anguish ; yttd

divulge

This time when they woke up, (Name) found themself in a room with a table full of food. Miley was pictured on a screen in the back of the room.

Miley laughed. "Everyone.. How are you feeling?"

"What the hell...?" (Name) murmured.

"This is a pre-recorded video," Miley explained. "So I'm afraid I can't answer any questions. Allow me to thank you, truly, for taking part in the Main Game."

Main Game.. (Name) thought, remembering everything they'd learned over their searching.

"This is a waiting room prepared for participants..." Miley continued. "The Last Supper Room. You may fill yourself with food before the game, or form a strategy. Use it however you please. Those who successfully beat the Main Game can proceed to the next floor! Hooray! Note that those who do not exit their waiting rooms once the Main Game starts will die as a penalty. Do keep that in mind. I will now explain the rules of the Main Game. Everyone, please take the card you obtained while exploring and touch it to this screen."

(Name) took out the Commoner card they had in their pocket and placed it on the screen. Miley continued on her rant, explaining the rules of the supposed Main Game. For the most part, everything that Shin said had been accurate. The Keymaster couldn't be voted for or else everyone would die. The Sage had a divination to see who the Keymaster was. And Commoner was a boring card with nothing special. As she went over the rules of the cards, "Sacrifice" was the one that caught (Name) most off guard. Whoever had it would die... and if they remembered correctly, Shin had received that one from Kanna.

"There is one Keymaster, Sage, and Sacrifice each. All the rest are Commoners. Committed it to memory, yes? So at minimum, two people will die. Everyone, do your best not to be one of them!"

Two people would die... (Name) had to make sure they weren't one of them. In that moment, a loud thud echoed in a nearby room.

"There is still time left until the Main Game begins," Miley said. "Please spend your time freely here."

(Name) took in a shaky breath. They didn't exactly have a fear of death, rather they didn't want to die before completely their objective. They'd been searching for any clues about Sou for years. Melyssa has died at the hands of the organization he worked for. They simply couldn't die. Not before they had a chance to confront him. Even if they had to...

"I always knew you had a dark side to you (Name)."

Sou's words echoed in their mind, snapping them out of their thoughts. While they did want to confront him... they couldn't let him win. They made a promise to themself that they wouldn't end up becoming the person Sou wanted them to be.

After a few minutes, the time finally came.

"It's now time. Please head to the grounds via the door near the screen, everyone. I wish you luck." Miley smiled before giggling.

(Name) steeled their nerves and exited the room. In front of them were hourglass like desks, around waist height, all lined up in a circle. Everyone slowly emerged from their rooms, a range of emotions placed on their faces.

"Here we are.." Keiji said.

"You guys!" Q-Taro said. "That was fast..."

"Hmph," Gonbee muttered. "All of you, so pale.."

"Why... is this happening..?" Shin asked, quietly.