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

[derepressed]

. . .

[chizuru has no idea what that even means

sorry kanaya]

[speakveryclearly]

[YEAH SHE GOT CARRIED AWAY IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC]

--he really, really doesn't have those feelings! In general, for that matter!

[derepressed]

...good!

[because no one is good enough for her brother anyway gOD]

[bigthings]

[yeah Kanaya gets an equally blank look from Kouha too] Sorry, I don't speak your language. But usin' snakes in your sex life is waaaay too weird. Gross. You must be doing it wrong.

Anyway, it might not be like that now, but I think the two of you can work it out!

[derepressed]

Who says we want to work it out so it's like that..?! We don't! We definitely don't!

[bigthings]

Ehhhh, if you say so. [There is so much disbelief in his voice. So much.]

[derepressed]

I do say so..! We're twins, not lovers.

[bigthings]

[giving her a blank look]

Don't worry, I ain't gonna judge your freaky incest shit. If ya love someone enough to fight for it, then no one else should be able to say otherwise. Unless it's somethin' super gross like a little kid.

[derepressed]

[His blank look gets a blank look right back. She doesn't get why he's so hung up on this...]

I love Kaoru more than enough to fight for him, but that doesn't mean I love him in that way. There's more than one type of love...

[bigthings]

Is that so...?

Guess he's stayin' a virgin forever then. Kinda sad.

[derepressed]

...he doesn't love me that way either, so even if I did, he'd still be... still be--!

...

Why am I even discussing my brother's sex life with you..?!

[bigthings]

Who else would you be discussing it with? [COME ON CHIZURU LET'S GOSSIP ABOUT KAORU'S SEX LIFE WHILE WE DO EACH OTHER'S HAIR]

[derepressed]

No one, because that's his business and - and it's private! Would you want Kougyoku-san to be discussing your sex life with Kaoru, just to reverse this situation entirely..?

[bigthings]

Sure, why not? I mean, I dunno how much Kougyoku actually would know, but I've got nothin' to be ashamed of. Kaoru might actually be able to learn some stuff. [CHIZURU WHAT ANSWER WERE YOU EXPECTING...]

[derepressed]

[well that sure as hell backfired]

That's - that's not -

Kaoru doesn't have any need to learn anything of the sort..!

[bigthings]

Ehhh? How would you know that? [OHOHOHO IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS RIGHT AFTER ALL!!]

[derepressed]

I - I just know...! He doesn't have a girlfriend or a boyfriend or anything, so he doesn't need to learn any of the tricks that you apparently get up to..!

[bigthings]

But he'll need to learn them someday. Unless you don't want him to have an anything...?

[derepressed]

Why does it matter if I do or don't want him to have an anything..?

[more to the point, why does she feel like she's just not going to be able to win regardless of what her answer to that question is...]