𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐚 - 𝑁𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙

Island 9. Celeste And The Game

"This can't be happening to me in such a short span of time!" Celeste almost shouted of frustration. Few moments ago, she was discussing with Widget on why he put her name in the credits of HIS report but now, there was no village, no jungle, no report and of course, Widget wasn't supposed to be here, and... He wasn't here too.

Why was the deity, or whoever he is, tossing her around? Was it cursed, the cruise ship? So, is everyone doing the same thing as hers? Maybe yes, maybe no. She wanted to believe the other option for her sanity.

Talking to ghosts wasn't frightening enough that she was now here. After she had finished her mission in the last world, she found herself trapped in a virtual reality game, surrounded by people from video games, dramas and/or music videos, whatever this even was... How did she know? She was inside a bubble where it was written 'Your only way out is to beat the game. Are you in?' The best part? There was no "No" option here. Reluctantly, she clicked "Yes".

'How will you escape your prison? Choose one of the following:-' A cracked voice said and several options flashed before her.

'Choice A : Pick up a sword and start farming. Can't beat the bosses if I'm underleveled.'

Huh? Pick up a sword and do what? Farming? What's that supposed to mean? Video games was one thing Celeste hated now.

"Let's check the second option." Celeste muttered.

'Choice B : Become the next kpop star and compete with some of your favorite artists.'

"What the he...!" This time she almost cursed out loud. Of course, she likes kdramas and artists as such but, this was totally absurd. How would she even do that training!

She remembered reading an article about Momo from Twice. She had to lose 7kg in a week. She resorted into going to the gym everyday without eating. She was so afraid of gaining weight that she didn't want to drink water, so she had one cube of ice. FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.

Thats an extreme case, but shows how hard trainee life can be for some people. And she'll obviously be the 'some' there.

"Another option..." Celeste regretted saying that as soon as she saw the third option.

'Choice C : Win the hearts of all the characters in the game to overload the game's circuitry.'

"Hearts of people?" To say that romance wasn't her forte would be an understatement. She never had a boyfriend or girlfriend of any sort besides people from orphanage. But, they weren't friends, they were basically family. She was too sure of herself that she wouldn't be able to get anyone fall for her let alone talk about a love that ruins game's circuitry!

"Another..." With heavy heart, she moved ahead...

'Choice D : Tame all the dinosaurs in the world and become the sole sovereign of all things prehistoric.'

Unfortunately, that was the most realistic one, given the circumstances so far. She had fought with Rain Dragons, what's some Titanosaurs Rex?

Without thinking much, she clicked the fourth option and then realized what a Trex was... She was talking about the same Tyrannosaurus, who was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to its large and powerful hind limbs, the forelimbs of Tyrannosaurus were short but unusually powerful for their size, and they had two clawed digits. The most complete specimen measured up to 12.3-12.4 m (40.4-40.7 ft) in length; and 8.87 metric tons (9.78 short tons) in body mass.

Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded Tyrannosaurus rex in size, it is still among the largest known land predators and is estimated to have exerted the strongest bite force among all terrestrial animals. By far the largest carnivore in its environment, Tyrannosaurus rex was most likely an apex predator, preying upon hadrosaurs, juvenile armored herbivores like ceratopsians and ankylosaurs, and possibly sauropods. Now, she wasn't too sure of her choice. Unfortunately, there was no back option. She was doomed...