Hullabaloo (Manor Game) Timeline
(Theory based on the letters)
1. Most initially think Joker = Sergei
- Violetta and Margaretha at least initially do
- Mike seems to realize who "Sergei" really is based on Joker’s limping
2. “Rehearsal Schedule” left on the table
- Found by Violetta, who shares it with everyone
* Maybe the “rehearsal schedule” is the nursery rhyme referenced by Violetta and Joker?
3. Disagreements/Factions: Margaretha and Joker, Mike and Murro (with Violetta)
- Someone finds a phonograph/record and plays “Smiley Face Polka”
- Margaretha realizes Sergei = Joker
- Margaretha confronts Joker, sharing how she knows who he is and asks him to ally himself with her for protection against Mike, who she thinks will kill her
- Meet that night
4. (?) Joker gives Margaretha a music box - Joker notices Margaretha’s room has a strange smell - Joker notices a bottle with a strange marking (drug?)
5. (?) Margaretha gives Joker a letter + tells Joker about “the perfume”
6. Joker thinks the “play” is a “fight”
- Baits (“invites”) Violetta by using the excuse of “searching for ‘inspiration’”
- Removes Violetta’s mechanical leg, immobilizing her
- Throws her out of the manor and leaves her to die in the snow
* Joker may have somehow used “the perfume” on Violetta as part of his plan?
- Violetta also saw a nursery rhyme, likely the same one Joker referenced ("We will forget everything in the past and gain new life")
- "The perfume" may be Mnemosyne/Euphoria. Caused Violetta to forget?
7. Mike begins to discover the truth(?)
- "From the moment Violetta was assaulted, Mike had a vague answer to his questions.."
- "It took that incident to make me realize that this so-called family of ours is no better than a stinking sewer"
8. Margaretha fears Joker after what he does to Violetta - Joker seemingly tells Margaretha the "sacrifice" was potentially necessary for the next phase of the game to begin
(?). At some point, Margaretha loses the music box Joker gave her.
9. Game begins - "Guest performance" (planned by Mike and Murro to crush Margaretha and Joker's alliance)
* The "guest" may be Violetta (who may have forgotten quite a bit due to the perfume)
- Truth behind the Moon River Park tragedy is exposed
* Tragedy (or circumstances/situation?) in the circus "repeated itself" and Joker's "armor of lies" crumbled.
* Joker couldn't face his "bare" self (unmasked?), and he lost control of his emotions (mental breakdown)
* Regarding this “guest performance” and the truth of the Hullabaloo tragedy being revealed, Mike may have pretended to be Sergei or Joker or something (maybe Mike as Sergei was the “guest” rather than Violetta? Or maybe alongside her?), based on Mike saying “you didn’t expect white and cinnabar to trick all of you”. Cinnabar being a shade of red, along with white, are some of the colors we see on Joker/Weeping Clown’s face. And as we know Mike was figuring out the truth, it’s possible, based on his sarcastic mention of “Sergei” that he might’ve been trying to reveal who Joker was, as well as what he did, considering his previous letter mentions how, after Violetta was attacked, that Mike “had a vague answer to his questions” (aka the truth) and “light was shone on the numerous dark events of the past”. This could then explain Joker’s “lies” being torn away and the reference to his “bare self”. If Mike maybe understood some of who Joker was, maybe even slightly had an idea to Joker’s inferiority complex, maybe that would’ve contributed even more to why Joker would lose control of his emotions?
Joker's protectiveness for Margaretha "transforms into coercion"
Margaretha goes to extremes. "Lady luck didn't smile on her this time"
* "I-If he really does make me his next target, I will never give him the chance, and I won't let myself be fooled again!"
* If the circus tragedy "repeated itself", Margaretha originally escaped from Moonlit River Park during the tragedy via jumping into the river. If "lady luck didn't smile on her this time", she may not emerge from the river this time
Joker falls into a depression from losing Margaretha
Mike gives up on revenge (family is most important to him) and "remained on the stage he'd missed for so long"
Mike realizes "his stage of happiness only existed in that short peaceful memory. Once his core value collapsed, Mike couldn't face reality in a mature manner anymore.
Mike’s “Grand Performance”
* Mike seeks the truth, closure.
* "I've even prepared a grand performance for it — an explosive performance! Bernard was always against it due to safety concerns, but he failed to realize that burning up in a sea of flames is the best ending "Hullabaloo" could ever have!"
10. Ending
Hullabaloo burns? (Mike doesn't plan to escape/survive with Murro)
Joker "followed in Margaretha's footsteps"
* If Margaretha jumped into the river, maybe he attempts the same thing?
Murro is the sole survivor
As for the trailer for the Hullabaloo event/game, based on Mike being on stage and the main person shown, and him specifically addressing Sergei, no one else being seen, I assume this could be part of Mike's "Grand Performance"?
(If not, I imagine it's the "guest performance")
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