Chapter 5: False Reality.

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Author here once more, I don't have much to say this time, but I just wanted to say that the server might come out even with a negative response. I may not have a large audience, and nor is it what I'm aiming for, I'm just aiming for an interactive experience with whoever gives it a read. :)
With that being said, heres chapter 5. Enjoy!

Time: Unknown
Location: Unknown

Circla's eyes opened wide. Shes somewhere...different. She isn't dead, Shes very well alive. But when she looks around, her surroundings change quickly, like a flickering lightbulb holding onto its last bit of electricity. When she finally comes to, she remembers what just occurred to her. She looks in her bag, seeing a crucifix shattered into pieces, glowing blue on the broken parts.
She puts them together as if magnets, and begins to hold it out infront of her. Noticing nothing happens, she stands up, and starts to walk forward. her surroundings kept flickering, from the void to the clouds, it changed over and over. It was like a retro games sprites glitching out in an out of bounds area. After walking for 23 minutes, something finally happened. as she continued to walk, her area stopped flickering and changing. she saw a purple figure sitting down, in a meditating pose, infront of her. infront of the being was a small patch of grass, with some flowers on it. everything except the two and the patch of grass and flowers, was pitch black.
The being notices her presence and looks up at her. Circla freezes out of fear, shes confused, but feels at slight ease. Yet, she's still afraid. The being stands up. Circla stays still, accepting that this might just be her end. But instead of killing her, it puts its unstable hand on her shoulder, and despite having no visible mouth, says, "Go back."
Just as Circla was about to respond to it, she's back at the hotel. But not in the courtyard. Shes in, somewhere else.
Shes all the way back at the lobby of the hotel. Circla goes to the exit quickly, but realizes,
The bridge is broken.
This time around, she isn't the only person here. There's around 20 or so people in the lobby.
She notices the people don't have cryptid hunting gear like she does, and so shes confused. She grabs her phone out again from her bag, looking at the time, just incase.
Unfortunately, the time is still the exact same from when she entered on her first night. she doesn't have service either. She sighs, and puts her phone away.
She takes a quick look around again, seeing if she's missed anything from the first visit. Nothings new. The electricity is intact, the fireplace is still well, having fire. That area is still boarded off, the paintings are the same.
The only thing new, are the people.
She steps into an elevator that reads next to it, "12 Persons at most." However, these other people step into the elevator with her, seemingly though, they aren't afraid. The only possible explanation is that they haven't been here before, right?
4 People are in the elevator by the time that it begins going up. There's a woman with a black and white hoodie, and a black and white facemask, with black hair that goes into a ponytail. She has some bangs that just barely cover her eyes. There's a seemingly male person with an orange hoodie and black pants, his face completely shadowed by his hood, but his eyes are visible despite this, purely white.
The other is a male in very professional mafia like clothing, a bit pale, having brown hair that covers his eyes if not swept out of the way, with a black fedora. 
And then, There's Circla.

As the elevator goes up, a bit of chatter sparks.
"So, What's your guy's names?" The guy in mafia clothing says, as he leans on the wall of the elevator. "Call me black." The guy in an orange hoodie says. The girl in black and white replies with, "Ying."
"...And you?" The guy in mafia clothing asks Circla." "Oh, me? I'm Circla. Now, what about you?"
"You can just call me, Karma." Karma replied. "Now that we have that out of the way, did you guys bring anything?" Karma asks. Ying pulls out 2 Lockpicks and replies, "Yeah. Brought these."
Black pulled out a flashlight, pointing to it. Circla checks her bag, and pulls out the reassembled Crucifix.
"Sick, we should be able to escape with all this. As for me, I brought some vitamins." Karma said. Circla looked confused, and asked, "Uhm, what for?"
"...You seriously don't know? the vitamins found or bought in the hotel grant superhuman levels of speed temporarily when consumed." Karma replied swiftly.
"...Oh. Didn't know that." Circla replied, dumbfounded. 
The elevator opens, and it's the exact same as her first time. 
"Alright, everyone know what they're doing?" Karma says. Everyone gave confirmation, and they continued on. 
When they reached door 6, some chatter began again. 
"So, how long have you guys been trapped for?" Karma said, as everyone followed him. "7 Months, I think." Ying replied, seemingly disinterested. "1 Year." Black said, keeping track of the door numbers as they passed through. "3 Days or so." Circla said. "Seems like I'm the one in charge then. Been here for 3 years." Karma said. 
"I think that comes down to the death count, Karma, but whatever." Ying said. 
"You sure? I've probably got more experi-" The lights flicker, as they reach door 17. 
"Shit, get in a closet." Circla said, slightly panicked. Karma let everyone get in the 3 closets, going into the sub room to hide underneath the bed. Rush passed, and everyone stepped out of their closet. "Where's Karma...?" Circla said, a bit panicked still. "Over here." Karma said, stepping out of the sub room.
"Anyway, Lets go." Karma said, as everyone began to follow once again. The run continued as per usual up until the first death. It was during seeks chase.
"Alright, so, Seek will appear once we take one more step. Everyone ready?" 
"Yeah, 1 Question though. How do you guys know what I've dubbed it?" Circla said, slightly confused.
"You know that light you follow? Yeah, it also appears if you die here to tell you the creature's name. The majority of us have died before, and if you haven't, the light inclines you to name it whatever it was referred to at first." Karma replies.
"Wait, wait, you can DIE AND LIVE?" Circla replies, heavily confused.
"50/50 chance of survival Circla. The light can only bring so many souls back to life at once. So don't just die over and over for the fun of it, or if you don't feel like continuing this run." Karma replies.
"...Got it." Circla replied, just a little afraid. "Well, with that out of the way...Everyone ready?" Karma says, with everyone giving confirmation, the chase begins again.
 

Thanks for reading this far! It's really nice of you guys to keep up with all this stuff, I've been really trying to push it all out as much as I can. And, incase your thinking of leaving because of this plot twist, stick around, I promise it'll be worth it...Maybe. 
Well, Thanks for reading! I might update this with Chapter 6 in a day or maybe a few hours even!
As always, I'm open to feedback and suggestions.
Thanks in advance. :)

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