The group of nine began to thoroughly search the area. Luna, Oliver, and Triton formed one group. Yon, Leo, and 6 formed the second, while Seven, Doctor, and Pigeon formed the last.

After a short bit of time, they got back together and reported their findings:
-The first group went back to the closets. All of them looked about the same and none of them seemed like they contained the way out.
-The second group investigated the entrance hall. The numbered doors had scanners beside them, which didn’t seem to be working. The door to the basement was also locked, but the lock had a design that looked like a man holding his arms up, combined with an upside down cross. Yon had deduced that this was actually the symbol to the underworld.
-The final group investigated the second floor. The only thing that was there was a large wooden door, also locked. The lock had the symbol of the sun on it

“Alright, let’s get moving.” Leo said. “Those numbered doors seem like a good start.”

“Are you serious?” Doctor asked. “I doubt any of those are unlocked.”

Leo began to pull on the [1] door. Surprisingly, it began to slide open. He panted. “Heh, just as I thought. 6, give me a hand here.”

Leo and 6 began to open the door. Just as it was about halfway, the door slammed shut. Leo and 6 leapt back, avoiding the near crushing of their fingers.

“What the-” Triton started.

Just as they were all wondering what to do next, a figure materialized in the air in front of them. Nine faces all looked up towards it, unaware of the fate he was about to bestow upon them.

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The figure was a completely androgynous shape. It seemed to have no identity, no gender, no similarity to anything…it didn’t even seem human.

“Welcome to the game.” It spoke in a calm, neutral voice. “I’ll be your GM this evening. It seems that the doors were unlocked. Oh well, mistakes happen. I already remedied that.”

Everybody seemed to confused. How could this just materialize out of nowhere? Luna broke the silence.

“I think I get it.” She said. “You’re an AI, aren’t you?”

“Think what you want. I doubt you’d believe the truth anyway.”

“If you’re not an AI…then what is the truth?” Pigeon asked.

“You can think of me as a person, AI, monster, demon…whatever. You’d be wrong on all those fronts. I had started as nothing but now I have hatched from my cocoon and ascended to a new plane of being. I am what you would call [a god].”

Nobody had anything to say to that. Some scoffed, others just looked away uncomfortably, not knowing what to believe.

“See? Told you that you wouldn’t believe it. Anyway, let’s get to business. You’ve all been brought here for a reason. The one who kidnapped you all and brought you here would like to be known as [Zero] or [Zero Sr.] Doesn’t matter. Anyway, Zero invited me along to help moderate this game.”

“Really? And why couldn’t this Zero fucker moderate this game himself?” Oliver asked.

“Because Zero is one of the players in this game.”

Nobody knew how to react to that…Zero, the one who kidnapped them, was among them? Why? For what purpose?

“The fuck is this…” Oliver continued. “What does he want?!”

“What you all should know about me is that I am all-knowing. I only agreed to help Zero because it seemed as if this would be an interesting story. I know things that Zero doesn’t, making me the perfect moderator of this game. I know all of your identities, your backstories, your secrets…

“I have no bias. I judge nobody. All I care about is the story. Each of you is nothing more than a [character] to me. I know the past and present of each of you, but your future is for you to decide.

“Why are you all here? Zero Sr. selected all of you to be his jury while he/she plays the role of judge and executioner. Hard truths will come to light today. It’s time for them to be put to rest.


“Anyway, let's go over a few things on how to play the game.”

The Narrator went through a lengthy explanation that consisted of the following:
-To get through a numbered door, a team of 3-5 people whose digital root matched the door would need to verify.
-Everyone who verified must go through the door. If any rules are broken here, poison will inject out of the bracelets and into the wearer.
-To decide which team would go through which door, everyone would simply vote on a proposal. The proposal with the most votes at the end of the 3 hours (24 hours in real-time) is the one that everybody goes with.
-The doors have items behind them. However, the [9] door has 3 BP behind it. Every player started the game with 6 BP so it’s important to get what you can.
-Another way to earn BP is by killing another player. Killing another player will give you their BP automatically.
-You cannot view another player’s BP.


“One more thing.” The Narrator added. “Just to make things more simple in the future, I will be referring to every future person with an ambiguous gender as “he.” I will refer to Zero as a he, a general murderer as a he, etc. It means nothing. It’s simply to make things easier on myself.

“Also, everyone will share a quicktopic with me. As you come across some faces or see some items of interest, you might remember some things that might be relevant to why you’re here. I will inform you of what you learn in the quicktopic. Also, if you have any questions about your character (in case you’re feeling as if you’re arriving at an answer before the flow of the game is allowing you to), ask me in the qt and I will answer.

“Oh and that diagram of that area was drawn by me. What can I say? I’m an author, not an illustrator.

“Everyone play nice now! If you have any questions, I’ll be around!”

The order people showed up in this thread isn’t the order they all escaped in their puzzle rooms. After Seven escaped, she waited in the entrance hall. Next to show up was Oliver, followed by Triton, Doctor, Leo and 6, Luna, Pigeon, and finally Yon.

-The door to the basement is locked by a lock with the underworld symbol. Upstairs has a door with a sun lock
-Everybody here was kidnapped to fulfill Zero’s agenda of solving some unknown mystery. Zero is one of the players, according to The Narrator
-The game is being run by The Narrator. He calls himself a God and apparently knows everything about everyone—even more than what Zero knows
-To get through a door, the team’s digital root needs to match the door blahblablah. You guys know how this works
-As you learn important throughout the story, you’ll be updated through a quicktopic if the information pertains to you
-You can ask The Narrator about yourself at any time through the quicktopic
-The numbered doors have items behind them, with the [9] door containing 3 BP
-If you kill another player, you get their BP
-You cannot view another player’s BP