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

[teenspirit]

There must be a trap in all of this... the game has been so corrupted... there's not going to be a simple solution.

[souredsweet]

If voting is impossible, maybe one of the remainders will take "justice" into their own hands and send her to us themselves. They're an intelligent group and they do not need Felicia Marlow to bring this mess to an end.

[he's tired - he's exhausted, and all he wants to do is go back to Kyoto and see Chizuru's face again. he can't even begin to sort through the information and revelations.]

[teenspirit]

No. They wouldn't allow it... I... I hope they do not attack her. I fear something bad will happen... Like with Tarou-san... but this time, with no rescue.

[souredsweet]

People like that can't just be talked to, and she more than any of us deserves an execution. ...If they can come to a conclusion that sets everything right without killing her, I will truly be amazed.

[teenspirit]

[ Aaand with Felicia's offer on the table... ]

This... this is unfair...

[souredsweet]

...Well, if that is the way things will play out, they might as well just execute her.

[VENGEANCE. that and he's not dumb enough to think he'd be one of the nine picked to return after his trainwreck of a trial, so his own selfish line of thinking is tending toward 'a dead Felicia and dying permanently is better than being stuck here forever while Felicia walks off alive'.]