Bittersweet Delirium

Chapter 3: Hide and seek

"Hey, hey, wake up!"

Knify groaned, reluctant to wake up. The bed he was in was so soft and warm...

Wait, Bed?

He woke up with a start and looked around. He quickly found that instead of the starry field he was in before, he was inside of a room.

It was decorated with mahogany furniture, delicate gold etching on each piece. The walls were covered in violet wallpaper and various pictures of flowers. And the bed he was in had matching and pillows and blankets with a rose pattern. It was far fancier than anything he had seen before.

He felt a gentle poking on his arm, and turned to see the person who woke him up. He looked in shock as he saw Kurasan standing by the bed, with a strangely friendly smile on his face.

Before he could say anything, Kurasan spoke. "Finally, you were sleeping forever! I'm Kurasan, It's nice to meet you!"

Knify, confused as to why Kurasan was acting like they had never met before, looked closely at him. He realized that this Kurasan was not the one he knew. This Kurasan, instead of being bread, was made of fabric, and had tiny stitches all around. His eyes and mouth seemed to be embroidered on. He looks like a... Doll?

Before he could think about it more, he was pulled out of bed. "Come on, let's go meet the others!" Said Kurasan, leading him out the door and into the hallway. The hallway was very long, with many different doors, and Knify wondered how you could live here without getting lost.

Finally they stopped at a door, and Kurasan led him into a large room. Inside was a dining room, with two tables in it, with a chandelier hanging over the both of them. Sitting at the tables were the other contestants. Or well, doll versions of them.

"Hey guys, we have a guest!" Kurasan announced, causing everyone to stop talking and turn their heads to where Knify was. They chattered among themselves in excitement about the development. 

Lightbolb got up and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Lightbolb, what's your name?" she said, eyes gleaming. "I'm Knify" he said, feeling a bit weird introducing himself to someone he already knows. The others got up as well and introduced themselves one by one. 

After the introductions were over, Kurasan spoke up about what they would be doing next. 

"Since our guest here is new to the mansion, I thought a game of hide-and-seek could help him get used to the place. Everyone here find a hiding spot. I'll stay with him so he won't get lost, but don't worry! I won't give him any clues~"

He lead Knify to a corner and told him to count to 100 while everyone hid. 

Once he finished counting, they went out of the room, and into the hallway again. Knify looked at the doors, wondering what room he should pick first. After thinking for a while, he picked a random door and opened it.

Inside was a variety of different sewing supplies. Mannequins placed around the room, a giant amount of fabric, and a large sewing machine are some things of note. "It seems you found the sewing room! I bet someone is hiding in here" said Kurasan, walking inside.

Knify looked around the room, thinking. He decides to look through the hanging fabric, perhaps someone is hiding in there?