poly_tldr | Les Escaliers de la Butte Sont durs aux Misereux

5-6; La Bohème
L'année est 1899 et les âmes d'une génération fêtent. Er, no maybe the year is something else. Well regardless of the year, the City has transformed to look like turn-of-the-century Paris during the Belle Époque. Corsets and can-cans tempt passersby into red light establishments and the green fairy offers a taste of special elixir to anyone who'll have her. Painters, writers, and musicians continue to hone their craft while searching for the perfect muse. Network devices might take on the appearance of the indispensable typewriter and voice posts may sound like they're coming from a phonograph. Whatever the case, the spirit of truth, beauty, freedom, and love is here and the show must go on. [The Deity Office will maintain the appearance of the elephant building throughout the curse. Afterward, on the 7th the Deity Office will remodel itself to look like this. Each tentacle tip is a laser. Yes, a laser.]

And herein is an organizational post to share fictionalized and temporary backstories for characters for the curse, plan out plots and situations and romances, and figure out who's tightening whose corset strings (no, no, no: control your own corset strings).

Please remember that the City has not turned into Paris (there's no Arc de Triomphe or Champs-Élysées, for example), but it will look like it--think of it as AU!Paris, if you will, like Moulin Rouge set in even more of a fairy tale city, exuding the spirit of the Belle Époque.

So for truth, beauty, freedom, and love ~~and a hard-boiled egg~~, go forth!

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Red light establishment with secret opium den?

Oh, of COURSE.

See, I've basically decided on this, now, because the idea of the Master as a 19th century pimp is too funny to pass up.

Looking for a right-hand man?

Oho! DEFINITELY. Master can't be EVERYWHERE, after all. He's a respected member of society....for some reason...and he has society stuff to do sometimes. IDK I'm going to be rolling with this a lot because I don't know THAT much about the time period.

Although, THEORETICALLY, it should be run by a woman, as far as I can tell...

"Janitors" do it better than maids.

Cross-dress him :p

....I don't understand the innuendo.

Oh...oh dear. Okay, I just got literally a bit scared by "Madame Saxon". I'ma....just...keep my eyes open for some woman with aspirations and nothing to do on the curse days and make a puppet brothel-head out of her. Or else just break the rules because he's the Master and he's hypnotised people to think it's okay, I dunno.

It was a stupid joke about cleaning.

Grell would be great.

....o-oh my god. You're so many different kinds of right.

I might actually volunteer Inara to be this Madame.

You have to admit it really IS right up her alley.

YES. She has the TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE. :D

I will love you forever?

/flails

YAY She will totally be the madame of this incredibly reputable place :D Love forever is acceptable.

Now, I just need to make an incredibly tasteful ooc post requesting PEOPLE TO BE HOORS FOR LE MAISON CLOSE DE LE MAITRE.
...idk I stopped taking highschool French in grade 10.

hahahaha Yes!! They're 'Entertainment Experts' or something like that. Inara fails to see what is wrong with companion.

I'm excited. This'll be fun.

MY FRIEND FROM FRENCH IMMERSION NAMED IT.

Tambour Amoureux.

THAT IS AWESOME

I do not know what it means except something love it is still awesome

I'm very excited about this.

OKAY it means "Drum Loving" only it is a pun off of Tomber Amoureaux which means "falling in love" and basically, my friend made my life.

Ooooh I love that. She made my life too!

This event needs to be LONGER

AGREED.

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