Lair!
"Ugh....hnng..." I slept late yesterday, plain and simple so I must have woke up pretty late huh?
Every morning, my vision would be hazy to the point everything and anything would look like a blur to me. I can barely see anything for about another few minutes or so, my body also aches slightly if I try to move so I try not to move for a few minutes before finally standing.
"Time for my daily routine of 200 sit-ups, push-ups and another 15 kilometer ru- what the fuck....?"
The moment I'm able to see again, I'm stood in the middle of a white room. The furniture and everything are completely paint in white, even the floor, ceiling and walls!
Ringgg! Rrriiiingggg!
Rrrrriiiiiinnnnngggg!
"........." Hang on this is....yeah a dorm room isn't it? The interior design, the space, no doubt it's an empty dorm room with only the essentials in it like a bed, a desk and a cupboard. There's also this obnoxious ringing sound that seems to be getting more and more distorted as time goes on.
Pick up the phone
"No signal....."
If there wasn't any signal then why was it ringing in the first place...? This doesn't make any sense...why does it feel so cold...? The outside is a complete blank white, not a hint of sunlight is touching this white room yet it's bright even though the lights don't seem to be on.
From the corner of the room I can hear a music box too....a lullaby from the sounds of things. It's quiet, but just loud enough for me to hear it from standing here in the center of the room, sounds like it's in the corner somewhere.
Stop the music box
I shut box's lid, at least I can still move... Wait what?!
The music opens up by itself even after I shut it tight! I still have my phone with me but there doesn't seem to be a signal within anywhere of this room....what the hell is going on?
"I have to get out first...."
Leave the room
I approach the door and turn the knob to open it. Unfortunately the door closes on its own even after I do it once again. Guess I'll try leaving the door again.
This time I effortlessly turn the door knob and exit the room before the door could close, what's on the other side shocks me to my very core....
"W-what.... it's the same white room...." What's going on?!
I try to leave the room again with the exact same tactic. Good news it succeeded! Bad news, I'm stuck in the same God damn room....
"Alright one last time...." I attempt to leave the room once more. Placing my hand on the door knob and turning it to escape once again, preparing myself to be greeted by yet the same room.
"Huh? It's...locked from the outside?"
After constantly going in and out of the same room, the door seems to have locked itself. Looks like no amount of force will be enough to budge it open, so what now?
Attempt to leave the room again
Play with the penguin plushie
Investigate the walls
I've tried leaving the room already, the only thing that's not white in this room is that fucking penguin plush. Whatever I do I just can't escape from this thing huh?
With nothing much to do, I attempt to play with the penguin plush near the music box which is still playing. The music playing throughout the room is sending a strange sense of danger down my spine.... it's ridiculously cold in here too and there's no air conditioning.
"Mwee~!" Good, it's still making noise whenever you hold it in your hands. For the first time in my life I'm glad to have this thing around as I hug it in my arms to comfort myself.
What should I do next?
Investigate the walls
"I should probably investigate these walls, maybe they'll give me a hint on how to escape...."
I begin to search through the room, observing everything attentively with my eyes wide open.
It's strange, I don't feel tired despite everything I've done here yet. Usually I'd be slightly tired after swiftly going through a self-closing door. As I search the walls, the music box eventually stops for a second before resuming it's tune, this time the music it plays is a completely different one from before. Where the last one was a cheery hip-hop tune, this one sounds more blood curdling.
Eventually I finally investigate the entire room except one place only to find nothing. The walls, floor and ceiling have no cracks in them as if this room was newly renovated. The last place I've yet to check is the cupboard.
"If some sort of monster pops out from here tell Soranyan I'm a failure of a twin brother!"
Open the cupboard
"W-what....is this....." I feel yet another bone chilling effect running down my spine the moment I open the cupboard. Is this....fear...? N-nevermind that, what is this?!
There are countless photos stuck to the inside of the cupboard connected by red lines instead of your usual clothing. They're all photos of events I've never seen before, photos of people I've never seen yet I'm in each one of them, looking extremely happy with a big smile on my face while facing the camera. What is this...and what could the red lines mean?
There are red X's on some of the photos and it just so happens that all of the photos with a red X are events and people I don't recall no matter how much I'm wracking my brain......
"W-what does this mean...who are these people....." These photos.....w-why do they seem familiar to me...?
They could hold the hint to leaving this room, what bothers me is this petrifying sense of deja vu they give me. Why am I in them....I-I don't remember any of this!
There are photos with me taken in them....I have no idea when they were taken. Since I'm in them, that must mean I was present at the time of each one of them except for those with red X's with people I don't recall seeing. B-but.....
You don't remember, do you?
"Waaagh! Who's there?!"
The moment I turn my back, I'm greeted by a girl with long slightly yellow hair past her waist length along with bright blue eyes.
Hang on.... she's one of the people who have a red X over their picture! I look back at the picture and at her.....yeah she's the girl in the picture, she also seems to be wearing a middle school girl outfit from back at my school.
I've been here this whole time. Did you not notice?
"N-not at all! So what is this....?"
She titls her head at me in confusion while sipping on a bottle of milk tea she apperantly brought with her.
What exactly do you mean?
"This! These pictures on the cupboard wall, this inescapable room, that music which won't fucking shut up!" I'm especially infuriated by that music box, it's adding onto the scariness of things and I do not like it!
Ah that, before we continue what that topic allow me to introduce myself
I am 'the author', you may address me as Kujou Fumiko. Pleasure to meet you, Daisuke-kun
Kujou Fumiko....although I see a few photos with me and her in them, her name doesn't ring a bell at all! Surrounded around a lunch table.....having fun at an amusement park......these are events she's in I don't remember!
She is quite the cutie though, that slightly yellow hair fits her bright blue eyes, and around her is this warm aura that completely cancels out the cold in the room. I'm backed up against the cupboard basically, the only things that have colour in this room are the penguin plush, the coca cola bottles, the smoke from those cigarettes and finally Kujou herself. Those eyes of hers are radiating even more heat for me, her smile is really bright despite being in a place like this. Also what's this talk about being 'the author' or some shit?
Rude! I can read your thoughts you know?! You only exist because I allow it! Hmph!
Oi, don't pout like that.... you're acting like some wannabe tsundere. You know I was seriously afraid just a few moments ago but now I'm embarrassed to talk with this helpless lady.
A-At least talk with your mouth!
"Yeah yeah whatever. So why am I here...and I can I leave?"
Urk! Cruel cruel boy.....anyway I just invited you here so I could have a chat with this stories protagonist! Take it as an experiment since this is the first time I'm doing something like this!
I can tell already how much I'll dislike this woman. Good news is that I can leave when she says so, bad news I have to out up with her bullshit.
Anyway I wanted to have a chat with 'the reader' but I'll leave that for another time! Well, you may go now! Go on, go on!
Kujou begins to push out the door as it opens by itself, it looks like it's gonna lead me to the gates if hell but if she says that I'll be back in my own world then whatever...... I still have lots of questions but I'll ask them whenever I see her again.
Those pictures....the red lines connecting them are linked to a singular event in the middle. It reads "The five of us" including me, Ray-chan, Soranyan, Kane and what seems to be Kujou having fun in the classroom of class-C I assume...... where's Masaki in that? Ugh whatever, I'll learn the truth at some point....