come to jesus (and judas)

[breakingbread]

[Tuesday morning, Valjean spends some time walking around the Opera gathering everyone up. There's a meeting in the first floor lobby, evidently. Once everyone's gathered - including Judas, who is lounging on a chair near Valjean and apparently brooding a little - Valjean claps his hands together.]

Thank you all for coming. I guess most of us have met Monseiur Iscariot by now, except perhaps our new arrivals. Inspector, Mademoiselle Astarte, Judas Iscariot. [He makes these brief introductions like it's totally normal to be showing a Biblical figure around.] It sounds like some of our attempts to reach the living have been effective to some degree. It's difficult to tell without more of them joining us, but...we may as well try what we can.

Monseiur Iscariot has suggested that we all work together to haunt this week's incentive meeting. The living will probably gather here soon, so this is the best time to try and send some kind of message - has anyone got any ideas?

Comments

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

Hm. [D-ne narrows her eyes.] So, ah...that would be one more week of continuing as "normal" and then...we still can't be sure the others are safe. Well, whatever counts as "safe," considering you showed up here alone, but there's the lot of us with you this time, we can't be sure of anything. The pattern's already broken.

[something seems to occur to her]

Was yours the first show? Did you have any indication of a performance previous?

[heavenontheirminds]

[He shrugs.]

Nothing we ever found. Showrunner talked like it was the first one, if you feel like trusting that.

[rockthistown]

So whatever evidence Astarte and them found was only from your show. At least that's easier for the others to solve...

[heavenontheirminds]

If that'll do them any good.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[She frowns, does that tell you anything?] Of course... We'll, then we are the sequel. I suppose that's important to take note of.

...do you have any idea what happened to your remaining cast members? If we could get a sense of what could happen to the others... [Then what? It doesn't seem she has any ideas, just a thirst to know the whole situation.]

[heavenontheirminds]

Some of 'em got out. Some are probably workin' with the Showrunner now.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

...Well. It sounds like you had quite the pieces of work there, then.

[ha she looks...a little angry]

[heavenontheirminds]

My cast was mostly assholes.

Some of the other survivors were my friends, but they didn't have the kinda power you'd need to fight the Showrunner. If they knew what's best for 'em, they got out and never looked back.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[She clicks her tongue again.]

To give us an idea of the upwards number of them... Were there as many of them to begin with as us? ...We were twenty, before- at the start of this.

[heavenontheirminds]

Yeah. Eleven of us made it to the end - it'd be ten left, without me. If I had to guess, half of those stayed.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

Five extra assholes and the queen of them all, the Horrid Showrunner. That's six.

[heavenontheirminds]

And she had people workin' for her before we even showed up. Not sure how many of those - we didn't see them much, and they were all dressed the same. Mark...one of the other guys, he wanted to try keeping a record of them all, but he died before he got anywhere.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

He tried to document them? How was he- well, it didn't work yes, but what did he do?

[heavenontheirminds]

He had this thing that made little pictures. A camera.

[He mimes a camera.]

Took pictures of damn near everything in that place.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[Blink.

...She laughs.]

A camera! That would've been something wonderful to have, wouldn't it?

[heavenontheirminds]

It was nice while it lasted.

[solomonjihad]

...Then we're dealing with at least five people who should know better, as well.

[heavenontheirminds]

You would think they would, right?

Max and Draco are too dumb to do too much damage. [He starts ticking off names on his fingers.] The Onceler'd get blown over by a stiff breeze. Fromme and Lovett are the ones they might need to watch out for.

[solomonjihad]

After seeing what murder does...but I guess they didn't learn that lesson.

[She nods quietly at the names. Max, Draco...The Onceler? Hm.]

What about Fromme and Lovett makes them dangerous? Aside from...being all right with all of this.

[heavenontheirminds]

Fromme likes wavin' her gun around, and Lovett...

...there's just something about Lovett. She's too easy around bodies. And she was real quick to get all friendly with the Showrunner...I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her.