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

[souredsweet]

[there there Kanaya he reaches out to pat the back of her hand]

I know you've been repressing the urge since Lithuania arrived.

[speakveryclearly]

Is it that obvious.

[Even Kanaya herself cannot ask this question without a hint of human irony.]

[souredsweet]

I had a little inkling.

[why yes, Kanaya. yes it was.]

[speakveryclearly]

[The knowledge that Kaoru is not very high on the list of those to be saved forms a heavy weight in the back of her mind. She can already see the chalk outline around Touko's body on the road as the Earth police investigate a hit and run accident. The shadows they cast weren't an entirely bad place to be; they shroud her face now, around the gaps in the supernatural light.]

We could break all of her bones... it would be a fun anatomical lesson...

[souredsweet]

[it's part of the reason he's so keen on seeing Felicia dead. as selfish as he claims humans are, he's a selfish being, too; if he can't get a satisfactory end (and he highly, highly doubts he can), then he at least wants Felicia to suffer, too.

so it's with an alarming amount of geniality and ease that he hums along with what she's saying, nodding in agreement.]

I think I would like to see something like that. Even if we can't kill her twice, we can at least make her stay here as miserable as possible.

[speakveryclearly]

They might not send her here if she actually has the power claimed... [And she can't stand that. Being impossibly fast and strong has done nothing to benefit her in this game.]

Maybe if they all get to leave, though, somebody will sneak in a literal parting shot.

[souredsweet]

She would be beyond the constraints of the game by that point, presumably. If you make it back, take one for all of us.

[speakveryclearly]

[She nods, really emotional though trying not to show it, because at this point she sincerely thinks Kaoru might not get chosen CASUALLY DROPS THIS THREAD BECAUSE LOOK WHAT HAPPENED LATER...]