( Suddenly the stage platform that we were standing on started vibrating and the level was moving downwards the stage which took us by surprise; lights would occasionally show as we move down the elevator, ….. we quietly waited but was anxious about the games we would participate in. The elevator stops and I came out cautiously but the others didn't seem to care, a simple interrogation room with tables and chairs on each side of the room and a glass partition on a dwarf wall reaching to the ceiling. Puzzled by the layout of the room we looked around and took in our surroundings.
" THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE A DUMP " dissecting boy spat adding to the broken wall hung fan sound and the amount of particles its blades emitted. Whereas; the opponents at the other side of the glass was also talking but we couldn't hear anything they were saying.
A buzzing sound distracting us and a timer on the wall was counting down, 9:59,9:58,9:57,.... We have to come up with a strategy to pass the riddle revenge challenge and with that we have to choose a king but my hopes of winning sunk as I realize the kind of people I'm with; (Siren girl has stopped making noises but sat on the floor and stared into oblivion, dissecting boy is sharpening a stick or something with his pocket knife, kimono freak is crawled up in a corner cuddling his katana...he's been paranoid ever since we got there, pretty drool lady has slept off and bandage guy is leaning against a wall.)
No one seemed to care what was happening or rather no-one knew what to do...( It reminds me in all those slice of life stories where the group has to choose a leader but everyone stays mute but the one to talk first becomes one...JUST GREAT).
It wouldn't be surprising if these guys believe their last days are gonna end here, they have already lived f**ked up lives filled with neglect and shitty adults ....not sure about others but they unfortunately think that life doesn't amount to anything...…
Already accepting my position as king I looked at the other opponents....(their eyes are now all on me and no one is budging, just observing with silence) I came closer to the glass keeping eye contact...…the bald guy narrows his eyes at me not sure if he figured out I got a read on them....I turned my back looking at my teammates but someone charged at the glass really hard which made siren girl to start making noise, I quickly turned around and one of the teammates flashed us a creepy smile, his grin was half of his face and the drool slid down the glass ....everyone gasped suddenly while dissecting boy curses at it...….I stared into his face remaining calm as possible,.....the bald guy then stepped forward and raises his finger pointing directly at me then said something....I'm sure it was three words but I couldn't shake the feeling of what he said was important.
My other cellmates looked confused and the creepy smile weirdo grinned and stepped back...I roughly got yanked by dissecting boy of fear that they were doing some manipulative BS to me. We both glared at the opponents and they just smirked back.....I was about to suggest something to dissecting boy,...
" I'LL DO IT"...….the dude in bandages that has been leaning against the wall speaks up and the blades of that rusty fan couldn't get any louder....with that the bald guy at the other side sat on a chair and the other opponents lost interest in all of us.
I didn't expect anyone to volunteer to be king; but I couldn't trust him yet, I don't know anything about my cellmates. We formed a circle to discus a strategy but drool face crawled up by a corner, Katana freak as paranoid as ever was smooching his katana and of course siren girl stared into dead space.
" can these weirdos even follow instructions " dissecting boy said to us after ….he completely found them hopeless.
"Dumb or not there's no way they're not capable of basic communication" bandage dude said and I start to think he's actually pretty decent despite wrapped in bandages from head to toe and smells like roadkill.
" Do you think we have enough time you dumbass!" He spat at him.
(There is also this unknown penalty that was mentioned...with the way this place is I don't think we can afford that I have to make sure they understood the gameplay.)
" Did any of you understood the rules" Dissecting freak squinted his eyes and looked like he was holding his fart as he tried to remembered, he just sighed saying....
" We just have to answer questions from a dumb bot... RIGHT?!!!
"Actually asking the AI is when you can't think of anything" bandage boy answered.
HUH!!!??...The f**k is AI!!??….( dissecting guy was getting more irritated and started pacing around the room,....with five minutes on the clock we needed to think of something fast but then he pulled the rusty fan from the wall and was matching it like crazy complaining of the noise....siren girl started... well making siren noises and drool face woke up looking lost.)
( "that's when it hit me ….sound!, sound of course !!)
BANDAGE-SAN!!…..I think we should use a sound code while trapped in those booths...."he just starred at me to process what I said then slightly nodded.
"What are you guys yapping about"!!? dissecting boy asks us while he plays with siren girls ears for some reason.
"LOUDER-SAN you can count up to 10 right"? I ask him politely
"aRE yOU f**kINg MoCkiNG mE oF CouRSE I caN !!!!!!"
"Ok everyone this is our plan !!"
....
(With all the minutes gone the buzzer rings loudly and the other group just gets up lazily and give us one last nod then walked in their elevator with the bald guy staring longer at me than others ….he gives me a chilly smile then joined the rest of his cellmates...THEN I felt someone holding the hem of my sleeves and it was drool face with well less drool as she was the last person I explained her part too.....,She looked down trying to get the words out of her lips …the grip on my sleeves got tighter and she suddenly looks up to me with those green eyes.....causing me to seize my breadth...waiting for her to say what was bothering her)
"D-DO.....ARE YOU CERTAIN YOU WANT TO LIVE!!"-----A very unexpected question which brought back how she was apologizing to me before we got here...and I looked at how serious she looked at me so I just nodded slowly trying to keep her gaze, relieved by my response she looked back then and said,
"THEN PREPARE YOURSELF KING" (she smiled and I was actually surprised we were talking normally....I looked at bandage boy and he nodded signaling that he prefers me being the king.....siren girl was looking me dead in the eyes and I was spooked out by her focus.....I really hoped what we told her got through considering she busted out in tears until her eyes dried up.)
"IN ORDER TO SURVIVE WE MUST UNDERSTAND THIS HELL-HOLE FIRST AND WIN "!!…..after all we don't have a choice.
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{Thanks for reading so far I'm sorry for not posting since but looks like psycopedia has to be put on hold for now but I promise when I come back you'll be getting updates hopefully 0_o.....but I'm working on another story, "Speed-runners: Beginners Luck"!,...which is coming soon ^.^}
Once again thank you!!!!