﹕﹒ 𝙇𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 ﹗ ᴬⁱᵇ ‧₊

〖 GAME 〗 ²

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An iron gate arched and looming, sat crookedly in a stone wall. Vines snaked through the bars. A broken sign above it read:

"AOYAMA CEMETERY"

Aiko stared at it, her heart thudding in her chest. The sight of the cemetery made her stomach turn. She hated it. It pulled her right back to her parents' passing, which she still wasn't over.

Heiya stepped beside her. "...You think this is it?"

"Yeah." Her voice was flat now. Slowly approaching the gate and pushing it open making her way in with Heiya. "Over there" Aiko flicked her head signaling, a small plastic table sat beneath a stone arch, and on it four phones, stacked neatly.

Aiko grabbed one. The screen flickered.

REGISTERED

Her brows furrowed.

Off to the right, another table stood beneath a crumbling statue. On it were four old-fashioned oil lamps. There were no batteries, no cords. Just... waiting, it was super odd.

Aiko and Heiya hesitated for a moment, then they both picked one up.

Her brows furrowed together clearly confused. On the right side of the table there was a separate table with 4 lamps, since it was dark and had no choice, the two of them grabbed one and made their way around the cemetery.

Aiko took a few cautious steps forward, but then a chime rang from her phone. Loud and robotic.

She looked down as a woman's voice spoke calmly through the speaker:

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED.

There are a total of 20 participants, the game will now commence.

DIFFICULTY: 8♤
GHOST CEMETERY

Each players will receive 1 lamp with no battery.

All players must hide in the cemetery, But once your lamp lights up you need to run because the cemetery ghost has found you.

You have 20 seconds to run until there is no light in the lamp, but if the ghost is still following you until 20 seconds you will die

CLEAR CONDITION.

Everyone must run and hide from the ghost until the end of time. 1 hour

〖 GAME START 〗

Aiko didn't move. Neither did Heiya. "...What?" Aiko finally whispered, eyebrows furrowed.

Her heart was already thudding against her chest, but she didn't know why yet. It all still felt... fake, like a dream. This was all so random. Everyone disappears then suddenly they are playing a game?

Heiya squinted at the darkness ahead. "What do we do?"

Then a sudden, distant glow flickered at the edge of the cemetery.

A person. A man, bolted out of the gates in pure panic. Aiko instinctively took a half-step back.

A bright red laser came from the sky above the person, shooting right through their skull.

Aiko's breath caught in her throat. Her eyes widened and locked onto the still body. Her stomach dropped. Her hand curled tightly around the cold metal of her lamp.