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

[impheired]

Shit, how many more of you guys are gonna show up before this is all over? Can I expect to see Sonia pop up out of fucking nowhere next?

[HE ACTUALLY SOUNDS VAGUELY AMUSED, DESPITE THE WORDS BEING SPOKEN HERE.]

[vytis]

...Probably. [Good guess?] Hello, Mr. Kuzuryuu. I'm Lithuania. [You saw him get blown up!]

[impheired]

The mastermind, right? [He sure did see you get blown up. That was a thing.]

[vytis]

Of season forty-seven, yes. I'm glad you got along with yours. [HIS DESIGNATED KILLER GROUP REALLY DIDN'T...]

[impheired]

Only because she didn't give me much of a fucking choice in the matter. [KUZURYUU. WE ARE IN THE ELEVENTH HOUR AND YOU ARE STILL TRYING TO PULL THIS TSUNDERE BULLSHIT YOU NEED TO STOP.] Nagumo mentioned something to Nanami the other day about your situation being different than ours was though. They made you pretend like you were behind the whole thing or something, right? No fuckin' wonder your designated killers hated you.

[Why yes, he has basically not looked away from the screen at all this week why do you ask?]

[vytis]

[Lithuania nods.] I had to tell my designated killers that I was the producer of the show and responsible for bringing them into the game. [NOT THE BEST START.] Things got better after our season was over.

[impheired]

...yeah, that'll do it. If Nanami had pulled that shit with me, things would've gone much differently, I can tell you that much. [He would not be wearing her hairclip on his lapel instead of his family crest, if that were the case. Among other things...]

[teenspirit]

[ Guess who? ]

Some~one's~ calling~ my~ name...?

[impheired]

[FINALLY SOMEBODY HE KNOWS. BLESS.]

Damn right I am. Had a feeling you couldn't be too far behind if Tanaka was involved. 'bout time you showed up.

[teenspirit]

Betcha.

[ Boy oh boy do her classmates have a lot to learn about her past three years with Gundam Tanaka. BUT THAT ASIDE. ]

But of course, I have another investment here. My dear classmates... My precious friends. [ She throws her arms around him in a very enthusiastic and wildly inappropriate hug. ]

[impheired]

[Thank god for people like Nanami and Maya who kind of broke him down as far as hugs go. She gets a few awkward (yet oddly fond) backpats instead of getting pushed away. Look how far he has come. Amazing. He doesn't even try and escape or anything, he'll just let her hug as long as she wants to.]

Yeah, yeah... [He lowers his voice a little, all but mumbling the next bit because TSUNS GONNA TSUN:] I'm glad to see you too.

[teenspirit]

[ He is so short that Sonia can rest her head on his chin. And she does. ]

What you did... It was incredible. But Kuzuryuu's always been an amazing sort of person.

[ A hamster crawls out of Sonia's hair and down onto Kuzuryuu's shoulder as she pulls away. ]

[impheired]

[Oh hey, the dark gods are still alive. He was kind of wondering about that...especially with the whole virtual reality thing...]

[He shakes his head.]

Nah, I'm not the amazing one, it was only incredible because I had help. Yukimura, Peixes, Kagamine, and Austria...hell, even Tanaka, apparently. [THAT FUCKER AND HIS FAKE PRODUCER NOTE.] I couldn't have pulled it off on my own.

[teenspirit]

[ This is a second-generation dark god, progeny of the originals...! ]

Well, we're nowhere without those to rely on, are we?

[ She nudges the little hamster on Kuzuryuu's shoulder. ] And there's always time for new beginnings.

[impheired]

Yeah... [He trails off, still smiling a little. Until a thought occurs to him.] Oi, speaking of...since Hinata's on the run with the hostages now...does that mean we've left Souda and Owari alone with everyone in comas? How the fuck does this kidnapping bullshit even work?

[They somehow managed to kidnap his sister before she died?? So like...what??? DO THEY NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS...BECAUSE THIS IS A VALID CONCERN, LBR.]

[teenspirit]

We cannot be sure. [ Yeah, the timeline stuff is... Well, it could be a bad thing or they could really use it to their advantage. ] I-I'm sure they won't be too incompetent with the others...?

[impheired]

[Real talk though, Owari was almost Kuzuryuu's hostage. Let's stop and think about Souda being left alone on coma island for a minute and laugh.]

Surely... [Mostly he's worried about them panicking at being left alone, tbh. And if Owari decides to do something reckless, he is like 99% sure that Souda would not be able to reign her in because he's a wuss.] I guess we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it. No sense worrying about it right now.

[One thing at a time, here. Let's get out of murder castle first.]

[perfectstrike]

[Peko's hovering close behind Kuzuryuu, pretend you're surprised. She... doesn't have much to say, though, considering the last time she spoke with Sonia, it was when she'd pretended to be her favorite serial killer to get everyone on the island except Kuzuryuu killed. Awkward.

So uh. Hey, Sonia.]

[teenspirit]

[ Yeah... Awkward. But her reasons for doing it... Well, they hadn't been right, but they were pure in their own way. Sonia had felt a deep empathy for Pekoyama where Hanamura and Tsumiki's murders had only left her cold. ]

Miss Pekoyama.

[ And she reaches out to catch her in a hug. Europeans, man. They're so touchy feely. ]

[perfectstrike]

[Sonia no you can't just spring that on a girl actually Peko doesn't stiffen up as much as one might expect? She's almost gotten used to people hugging her out of nowhere, in all honesty, considering that it keeps happening. She just kind of awkwardly pats her back before trying to extricate herself.]

It's been a long time... it is good to see you again.

[teenspirit]

[ At least she didn't try to kiss her on both cheeks. ]

It's been a terribly long time... And I hate that we have met again under such circumstances. But... We'll make this a new beginning for everyone, if we can.

[perfectstrike]

[Now that would actually have stunned her, gg Sonia.]

What, exactly, happens after this? What kind of beginning?

[The one thing everyone in graveyard has been terribly cagey about.]

[teenspirit]

Mm... Well... I suppose my explanation is contingent upon how much you know about... after.

[ After her death on the island, that is. ]

[perfectstrike]

If you're referring to the island, the young master told me everything.

[SHSL Despair. Being braindead/comatose/all that jazz. He left out details of their other classmates' murders, but she knows who made it in the end.]

So do we just return?

[teenspirit]

...Yes. You aren't dead, there; you sleep, although we cannot be sure how deeply. As for whether we return or not... Gundam and I... Well, we'll see. [ They honestly don't touch the topic very often... ]