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I found myself in an unfamiliar place. The floor was made of purple stained glass, and the sky was filled with stars. It looked almost magical. I got up and surveyed the area. There was nothing else in sight, except for a girl with purple hair sleeping across the room from me. I ran over to her and shook her to wake her up.
???: "Hey! Hey! Wake up!"
Girl with purple hair: "Hm...?"
She stood up and looked at me. Her eyes were lavender. She had a fearful expression on her face.
???: "What's your name?"
Girl: "Um... My name? I... don't remember."
It was then that I realized that I didn't remember my name either. Did we both have amnesia?
???: "Weird... I can't remember my name either. We should probably look around for someone who does know."
Girl: "R-Right."
We looked around the area we were in and found a door. We hurried over and opened it. We found ourselves in a hallway with the same look as the room before us. There was another door at the end of it, so we opened it and found ourselves in a room almost identical to the one we woke up in. However, there were other people around. I counted 6 people. The girl with red eyes spoke.
Red: "Well, I guess that's two more then."
A boy with white hair spoke to us.
Lumiere: "Wonderful! That's two more contestants! My name is Lumiere and I'm the overseer of Paradox. Ah, but first... you both need names. Let's see... I'll name you... Violet!"
The boy pointed at the girl with purple hair.
Violet: "Name... me?"
Lumiere looked at me and paused. His eyes started to look sad.
Lumiere: "You look just like... Beth... Um... I'll... name you... Beth... then."
He was acting a bit odd, but I decided it would be best not to question him. My name was Beth now. Lumiere suddenly disappeared before us.
The girl with red eyes looked at me.
Scarlet: "Well I guess we should get introductions out of the way. My name is Scarlet, at least, what Lumiere says my name is."
A boy with a cheerful expression looked at me as well.
Sol: "My name's Sol! Lumiere said it was cause I'm as cheerful as the sun!"
A girl with pink hair began to speak.
Cherry: "I'm pretty sure he called you that because you're unbearable to be around. Anyway, my name's Cherry."
There was another boy with black hair, but he just looked at us with a dull expression.
Scarlet: "Oh, his name is Cyber. He doesn't seem to like talking much."
Beth: "I can tell."
There was one more person next to Cherry. He was in a wheelchair. He looked very young, and had light blue hair.
Beth: "Who's he?"
Cherry: "Lumiere gave him the name Cerulean. I'm guessing because of his hair."
He didn't seem to talk much. He just sat in his chair with a puzzled expression on his face, like he was concentrating.
Cerulean: "Ugh, I can't remember anything."
Suddenly, the door Violet and I came through opened. None of the other doors opened though.
Scarlet: "That's weird. Why didn't any of the other doors open?"
Cyber: "We might as well go through it."
Cyber's voice was a bit... discomforting. Like he had no emotion at all. I felt a chill in my spine as he spoke again.
Cyber: "Well? What are you all waiting for?"
He began to move slowly toward the door, his eyes never changing. He disappeared within the newly opened hallway.
Cherry: "Did... anyone else feel that?"
We all nodded.
Beth: "Well, no point in staying here I guess. Let's go investigate."
I began to walk through the hallway and everyone else followed behind me.
When we reached the end the room was different. There was another open door at the end of the room that wasn't there before. There were also 9 other people scattered across the room.
Scarlet: "Well, I don't suppose we'll have time for introductions at the moment."
Suddenly, Lumiere appeared before us.
Lumiere: "Welcome friends! As you know, my name is Lumiere and this place you are in is known as Paradox. It was created by the Warden of Magic, but that's a story for another time. What is important though, is that I tell you the rules for this game."
We all looked around at each other.
Lumiere: "Well, maybe I should tell you why this game is taking place first. Okay, so basically one of you is what is known as a "Flux". This "Flux" is a danger to mankind. The only way to stop it is for the Flux to die. The problem is, there's no way to tell which one of you is the Flux. Sooo... we're gonna play a life-or-death game until the Flux dies! Isn't that great!?"
Some of us began to speak up.
Cherry: "Great!? What the hell do you mean GREAT!? This better be a prank or I'm gonna be seriously annoyed!"
Guy with a jacket: "You can't be serious! How do you expect us to believe that!?"
Cherry and the other guy began to menacingly walk toward Lumiere.
Cerulean: "Wait! We still have questions we need to ask first!"
The two reluctantly stood down and walked back to where they were.
Lumiere: "Alright, I'll try to explain everything to the best of my ability."
Lumiere closed his eyes.
Lumiere: "Where should I start..."
