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

[speakveryclearly]

Meters are [she tries to open her arms that wide] these, right?

[hollowheart]

Just about. [She clings to the armrest for a moment, having lost the upper part of her "chair", before situating Kanaya's arms around her again, properly.] Taller than a house, at least.

[speakveryclearly]

[Ah yes must not abandon the divine labor of chair hood]

With a certain number of stories. [KANAYA'S HOUSE...]

[hollowheart]

[Good, because Annie was getting comfortable.] They could easily take over the world. [Is that a hint of pride? It certainly is a hint of pride.]

[speakveryclearly]

Just one world? You are vastly underestimating the abilities of spaceships, Annie.

[This is all virtually guaranteed to be impossible but a girlfriend can dream]

[hollowheart]

That is another matter entirely that I have yet to be sufficiently educated in, but I'm sure I'll welcome the opportunity when there's a chance for it.

Perhaps when Stiles is not failing to mortify us with his knowledge of sexual prowess.

[speakveryclearly]

If he lets me keep this notebook I can draw another diagram of the solar system.

[hollowheart]

[Let's hope Kanaya's looking into her eyes, because Annie's tone is completely sincere this time.] I don't know what that is.

[speakveryclearly]

[THIS IS WHY THEY SAY RED ROMANCE IS BASED ON PITY]

The Earth does go around the sun, right...? [LEGITIMATELY NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN SHE IS RIGHT ABOUT THIS]

[hollowheart]

...Right? That's why we have seasons. [so far, so good?]

[speakveryclearly]

[THEY CAN DO THIS...] There are other worlds that orbit the sun - you can see them in the sky, can't you? Celestial bodies distinct from moons and stars.

[hollowheart]

[That's just fancy talk, she wants to say, but Kanaya sounds so convinced and so sincere she doesn't have the heart to mock it. And suddenly she doesn't want to let her know her own world has been pretty limited.]

And that's where you come from. [nailed it.]

[speakveryclearly]

Well. Not actually. Alternia revolved around a very different star. Galaxies away. [The shadows of space might not actually reflect in her big bug eyes but she doesn't quite see Annie as she looks at her.] Space is so broad. As beautiful as that is, I'm not sure I can draw it all... I wish I could for you.

[hollowheart]

I wonder if I could have your memories if I swallowed you. [it's an idle thought, but in Annie's usual soft voice and dry tone, it's hard to guess how serious she is.] I could keep you all to myself, then.

[speakveryclearly]

[Her first thought is that this is completely abstract because it would be impossible for someone in her lap to - and then she remembers: Giant. The foreign concept exhilarates her in a bizarre way before the downsides come to mind. She speeds away.]

That would put a rather sturdy cap on interspecies makeouts. I thought we were getting better at those.

[hollowheart]

You don't want to be swallowed by me? [Annie's quick to wound her arms lower about Kanaya's waist, as if their positions were reversed and she's the one capable of keeping Kanaya from getting away.] I'm hurt. [this she says to the spot right behind her ear, hidden by her hair.]

[speakveryclearly]

It depends on what you mean by that... [Being physically hurt probably not one of those things; she says it enough that Kanaya has begun to gather expressing pain is not always that phrase's rhetorical purpose. Unfortunately, with horns jerking her head towards Stiles is pretty hard.]

I don't want to be separate you.... [Kissing her would be an acceptable alternate outcome but she's being nookblocked by her moirail. THANKS.]

[hollowheart]

[Yes. Kissing would be a pretty nice alternative, too, and did they not have company Annie would have been more direct about it. Her teeth do scrape the skin along Kanaya's neck, nevertheless, even if Annie usually doesn't allow that for herself.]

[speakveryclearly]

[Sitting here with her hands in her lap, completely composed. For sure. She just blinks six times in as many seconds because the screen is a little bright.]

[hollowheart]

[Well. That doesn't get a reaction, so plan is abandoned. For ten seconds before Annie tilts Kanaya's chin with a finger, turning it to look at her, not ahead.]

What is it?