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murder manor - reunion part II

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 continues! This week is taking 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.

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.

All the living characters have now arrived, and all characters may participate, although Yuzu is not here and characters may notice Belarus, Clyde, and Michael Altman seem to be empty shells.

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Welcome back, everyone! Now, we've spent a lot of time reminiscing, but now let's have some fun, and spend some more time getting to know our wonderful cast!

[There is now, in the back, an open bar. You can make your own cocktails, but there are also a delicious array of special custom cocktails for you! There is a list of the cocktails set up by the bar.]

Cocktails

The Locked Room - A shot of raspberry liquor and vodka suspended by wire above an empty champagne flute. Pour champagne until the shot is submerged, pull out the shot glass with wire, and drink.

The Needle - A tall glass of hard apple cider. Drizzle in grenadine until the drink turns red.

The Frozen Follicle - Tequila, lime juice, and blue curacao, blended with ice and served in a frosty margarita glass. Garnish with cherry skewered by cocktail sword.

The Hot Poker - Pour sweet lemonade and rum in a tall glass of ice. Add in mint leaves and muddle. Garnish with an iron skewer heated so it steams when added to the drink.

The Jigsaw Puzzle - Take one shot vodka, one shot rum, one shot lemon juice and one shot lime juice. Pour in a glass filled with ice. Chop up a blood orange and garnish to taste.

The Summoning Circle - An ornate box filled with unlabeled small vials and dry ice. Drizzle chocolate syrup in the bottom of the martini glass to create a satanic symbol, and then pour in the vials - one part cinnamon whiskey, one part ginger ale, and a dash of chocolate liquor. Set on fire, let cool, and drink. Creates an overly complicated cocktail with a sweet taste.

The Poisoned Chalice - A chalice filled with a sweet mix of cranberry-grape juice and black cherry liquor, with a spicy dash of habanero at the bottom.

The Nevermind - A smotheringly sweet drink made of vanilla vodka, strawberry syrup, and raspberry liquor. Crumble in chocolate letters that spell out 'Lithuania'.

The Smoking Room - A row of five shots - a minty green shot with peppermint schnapps and cream, a sour orange shot with citrus liquor and gin, a spicy red shot with tomato juice, tequila, and jalepeno pepper, a smooth pink shot with sake and lychee juice, and a sweet pale shot with white rum, white chocolate liquor, and a garnish of fine chocolate.

The Mastermind - A tall glass of vodka, with tonic water and bitter herbal liquor. Garnish with a sprig of rue.

Virgin Drinks

The Maryam - A chilled glass of blood.

The Seven - Seven Up, served with ice and a lemon wedge.

Baal Rises - Pomegranate juice and sparkling cider.

The MERDUR MOST FOWL - A glass of Mountain Dew Code Red™ and Monster™, served with a Doritos™ salt rim.

Let's all come together and play an exciting game of TRUTH OR DARE!

[You are now being compelled to play truth or dare. You will be unable to resist answering questions truthfully, and if you don't fulfill the terms of your dare, you will find yourself starting to babble embarrassing secrets.

Of course, you can pass on any truth or dare simply by doing a shot, choice of tequila, vodka, or rum.]

Wasn't that fun? Of course, if you don't like Truth or Dare, we can always play Spin the Bottle!

[You are now being compelled to play spin the bottle. If the bottle lands on someone, no one will be able to leave their seats until the terms are fulfilled and you kiss that person!

Again, you can pass by doing a shot.]

Grown-ups only for this game! You must be sixteen or older to play!

[But if you are sixteen or older, and truth or dare and spin the bottle aren't your game, you can play Never Have I Ever! Anyone can suggest something they've never done, and if you've done it, take a drink.]

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[As your mastermind, it is Lithuania's duty (probably) to try out all of these cocktails for quality assurance.

Jeez, the Nevermind is about fifty times sweeter than anything he normally drinks. Oh well, he's providing a service!]

[ In true rockstar fashion, Rapture is going to avoid all games and drink for the remainder of the reunion. It's just enough to be rid of that sadness of not having Riot and Minx here to join her as they do with usual post-concert tradition. Even with interesting company such as these few, it is fairly obvious in her demeanor that she would rather be somewhere else.

It is a catered, admirable art form with the way she handles the five Smoking Room shots and doesn't miss a beat on any one of them — especially not the red one — as she manages to make it look extremely classy. Her pinky remains up as she knocks each one back. ]

This place could use some more appropriate music.

[wow some weirdo stranger just meandered up to the bar to poke at The Smoking room shot lineup, who let this person in??

oh wait no it's just Kaoru, sans a huge amount of hair and all of his remaining makeup. TRUTH OR DARE TOOK AN UNEXPECTED TURN...]

Welcome back, everyone!

[Now that everyone is nice and wasted, it's time for some of the other categories.]

Now, we're going to our audience opinion polls! You already told us your favorite murder and trial was week seven. But now, we asked you, the viewer, your opinion: the hottest girl, the hottest guy, the best couples, and your vote for Mr. and Miss Congeniality, the players you thought really shined!

But before we get to the results, let's ask the players. Who do you think should win for each category?

We asked everyone to tell us the sexiest girl! Well, there were some close runner-ups: Susan, Sonia, Phoebe, and Touko!

[A video plays showing a montage of moments from each of them.]

But the winner was...the beautiful Miss Alice!

[And a video montage of Alice plays. Some of the shots seem kind of gratuitous, panning up her legs, leaving the shower in a towel, in several different outfits, including her Halloween costume.]

Congratulations to Alice!

Well, again we had some runner ups, but this time, the competition wasn't even close! Congratulations to the sexiest guy around, Spain!

[Another montage, this time even more gratuitous, including a lot of shots from trial stripping, changing, and close-ups. It finished off with a (nsfw) series of close-ups on Spain's ass.]

Congratulations to Spain!

Alice, Spain, as the sexiest players, what are your opinions on the sexiness of the game?

A lot of love was in bloom during this game! You helped us pick out your favorite couple, but first, let's look at the popular budding romances we saw in the game!

[A video shows a variety of clips - Stiles and Felicia drinking champagne, Stiles and Annie talking romance, Annie and Kanaya conversing, Alice calming Spain down, Kaoru and Clyde, Kaoru and Sonia, Kaoru and May, Alice and Spain arguing, Poland and Lithuania at Halloween, Lithuania taking care of sick Poland, some steamy Lithuania and Poland action, Spain and Lithuania, Susan and the Hostess, Susan offering the Hostess a fruit pastry, The Hostess and Poland, The Hostess crying after Poland's death, and Sonia and Gundam dancing at Halloween, and Stiles and Gundam.]

Adorable! Which couples do you think will make it?

Popular couples included Poland and Lithuania, Annie and Kanaya, Stiles and Gundam, and yours truly and Susan. Of course, none of that is including our number one and two couples!

The votes are in! We have everyone's favorite couple for you!

But first, a special tribute goes to everyone who wrote in and said they thought there was something special between Poland and yours truly! Darlings, I'm married. Honestly.

[She giggles, though.]

But the top picked couple was! Sonia Nevermind and Gundam Tanaka!

[A video montage to sappy music plays of the two of them - meeting on the first day, introducing her to the hamsters, going on a date, the dread queen of calamity, this entire mess, exploring his inner sanctum, Halloween costumes, what was certainly intended to be a private conversation, helping with Lithium, at Beat's trial, and after his confession, another conversation meant to be private, at the end of Poland's trial, and before Sonia's execution. It is all set to very sappy music.]

Congratulations to the lovely couple! Does anyone have anything to say about these two?

Finally, we asked our viewers to pick two players who most epitomized the spirit of Murder Manor and showed true sportsmanship! The winners of the vote will receive a fun prize!

Our first winner is the lovely Susan Sto Helit!

[A montage of images of Susan plays on screen. She will find herself holding a bouquet of pink roses and wearing a pink tiara]

Our second winner is the charming Poland!

[A similar montage of Poland plays, and he is holding a bouquet of white carnations and wearing a pink tiara.]

Congratulations, you too. Everyone was impressed by your spirit of cooperation. As a prize, both of you will get to go together for a fun night on the town, our treat!

But first, what does everyone think about this choice? Share some of your favorite memories of Poland and Susan!

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[About five minutes after the Congeniality announcement, Poland and Susan abruptly disappear.

Both of them will, instead, find themselves in a deserted beauty salon. Although no one seems to be working here, they will find themselves able to get mysterious, ghostly manicure-petticures, massages, and hair-styling. Or they can go next door and try on a broad variety of fancy, 1920s and 30s style clothes. They'll spend about an hour there before being whisked away to a fancy restaurant (empty but for the two of them, sharing a small table with candlelight, but delicious food keeps coming) and then drinks at an upscale cocktail lounge (again, empty, but the drinks are flowing and music keeps playing in case they want to dance!)

All in all, the two will stay vanished for about five hours. Have fun, guys!]

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! As the dead know, we've promised them from the beginning - keep up their end of the bargain, help us make a fantastic game, and if enough of you, the viewer, cares about their fate, we'll send them back home alive!

Well, the number of viewers who have stayed tuning in has been tallied, and the result is...

[She opens a small card and reads it carefully...]

No! Unfortunately, not enough viewers tuned in to support the dead players. None of you will be going home!

All right, living, please say goodbye, because once the show is finished, the dead will be gone for good!

But first!

Let's all enjoy Lithuania's extra special execution!

[The movie screen goes dark.

The bottom falls out of Lithuania's chair, and he's falling through a trap door in the floor, falling until, abruptly, the door snaps shut and she has vanished. The room is silent for a full minute.

And then the movie screen flickers on. A short film is playing. The picture quality is shaky, and the film skips, and there is no sound but for the accompanying music. However, the film is in color, and its star is none other than Lithuania.]

The video shows Lithuania, a young man, living at sometime after the turn of the century in his home country. Unlike most execution videos, there's no resignation on Lithuania's face, no awareness of his impending punishment. In fact, there seems to be no awareness he is Lithuania. The young man is cheerful, ordinary, does not suspect he is being watched or that he is living a life different from any around him. The young man is Toris.

Toris is shown going about his ordinary life in the small town he's grown up in. Times are difficult, but it's still a pleasant community to live in. Toris works as a farmer, sometimes travels to the city to sell his goods, sometimes returns home and stays there. Months and seasons pass. Toris has a life like any other, marries, has young children.

Of course, the situation becomes more difficult when war breaks out. Toris goes to war and fights in the trenches. It isn't pleasant, but he becomes close with the other soldiers he fights alongside. After all, he is no different than they, and treated no differently.

The war is going badly, a few men Toris knows fall in battle, but on the whole, Toris and his comrades are lucky, remain more unscathed than the other men around them. And then, one day, when they wake in the morning and emerge, they find absolute silence on the battlefield. There are no sounds of explosions or gunfire, not even when they emerge from their trenches and go to see that all of the soldiers on the other side are dead, lying very still and covered in boils and festering sores, the marks of some terrible sickness. Toris and his comrades go to report what happened, but then find the soldiers in nearby trenches on their side - also dead, also covered in boils and sores. They go back to the supply lines, and find only empty trucks, empty barracks, filled with corpses. Even in the medical tents, the beds are lined with corpses, and the few still alive, doctors and nurses included, are moaning and hovering near death. Even command is gone.

The men are terrified, desert, part ways. Toris returns to the village where he grew up, encountering, along the way, nothing but sickness and death and the dying. He is afraid of what he'll find when he returns to his home. In his village, many are still alive, but the boils and sores that mark the sickness are ever-present on the people he sees on his way to his home. Corpses are lying in the streets, along with the living, moaning and near death.

He enters his home, clearly terrified, and opens his door to find that his family is still there, frightened but alive, in good health. He is so relieved. He embraces his wife, kisses his young children. They don't question their good fortune, merely smile in gratitude. Toris and his wife go out into the village, tending to the sick, easing the passing of the dying, bringing food and water to the homes where so many lie in bed.

One morning, a sore appears on the skin of one of the children; the next, a rash on another. And then sores on his wife. All of these marks of sickness are met with fear and terror, but Toris swallows them, tries to show bravery. The sickness does not seem to be advancing as quickly as it did with everyone else, maybe it won't be as terrible. The marks of sickness do increase, the children and his wife begin to fall ill, but slowly.

The situation worsens in other ways. As winter comes, the crops begin to run out, the well freezes over. There is no one to bring food to the town. Everyone in the town is slowly beginning to die. Those who venture out never return. Eventually, Toris goes, though he is reluctant to leave his family. He finds that in the neighboring towns, even the nearest city, there is no one alive, no one at all. Frightened, he returns home. When he returns home, he finds that in his absence, all the remaining villagers have perished. His family is still alive, though their sickness gradually progresses. Still, Toris has never become sick at all. He cares for them through their sickness and, soon enough, through their starvation.

It gradually begins to dawn on them that, going so long without food as they have, none of them should be alive. His hunger pains him, and he's weak. His children are even worse; they cry from the pain. But none of them die, though they are too weak to move at all. A long winter passes, the sickness grows worse. Sores cover their body. They are in agony. But they still will not die. His wife grows more and more frightened and horrified while Toris tries to maintain a cheerful face.

One day, a two travelers come to town. Toris rushes to them. They are sick men, and weak, but they are living. Toris recognizes the two of them as two of his comrades from the war. He rushes to embrace them, but as they see how he is still unscathed by sickness, when they see his family living on, refusing to die, their eyes widen with fear.

They tell a story of their own experience, returning home to find their towns, their families dead and dying, yet, while they too grew sick but failed to die. It slowly dawns on Toris that what they and his family have in common is him. Somehow, those around him just won't die. He swallows his own fear and bids his comrades farewell.

That night, he hears the sound of a gunshot. His wife has shot herself in the head with his rifle from the war. The children are sleeping, the meager amount of water they drank that night laced with poison. They are still breathing, and is his wife - though half her head is gone, she lies in agony, weeping and moaning.

At last, Toris runs away, leaves his home, goes walking through the snow. He walks for weeks and weeks, his feet bleeding, but he never drops from exhaustion. The world around him is empty and filled with rotting corpses. When next he returns to his home, his family have at last died. He continues walking, wandering the country side. Finally, he too begins to grow ill, scabs and sores appearing on him, his body becoming so thin and weak he looks like a corpse. The sores bleed he becomes a grotesque, rotting thing, but he's still standing.

He sits down, in the courtyard of a cathedral in the city he used to visit. The courtyard is filled with bones. He sits and stays there as weeks, months, and years pass him by, and he waits to die. Finally, his body rots so much he can no longer stay sitting, and he collapses to the ground, crushed by the weight of his own bones.

[The video ends.]

Well, thank you all for joining us for this extra special reunion! It's time to say goodbye to the living, now!

[Lithuania will walk back into the room, looking dazed for a moment, before his memories return.

After several minutes, the nine living players will vanish. Their memories, both those restored to them from their gift bags and of this reunion entirely, will vanish.

The dead will go back to business as usual, while the living will be returned to the dark and empty manor.]

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