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

[onethirdthesoul]

Okay! So, first things first...

[He places the bottle in front of him.] You need a drink. Then, second things second... You have to make a statement! Like "never have I ever eaten raw meat." Then everybody who has done that has to take a drink. Understand?

[derepressed]

It seems simple enough...

[She's just going to get some tea, because that is nice and non-alcoholic and if Ryou is so convinced that what he's drinking is juice, it's not going to be easy to convince him not to drink it (she's dealt with enough drunk friends in her time), so she'll just make sure she's sober enough to help him if something happens.]

Since it was your idea, do you want to start?

[onethirdthesoul]

Yeah, it'll be easy for you to catch on I'm sure. [He hasn't forgotten that she's from Ye Olde Times, at least.]

Alright, sooo... Never have I ever...had a pet hamster!

[derepressed]

[She's not Gundam Tanaka, so she's not drinking!]

Neither have I... um - never have I ever... [Oh gosh, this is harder than she thought.] Had a pet dog..?

[onethirdthesoul]

[Ryou beams at her encouragingly.]

Me neither! Never have I ever...liked oysters.

[derepressed]

Eh? You don't? [Her eyes go wide.] They're delicious, though...

[...oops, that means she has to drink. So she takes a sip of tea.]

Um! Never have I ever watched a movie... before coming to this castle, that is.

[onethirdthesoul]

Ugh, no... Oysters are the worst! [He sticks his tongue out, and then he takes a drink because he's totally watched a movie.]

Never have I ever...worn a woman's yukata! [Like the one Chizuru is wearing right now... Ryou, that's a cheap shot.]

[derepressed]

Maybe you just haven't had someone prepare them the right way?

[Oysters are a delicacy...! Chizuru pouts, though, and looks down at her yukata. Oh, unfair... but she sips at her tea again.]

Never have I ever... written a campaign for a game!

[They're targeted questions, but at least they're not malicious.]

[onethirdthesoul]

No way, oysters are definitely gross. [Sorry Chizuru, the alcohol has dampened Ryou's filters just a little.]

Ahh...you got me! [Does he even realize he was being targeted? He takes a sip.]

Never have I ever...worn a ponyta--wait... Yes I have. [He takes another sip.]

[derepressed]

Ah, Ryou-kun, I don't think you need to drink when you're the one who's saying it...!

[She's just going to reach over and... try to take his bottle while subtly pushing her cup of tea to him.]

Let's switch. I'd like to try yours, so maybe you can try mine. Um... [Wait, she has worn a ponytail. She presses her lips together and wets them with the pomegranate rum before tilting her head to one side. Faking drinking for fun and profit!] Never have I ever, um, gone for a swim in the ocean.

[onethirdthesoul]

But I did it... [Oh, but she's taking his drink now. Before he can properly protest, there's already a cup of tea in his hand in its place, and he's looking down at it as if it's an alien artifact.]

If you wanted to try it Chizuru-chan-san, there's more than one bottle... [Still, he'll go ahead and take a sip.] Never have I ever...kissed a boy.

[derepressed]

Ah, Okita-san and I haven't...

[They will, if the nightmares are to be believed - but it hasn't happened yet, so she can avoid drinking. ...but then she seems to remember something else and her cheeks flush pink. Wordlessly, she brings the bottle back to her lips and pretends to drink again.]

Never have I ever... um, um... ["Kissed a girl" seems like a cop-out, so she won't use it.] Been on a... date.

[THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE CALLED IT IN SOME OF THE BOOKS SHE READ IN THE LIBRARY. SHE THINKS.]

[ladyofthehouse]

[Austria will drink for that one. Mostly because she wants an excuse to drink. The dogs are actually Germany's.]

Never have I ever... [Wow this game is hard when you're a thousand years old.]

...ah. Had. A brother.

[Sorry Chizuru.]

[derepressed]

...

[She looks down at her tea for a moment before taking a sip and smiling at Austria as best she can manage.]

Mm, good one. If you'd done that a week ago, I'd have told you I had a sister...

[RIGHT NOW SHE HAS TO THINK...]

Never have I ever... been able to play an instrument well?

[Kaoru was the lucky twin that got music lessons. :c]

[bloomnobly]

....it depends on your definition of 'well,' I suppose.

[ chug chug chug......as amusing as it is to watch ryou get drunk, she'll stick with tea for now ]

[derepressed]

Ah, what sort of instrument do you play, Yuyuko-san?

[SHE'S INTERESTED...]

[bloomnobly]

I know a few songs on the piano. But I'm rather rusty. And my estate has regular performers, so I know some tricks from observing them every now and then, ah...the violin and the trumpet, aside from another instance of a piano.

[derepressed]

Even so, that's amazing..! To be able to play so many instruments... you must be very talented.

[bloomnobly]

[ she looks a bit sheepish ] A-Ah, well, like I said, it depends on your definition of 'well.' There are only two songs I'm able to recall for the piano, and for the others, it is...more of a memorization of hand movements than anything.

[ladyofthehouse]

This game is rather difficult when you've lived as long as I have, unfortunately.

I'll drink for both of them as retribution because.... I do have a sister. Technically.

[She just refuses to admit she is in fact Austria's sister-- but there's a whole terrible story involving horrendous guilt and amnesiacs that Austria has no desire to get into.]

Do you have an interest in learning an instrument? [Austria looks very interested in Chizuru's answer... SHE WANTS HER BOOK ENDS.]

[derepressed]

That's right... the longer you live, the more things you've done. Younger people have an unfair advantage!

[Those cheating young'uns.

That "technically" makes her curious, but since Austria doesn't seem at all inclined to say more, she just nods slowly before answering her question, instead.]

I'd like to... I wanted to ask, um, before, but I could never figure out how to approach you. [She smiles a little shyly, looking embarrassed.] It seemed selfish to go up to you and ask you to teach me, and then... by the time I managed to work up the nerve to ask anyway, the timing just didn't seem right.

1/2

[ladyofthehouse]

[Little does Austria know Yuyuko and Kouha are privy to this terrible story somehow!!]

Ahhhh....

[She looks pained. SO PAINED. Why does she always have to be so intimidating--why didn't you just say something while she was alive Chizuru!]

[ladyofthehouse]

I have a flute! [She looks so distressed even suggesting it, but-- she wanted this so badly!]

Do you want to learn the flute?

[derepressed]

[AUSTRIA ISN'T INTIMIDATING okay no that's a lie but Chizuru is easily intimidated so she probably would have hesitated to ask regardless.]

Ah, um...!

[Austria doesn't look too happy with the suggestion.]

I wouldn't mind it, but I don't want to make you go out of your way to teach me...!

[though the thought of flute lessons while everyone else is trying to pay attention to the goings-on in the castle is pretty amusing]

[ladyofthehouse]

It's no trouble!

[It's a lot of trouble actually, but as long Prussia's not here and the theater isn't broadcasted back home she'll never have to know about this!]

I'd be happy to!