the theatre

[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 mansion, 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.

There are no other doors in the hall save for the one leading back into the theatre room. There are also no windows; it is impossible to tell where you are and what is going on in the outside world. Any attempts to break out will fail. So in the meantime, why not sit back and enjoy the show?

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

[notyetlost]

[Poland bites on his lip.] I don't-- I don't know what to do from here.

[balzams]

W-We're not actually dead... and if we got in here has to be a way out.

[The truth is as much as he insists that they have to do something he's at just as much of a loss for action as Poland]

M-Maybe there's a hidden door somewhere. In the ceiling or maybe under one of the chairs or...

O-Or by the screen! Has anyone actually gotten a closer look at it?

[notyetlost]

[Poland was practically carrying him the whole game.] He was really upset after your trial. All he could think of was, if he'd only just voted for Spain at least he could have tied it instead of sentencing you to death.

Every mistake he made felt like a thousand additional pounds on his shoulders.





That sounds good. Liet would like that.

[balzams]

...That wasn't his fault. Turns out that some people knew Spain was the guilty party all along.

It was really difficult to watch that trivia contest too... He really does put too much responsibility on himself.

I think he needs it more than any of us. We can go travelling, see all our friends again...

[notyetlost]

They wouldn't let us go back with our memories intact anyways.[He's not saying it to be a defeatist. It's just apparent to him that Lithuania will have to do this on his own.]

There's going to be a trial, he'll have to like. Get it together and defend himself.

[balzams]

But that's still one against nine, what if they don't find enough evidence to pin it on someone else?

It's not like they'll actually believe him when he claims to be innocent.

[notyetlost]

The Mastermind wouldn't make the mystery unsolvable. It wouldn't be like, sporting. Or whatever.

The evidence they left was meant to lead them to Lithuania. But they have to prove it was him without a doubt, not just execute him.

We just have to believe that they'll unearth the truth at the trial.

[balzams]

Y-yeah... Yeah, you're right.

I'm sorry, I just wish there was more we could do. I can't stand waiting for everything to unfold while everyone else smugly harps on about all the terrible things they would do to him...

1/2

[notyetlost]

They're being manipulated, there's no point in arguing with them. You'd think after being used for the entirety of the game, they'd realize they're still being treated as pawns but. [He can't blame them for it.]

Ignore them, we know the truth.

2/2

[notyetlost]

[Poland's shoulders sag.]

...I didn't realize anyone would would seriously think the mastermind was Liet.

I should have left something... Said something. [Why didn't he realize he was going to be killed?]

[balzams]

I-I don't think anyone would have realised...

If there's a way to contact them we could tell them but...

Wait! We still have Rapture! I said I would possess her if anything went wrong and right now things are very very wrong! We need to perform a reverse seance or something!

[If he's seriously coming up with that as an option then he is incredibly desperate to do something]

[notyetlost]

[Poland's skeptical of Rapture's abilities. But her tarot reading was... kinda freakily accurate. Right down to the final card.]

How'd that thingy go with Belarus anyways, did it seem real? Because... it's not like Belarus has graced us with her overly aggressive presence to confirm anything.

[balzams]

[The corners of his mouth twitch up for just a moment before he buries his face into his hands and lets out a loud noise of frustration]

No! Of course not! Her spiritual powers were a scam from the very beginning! She even confessed it to me right before I was hanged!

There is literally nothing we can do!

[notyetlost]

Well. Everyone liked me. And I was working hard to figure out who the mastermind was so.

They wouldn't seriously think that I'd spent all that time with Liet and never figured it out?

[balzams]

... Well.

[Oh my God Latvia this isn't the time for that!]

1/2

[notyetlost]

...

no i lied 2/3

[notyetlost]

DAMN IT, I'M NOT STUPID!

3/3

[notyetlost]

I'm not...

I'm not stupid.

I'm not stupid.

[balzams]

[The volume alone makes him stumble back and fall onto the nearest surface]

I-I never said you were! I just mean, sometimes you can appear... Wh-what I meant to say was...

[There really isn't any way to say it, in fact he shouldn't at all. This wasn't the time for the petty squabbling and teasing they were used to. Latvia hangs his head and gets back up]

Sorry, I don't really think that you're stupid. You're right, I'm sure everyone else will be able to realise you would have known that Lithuania wasn't the mastermind.

They created the hook so they need to show themselves...

[notyetlost]

[This is so frustrating-- well at least he knows for sure that of the people still alive Spain and Lithuania don't think he's a moron.

Given the rest of the designated killers mentality that doesn't seem helpful and. Well. Lithuania.]

...

[souredsweet]

Redemption?

[his voice is light and airy, but the intensity of his stare doesn't abate by much. still, he's silent and thoughtful for a few seconds.]

For whom, I wonder... Either way, I do not condone his death. I would like it, but we may be trapped here permanently if he is not alive to send us home. We will simply have to find something that is "enough" in a situation where nothing can be quite enough... But if it is death to the producer that you fret over, you don't have to worry about my hands delivering a killing blow, at least.

[granted the only reason he's really able to manage even this much "kindness" is because he believes he hasn't lost anything at all. not even his life, if it can be regained with something like ratings.]

[motheringnation]

....Oh.

[And after all the chaos.]

I think the Mastermind would have put themselves in a trial to throw suspicion off themselves. Otherwise wouldn't it be too easy? This is supposed to be a mystery.

[notyetlost]

They're just being totally impossible. [There is no reasoning with them!]

This is way too easy to be the final boss battle.

[balzams]

...

There really is nothing we can do, isn't there?

[He sighs and looks back to the door]

Maybe imagining the look on their faces when they find out they're wrong will get me though...

[notyetlost]

I guess we just have to throw our lot in with Liet and hope for the best.

[Lithuania's been through worse things than a little murder game...]