I wake up and feel a strong pair of arms around me. "Wait. I'm in the Casino again." I mumble, realizing where I am. I look at who the arms belong to and it's King Dice. "Dice! Let go of me!" I say, squirming. "No can do darling. You lost our gamble." He says. "I didn't agree to your gamble in the first place." I say, breaking free from his grasp. "Don't let her leave!" Dice yells. I get grabbed, and suddenly I'm in the Devil's court room. He grabs me, and shakes me, then I wake up. "Nathan? Why am I in bed with you?" I ask, looking around. "Because I needed to tell you something when you woke up. You see, I know what we have to do next, but it's a bit more... Scary for those of us that are older." He says. "What is it?" I ask. "The person who accepts, chooses a person, and becomes the same age as them. Permanently. Characteristics about you will also mature. None of us really wanted to do it, so I waited until you woke up. If you don't want to do it, I'll do it." He says. "I'll do it. And, I think I have someone to choose in mind. Though, I guess when this is over, I'm going to need a place to stay..." I mumble. "You could stay with me and the Random Encounters crew." He says, brushing the hair out of my eyes. "I feel like we've been friends for years." I say, laughing. "I guess I have that effect. Everyone here really is nice." He says, smiling. "Adri's like a mom to me. Wait, was that you shaking me?" I ask. "Yeah. You kept squirming and mumbling. Something about a gamble?" He asks. "Yeah. You don't really need to know about it though. It's nothing important." I say, looking down. "YN, if it's about you, then it's one of the most important things in the world." He says. I feel my cheeks heat up. The lights turn on, and we all groan. "Nathan! Is she going to do it?" Eile asks. "Yeah. I'm interested on who she'll choose though." He responds. "Alright, what do I do?" I ask. I get put in the middle of a circle of everyone. "Sing the part of the Cuphead song that your person sings. While singing, the spell will take place." Nathan says. "Alright." I say, doing a full 360 to get a glance at everyone. I sign, close my eyes, and tap my foot to the beat. It echos throughout the entire room. "They call me King Dice, cause that's who I am. A royal pain whose diabolical plan. To close a contract needs a sucker or two. So come on, Cuphead! Kid, I'm talking to you. Come shake my hand. We got a deal? Good cause now it gets real." I sing. I open my eyes, and face Nathan. He's... Shorter... By two inches. I look down at my feet. I'm not wearing heels. "How tall are you Nathan?" I ask. "5'10. You look about 6 ft." He says. I look at my outfit, and I see dark blue boot cut jeans, black boots, and a black NWTB merch shirt.
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"Okay then." I mumble. "You've all done a great job. I believe it's time for all of you to leave. One more thing before I let you go. If you try and find each other, your connection word is 'lies.'" The voice says. Everyone starts to disappear, and before I vanish, I grab the gambling stuff from yesterday. I wake in the alleyway where I fell asleep. I instantly stand up and examine my clothing. "So it did really happen. I wonder if they remember..." I mumble. I grab my messenger bag, and put my stuff in it. I look at myself through my phone, and I see make-up, my hair curled ever so slightly, and dice earrings. "Not bad." I mumble. I grab my guitar, and sling it around my back. I walk around town, seeing if anyone recognizes me. My phone buzzes, and I run to an alleyway so I'm not in the way. 'Random Encounters has started a stream: Something Happened' I read. I click on it, and turn up the volume a bit. I look at the chat, and see a lot of 'It was me! I had that dream!' I roll my eyes, and start typing. "What did the girl in your dream look like? Did she gamble at all?" I mumble as I type. Nathan looks at the chat. "She had (long/short) (hair color) hair, (eye color eyes), she was six foot, wore some of my merch, dark blue jeans, black boots, had black lipstick and eyeshadow, and dice earrings. A lot if you keep say it was you. If it was you, then what was the connection word. Don't say it on the stream. It'll ruin our chance." Nathan says, then looks at the camera. "To answer your question (Wattpad Username), she did gamble." He says. I pull up the keyboard. "Lies." I type. AJ looks at the chat this time. His eyes widen. "We found her. We found her!" He cheers. Random people in the comments cheer, like their talking about them. "(Wattpad Username), is your user the same on Instagram?" Nathan asks. I send a thumbs up. I quickly get a message after the stream ends. 'NateWantsToBattle wants to Private Message you. Accept?' I read. I quickly accept. "YN, is it really you?" He types. "It's me. You said I could stay at your place?" I type back. "Yeah. Here's the address: (random address)." He types. "I'll be there in a bit. Ttyl." I type back, then open Google maps to get there. After about an hour, I make it there. I knock on the door, and Nathan answers. "Yes? How may I- YN?" He says. "Hey Nathan. How are you?" I ask. "You can call me Nate you know." He says, letting me in. "Oh. Okay." I say, smiling. "Hey, did you notice who 'escaped' last? I was the first outta there." He says. "It was me. Hopefully I can find out how to stay in touch with everyone." I say, smiling. I hear a knock on the door, and Nate opens it. "Adriana!" Nate says, smiling. Adri sees me, shoves Nate out of the way, and hugs me. "Oh! I thought I'd never see you again!" She says. "Heh. Listen, I'm going to need a job if I want to help you guys out. Any ideas?" I ask. AJ steps forward. "Well, you could do YouTube, and help us with our musicals."
