murder manor - reunion

[productions]

murder manor reunion



[You are in a darkened theater.

In front of you is an enormous cinema screen. On it plays video of the manor, 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.

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?]

Murder Manor reunion week has begun! The next week will take place outside the game (and will not be remembered by the living characters). Once the week is over, the living characters will be right back where they left off, Sunday night in the manor.

All the dead characters and eventually all living characters will participate in this week, through Belarus and Yuzu will just be empty shells who cannot interact with the others. Dead characters (except Lithuania, who never arrived) will all be in the theater from the beginning, whereas living characters will only be brought in once specifically introduced, and will be given their memories at that time.

During the times when Doris is taking questions, characters will not be able to talk about things that are 'off topic.' They can talk and reunite with one another, but need to focus on things relevant to that week or topic of discussion. Any time they get off topic, they will find themselves stuck trying to make the words come out of their mouth and will simply trail off. There will be breaks where characters can talk without this restriction, but the same will happen to anyone who, at any time, starts trying to talk about anything to do with there being a Mastermind or player to benefit from the game or planted player who isn't Lithuania. Codes and other attempts to get around this rule will still result in trailing off.

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The Fourth Week

[productions]

As we remember past weeks, I'm sure few can remember the trial for Rin's death. How exciting! Well, we're pleased to finally share some never before seen footage of the murder.

[A video plays]

The moment Annie walks in...I gasp every time! I'm sure all of you do as well. Rin, how do you feel, seeing how utterly Annie betrayed you? And then that trial!

[A few scenes play.]

Thrilling! The fake mystery box, the discovery of the secret passage, the gloves! Kanaya, do you have any final thoughts or regrets? And what about you, Annie? Do you wish things had turned out differently?

[speakveryclearly]

[Innocently sitting here holding hands or something with her newly acknowledged not-not-girlfriend and then this comes on. She exponentially becomes mortified and then turns to her in all ardent seriousness:]

Annie, if you pity me, set me on fire, right now.

[#NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN]

[hollowheart]

I think Kanaya should have been smart enough to kill someone else. [ouch.]

[speakveryclearly]

Sonia was part of the group. I got sentimental.

I should have burned the goddamn gloves.

[hollowheart]

[She's still relatively bitter Kanaya went for her friend, even after all this time.] And never brought the sword with you. It was too obvious.

[speakveryclearly]

I never even figured out who to frame. And I didn't throw Touko underneath the large ground transportation vehicle either. As schemes go it really was stupid in so many ways. If the poker was going to be the weapon... neither of the items I picked apparently were even useful.

I had liked Rin well enough, and I still do, and I should have put on a better performance for her when pressing her into such a primary role. I failed her and you personally not to mention Susan and god knows who else. Never saw her as different from the others in some sense of mortal worth. I never even thought about her as a target until the rankings went out - Altman, actually, he was the one on whom I had my eye, but his involvement in the prior week's trial kept him off the lists and it took Sonia eight weeks to wrangle permission for that kind of crime. After that I just wanted to get it over with assoon as possible.

Maybe I should have been honest about my incentives from the beginning and thrown myself at their mercy. The only time I could effectively lie at all was when it was for you.

[hollowheart]

[Knees pulled to her chest over the chair, she's looking resolutely at the screen, almost sulking as Kanaya goes on explaining how things went. They hardly have had the chance to have that discussion at the trial. Most of all, it's Rin she feels sorry out of everyone. She can't even pretend not to care this time.]

Never mind. I was never a good liar, myself.

[notyetlost]

You lied! You said Annie wasn't involved and she knew who did it the entire time?!

[speakveryclearly]

She wasn't in on the scheme! That part was true!

[notyetlost]

She knew the whole time.

[motheringnation]

She almost got another person scapegoated?

[What the hell. Never mind. Sympathy for Annie vanishing again.]

[speakveryclearly]

To be fair, as nobody smothering Spain has proved. There has to be a mystery every week and there would not have been much of one if she had told.

[CASUALLY HIDING FROM UKRAINE'S WRATH]

[notyetlost]

UGH!

I knew there was something more to this that whole time, you liar!

You two are the worst!

[throe]

Wait, we get to actually see the murders?

[ She is idly admiring a doll from her gift bag before the first video starts playing. Now she's rapt with attention to the screen and fully understanding what is going on. Of course, it's a re-cap! She knew this was all a show! ]

Annie knew the entire time? [ She smirks, curling her pointer finger around the doll's synthetic ponytail. ] Oh now I see...

[miraculous]

You missed Kanaya and Annie's touching reunion. [Too bad she has to stay on topic but she can swing this.] I suppose this video explains their blossoming romance, however.

[throe]

Perhaps they were convicts in a previous life, forced to live out crime after crime and life after life over and over again...

[miraculous]

I hope it isn't too boringly repetitive, if that's the case. ...At least the reactions to the betrayal might be interesting.

[throe]

A torrid romance affair isn't my cup of tea either even with a vampire involved. There are far more interesting things to do.

[souredsweet]

At least you've only missed three so far. [but that super fun censorship keeps him from adding anything to that, so he just nods toward the screen.]

I would imagine that this is one of the milder ones. No wonder she felt guilt though, not finishing it on the first strike.

[throe]

For once I don't mind being an early performance. [ She crosses one leg over the other. Removing her hand from the doll's hair, she drapes her free arm over her knee.

There's something she wants to ask or say, but it slips her mind. She frowns a bit, but it disappears as she comments on the murder. ] You think someone would have heard Rin, but I guess not even robot's can exercise their vocals like a human can...

[speakveryclearly]

Oh, the music room is soundproof. That's why there had to be a struggle - I couldn't let her escape.

[throe]

Makes sense.

A vampire killing a robot for a chance at survival is very... [ She smirks. ] ...Hollywood. I suppose only a few can truly appreciate it.

[speakveryclearly]

The dramatis personae was all very neat and tidy... I think they wrote the lists knowing that. And my own room was right by that one too - Kaoru's explained how I knew for sure but I suspected early on, being so close by and knowing she practically lived there.

[souredsweet]

You do seem to have good timing. [HAH...haha.... he would like to delve more into that, too, but at least he can settle with knowing a time will come sooner or later when they aren't bound by the dumb tongue-tied rules.]

That was an impressive scream, but the music room is actually soundproofed with the doors shut.

[throe]

How does everyone even know that? [ 'Everyone' only being two people so far. ] Were you all going into random rooms screaming just to see if someone on the other side would hear you?