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

[impheired]

We could read all the stuff written in the notebooks though... [He just kind of throws his hands up.] Fuck it, I'm going back to just not questioning this language barrier bullshit. It's never made any sense to me.

[ladyofthehouse]

[She'll discretely shove a bottle from her gift bag in the vicinity of where Kazoo's hands should fall when he puts them down again in the hopes he'll just grab it.

He needs to lighten up.]

That's probably for the best.

[impheired]

[He really, really does. Though this may not be the best way to go about doing it. This might lighten him up too much. Whenever he actually gets around to playing, that is.]

Yeah, probably.

[onethirdthesoul]

[Ryou's noticing this!]

Ehh, Kuzuryuu-kun-kuza, are you gonna play?

[perfectstrike]

[Ryou what was that massacre of a name just there. She's embarrassed to be friends with you.]

[onethirdthesoul]

[He turned part of the word "yakuza" into an honorific! He thinks it's clever...]

[impheired]

...that isn't even an actual honorific. [Holy shit, Ryou. What.] I dunno. Maybe.

[He guesses.]

[onethirdthesoul]

I made it up! [Sounding really proud of himself right now!!]

Bu yes, we should play together. Do you know how the game works?

[impheired]

I just take a drink when somebody says something they haven't done but I have, yeah?

[onethirdthesoul]

Pretty much! Should I go first?

[perfectstrike]

Young master...?

[Are. Are we playing the game, bocchan?? Is that what's happening here??

She knows what his tolerance is like.]

[ladyofthehouse]

[She's a bad influence.]

[impheired]

[She really, really is. You should be ashamed, Austria.]

[ladyofthehouse]

[WOW NO SHE'S THE GREATEST. ACCORDING TO. A LOT OF PEOPLE APPARENTLY.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO FEEL SHAME ABOUT ANY OF HER LIFE CHOICES.]