𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 || 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐚

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You were the first one to take a phone. You tried to look around and people slowly follow in, taking a phone off the table. The phone pops up and welcomes people into the next game. A guy with platinum blonde shoulder-length hair has a hoodie up. He gets down to charge something.

But I thought there was no electricity. Maybe he's a tech guy.

You hold onto the backpack tightly as you look closely at it.

Did he make a taser all by that?

You look at the hoodie guy's creation as he was staring at you, observant of what you were doing. When you look up at him, he quickly looks away. You were surprised by how handsomely familiar he seems.

Why does he look familiar?

He looked at the people who came before and are still coming in.

After the last person came in, the registered closed in and was left with 14 contestants. You look at the few people talking about how to play the game. A man with an old suit starts to explain how to play along with the games if you want to survive through this messed up place. You listen carefully before the phone chimes like a tall bell.

"Game is 'Tag.' Rule: Avoid whoever is 'it,'" the phone explains the game.

Everyone starts to murmur. There were many people who were asking who was "it," but it didn't seem that nobody knew.

"Clear condition," the phones continue, "Discover and touch the symbol hidden in one of the building's rooms within the time limit. You clear the game when this objective is fulfilled. Time limit: 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the time bomb hidden in the building will explode."

The door to enter the building unlocks.

"The game will commence in two minutes," the phone says, showing up.

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Everybody started to walk around the apartment building. You tried opening the doors, but they were all locked.

If I was 'it,' where would I want to tag everyone in reach?

The phone chimes in again and you look at your phone.

"The game will now commence," the phone announces, "The time limit is 20 minutes. Commence now."

You look up and see the same hoodie guy look down on everybody, watching the fun happen.

"The tagger is on the move."

Of course, he would go up. Wait . . . he's a genius!

You quickly run up the stairs until you stop, hearing music playing in the speakers. You wait, not hearing a single step. Your phone chimes in again.