graveyard

[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 castle, 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.

Past the hall is another door, this one wooden and seemingly decayed. If you go inside, you'll find a fairly simple, wooden room, that is empty except for a very large machine. It is difficult to tell what the machine is for; it has a touch screen that appears to be a control panel, as well as a large open space that seems to be part of the machine, but the machine is dead and won't turn on no matter what you do.

Still, at least you aren't alone here. You have your fellow players, as well as a few guests to keep you company.

Oh, and one more thing. At midnight following each execution, once all those who've died that week have woken up, a video will begin to play on screen.

Comments

[throe]

He was executed and ended up here. We eventually caught the Mastermind, but it wasn't over after that. [ A grim expression falls onto her features. ]

The rest of us... after we figured out what was going on. We saved twelve people from this place. Kaoru was one of them...

[mightiswright]

[ Saved him, only for him to end up right back in. That's some kind of irony. ]

But you're still here, after everything. Did anyone make it home?

[throe]

At this point... not even a spell could get any of us home.

[mightiswright]

Is that what you've been doing here for so long? Trying to cast spells to get home?

[throe]

My spells don't seem to work here, but the show runners probably took that into consideration before they brought me into the game. When those didn't work, we decided to fight for our survival instead.

[mightiswright]

Fight... how?

[throe]

By avoiding them, finding ways to take them down before they do this to even more people. [ Rapture sighs, looking tired. ] By trying to get back home.

[mightiswright]

[ Clearly it hasn't worked out so far... ]

I haven't seen a show more deserving of cancellation. It's a little late, but we'll find a way to make it happen.

[throe]

[ Rapture seems to perk up a little at that and smirks. ]

That'd be the show of the century!

[mightiswright]

[ This is like the only way for dead people to get their jollies now... ]

They made it sound like this show is pretty popular, didn't they? There's nothing more devastating to fans than a popular show taken off air without a proper ending.

[throe]

And now that we have more people... there just might be enough for an ambush! We can show the audience that we're the ones who will come out again and take our rightful place on top.

[ When she says 'we' though, it sounds like she's talking about her band more than everyone else. ]

[mightiswright]

[ He just assumes she's referring to all of them, what a team player. ]

It'll be a plot twist they'll never forget. [ Take that, host... ]