HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Where the fuck are you taking me?!"
RENJIRO KATO: "Somewhere where there's people."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "I can walk by myself, you know!"
RENJIRO KATO: *sigh* "Fine."
He finally lets go of my hand.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Holy shit, I think you sprained something..."
RENJIRO KATO: "Stop being dramatic."
Renjiro begins to walk away.
Feeling annoyed AND compelled, I followed him.
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Is there literally any reason for this?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Just follow me, it'll be fine."
He turns a corner.
...
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "God damn it... I hate this place... and him."
Sighing, I turn the corner to follow Renjiro
But, as soon as I did so...
???: "But obviously, whatever we're dealing with is-"
RENJIRO KATO: "Hello there!"
They paused.
...
???: "Oh... Who are you?"
I come around the corner and the two girls see me as well.
???: "Another one!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Yeah... Hi."
I see them getting a peek at Renjiro and I's nametags.
???: "Haruki and Renjiro, yeah?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Mhm!"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "That's right."
???: "Well, we're going to give you the old-fashioned introduction, mkay?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Alright..."
They stepped back a little bit.
???: "AHEM!! We'll start with me first."
"My name is Mei Ishizaki. I am contestant number 8."
RENJIRO KATO: "Mei... Alright, I get it now! Nice to-"
???: "Ah ah ah~! It's my turn now."
RENJIRO KATO: "Right..."
???: "I'm Nao Kawaguchi! I'm contestant number 19!"
...
RENJIRO KATO: "I dunno how you all can be proud of announcing your contestant number without knowing what it's for."
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "Well... I'm wondering about those as well, but... since it's right next to our names on these tags, I guess it's necessary?"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "I'm trying to find out the purpose of these... if someone would give me a clue in the first place..."
MEI ISHIZAKI: "Since everyone woke up here the same as you, I doubt someone would know what's going on."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "It doesn't hurt to try, right?"
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "Ehh... whatever you feel like doing."
RENJIRO KATO: "What are we supposed to do in the meantime?"
MEI ISHIZAKI: "I've been here the whole time, so I can't really say."
"I'm just going to wait until something happens."
RENJIRO KATO: "What do you think'll happen?"
MEI ISHIZAKI: "I don't know. That's why I said I'm going to wait."
RENJIRO KATO: "Yeah, okay... Fair..."
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "Now, do you need any help finding anyone?"
"I can tell you where most of them are."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Ah! That would... be more efficient."
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "Great!" *ahem*
"Have you explored this whole floor yet?"
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Not really..."
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "Okay, so there's this one room called the Meeting Hall or whatever it is, I don't know."
"There was a paper in all of our cabins telling us to go to that room."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "What- There was a paper?!"
"Renjiro, did you see any sort of that?"
RENJIRO KATO: "Nuh-uh."
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "Well, it should've been there."
"But anyway, that meeting hall should be the room you all should be going to."
RENJIRO KATO: "Then what are you doing here?"
NAO KAWAGUCHI: "I got caught up in a bit of investigating. Me and Mei will be there in a bit."
MEI ISHIZAKI: "We're just gonna look around here for a bit."
RENJIRO KATO: "Oh, alright... Have fun?"
MEI ISHIZAKI: "I might."
HARUKI KISHIMOTO: "Let's go then, Renjiro."
I waved to Nao and Mei as I left the room, not knowing if Renjiro is behind me.
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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...