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

[aozaki]

Sonia, you, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, and Latvia are guaranteed. I'd count Yuzu, Belarus, and Altman in too, although their state have always been strange since their 'death'. Kaoru, Rin, and Beat are high contenders too, you'll be fine.

...

There is an inconsistency, it's true. Including Lithuania, the number of people killed through murder is 10, not 9. [touko went for 2 herself, after all.] Heh. Either way, that girl isn't going to make any living as an actress. The only role she's capable of playing is a badly scripted villain, no wonder she got so easily beaten in popularity by Yuzu and Sonia.

[speakveryclearly]

That and, as Susan has so intelligently pointed out, being maimed isn't going to have a very positive effect on her career.

[aozaki]

You could burn her face off. If they have the technology to drag us in, they should be able make her a new one. [she shrugs.] The experience can be good for her.

[speakveryclearly]

She can start a new life as a milkmaid in the Ukrainian steppes.

[aozaki]

You should suggest it to the others, if you get brought back. Did you consult Ukraine?

[speakveryclearly]

--It's kind of a running joke between myself and Kaoru. We likewise imagined for Doris a retirement there where she learned to knit.

[aozaki]

[she chuckles.]

What if Doris already knows how to knit? No one ever asked her, did we?

[speakveryclearly]

Well, she's not about to do any knitting now. We haven't been able to find her... it isn't entirely fair.

[aozaki]

Not much has been, but life goes on. [sigh!] They should go for the execution.

[speakveryclearly]

You really think they're going to do that? And take the serious risk of not surviving themselves?

[aozaki]

Hah, not at all. Too many of them are pragmatic. I would though, myself.

[she even admits it....]

[speakveryclearly]

Ah, I gravely underestimated the strength of your desire to punch her.

one month later but please pay no heed

[aozaki]

I wouldn't risk scraping my knuckles on something like that. I'm not a brute.

[clearly she has much more class than that!!!

or magi just hate menial labor/physical work. that too. maybe.]