[mock trial intro] move 'em on, head 'em up

[consolemods]

Whatever you were doing before you got here, it isn't what you're doing now. What you're doing now is waking up in an unfamiliar bed in an unfamiliar room with... unfamiliar glasses on your face. No matter what you can do, you can't take those glasses off... but if you roll your eyes down, you'll be given a rundown of what's going on here.

Hmm. Well, that's probably a little unnerving. Maybe you should... leave? Fortunately, your room's not locked, but as you go downstairs and try and ask the locals what's going on, you'll find they're... less than cooperative. And if you go outside the inn and try to leave into the town... well, you'll find several locations around the town, but you'll also find that you can't seem to leave.

Well. Maybe you should talk to the other people who just showed up here. All the locals are going to tell you is an explanation is forthcoming, so you might want to kill some time getting to know each other.

Comments

[carbide]

[Olympia's had a big smile on her face for the past while, but it disappears once she processes what's going on.]

Explain.

[exclusiverelease]

Normally I don't take too well to demands, but from a lady... [his hand goes down from his eyes as if he's taking off his hat to bow] What can I tell you that you haven't heard before?

[carbide]

[The smile doesn't come back, sadly.]

How did we come to be here?

[exclusiverelease]

That one, I don't know. They brought you all in at nighttime and had you in your beds before dawn. Usually everybody knows the show already, almost by heart.

[carbide]

Are you considered a player?

[Moving right along, apparently.]

[exclusiverelease]

[He shakes his head.] I'm just here to make sure you all follow the rules. Make sure everybody plays and nobody tries to spoil the fun for everybody else.

[carbide]

Understood.

[Well, there goes her plan for them to all team up to kill him and then pretend not to be sure who actually did it so they technically all get to leave.]

Will you also be involved with these "challenges?"

[exclusiverelease]

I come up with them. If I win, how do I know who's the best at it?

[carbide]

Then you will be moderating.

This seems like an exercise in pointlessness.

[exclusiverelease]

Where I'm standing, there's no reason not to play.

[carbide]

Is there some benefit to them? Maybe our time would be better spent on something else.

[exclusiverelease]

Not when the whole world's open to you if you win.

[carbide]

I'm only interested in one part of the world.

[exclusiverelease]

[huh. Well then, he's nodding, considering.]

Whereabouts?

[carbide]

[She... seems to have to think about this?]

Armoroad.