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]

That cannot be it. They cannot take the star from the show.

[vytis]

The evidence pointed to her more or less exclusively. [He isn't saying that as a good thing--the evidence during Doris's trial pointed to him, after all.]

There must be something else accompanying all this. The man the notes mentioned who wouldn't finance them...?

[teenspirit]

This show... Someone needs to profit from it, right?

[vytis]

[Lithuania nods and taps his foot against the floor as he thinks.]

They arranged the designated killers. They gave the mastermind role to me, which is a role that's been able to survive in the past, although this time I was set up to die. They hired Miss Marlow as an actress because the person who they were relying on to finance them wanted her...? [The "old man" mentioned.]

It would be easier if we knew more about how previous shows worked. Was I set up to lose because a mastermind win meant that everyone else died...?

[teenspirit]

I don't know. Maybe you were being set up for a final face-off with her, but things did not go as planned.