Memory Files

02 - The Introductions

     Shortly after we had heard about the amnesia, we all started panicking. It was the only logical explanation, we couldn't even remember our names or our families. But how does this little girl know? In the midst of all the madness, a guy starts shouting towards the doorway the girl was standing at.

"Hey, crazy girl! What's all this about? Where are we and how do we get out? How do you know we have amnesia?"

     When he finished his barrage of questions, the room went quiet again. We were all intently awaiting a response from the girl or the man standing next to her.

"Oh, you asking me?" she asked, "That's simple! I don't know how you're all gonna get out but that's none of my business! And I know about the amnesia because I was the one that caused it, dummies!＼ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ／"

      The moment she finished talking, our faces froze. Her response made it sound like maybe this is more serious than we first thought. She kidnapped us? One of the men starts approaching her, clearly angry and unsatisfied with the answers. Before he could get close, the old man next to the girl pulls out a metal object and starts speaking.

"Don't get close to my master or I'll shoot you all dead one by one."

     The girl continued talking.

"As I was saying, I was the one that caused your amnesia, teehee! And just so you know, punk, I've got a name and that's Annie, so don't go calling my crazy girl or we're gonna have a problem, alright? ʕง•ᴥ•ʔง"

     Startled, but managing to remain somewhat calm, the man standing in front of the girl kept asking questions.

"Hey, what do you mean you don't know how we're gonna get out? You're messing with us aren't you, Annie?"

     He seemed a bit reluctant to refer to her as Annie, but who knows what would happen if he didn't. I decided to chime in.

"Yeah, how do we get out of here?" I asked.

"I mean, you could have my key if you want. Just kidding, teehee! Basically, you're all stuck here till the end of your lives. And don't ask me any more questions! ʕ　˵·ᴥ·ʔ"

     Screams echoed around the room once again. I'm starting to get tired of everyone freaking out like this, but we can't help it.

"W-what did we do to deserve this?!" someone yelled from the back of the room, "Why are we here?!"

"I said to stop asking questions, but whatever! I already told you I don't know why you're here, idiots! Someone just told me I should bring you here for the experiments, whatever that means lol! ᕦʕ •ᴥ•ʔᕤ"

     The man who tried to approach her earlier turns around and faces us,

"Everyone, calm down! There must be some way to escape, we've just gotta find it. How else would she have been able to bring us in?"

     I was impressed by his ability to remain calm in a situation like this, but I knew he must be just as scared as the rest of us.

"But she must have come in through some locked door. After all, she brought up her key earlier, there's no way we're gonna be able to get through it," I exclaimed.

"It's the only chance we have," he rebutted, "I won't let you cowards give up this easily!"

     Maybe he had a point. If we calm down and search, it's not completely impossible that we'll stumble upon some sort of escape, like a window or something.

"He has a point," I shouted, "If we calm down, search, and get to know each other, we'll be able to pull through."

"Yeah, we can't just give up like this!" Said the optimistic angel girl from earlier.

     Us three exchanged a quick friendly glance and kept trying to calm everyone else down. After a while, mostly everyone had relaxed. The girl and the old man had left the room by that point, so we spent time getting familiar with each other. Since we didn't know our names, we came up with nicknames for every member. It was mostly the angel's idea, who had now been given the name "Aphrodite". I was given "Apollo" and the courageous yet snobby blonde guy from earlier was given the name "Coeus". You can thank Coeus for these ridiculous names. I had gotten to know everyone by the time we were done. It probably took a couple of hours, but we had no way to tell. The one named Cerberus only spoke through his puppet that he constantly carried around and had a scarf covering his mouth at all times. He said the puppet's name was Lola. He was similar in appearance to the timid wheelchair-bound Maia who also wore a scarf and had blue hair, but not similar enough to be related. The one named Oizys was a bit strange. She was rude, sassy, and kept repeatedly saying we should die in increasingly ridiculous ways. "I hope you get shot!" followed by "I hope you get electrocuted by an eel!" and finally "I hope you get struck by lightning twice while getting salmonella from having a beautiful loving relationship with a raw chicken!" What the hell does that even mean? However, she was far from being the most annoying. That spot was reserved for Eris, who wouldn't stop talking if her life depended on it. She seemed to really dislike Coeus and they would constantly get in arguments. The last one was Zeus, the dumbest and loudest, but by far the strongest. I wouldn't be surprised if he could bench press an elephant. We were all having fun and talking amongst each other (with the exception of Coeus and Eris), until we heard footsteps approaching. Right, we had been having such a good time that we forgot the dire situation we're in.

"You worms wanna get out, right? Well, I've just been told you all have an opportunity to do so!"

     Everyone's eyes lit up, but we all knew it wasn't going to be something simple.

"If you want to get out and get your memories back, you're gonna have to kill the imposter before she or he kills you all, not that I think you'll be able to! Sorry, I forgot to mention that part, teehee! Now that you know, let the killing game begin┏ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ┛!