The footsteps became increasingly louder by the second.
I stepped back a little bit, Renjiro watching me as I do so.
Soon enough, another guy walks in the room, looking around frantically.
???: "This shit's so creepy..."
RENJIRO KATO: "Oh, a new person!"
???: "Ah-"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Gonna get attached to this person as well?"
RENJIRO KATO: "One at a time, mister."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Mhm..."
???: "I don't get it...! What's happening here?!"
RENJIRO KATO: "Ooh, you have a nametag too, yes?!"
???: "I, uhm..."
...
???: "Yeah, I do... Why?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Can we read it?"
???: "I'm... not stopping you..."
RENJIRO KATO: "Great! Haruki, over here."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: *sigh*
I walk beside Renjiro to glance at the guy's nametag.
His name was Shiori Nakano.
He is contestant number 20.
RENJIRO KATO: "Shiori? That's your name?"
SHIORI NAKANO: "Mhm... It is..."
RENJIRO KATO: "I think we're gonna get along just fine."
SHIORI NAKANO: "We are...?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Obviously! We'll be here for a while, right?"
SHIORI NAKANO: "Don't say such things...!"
RENJIRO KATO: "Eh, what do I know?"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Nothing. So shut the hell up."
RENJIRO KATO: "Yeah, yeah, whatever."
SHIORI NAKANO: "..."
"What are you both doing here?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Us? We just finished talking to someone and we heard you come around the corner."
SHIORI NAKANO: "I was trying to find someone else here other than the person I woke up with..."
RENJIRO KATO: "Is this place that big to where you couldn't find at least someone for a hot minute?"
SHIORI NAKANO: "It... looks like it. I don't know what we're supposed to do here."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "No one knows anything, it's pointless to ask those types of questions at the moment."
"When we meet more people, maybe someone can give us some sort of hint."
RENJIRO KATO: "Speaking of meeting new people..."
Renjiro grabs my hand.
RENJIRO KATO: "C'mon, bitch!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Ah- Hey!!!"
SHIORI NAKANO: "Uhm- See you both around...?!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Y-Yeah!"
He drags me into the next room.
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THE MISSED SPIRITS
Mystery / ThrillerOn a remote, mysterious island, 30 strangers wake up in pairs in rustic cabins, not knowing how they got there. They introduce themselves to each other and have a good time getting to know one another while still questioning the situation they are i...
