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The Directors ([personal profile] productions) wrote2014-07-30 09:14 pm
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graveyard pt ii

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.
psychup: (you shout and no one seems to hear)

[personal profile] psychup 2014-08-07 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, all right. I can volunteer. But um...if we're younger in those memories, would we forget even our memories from back home?

[Actually, she really doesn't look okay with it. But consider it a volunteer if there aren't enough others.]
humanic: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] humanic 2014-08-07 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He pauses.] There's never really been any precedent for this before, and it's not exactly like any of us are experts on revivalology or whatever this is, but...I'd say it's likely that'd be the case.

You don't have to if you don't want to though. We're not going to force anyone to go. If there aren't enough volunteers, I can go up, I'm a previous player too. [Not that he wants to either, but...sacrifices have to be made and all that.]
psychup: (pic#7683230)

[personal profile] psychup 2014-08-07 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know if I can go back to that...

[She was pretty different even two years ago. All of that work she did...]

But if there aren't enough, I'll do it. You shouldn't have to forget everything!
humanic: (sympathetic)

[personal profile] humanic 2014-08-07 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Then don't. Last time, we...I wound up sacrificing someone against their will to save someone else. We're not going to let it happen here.

[A shrug.] My season was only three years ago, and I've been stuck in this world on the run ever since. I'll still remember everyone in our group and what we went through together during our round, even if I won't remember what happened after that. I became friends with them once, I can do it again. [Pause.] If Kaoru doesn't actually kill me first.
psychup: (pic#7271577)

[personal profile] psychup 2014-08-07 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure I'll also become friends with everyone again. Though I might have to repeat law school.
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[personal profile] humanic 2014-08-07 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[shudders theatrically] Well that settles it, you definitely can't be put through that again. Besides, I don't even know where you'd be able to go to law school around here.