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『RULEKEEPER』
your turn!

Use「 Scythe of the Grim Reaper 」?

YES ⋆               NO

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I snapped out of it.


Why did this hurt?
Was this a lucid dream?


No, this was reality.

But--


This just didn't make sense.
None of it did.


I saw myself in the black floor,
reflected like black glass.


Dressed up in a thick black costume,
a rather short dress--


"Gothic lolita fashion?"
despite the situation I cringed--
this was not something I'd wear.

My hair cascaded down,
long to her waist in a
bright white shade--


The bandages
that wrapped around my right eye,
but didn't affect my vision at all.


And strapped across my back,
a large, rather impractical,
black scythe.


To my right shoulder,
a dark red mass of mangled
flesh and dried blood--

a large, beastly bite mark
made its mark there.


Cringing, I turned away from it.


The pain dulled out
in mere moments--

and soon, although the wound
was still there,
I felt no pain.

Another moment later I forgot how the pain felt.


This was my avatar's appearance.


It's a dream,
I could only reckon.


And before me--

Ah, it came into view.


Mister Dream-Eater,
a werewolf avatar
with silver-blue fur,
standing larger than
the Rulekeeper by much.


"If this is an in-game PvP,"

"I'll have to fight, right?"


At that, the werewolf snickered,
but said nothing.



I hissed.


I knew I  was shuddering,
shivering,

my face was probably
drained of all colour--

I was weak.

Scared.


It's not real,
I told myself,
it's just a nightmare.


No, no,
my avatar is mature
and elegant.

A cruel Rulekeeper that
murders in cold blood
for the sake of rules.

And I will play with it.


That's right.
If I focused on
acting like something else--
I wouldn't be so scared.


I picked up my phone,
and pressed YES.


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