𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 •sᴀᴇʙʏᴇᴏᴋ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ•

2

"Please look into the camera. Smile."
A smiley face was displayed on a small screen inside the photo booth.

You settle yourself in front of the camera with your hands in your pockets and a careless expression on your face.
You wait for the blinding flash to take your picture before moving on.

More classical music played over the loud speakers as you walked single-file through a maze of stairs, painted in all kinds of pastel colors.

You recognized the music as "The Blue Danube," a piece by Johann Strauss. So far, this is the only song that has been played, and you wondered if it had another meaning.

While walking, you noticed the multitude of cameras pointed every which way. You wondered about that too.

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Two large, green gates opened in front of you to reveal a large room. The floor had a rough sand, and the walls around it were painted so it was as though you were outside.

While you continued further, you looked up to the ceiling and saw that it was opened to reveal the actual sky.

There were two more entrances, just like the one you walked out of, on each side of you. Hordes of people walked out whilst chatting in confusion, and for some reason, when you looked around the only person you wanted to see again was 067.

"Attention all players. After you enter the game hall, please stand behind the white line drawn on the field, and await further instructions," said the woman on the PA system.

You walked until you were right before the white line.

"Once again, will all players please stand behind the white line and await further instructions."

Once everyone was settled, the green gates behind the crowd clanged shut.

You looked in front of you again, and noticed at the end of the game hall stood a three or four meter tall doll. She was standing right in front of a tree, and had two masked guards in pink beside her.

"Here is the first game. You will be playing Red Light, Green Light." As the PA system spoke, the doll's body rotated until it faced the tree. Now all you saw was it's back.

"You are allowed to move forward when 'it' shouts out, 'Green Light.' Stop when 'it' shouts, 'Red Light.' If your movement is detected afterward, you will be eliminated."

The speaker began to repeat what she said, but you couldn't help but tune her out as you began to think why in god's name you were playing a kid game.

"Those players who cross the finish line without being eliminated within the five-minute playtime, will pass this round. With that, let the game begin."

A large timer on the far wall clicked on, and began counting down from five minutes.

"Green Light..." The doll began to speak with a young voice. You ran forward and came to a swift stop before the doll said, "Red Light."

You noticed a pair of boys who had sprinted their way a decent distance in front of everyone. One with yellow hair stopped but threw of his balance, causing him to sway violently.

The doll's head turned on it's neck to face the crowd again.

"Player 324. Eliminated." This was none other than the boy with yellow hair.