ON PAUSE!!! One Try - yttd x reader

three

first published -> 19th December 2022
Rewritten -> 3rd November 2023

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"Hey, actually... Where have you two even been?"

Joe's voice rang through the packed, small room as everyone turned to look at [Name] and Shin. Nobody saw the pair since the Russian Roulette after all, so they all had right to worry.

[Name] was looking around at the pastel pink walls, their eyes hurting from the way the ground and walls blended together.

"Wandered round, I couldn't find anyone." [Name] shrugged, trying to let their eyes adjust to the colours. All while Keiji glanced at them from the opposite side of the room, knowing they were lying.

"Oh, I just... found a hidden room." Shin replied nonchalantly, as if it wasn't a big deal.

And everyone else seemed to think the same as him, seeing as nobody reacted to it.

"Sou...! You're okay!" Sara walked over to the guy, having a smile of relief on her face.

"That's my line! ...Good, so everyone's safe." Shin smiled, looking at all the people who took part in Russian Roulette.

"Thank God Sara or Q-taro didn't shoot any of them." [Name] muttered, mainly to themself. The words sounded both sarcastic and condescending, if anyone heard them they would immediately think negatively of [Name] as they're distrusting the most trustworthy person in the room...

Well... the mostly trusted person in the room anyways.

Unfortunately, someone heard the office worker. But he didn't comment anything about it, unaware of how significant those words actually were. He shook it off as a random comment.

"My heart is beating fast... What could possibly happen...?" Mishima kept a smile on his face which made [Name] frown.

'Right, he'll probably die here'

They thought to themself, feeling a distaste to that idea. They have never seen anyone die before them, not brutally anyways.

"I got the door open just in case-"

"Did anyone check behind the door?" [Name] blurted out, cutting Reko off. Everyone looked at them, all their eyes boring into the person with suspicion and unease.

'Don't stare at me just check the door dammit'

"What's that gotta do with anythin'?" Q-taro asked, staring at the 20 year old with suspicion.

"I don't want us to miss something that may be important". They replied as Reko nodded and checked behind the door.

"I think yer overthinkin' it-"

"Sara, you gotta see this..." Reko cut Q-taro off, slightly moving the door, yet not fully closing it. On the back of the door there was a note taped, revealing the rules of the 'Second Trial'.

'Wow, only Sara, so nice of you'

'The Second Trial ~Practice Round~
This is a practice for the Main Game.
The start is signalled by the doll's revival.
Follow instructions and hold a majority vote.
The one with the most votes is to be sacrificed.
However, this is a practice round.
If the votes come to a draw, the game is forfeit.'

Everyone stayed quiet, looking at the second trial poster. The whole room was dead still, nobody daring to move even an inch. As if time just stopped. The 12 surviving participants were all processing the sign, unsure of what to feel.