Masquerade

Oppress

WHATEVER YOU SEE, IS NOW IRRELEVANT TO YOU. 

"Huh." I folded the map and then put it back in my pocket.

I tried to climb the dusty stage, with a weak cooperation from my legs. After all the struggling, I succeeded. I could see the all-set-up musical instruments on the stage. The announcer was announcing the singer's presence.

"I bring you, Bry-", the announcer suddenly stopped.

Static sound was heard. Suddenly, I got into the spotlight. I decided to ignore it. I walked all the way through the backstage.

"What?" I was puzzled. The backstage looked nothing like a backstage. It was more to a tennis court. Even a player was already prepared for a match. There were about 35 audiences, all of them were my female batch mates. And...they were dressed like...strippers...

"Zim!!!" someone with a familiar voice called my name.

"Jihyo?" I said to myself.

I started scanning every audience there. I saw Jihyo, who was waving at me. I ran towards her for a few steps. I have already imagined the joy of cudddling with her after all those hard times. I stopped after a few steps. A reflection of myself in a mirror was suddenly in front of me. His arm reached out of the mirror and patted my shoulder.

"Don't believe whatever you-" The mirror shattered before he could finish his sentence.

Everything in the tennis court was turned into gold, including the audiences and the player. I ran towards Jihyo and quickly hugged her golden, lifeless body.

"if you DON'T like me..."

"Seriously, after all of this?"

"He's a fraud!"

Some words appeared on her face which were: game, money, we, life, is, how, is, score. i sighed.

"Don't say I didn't warn you..." I said in a very low voice.

Her body suddenly turned into drugs, which made her look like a sculpture made out of various colored pills.

My legs stopped supporting me. The hard, golden floor hit my face. Then, I was dragged to a corner. I lied facing downwards in front of a Polaroid. It began throwing out pictures here and there. Pictures of scenery at various places such as the principal's office, the sunset by the beach and  the aquarium were some of the bazillion pictures coming out from it. In the end, the pictures actually spelled out a sentence, 'SAVE ME'.

Something cold dropped on my head. I looked up. The air vent was dropping a some kind of black water. I didn't know what happened but suddenly my body was drenched by the black water. Someone was approaching me and I know him very well; Bryan Teo. He looked rather homeless...

"Help me, Zim! Why should I face all of this? Why me?" I begged, while touching his feet.

My hands were hardening. I couldn't feel my body anymore. He took an apple from his pocket. Slowly, the apple turned into gold. He threw it at me.

"Wait...NO!!!! DON'T DO IT, ZIM!!!!"I warned him.

He took a katana from a case on his back and put it exactly on my Adam's apple.

FINISH HIM!!!

The screen went black.

"Awww!!!!! Shucking perfect!!! I almost beat you up this time, Bryan!!!!"

I remembered that he wasn't by my side, on the couch. Silence filled the lousy apartment.

"Stupid game", I threw away the controller.

I decided to go out and enjoy the night view. I went to the balcony and held it. The night was not as refreshing as it used to be. Something fell out of my pocket: the Polaroid. I took it and threw it down.

Just then, I saw the Devil crawling up an apartment opposite me. He realized that I was staring at him.

"Knock knock, kid", he smirked and then broke into a room.

The doorbell rang. I went inside, slowly. The TV turned on. Bryan's score was transferred to mine until his was 0 and mine was 347 156 289.I kicked something. I looked down. It was Bryan's HEAD. I freaked out and accidentally fell down.

YOU WIN!!!

"Wait..."

I forced myself to reach the door. Slowly, I opened it. No one was there, but there was a package. I lifted it and found that it was quite heavy. There was a note which read: HB dude!!! I made your wish come true!!!

"My wish was..."

I opened the package quickly. My suspicion was true. What was inside really broke my heart. It was Jihyo's head...

Another note was inside. I could hardly read it as it was drenched with blood. I could only read the last sentence: Well, now u can kiss her everyday, right?

Monopoly is available across countries in many versions and languages. First appearing in the early 1930s, Monopoly players move around the board, collecting cash and navigating situations assigned by "Chance" and "Community Chest" cards. Buy property, mortgage it, collect rent, and erect buildings while trying to avoid being thrown in jail and running out of money. The winner is the player with the highest net worth determined by property and cash. 

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