I'll be sure to get your preferred flavor next time, then.
[A sly grin. Even so, she looks pleased enough at his acceptance, plopping down in the seat after letting him through. The dull din of people murmuring amongst themselves dies down as the lights dim, and the show starts.
Fortunately for the people backstage, it appears to be a show with a single setting, which means they were able to go all out in making it look lavish; couches, the statue above the fireplace, everything that would make any other play's stage hands groan for having to move it so frequently. At first, the three people led into the room are in denial; the man claims he was executed for being a pacifist, while one of the women thinks there has been some mistake. But the other woman is quick to deduce that none of this has been left to chance, from the furniture to the three specific people present in the room.
Finally, they confess. One died from being executed by firing squad. One died of pneumonia, half-conscious. One died in her sleep, suffocated by a leaky gas stove. And, the woman Inez is quick to point out, they're here to make one another suffer.
Irhya scoffs.]
Mmm... rather quick to get to the point, isn't she?
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[A sly grin. Even so, she looks pleased enough at his acceptance, plopping down in the seat after letting him through. The dull din of people murmuring amongst themselves dies down as the lights dim, and the show starts.
Fortunately for the people backstage, it appears to be a show with a single setting, which means they were able to go all out in making it look lavish; couches, the statue above the fireplace, everything that would make any other play's stage hands groan for having to move it so frequently. At first, the three people led into the room are in denial; the man claims he was executed for being a pacifist, while one of the women thinks there has been some mistake. But the other woman is quick to deduce that none of this has been left to chance, from the furniture to the three specific people present in the room.
Finally, they confess. One died from being executed by firing squad. One died of pneumonia, half-conscious. One died in her sleep, suffocated by a leaky gas stove. And, the woman Inez is quick to point out, they're here to make one another suffer.
Irhya scoffs.]
Mmm... rather quick to get to the point, isn't she?