Openly Sourced: An Open Source Objects TF Saga

I'm All Ears

Back with Lydia, she was chitchatting with her only two friends. She knows that nobody would want to sit with Gladys and she and Odessa are the only two people who can tolerate her presence. Oswald then, surprisingly sat with them.
"Lydia, I think I know the truth about Cornelius, he had ran public humiliation campaigns with Regina in the past, but I also think he is using me to get the book, so he could show it to Regina, who might burn it afterwards." Oswald was whispering into Lydia's ear as well, "And I think that he and Regina are dating as well."

Everyone was going on about their business, with Serena and Cynthia doing something to organize against the disappearance of 5 people, Valerie and Bessie watching along with Indigo; Regina and Clarissa gossiping and planning something with Cornelius; Grant and Gwendolyn talking about street art and crime, Chase and Isaac doing their usual slap fights over Rosemary as she watched; Blythe, Nadia, Mikaela, and Peony just eating breakfast and having a very casual conversation; Paisley sitting alone before heading over towards Lydia's table, Takashi reading the damn book again; Purro having vodka for breakfast while Simon has his coffee and toast for breakfast, Peggie and Cobalt were sitting down having a casual conversation, and Estrella and Deanna were doing the same as well.

However, something unexpected happened, as the music went off and the room feel into complete darkness. Almost everyone, except for the tougher ones and Oswald, were panicking over the lights and music going off, before the lights came back on, albeit this time being red. The music was now playing some dark ambience as Oswald knew what was going to happen, moment by moment, and the exact words and actions.

"Hello, contestants, I have came with an announcement to make. So, if you are all wondering what happened to these five people tonight, you'd end up thinking that they're dead, well you all thought wrong!" Craig snickered as he came on the stage with his four children, "This isn't really a competition to make something of yourselves, not in this day and age, this is an opportunity to be reborn as something new."

"Reborn as something new? What do you mean by that?" Rosemary asked, as she looked at Craig, ignoring the slap fight that Isaac and Chase were doing.
"Well, I need someone to volunteer to be an example of what happens to someone when they break the rules or even lose in this game I want to play with you all. But before we do that, it is time to go over the updated set of rules!"
"What do you mean by updated set of rules?" Blythe asked, tilting their head.
"Well as you all know, there will be absolutely NO outside communication, and to make sure that doesn't happen! Ryker, burn down this box of phones into the fireplace nearby!" Craig shouted.
"Did somebody say burn?" Isaac asked.
"Yes, I said burn, best you all back up all the photos to the cloud before you handed your phones to me!" Craig snickered as Ryker threw the phones into the fireplace, causing the phones to melt and the box to burn, making a whole lot of people freak out over lost data.
"I'm going to sue you for this!" Regina cried out!
"No, you won't!" Craig scoffed, "Now all of you, sit down and listen to me! Next rule, curfew is still after 11pm and will end in 6pm, so, no fooling around within curfew! Another rule I might want to mention, there'd be no escaping from this beloved dome! And finally, no insulting or doing anything else bad to me or my lovely children! If any one of you are caught breaking my set of rules, you'd be punished very quickly, and before any one of you asks but Mr. Boxer, what does the punishment entail? Well, is anyone going to volunteer to fuck around and find out!"
"Wait, how are we going to let our family, our friends, our loved ones know about this? They might be worried sick for us!" Nadia asked.
"That's the neat part, they won't even know that you're all now part of my game! My magnum opus!" Craig snickered.
"Isn't that considered kidnapping?" Chase asked, "And why are you trying to get away with this?!"
"Oh, it technically is if I am keeping you trapped. And who says I won't get away with it? I already have gotten away with this, nobody has to know if you all cooperate!" Craig snickered.