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

[notyetlost]

Pull off what?

[He keeps seeing it as Sonia just playing into the game's hands and... well. Killing him.]

[hollowheart]

Pull... [and her mind goes blank. She frowns at that.]

...

We held mass for you.

[notyetlost]

[Poland frowns at Annie's frown as if he was expecting more.

When it doesn't come he just looks more unhappy.]


... And?

[hollowheart]

And I don't understand organized religion one bit. [Sorry. It's been bothering her since his not-funeral.]

[notyetlost]

[Poland rolls his eyes.] Make Spain explain it to you then.

[hollowheart]

[She's not going to tell him she was devastated at his death, even if Rin's was the only one she cried at.]

You're angry.

[notyetlost]

We're off topic.

[And Poland has interpreted the topic being 'Sonia's super great for killing him!' So Poland doesn't want to talk about it anymore.]

[hollowheart]

You're even too angry for verbal abuse. That's new.

[notyetlost]

[Total. Silence.]

[hollowheart]

[Aha. She's seen the Silent Treatment used on Lithuania before. Annie's the queen of the silent treatment, though, so she'll just prop her feet on the seat before her and stare ahead.]

[notyetlost]

[Wow he like, definitely will not be defeated. You have met your match Annie.]

[hollowheart]

[Honey, no. She's not called the Ice Bitch for nothing.

She'll fold her arms behind her head for extra measure of Not Caring At All.

What would the audience say.]

[notyetlost]

[Ignoring Europe is how Poland completely avoided the Black Death.

Bring it.

Poland rolls over and throws on some of theater's noise canceling headphones. Maybe he'll even take a nap. If this questionnaire section involves Spain then naps are totally on topic.]

[hollowheart]

[Oh in that case.


She'll just proceed to ignore Poland completely and pay attention to someone else.]

[pasodoble]

( Just going to sneak on over and...

No, he doesn't have the heart to try and surprise him. He seems to give up half way through and resigns himself to just tapping on Poland's shoulder. Okay, so maybe he saw Poland only a weekish or so ago but he right now, it's more like he hasn't seen Poland in fifty years okay. )

[notyetlost]

[Poland seems content to ignore everything going on at this point, until Lithuania finally arrives-- but when Spain touches him an unexpected tap has an unexpected reaction. Poland's eyes shoot open, his body jerks violently against the touch and in one swift motion he throws the headphones off, grabbing at the cord to make sure it's not around his neck.]

A-ah...!





[In Spain's defense, it's been a long week.]

D-don't sneak up on me.

[pasodoble]

( To be fair, he's literally gotten back like 50 years worth of memories too. )

Sorry. ( For scaring Poland or for the entire game... ) I didn't mean to.

[notyetlost]

[Poland rubs at his throat aggressively, but looks calmer after a moment.]

...

Yeah well. Doing stuff like that-- it just means you like me right? [Because you're a weirdo, Spain.]

[pasodoble]

Of course-- and I'm a very good judge of character too.

( Thanks for helping Spain convince himself that Lithuania wasn't really an evil plague ghost before everyone really thought he was an evil plague ghost. )

[notyetlost]

[Poland grins. So is he!]

But it looks like pretty much everyone else came around to you finally.

I guess you've usurped my crown.

[Well, he had to convince someone it wasn't Lithuania. He's just thankful someone finally listened.]

[pasodoble]

( Well, Spain already had his suspicions so it wasn't hard to convince him. )

I don't know, Stiles still didn't like me.

( . . . )

It must be an American thing.