graveyard pt ii

[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]

[Ryou was going to ponder what "good reason" anybody could possibly have, but Kuzuryuu brought up something much more interesting than flimsy motives. He actually pushes his work aside to give the other boy his full attention now--not that he didn't have his attention before, but his hands were still prepped on the cranes.]

Who do you think it is, Kuzuryuu-kun?

[impheired]

I'm not saying till there's actual evidence to back up my hunch. Just because I'm not actually in the trial, doesn't mean my policy's changed on that.

[Goddammit, Kuzuryuu.]

But I know this is going to be a lot more complicated than "the host did it". What do you think this is, week one?

[onethirdthesoul]

[Ryou suddenly looks a bit bashful.]

Well...It's still a possibility. Maybe they wanted to close with a book end. But you know Kuzuryuu-kun, if you told me who you were suspicious of we could at least discuss the possibility together. It's not like it's going to effect the actual investigation...

[In other words, just tell him your darn suspicions.]

[impheired]

[He'll never tell!]

I'll share when I'm more certain. Right now, it's hard to have much of a discussion when the only thing I'm going off is a gut feeling. It's not like they've really found anything yet. Hell, most of 'em haven't even given their alibis. And the two who have are impossible and highly unlikely, respectively.

[He KNOWS it's not Nanami, alibi or no. All her alibi did was make him kind of sad...]

[onethirdthesoul]

I just feel so lost in all of this... The clues the others got don't seem to be helping any. Maybe they were set there by the killer to throw everybody off?

[Ryou leans back in his chair, tilting his head up towards the ceiling.]

But that seems like a stretch, and the producers want us to find the mastermind, don't they? So they have to lead somewhere. Either way, I'm sure it was the mastermind who killed Atehna-san. I just thought maybe the mastermind and the host were one in the same.

[impheired]

I'm not so sure it was the mastermind who killed her. Like you said, they want us to find 'em. It's possible they're being set up. But it's also possible that they are the killer after all, like I said, it's fucking impossible to tell what their motives are at this point. Or where their loyalties lie.

[onethirdthesoul]

This is a mess... [This is why Ryou just liked playing cheerleader, doing experiments, and the occasional investigation.]

Well, I'm sure when they find more clues things will start to make more sense. [He knew that was a pretty pointless thing to say, but what else can he say? He has no idea what to think.]