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Thanos solemnly walked into the line as the other players waited to take their photos, a saddened look upon his face.
“You're Thanos, the rapper.”
Thanos glanced over, hearing his industry-given famous name (since his real name had never been able to circulate online). He furrowed his brows in confusion as the man, or Player 256, talked to him in awe. Thanos stood in silence as the man excitedly rambled about Thanos’ appearance in such a place.
Thanos sighed quietly and began walking towards the empty photo booth, with Player 256 still desperately trying to get his attention.
“I'm Gyeong-su. Big fan. I've been to several of your concerts.”
Thanos balled up his fists in annoyance as he desperately tried to ignore 'Gyeong-su,' but it was too late as other players started to circulate around Thanos, begging to join his picture.
Women and men gathered around the photo booth where Thanos stood inside, and the deafening giggles of excited fangirls were all he could hear before another player (Player 124) stepped beside Thanos.
“Hang on, guys! Let's make this easier on Thanos and take one picture together.”
Thanos raised his brows and stretched his arms out, letting Player 124 speak to the gathering crowd around Thanos.
“Would that be okay?”
Thanos turned his head in surprise as the man addressed him instead of the crowd. With a wave of his fingers, he signalled that it'd be okay.
“All right, let's all get together.”
The booth had now become a claustrophobic person's nightmare as the gathered players squeezed tightly to get a picture with Thanos.
Thanos eyes scanned over the other players outside of the booth and spotted a pretty girl who stood twisting her hair as she waited in line to take her picture, he waved her over with a flirtatious grin on his face.
“Hey, I don't mind having one more person. Come on.”
The woman flickered her hair, rolled her eyes, and walked towards her own photo booth that didn't have a massive crowd of fans in it. Thanos sighed in rejection though tried to ignore it as he turned to the camera in his own photo booth.
Just as they were all ready to take the group picture, one of the creepy square masked guards approached.
“You are not allowed to do this.”
Thanos heard the disappointment sigh from the gathered crowd as they got ready to turn around. Thanos did not want his long-term fans to leave him, so he joked.
“You want to be in the picture? Come on.”
The terrifying masked guard had no reaction other than the distorted words that came from it.
“You must take your photos one by one.”
At this point, Thanos also had a disappointed look on his face as he turned towards the disheartened crowd.
“When we get out of here, I'll take a picture with each of you.”
Thanos watched as the people dispersed, a look of annoyance etched onto his face. He finally turned towards the camera and looked directly into it.
“Please look into the camera.”
The AI voice paused before it continued.
“Smile.”
Thanos put both of his middle fingers up to the camera with a smug look on his face.
SNAP.