not everything is as it seems

Prologue of the unknown

Trying to get over a serious break up is hard, playing horror games through your tears is even harder, and it wasn’t helping with your online friend’s little message boxes appearing in the corner. It seems like they are trying to recommend you something, but at that point of breaking in the moment, you ignored it. Well, tried to. It was hard not to, especially with the message box’s color clashing with the game’s colors. Cleaning your glasses from your tears and putting them back on, you read your friend’s messages. Most of them were just trying to uplift you from your depressing mood, some were asking for tips, but one struck you as odd. 

“Have you played that game I recommended yet?” It took a few seconds to realize what they were talking about. Your eyes widen, of course!

“Not yet, I have it downloaded though. I’ll play it now.” Closing the previous game down, you quickly open the recommended one. It’s title screen colors already clash with one another, and your eyes sorta hurt from it, but you also felt unsettled from just analyzing the opening image. Turning on your deskside lamp and clicking on the new game button, you were ready for whatever it was going to throw at you. 
 
    You were met with the basic warning of what the game would contain, and a quick set up of the font styles to be held. When asked for a name, you simply put in your middle name. You didn’t feel like jumping through hoops for the right name to be haphazardly carried throughout. Quickly picking “i’m a girl” for your gender, you were already eager to start. The game’s opening text was enticingly displayed on the lower half of the screen. 

    “Welcome, (y/n). You’ve been assigned to a being called “The Batter”. The Batter has an important mission. Be sure that it is accomplished. We will let you out in zone 0. Good luck.” That was… uneventful, and kind of disappointing. Nevertheless, you continued with it.
…
    You didn’t get a wink of sleep that night, and almost lost your PC a couple of times. Who knew that such a game would be so… frustrating in it’s puzzles? Well it was one of the main elements of the game. Looking out the window, the sun was already starting to rise. Dang it. You still had to grab some bit of sleep before that stupid engagement party you had to be there for. Before that though, you noticed that there was a message from them. 

“Good morning! How’d you sleep?” You were about to reply that you slept well, but then remembered that you didn’t sleep at all last night.
“Uh… didn’t sleep at all… ._.;”
“Huh? Why? Stupid memories of your ex keep ya up?”
“No, I was busy playing video games… OFF, to be exact.”
“Oh! So...what do you think of it?” You sat there, stunned. Wait, they were still typing. “Also, you should’ve slept! You really wasted your time for sleeping just for a game?” Yikes, you should’ve listened to your body’s complaints for you staying up. But for now, you needed that small nap. 
…
    The small nap turned into 6 hours of daytime used up, leaving you just about 2 hours to get ready and be there. Quickly getting ready, you happened to spot out that your computer screen was broken. Frowning, you walked over to inspect it. The monitor wasn't broken at all, the screen was just acting up. After trying and failing to fix it for 30 minutes, you finished getting ready and ran out the door. 
           The party was loud. Of course, you were only there because you were the maid of honor for your best friend's marriage, and she practically begged to come. So here you were with a bad tasting beer in hand and past the point of being tipsy. At this point you could barely keep your eyes open, and you've been there for about 2 hours now… well you think you have. 
          "Hey….I think I'm going to head back to my place…" You yelled to a bride's maid standing near you. She gave you an understanding nod and you shuffled out, tossing the cup in the trash can by the door. 
         The cool air was a good refresher from the stale air back in the building, and promptly urged you to vomit whatever you had in your stomach. Straightening back up, a wave of realization washed over you. Your car was in the parking lot across the street. So, you started across the crosswalk (the sign said you could walk, and the lights were red), into the night. As you were walking, you started to delve into your thoughts not realizing that something was coming towards you with the intent to kill. 
And 
Just 
Like 
That. 
         You were on the road your body crumpled up, a searing pain roared through you, and a shallow feeling of fear put you in a state of paralyzation. Your vision began to fade, and your voice was unable to pierce the thick dark night, the moon shone down with pity. Darkness shrouded your eyes completely, and you were in a state of stillness.
…
          The air was thick around you, as you pushed yourself up. Looking around, you struggled to piece together what just happened and what felt like seconds ago. You noticed that your breathing was labored, and rough. Finally turning a full circle around and you met the eyes of 2 men. The taller one looked like he just hopped out of a pixelated baseball game from the age of the Gameboy, the other, not much shorter, looked like a merchant or a traveler with a mask of a frog. 

     "Do you happen to be the one we are looking for?"