Chapter 3: music mayhem

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The Game station is utterly massive, much bigger than you thought it would be. It was like a warehouse that had been repurposed into a train station slash playground. And there are indeed enough playground assemblies to keep a whole army of children happily preoccupied with fun. Where tile met squishy foam floor, there were platforms, slides, and monkey bars of every shape and color all around.

Along the path there are also some benches with curved overhangs on top, just like those found in an actual train station. And nearly everything all around you is colored from top to bottom with the same bright reds, blues, and yellows and there waiting for you is Huggy still having his friendly smile from when you saved him he sees you and waves you wave back.

But strangely, despite all these colorful playgrounds and kid friendly activities, the Game station felt rather, hollow. A cold shell that has just been painted with rainbows. The roof was designed with little interest, with catwalks and iron bars lined all around.

And the only light within the room are the windows, but the term windows is a bit of an overstatement since it never shows any of the outside world, but rather shown through some of the broken glass they are just disguises for the fluorescents underneath. They didn't even choose any warm colors to emulate sunlight, just the painfully stark glow of soulless white.

And as you made your way to the other side of the building, you found the one thing that will take you out of this strange nightmare, a train. But not like any of those fake trains found in amusement parks and such where they're really just cars modeled like locomotives pulling a bunch of carts tied in a row.

This an actual, real working, steam powered locomotive. Built on tracks and everything.
Which surprised you, because you initially thought the train was actually going to be just a set of rail carts. Built specifically to take kids, parents, and orphans down to the Playcare just a short ride below. He didn't think that there would have been a real train just sitting here this whole time. As a matter of fact, Poppy told him there is a whole fleet of these here! It's almost no wonder the company fell into a financial crisis awhile back.

And to think, you always wanted to ride a train. You didn't think taking one would mean the difference of life or death. But right now the train is locked for now, however Mommy Long Legs did mention something about a train code, which she is willing to give if you participates in her games.

You: Now which is it?

You mumbled to yourself. After looking around for a moment you eventually finds it. Musical Memory, that is where Mommy told you to go first. But when you passed through there the entrance is blocked, so how are you going to get in?

Just then you hear something beeping, up on the platform where the train and Huggy are. Walking up the small flight of stairs you find a control panel with three large levers on it, they have indicator lights near them, and one of them is flashing red. You then pulled it, and on came the intercom with a prerecorded woman's voice sounding through.

Intercom: Hey kids, welcome to the Game Station! I'm Stella! And we have three super-duper fun games for you to play!

The intercom blared with the woman's happy voice.

Intercom: These games will test how crazy strong and smart you are! Follow Mommy Long Legs over to musical memory and let's get started! See you a bit!

After that you hear the large door blocking musical memory begin to open.

You: Guess now there's no time like the present I guess.

You knew there is a chance you will get harmed in one of these games. Or most likely worse. Descending the stairs you find the direct way forward blocked by rubble, guess you have to take a different route.

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