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productions) wrote2014-05-26 09:49 pm
productions) wrote2014-05-26 09:49 pm
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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.
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But I did it and there's no changing it now.
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[He definitely sounds upset, and he's directing it at her.]
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Unlike you and myself, this group doesn't have a choice in things. If no one kills, then it's their obligation to do so under threat of duress.
I did what I could to prevent them from taking a life against their free will.
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Usually somebody's already dead by Wednesday morning, so maybe they were going to keep their hands clean despite the consequences. But now we'll never know, because you wouldn't give them a chance. When their group was outed... Wouldn't that make them more likely to resist? It'd be easy to vote for them if a crime went unsolved... Killing somebody here is as good as suicide.
You murdered somebody who cared about you because you decided it was better to do that than to put your faith in others.
[He has a serious problem with that, the distaste evident in his tone.]
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You're in no position to lecture me on morality.
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1/2
Und nein. I don't. I don't regret it.
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[Like telling Spain before hand, maybe. She wasn't expecting his death to be... that. Awful.]
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[It makes a difference. It has to make a difference. How can it be better to be remorseless than not?]
At least I regret it. At least I didn't kill my friend!
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If you're gonna make the decision to kill someone, then feeling regret afterwards doesn't mean shit! You don't get to pat yourself on the back for feeling bad about it! My sister is dead because of you! Iceland's brother is dead because of you! Your regret sure as hell ain't gonna bring them back or make anyone feel better that they're dead. It's just a way to make yourself feel high and mighty when you're no better than any of the other killers here!
No, you know what? You're worse than Austria. You played along with this shitty ass game and you were fine with an innocent person dying for your own selfish reasons. She did it to try to break the game, and she didn't need someone to force a confession outta her. She faced the consequences straight on without tryin' to run away from it. So you don't get to say shit about whether what she did was right or wrong.
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Danke, Herr Ren.
[She doesn't even mind the swearing actually. Let him have it.]
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I wasn't fine with it... I didn't want anybody to die for me! [He coves his mouth and takes a few more steps back, shaking his head. His voice is shaking now.] I was scared... I-I didn't know what to do.
But Austria-san didn't break the game. She still killed somebody. She still died. The least she could do is regret taking somebody's life... How can anybody live with themselves after doing that?!
D-do you really think I feel good about this--any of this?! Because I don't! But Kougyoku-san would have k-killed me next, I didn't have a choice!
[Or at least.
That's what he tells himself.]
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How dare you blame my sister - your victim - for your actions. She didn't even know you were there, so you can stop tryin' to justify this as self-defense, you goddamn coward. You had a fuckin' choice. You could have turned around and walked away. Instead, you decided to kill two people because you were scared? What about Norway, huh? Was he gonna try to kill ya too? Don't you dare say you didn't have a choice!
Austria walked into that trial knowin' she was gonna die just so she could give the people who've been forced into this a chance. She even blew up the museum door on her way out. She sacrificed her own life doing whatever she could to help everyone else still in the game. Meanwhile, you killed two people, framed a third, and didn't even speak up when it looked like Spain was about to die for you because you were scared. You don't get to pretend like she's somehow a worse person than you are just because you feel bad and she doesn't. If you're gonna feel bad over killing someone, then don't fuckin' kill them in the first place.
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But I was scared... I didn't want to die! I thought Norway-san was already dead when I shot Kougyoku-san. When I saw him wake up, I didn't know what to do, i-if he told the others, I'd...!
[Ryou shivers and looks down at his feet. Seeming a little more composed--for his next sentence only.] Kougyoku-san was killing Norway-san first. I.. [He gulp.] And I thought in that moment that my sister deserved to live than a murderer. Kougyoku-san would have died in the trial anyway.
...Ahah... [He's more crying than laughing, but it's hard to tell which started first.] Haha... I-I had a choice! But I...I m-made the wrong one.
[Ryou runs his hands through his hair, distressed and practically yelling.] I want to take it back, but I can't! I can't... I can't!
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[He gets up and slams his foot next to Ryou's head.] Maybe she would have and maybe she wouldn't have. But you don't get to say that you're better than any of the other killers here because of it. You decided that your life was worth more than Norway's and Kougyoku's. That makes you a killer - and a pretty fuckin' shitty one at that. So you don't get to fuckin' lecture anyone else here about how terrible what they did was or how much you were hurt by it. Go cry more about how awful you feel, I don't give a shit. But shut your goddamn mouth when it comes to my sister or any other person you wanna pass judgment on.
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I-I'm sorry... I know I'm not any better! I know... [He stops moving and lowers his hands to cover his face. He's crying again, as much as he doesn't want to since Kouha brought it up.]
I'm worse. I'm the only one who k-killed two people... But none of this is okay! N-not what I did, not what they did...
[It's all just selfish venting, isn't it?! He's trying to make himself feel better, somehow. Kouha's right.]
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Someone who also played along and killed in this game doesn't get to decide for other people what's okay and what ain't. If they don't feel bad about it, that's their choice. Their victim can confront them all they want, but you don't get to tell them otherwise.
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...Okay.