day seven - aftermath

[guestcontrol]

dreamland day seven 14 players remaining. As the voting period comes to an end, a bell goes off from the ticket machine, and the metal bars blocking the tunnel at the end of the Hall of Mirrors lifts. A voice speaks over the loudspeaker: "Attention, guests! Please make your way onto the ride! For your safety, keep your hands and arms inside and do not attempt to leave your seat!" Through the tunnel, single cars on a track stop and wait for each remaining player to step on. Don't dawdle, or your bracelet will begin to beep a warning. Once in a car, the safety bar locks you tightly inside, unable to move. The car trundles along a dark, twisting track, nearly veering into cartoonish obstacles, but veering away at the last moment. Music and cackling laughter echoes loudly through the ride as you drive faster and faster. Suddenly, your car veers off to the left, through a courtroom, where a towering cartoon judge threatens to bang a gavel. Your car jerks and evades, but somewhere, before one car can pass, the gavel comes down and the car spins off to the side, through a dark doorway. Each car comes to the end of the ride, but doesn't stop, and instead jerks into motion and, even faster, veers through the ride a second time. This time, your car does not enter the courtroom, but the doors to your left nonetheless open, showing instead of a courtroom a red room burning with cartoon flames. Above the flames hangs a corpse in a noose. The body of Patchouli Knowledge hangs from a red rope noose, as a cackling voices pronounces: Guilty The ride turns away once more, and comes to a stop. A list of votes has been posted on the wall. You now have the rest of the evening to explore the park, before night comes again. You now have the rest of the evening to explore the park, before night comes again. One more thing: because of the successful execution of a VIP today, you now have a chance to vote for a MVP. MVP vote character statuses private conversations graveyard This is a general post-vote mingle encompassing the time from the end of the trial (about 5 PM until the fireworks at 11 PM). You are encouraged and welcome to backtag discussions in this post until the next day post, or to have afternoon private conversations.

Comments

[harepiece]

[He'll take and pocket the detonator before following her! TO THE LETTER.]

[fanbase]

[ She doesn't yet speak to him, more concerned with getting the letter before she ends up hurting anyone else. Once they reach the barracks, she opens her door and grabs a piece of folded paper on top of a pile of other papers.

She takes a minute to re-read it, breathes in deep, and turns to him with a scared smile. ]

Alright... this is it.

[harepiece]

Are you ready to go back, then?

[He'll wait at the door for her, feeling more like an executioner than anything but at least wanting to give her a little privacy.]

[fanbase]

No... I'm not.

[ She steps forward and slips her hand into his free hand. Her breath is shaky. ]

But I've got to anyway, right?

[harepiece]

[He doesn't say anything to that, but he does nod once.]

Being forced to kill people... That's the sort of thing no one should ever have to experience.

[And if all they can do for her is kill her to stop her... Well, he knows for a fact that he'd ask for the same - did, when he was in her shoes.

He'll turn around to lead her back.]

[fanbase]

[ Her expression fades into sadness as she nods, unable to say anything else to that. So, she enjoys the silence and his comforting hand wrapped around hers until she heads back to the group and makes her announcement. ]