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.

Comments

[deflower]

[ She's always relied on her speed to overwhelm her opponents, but she has never before experienced someone using the leverage of her hair against her, so she's not prepared for that. The kick catches her in the side, but she retains her grip on the other girl; they go tumbling together in a tangle of hair, blood, and a constant stream of extremely creative insults from Minatsuki, who is now trying to wind her hair around Annie's throat. ]

[hollowheart]

[If Annie's annihilated on the spot, it would be completely and utterly fair. She's only overpowered Minatsuki before by relying on the element of surprise. But she really doesn't want to die now, after surviving this long. As she her lips start going white with blood loss, she plants her foot against Minatsuki's chest, grappling for the end of the hair noose to tear it with her teeth.]

[deflower]

[ This is an excellent strategy, and is about to save Annie's life: after all, Minatsuki held down an impressive record in the Carnival Corpse for a very long time for a good reason, and she's out to kill right now. Annie's mouth will fill rapidly with the metallic taste of blood- but the liquid itself is missing. It's just Minatsuki's hair that tastes that way. As soon as it's gnawed through, it falls apart into harmless, loose, soft strands, fading back to brown instead of the crimson red rippling out of the rest of her head. She gives a cry, as though it hurts her, and she falls back and off of the other girl. ]

[hollowheart]

[The moment Minatsuki is off her Annie chokes with the overpowering taste that drowns her nose and throat. She coughs the nonexistent irritant, gasping for air before the rise and fall of her chest evens. Lifting herself dazedly into a seated position, one hands flies to her own chest, clenching at what remains around her neck and picking it off her.]



I'm sorry. I really am.

[deflower]

[ She looks like she might start the attack again, but the anger and the bloodlust are quickly draining out of her. She sits sprawled there, panting hard, clutching at her ribs.

She's dead already. That much is true. And an opponent who managed to beat her- even if it took a sneak attack- was impressive in its own way. But nothing can undo the fact that she's already dead... and she's not sure if killing Annie would really make her feel any better. If she did that, she'd just be reverting back to the person she used to be two years ago. And she's not that person any more. ]

...

Fuck you.

[ But she doesn't sound as ready to kill her. She just sounds tired. ]

[hollowheart]

Fair enough. You don't have to believe me. [She wipes the blood along her temple, smearing it across her hairline.] It doesn't mean anything now, but I wanted you to know that.

[deflower]

I don't care that you did it for a good reason. Good for you. Make the best of it. But if I never get to leave this fucking theater, I'll never forgive you, and I might not forgive you anyway even if I do.

[ As aggressive as she sounds, though... A part of her deeply appreciates the apology. Apologies for wrongs committed against her were things Minatsuki never, ever received as a child. ]

[hollowheart]

I think I can live with that.

You're a good fighter. That was some nice form there.

[deflower]

Back at you, soldier girl. [ Her scalp is going to hurt for a while thanks to that acrobatic shit she pulled. ]

[hollowheart]

[Well titan world is a cruel world.]

We should do that again, sometime. Preferably without the intent to kill.

[deflower]

[ Hmm... ]

Fine. You're on.