Everyone freaked out except the last boy who came in.
"Don't fear me"
It was only a voice with no physical body that kept on ringing in everyone's ears.
The hole from which everyone had come in faded away in an instant.
"Kya tumne ham sabko yaha laya he!?", said the girl who could speak English. [Eng: were you the one who brought me here?]
"Well, I did but I didn't really"
"Huh?"
"You can say that even I am not sure as to why it was the four of you. That's a puzzle for you to solve out yourself"
"Puzzle?" thought Mark with a confused countenance, "A very weird dream this is..."
"Anyways, now that you all are here, let's begin shall we?" The spirit said with a joyful tone.
"Begin what exactly??" asked Mark.
"Solving the puzzles!"
"Huh?"
"Oh! I guess I did not explain it to you all yet... how careless of me! Well... this explanation is gonna take some time so help yourselves to some popcorn while I am at it"
Suddenly, bubbles started popping in the air and raw corns fell when each one popped. The corns were being made into popcorns; by some hands with no visible body! It all happened within seconds and the popcorn was served to each of them, freshly cooked and warm. Mark couldn't help but stare blankly at the hands slowly disappearing.
"Isme zeher he kya?" Asked the girl who could speak English. [Eng: Does this have poison?]
"Please use English when you speak at least for me to understand", said Mark who was hopelessly staring at everyone without understanding anything.
"How rude! Why would I poison it!? Now then, please have them before they get cold"
"Agirato... Ano... It...Itadakimasu..." The other girl said before having the first bite of her popcorn. [Eng: Thank you... umm...Itadakimasu. It is a humble way of giving and showing respect to everyone involved in the preparation of the meal in Japan]
While all of them were hesitating to eat their share the boy who had come in at the end munched onto them with pleasure.
"Now, there is something you all must be aware of. This is a dream but at the same time... a reality"
"Huh? What is that supposed to mean?"Asked the girl while violently standing up. She spoke in English on Mark's request.
"Calm down. You will end up spilling your popcorns! Anyways, back to where I was; you all must have realized this too right?"
The sudden question made Mark feel uneasy. "That is definitely true... everything here seems way too realistic to be unreal... What's more, I can actually taste these popcorns and feel their warmth. But then again, hands without body cooking them within seconds..."
"That's because this is a dream but not one at the same time"
"Huh?" Mark realized that the spirit could actually read what was going on in his mind.
"I couldn't care less about this dream or whatever it is." Said the girl while chewing a handful of popcorns.
"Don't say that... After all... you will not be able to wake up from this dream..."
An expression of horror took over everyone's faces except for the last boy who continued to munch his popcorns.
"Wh... What is that supposed to mean!?" Mark shouted.
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SPIRIT PUZZLE
FantasíaOne day suddenly Mark felt like he was drowning into darkness. He soon found himself living inside his own dream besides three others, Kanako, Rena and He-Yoon. But how come they all had the same dream? How did they all find themselves in their own...
