"Hey, Curator."
"We figured out the second clue. The challenge is here." I said
"Halliday kept track of every movie he ever watched, the week and the year he watched it, and how many times." Z explained
"Curator, can we see November 23 to 27, 2025?" Z asked the curater as he showed the movies halliday had watched that week.
"Okay, so our options for that week are The Fly remake." I said as i started walking around looking at the different options
"Great flick, terrible date movie." Arty said
"Say Anything... That would make sense." i said
"We gotta remember the clue. "A creator who hates his own creation." Z said and continued looking at the movies
"The Shining! It's Halliday's 11th favorite horror film, and it's based on the best-selling book by Stephen King, who hated the movie!" Z explained
"Hey! No side chitchat." Aech said to us
"I think we found it." Z said and handed the movie to the curater.
"Are you absolutely sure you want to go here?" Curater ask us
"Absolutely positive."
"Let's hope you have the belly for it." curater said and the platform we were standing on started to move down and the movie theaters appeared before us. when it hit the ground it stopped and we all ran inside. once inside we walked to a table where a stack of papers with pictures of keys were depicted.
"Look." Daito said
"Ticking clock."
"Okay, so I'm estimating about five minutes to find the key." Arty said
"Yeah, there are so many keys The Shining, though. Where do we start?" I said
"Okay, so we got the key from room 237, the keys to the Snowcat, or the keys they give Jack at the beginning of the movie." Z said
"Well, if it's "the leap not taken," maybe the key isn't a key at all." I explained
"I say we split up."
We get all the keys and then we meet back at the Torrances' apartment." Z said
we all split up to find the keys ASAP. eventually i ran into daito and sho who got the key to room 237. the 3 of us ran back and found the rest.
"We got the key."
"Sweet! To room 237!" Z said and we started running again
"We ain't got no business goin' to room 237! We should stay out! Plus, there was this crazy, naked zombie lady in there." Aech said
"There are no zombies The Shining." Z said to him
"Well, maybe it's not supposed to be like the movie." I said
"Kira is the key. You're the one who said it."
"Hey, y'all. I saw a picture of Kira!" Aech said
we stopped but Aech couldn't stop in time and ran into us causing us all to fall to the ground
"Where?" Arty said
we all got up and Aech lead us to the picture
"It's Kira. "Escape your past." Arty said
"The leap not taken. Halliday's greatest fear wasn't The Shining or any book or movie. His biggest fear was kissing a girl. That's the leap he couldn't take." i said
soft music was playing close to us. when we looked around we saw that a new room had appeared next to us.we all walked there together. Only Z had to literally drag Aech inside. i silently chuckled at that
"That's her. That's Kira." Arty said
"None of this is in The Shining." Z said
"Z, look. That's the zombie-circle level in Mayhem Mansion, one of Halliday's first games. The whole Shining trivia is just a diversion." I explained
"One minute left." Daito said
"How do we get to her?" Z said
"Take the leap." I said and jumped on one of the zombies. I looked back, but saw that the others were gone. I continued jumping to get closer to kira. but everytime I almost reached her the zombie I was on moved away again. After a few tries I finally reached her and we landed on a small floating platform.
"Care to dance?" I said to her
"Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to ask?"she replied and everything started to crumble and Halliday appeared.
"Well, well, well. So you found my Jade Key. Imagine that." he held up his hand and the key appeared.
"Thank you." I said and started walking away, jumping on the smaller platforms that appeared. I took the clue and walked back outside.
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