Beauty is your Curse

48th Curse~

"Paano mo akong nahanap?" yun na lang ang nasabi ko, ngunit maraming ibang tanong sa isip ko.

"Maybe it is luck. Nagiikot lang ako, at napansin ko ang daan na iyon. Now I have answered your question, Tell me, Psaricka. What are you doing down there. What kind of fairytale character lurks down there?" sabi nya, sa tono ng boses nya naghihinala na sya, ngunit nagawa pa rin nyang ngumiti.

"Unless you don't have a character at all."

Kristine's POV

Nagising ako sa loob ng napakaliit na kwarto. Mali. Parang itong kahon at nakayuko ako para lang magkasya dito.

Mali, hindi maliit ang kwarto. Ako ang malaki.

Napansin ko ang isang miniature na mesa, upuan at isang maliit na pinto. At sa ibabaw ng maliit na mesa ay may maliit na bote at may nakalagay na label.

Drink me.

Napabuntunghinga ako habang madahang gumapang para kunin ang bote. Napansin ko ang suot kong asul na damit. Sky blue.

Really?

Kinuha ko ang bote , at ang sulat na nasa ilalim nito.

Binasa ko ang sulat.

It took me several minutes para maabsorb lahat ng nakasulat duon. Ang mechanics ng game. Ang mga dapat kong gawin.

And as instructed, I open the cursed bottle to drink it's content, only to find na wala itong lamang likido, kundi isang maliit na susi na nasa tali.

The same key I received weeks ago. The key to pandora's box.

Kinuha ko ang susi at gumapang palabas ng maliit na pinto, at nalaglag ako sa tila isang slide.

Into the rabbit hole it is.

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I emerged, unscathed, ang asul kong damit kitang kita sa madidilim na halls. I'm number three. Meaning may dalawa ng tao dito. Meaning hindi nila ako dapat makita ng ganito. What if one of them is the uninvited? Then she'll win.

Tumakbo ako sa halls, looking for a room. Any room, that will reveal identities of the other players.

Kaylangan kong makapagpalit ng damit. Anyone who sees me wearing this sky blue monstrosity will immediately know who I am.

Stupid girl in wonderland.

Dalawang magkalapit na kwarto ang nakita ko.

Both doors are open. Sinilip ko ang isa. Blanko. Yung isa, may mga kabaong.

I closed my eyes and entered the room.

I made a mental note. I just found the uninvited's room.

It's a hunch. A plain room. Screams uninvited to me.

Isa lang ang ibig sabihin nito. I am number three. Number 4 is awake somewhere. Meaning andito na si 1 and 2. Seeing the door opened, the uninvited must be awake.

This is easy. I just need to see who the other three is, and the uninvited is one of them.

But of course, I can't let anyone know this. Sinara ko ang pinto. And went to the room na puno ng kabaong. I opened one. A manniquin wearing plain, baggy, clothes.

I was right. The uninvited is here, and he took this poor manequins clothes.

Himubad ko ang damit sa manequin. I can't let anyone figured what I just figured out. I'll burn this, along with burning my own clothes. As soon as found a match and a change of clothes.