Once everyone is settled, Salieri stands. He’s conferred with the SQUIP on the purpose of this meeting, and so clears his throat. It’s a much smaller crowd, but perhaps, with the right amount of push, they can still make a difference.]

Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. I have discussed today’s topics with the SQUIP, and have organized them by topic, so that we may be sure to address all areas.

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||SUBJECT||sub-subjects|and volunteering if applicable||

||INVESTIGATION pt 1| Already Done/Info Share | Possible Door in the Costume Room (LP and B) & BRUTE FORCING IT MAYBE (Varian and Discord)|

||INVESTIGATION pt 2 aka signups| The Lobby | The East Hall | Living Area | West Hall| The Grounds | Second Floor - East | Second Floor - West/Roof| Theater/Stage||

|| SECONDARY CHARACTERS?? | Pls Define “Secondary” (LP and B) | The Libretto AND the Music (LP, B, SQUIP)||

||CONTACTING THE LIVING |Contacting Experience | Whomst is Nana?

||GENERAL MEETING CHATTER| What do we know so far?||

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Even so, it might be an idea to list out everyone from the performances that you've put on, to narrow down the possibilities.

[She paces a little as she thinks.]

But then what do we do if go through the list and still find nothing that might connect to our current situation?

Then at least we've eliminated some possibilities.

Then we have at least removed possibilities.

[Fun fact; this is probably the first time in the entire meeting that the SQUIP's softened its voice and/or made a token attempt to be reassuring]

First, jinx on those two. [She gestures to Salieri and the SQUIP.] Second...I suppose I can do that. The first one has an awful short list so it won't be hard. The second one is where things get messy.

[Seemingly out of thin air she produces a Death Note notebook and a pen with a red feather on the end.]

Do you want it alphabetized or just by "most likely to ruin dozens of lives to get back at me"?

[he is ignoring that jinx and will not acknowledge that tyvm

Anyway--]

I believe the latter might be more of use.

[sorry sir your boyfriend is smirking

he's going to mock you about this later]

[HE IS IGNORING YOU NOW

NEGATIVE SMOOCHES FOR YOU]

Way ahead of you, maestro. [She already has a list a half a page long. Some of the names seem a little out of left field though- "Man In Chair", "The Cat in the Hat (but we're probably cool)", "Aaron Burr".]

Much obliged. [he's considering some of those names]

...the Man in the Chair? [eyebrow arch]

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Mmhm, the Drowsy Chaperone. Guy's a real stickler for rules that one. [She keeps scribbling, continuing with "Pippin x how many since 1972? - Not likely".] A lot of us don't have proper names in our scripts, you'll find.

No? [he leans over a bit to watch her continued list] Their authors just didn't bother, or...?

It's because most of the time we're less people and more storytellers. We're needed to engage the audience directly and sometimes give the story a little nudge when it needs it.

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Yeah, neither of us do.

[You've heard him talk about it! The Balladeer doesn't know most of these people personally, but he does contribute:]

Burr and Judas got married, a couple years back. I doubt he'd be spending his time on this.

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[okay he's pretty dang amused]

Oh, I do love a good list of enemies.

See, this one gets it. What's life without a few enemies to butt heads with?

Amazingly boring, that's what. I'm sure I could fill a whole book myself, but, well. Millennia of collecting foes and all.

Anyone promising in that list, you think?

Oh, I'll bet you've got some stories to tell. [But that's for later! Right now it's list compiling time.]

The Onceler is a possibility. Let me tell you he had some issues he was workin' through when he was with my troupe but I think his star's faded enough he's less likely but not impossible.

[ ……………

Okay if I don’t make the joke no one’s gonna— ]

Isn’t that the Tumblr guy?

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...The latter would definitely be more useful.

[Guess someone owes someone a Coke or something!]

[She is already scribbling and- hoo boy, that's a full page already.

Who the hell is Stephen Sondheim?]

[Heck if she knows!

Good lord, though.]

You've more enemies than my poor cousin did.

Empress, when you've been around as long as I have in as many iterations as I have, you make some enemies.

You must have lived a far longer time than anyone I could know, then! Aside from Death, of course, but...well. He is Death.

[How many pages are we even at rn wow]

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[how in the fuck.............he's not sure he even wants to know]

[It's complicated.]