the theater - part ii

[productions]

the theatre



You awaken in a darkened theatre.

In front of you is an enormous cinema screen. On it plays everything that's currently happening in the mansion, accompanied by appropriate sound effects and background instrumentals when fitting. The seat you're sitting on is large and plush, and while there's many of them, there's enough room in the theatre for you to fully recline the seat into a comfortable bed if you wish. Under each seat is a sleeping mask and noise-cancelling headphones, in case you'd like to take a break from watching the show.

Follow the stairs up and you'll reach what should be the projection room. There are no projectors in here, however; it is simply a large and well-lit room above the main seating area, and a good place to hang out with your fellow eliminated contestants if shouting at each other across the aisles proves too much to handle.

If you leave the theatre through the door in the back, you'll find yourself in a hall. On one end is a concession stand. It's stocked with standard movie snacks - popcorn, candy and the like - but if you're feeling the urge for something else, you'll be able to find it stocked somewhere in the back. On the other end is a table with thirty wrapped bags and a placard reading 'A star for our stars! Please accept these lovely giftbags as a token of appreciation for your hard work, sponsored by [illegible smudge]'. Each bag has a tag bearing the name of someone in the mansion; you will only be able to open the bag with your name on it. As soon as you open it, any memories that have been taken from you, including those of the other people in the mansion that you may have forgotten, will be returned in their entirety. Within the bag are also objects from your home that you may want for your stay here, though you will find no weapons.

There are no other doors in the hall save for the one leading back into the theatre room. There are also no windows; it is impossible to tell where you are and what is going on in the outside world. Any attempts to break out will fail. So in the meantime, why not sit back and enjoy the show?

Comments

[notyetlost]

Um. [What is this suspect list?] "Dead" people can be the real mastermind?

So. That person even if they 'died' they can go back and totally just screw over everyone else?

[Poland hadn't considered this as a possibility.]

[balzams]

[Latvia seems a little off put by the fact as well even though it wasn't a completely new idea to him]

I'm not sure... You would think that a mastermind would keep themselves alive as long as possible.

But the past week just proved there's a way in and out of here. And it's not like everyone who 'died' is accounted for either...

[notyetlost]

We're not really dead though. [Yet anyways.]

I guess if they got killed or scapegoated or executed and they knew that we'd end up here and with Lithuania being used as their scapegoat they had nothing to actually worry about.

...

That's so unfair!

[balzams]

But if they are someone who's already here then they must have a way of interacting with the outside world...

[Anxiously he glances over at some of the others]

We're not going to have to hold our own trial, are we?

[vytis]

They could be in here right now, then? [That's a weird thought.

Actually this entire situation is really weird for Lithuania. He puts a hand over his heart as he watches Annie and Susan look through the various chunks of it; that someone actually managed to implant something inside him is extremely unsettling.]

[notyetlost]

If the mastermind is in this room, put your hand up right now so I can kick your teeth in! [That should definitely motivate them to come forward.]

[vytis]

I don't think that's going to make them want to tell you who they are, if they really are here.

[notyetlost]

I'm not wearing stilettos. [Yet.] They'd be getting off easy.

[souredsweet]

If they are already "dead", it just means that we won't have to wait long to kill them a second time once they've been revealed.

[OPTIMISM.]

[notyetlost]

[Kaoru, your optimism is kinda scary.

It's totally great.]

So what's the punching order?

[souredsweet]

[he is so glad to find a place full of people who understand his scary optimism...]

Well, since it isn't Lithuania, I'm going to have to revoke your top spot. The six of us first, and then the rest of you can fight over who goes next. Preferably in order from weakest to strongest so they aren't knocked unconscious too quickly.

[notyetlost]

Assuming there's anything left by the time the six of you are done with them.

[If Kanaya punches like she kisses, they're doomed.]

[souredsweet]

I'll do my best to try saving a little for the rest of you. [which is accompanied by a smile! it isn't at all pleasant. he's now had a decent amount of time to transfer most of his ill intent toward Lithuania to whoever their nameless target is, and it manifests in a pretty astounding bloodlust.]

Of course, I can't say whether or not the other five would do the same...