Burning.
I was going to get as high as possible tonight. Afterall. Tonight was the big night.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
‘...Where the fuck...am I...?’
“If anything comes my way, this should do the trick. Right?”
“So far, it seems normal.”
“Please...I’m too high for this.”
“OHHH SHIT!”
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Huff...Huff...Huff...
“What the fuck...What the fuck!”
“...”
“Alright...What the hell...Bring it on.” I taunted.
BMP! BASH!
CLAMP!!
“Not...like this....”
“...Okay...now I can think about what the hell this is...”
“Welcome. That was quite an entrance you made. For just an ordinary person, it’s impressive how you still managed to not lose your face.”
“Just tell me what all of this is. I’m way too high and confused. I’m not even sure if any of this is real at this point...” a sigh fled my mouth.
“I can assure you, Kuro. This is very real.”
“I am a goddess. And I one of the hosts of a show. A show purely for the entertainment of higher beings. We pick 100 different people from alternate worlds and realities, people who have a strong desire for something. In exchange for participating in this game show, you will have your desires/wished fulfilled.”
“Each contestant has 3 lives. When all lives are lost, they are sent back to their world. But don’t worry, you get 1 wish as a parting gift. And the games continue until only one contestant remains. Their prize? They get everything they could ever desire and will live out a good life.”
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“...So... just to make sure. How d-”
“-Do you really want me to prove that?” the goddess interrupted me. As if she had just read my mind.
“So, you can prove that this isn’t a dream?” I asked.
“If I must.”
Snap!
“Ahh...alright...I hate this.” I dropped to the floor, where I rested my back against a wall, “I believe you now...just please...I don’t wanna be sober...”
“Here. Smoke up then we’ll talk.”
“Much better...” I exhaled with relief, “Anyways. You said you’re a goddess. So, what do I call you?”
Unlike you, Kuro. Us goddesses do not have names. We are only known by what we are. For example, I am the goddess of nature.”
“So, I just refer to you as the goddess of nature then?”
“Normally you would. But this time around, I’m one of the hosts of this show. So, for now, you can just call me Samantha Jules.”
“See Kuro, I know you to well. In fact, I know all of our contestants too well. Maybe better than they know themselves. They’re all so desperate, in need, or seeking something that they’ve had no luck finding. What better people to use than people like you. You smoke every day, all day to forget the pain. And you live like a robot, working, paying rent, and smoking. That’s your entire life. But your heart craves to be the person you once were. Confident, many friends, and you even found love. But now, people just don’t like you. And it’s as if you’ve been cursed, that no matter who you meet, they’ll always get bored of you in the end. You have so much anger, rage to let out. But you won’t, because you wanna be a good person. Does this sound about right.”
“See. You humans will do anything for your truest desires. Poor thing, you just want a happy life. That’s why you’re so full of that fighting spirit. I can sense it in your soul.”
“I guess that’s one thing you don’t know.”
“Hm?”
“I’m not doing this so I can have a happy life afterward. I’m not doing this for my desires of happiness. I’m cursed with bad luck, so there’s no way I’ll win. But it’s like you said, I have a bunch of pent-up rage that I’ve been dying to let out.”
“What are you getting at?”
“So during my time here. I’m going to let loose. On everything.”
“Then you’ll loveeee thissss. Our contestants are allowed, and sometimes even encouraged to eliminate one another. However, if you die to another contestant, you get sent back to your world. Regardless of your lives.”
“You are exactly what these games are looking for. We need entertainment. And I might just say, you''re the first contestant to have this much potential in a long time.”
“This is your room. Where you’ll stay for now till we send you and the other contestants to the first level of the games. You should be waiting no longer than twenty-four hours.”
“Twenty-four hours?” what was I supposed to do in this room for that long?
Don’t worry. This is your personal realm, gifted to you during your stay at the games. Just think of your desired room, or even theme park, then snap your fingers. And if you want to make food or objects appear, you do the same thing. Now, have fun.”
“Let’s see how it works.” I snapped my fingers.
“No way...” I muttered.
“Ahah.”
“Now this is going to be fun.”