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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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[One can almost hear the air quotes, her voice quiet and slightly bitter. But if anyone deserves to hear the whole story, it's Phoenix.]
The main difference being... if the true culprit were to get away with their crime, everyone else on the island would be executed, and the true culprit would be permitted to go free.
I wanted the young master to escape. After they voted me as the culprit, I tried to argue that though I was the one who swung the bat which killed Koizumi, the young master was the true culprit, as I am nothing but his tool. But the young master... he refused to accept it. So they determined that I, as the true culprit, was to be executed. I was about to be dragged away...
That is the last thing I remember before coming here.
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When she talks about arguing for the 'true culprit', an expression of surprise flits across Phoenix's face, before it settles on a self-deprecating smile. So she too... ]
I guess my idea wasn't as original as I thought. The only difference is that he couldn't accept what you did. [ That seems to explain something actually. ] I wonder... he tried to argue against Maya being the true culprit too.
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He cannot let someone be killed so he can go free. He would not accept me dying for him, because it...
[she hesitates, her voice catching as she all but hugs herself and looks to an opposite wall.]
It would have meant him accepting that I was nothing but a tool for him. A means to an end. And he refused to do that.
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He has very strong feelings about people being used, you see.
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That explains some things. [ There's a small smile before it fades. ] In this case... it might be an easier pill to swallow to know he wouldn't be doing it for himself. [ He'd be doing it for his sister. ]
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Even still... I do not know if a threat against her would be enough. Revenge will motivate him, but against an innocent person who has nothing to do with her or his family?
I know he is capable of murder, but I am afraid for what would happen to him after... he's too soft for this.
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Nanami will be there to support him when he makes his choice. Feferi and Chizuru too.
[ BUT ONLY UNTIL WEEK 8 APPARENTLY... ]
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I can only hope that will be enough.
[She shakes her head and takes off her glasses, pressing her fingers against her closed eyelids.]
Have you recognized the cruel irony in his position, yet, Wright?
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[ There's so much he can hardly even separate it all anymore. ]
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Even if he escapes this castle, even if he escapes the island... he will have to go back without either mine or his sister's support.