The beginning of the end (gacha story)

Chapter 3: Let sleeping dogs lie.

Evening arrives and the creator hasn't woken up yet. She remains on her bed, breathing slowly as if stuck in a dream. The group are all scattered in the living room, talking about creator and how she ended up like this. "It doesn't make any sense! How on earth did she pass out in the bathroom of all places?" Glitch states to the group, confused as to how it happened. "Maybe she has eaten or had something to drink today? I saw her in her room most of the time."Galaxy suggested. She had previously seen creator in her room 'studying' and hadn't left for the whole day. "It's possible, but then again, she doesn't usually stay in her room all day unless she was thinking of something. It just doesn't add up." Glitch replied back, his reason being logical and straightforward. Bored had been listening in from the door, hearing their theories and concerns. Something was obviously off about creator. She decides to go and find out what happened herself and starts walking down the corridor. As she approaches creators' room, something feels a bit strange.

"Why do I feel an unknown aura coming from creators' room?" Bored thought to herself. It was like something was either preventing her from going in to check on her or rather, pulling her in. She couldn't shake off the feeling when she arrived at creators' room door. This aura felt sinister to the bone and bored couldn't think of who would have such an aura. She knows that creator wouldn't resort to evil tendencies. After all, she was the one who created them and gave them all their abilities and personalities. If she was really evil, then why would she have stayed with them? "I have a feeling that something's really off with creator... she usually doesn't pass out like this, heck, I haven't even seen her pass out in her life." Even though bored was in front of creator's door, she felt hesitant to open it. Something was subconsciously preventing her from opening that door. Eventually she grabbed the handle and opened the door. Creator was still on her bed, eyes closed and breathing steadily. Bored sighed with relief, her hesitance slowly decreasing after seeing that creator was ok. Still, it couldn't help her shake off the feeling that something was going on secretly. Walking up to creators' bed, bored starts to analyse creators' body, trying to identify any changes that may have shown themselves on her. However, nothing changed. Her black hair was still its same length, no physical scars or bruises on her arms and feet, and her eyebags were still there. It didn't make sense for bored at all. Nothing had changed, at least, not physically.

For the rest of the night, bored paced around creators' room trying to figure out what actually happened. It was a puzzle that she herself couldn't solve. "Ugh... it doesn't make sense. How can someone just pass out in the bathroom of all places. What's even more confusing is that she's never passed out before." he grabbed her hair and started pulling it from overthinking so much. She glances at creator once more, still analysing her physical appearance. She had been unconscious for about 4 hours now, leaving bored concerned. "She should've woken up by now... why isn't she awake?" she muttered to herself. Walking over to creators' bed she grabs her shoulder and starts shaking her. "Creator, wake up please." She says to her, her concern increasing. Meanwhile, creator finds herself in a black void. She looks around the area, unfamiliar with the place she's currently in. "Huh? W-Where am I?" She looks around again seeing nothing in front of her. She tries to feel around for something, anything that can help her at least in the slightest. Unexpectedly, creator remembers a youtube short that she watched the other day, the words 'stay in your starting place' ringing through her head. "Right... man, why did I even watch that video? Now I'm going to be stuck in this one spot forever." she groans comedically to herself. She then sits down and looks around the black void, there wasn't really much to see since she couldn't see anything. "Welp, I guess I'm stuck here for awhile. Maybe I could think of the others or think about school-" she paused mid-sentence, remembering that she didn't really care for school at all. "Oh yeah, I had that chemistry assignment and maths test next week." She continued to ramble to herself, preventing her from going insane within the first 2 minutes of being stuck in a void. Creator was lonely most of the time she was at school, so talking to herself made her cope through her school life. As time passed, creator thought about the others as well as her studies. All the memories, both good or bad. "Ah shucks... I really should've studied harder on that book, then I wouldn't have failed that essay" A dry chuckle leaves her mouth as she looks around once more. 

She lies down on the black floor looking up at the never-ending black sky. "Man, if I wasn't an introvert and I really loved talking to my friends, I would've gone insane hours ago. Wait, how long has it been anyway?" She tries to check her watch or grab her phone out to see the time only for nothing to appear on her wrist or in her hand. "Strange, I definitely had my phone with me earlier." She thinks about where it could've gone but quickly forgets about it because she assumed that she dropped it somewhere after she woke up. She continued to monologue random things to herself, not caring about her hunger or thirst, whether she was tired or not, if she needed to shower, etc. At some point she stopped checking for the time, pacing around the void with boredom. Jumping around like a little kid as a way to distract herself from her being stuck there. "This is the first time I actually feel alive and not tired. I kinda like it." She says to herself. Looking around again, she notices that the void has torn a tiny bit. "Huh? That wasn't there before.." Suspicious, creator walks up to the tear and inspects it. It glowed white, brightening the void slightly. "Should I touch it? I mean, it could get me out of this weird place. But, what if something else happens?" She questions herself roughly, thinking if she'll regret her decision that she chooses. Creator thinks for a long time, dishing out her options and the consequences that would come with it. "Argh. I can't decide!" she exclaims, her patience wearing thin. She turns to the tear once more and stares at it with cold eyes. Raising her hand towards it, creator places it inside the tear and opens it further, revealing a white void. Her eyes widened slightly at the white void. She didn't expect something to appear behind the darkness. Creator hesitates to walk through the tear but pushes through her concerning thoughts and walks in.