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"...congratulations with your very first ending! You finished the prologue pretty quickly, I'll give you credit. The next one is Escaping the Prison."
"Predictable."
Henry woke up in a jail cell, in a bright orange uniform. Again.
He's been here for the whole month. And he hasn't even heard a thing from Deity. As if they disapeared and... abandoned him. Stickmin... well, sure, he was confused! He even thought that it all was just his mind playing with him, and no "God" ever existed. Which actually made sense. God doesn't exist - and even if he or she, or they, did - no way would they find "great potential" in someone like Henry. He was just a stupid weirdo, who saw world in pink. He had to convince himself three times to even GO to that damn bank. He's a coward - at least, that's what he heard from all the... not very nice people he ever encountered.
Today, however, he's going to be proved wrong.
"Rise up, Henry!" Henry nearly let out a scream. He started quickly looking around, trying to find the source of the voice. "It's me, Deity. Player. Miss me?"
Henry blinked.
"D... Deity?... I... I thought you... Uh, whatever actually..." He scratched the back of his head. "So... Where were you? You just left me with no explanation!"
"Well, I'm sorry!" Nope, I'm not. "But do not worry, today's the big day! Episode one - Escaping the Prison - starts... In a few moments!" The Player happily exclaimed.
"W-wait, what..."
But before he could continue, he heard footsteps, coming from the corridor, near his cell. Two police officers were walking and chatting, until they stopped near his cell. Henry rised his eyes to see them.
"Oi, you!" One of them, raven haired man, probably older than Henry, called out, pointing his fingers in his direction. "You're free to go."
"Really?" Henry asked in disbelief and raised his eyebrow.
That cop only laughed at him.
"Eh... Not. But you've got a package,"
After those words, the other officer, taller one, slipped a medium-sized box into an almost perfect-sized for it hole in Henry's cell's "door".
"Don't get your hopes up!" Raven haired exclaimed. "We've already checked it for anything useful, haven't we, Dave?"
So... His name's Dave, huh?
"Uh?! I mean... Yeah! Of course I checked it! I mean, if I didn't check it I'd lose my job and I don't wanna lose my job!" Dave let out a nervous laughter.
"Don't open it yet." Player warned.
He didn't check it, did he?
"Obviously. That'll be our ticket out."
After dropping a few lines, that Henry missed, those two officers left, continuing their talk and ignoring everything around them. Well, the shorter one did most of the talking.
"Now!"
Henry opened the box, to see a cute little pink-red cake with light blue candles. But soon, it... opened and revealed at least six small items to use for his potential escape. He saw a phone, a blue bottle of some drink (he caught the "NrG" written on it), some strange round... thing, that looks like it was made of metal of some sort, file and... Is that a drill?!
Oh... and a teleporter.
"Those are your options."
"How do they even fit here?" And how didn't Dave at least feel them? They weight a lot, probably!
"Does that even matter?" Deity asked. "Now, all you have to do is, use one of this items to..."
"Excuse me!" Henry called out.
Dave and his friend were just about to use an elevator and leave, but turned around at Henry's calling.
What... the fuck is he doing. He's not actually gonna...
"Henry, what the hell," Deity hissed. Not like anyone could hear them, they were just confused.
"What is it..." The officer trailed off. "Dave, you said you checked it."
He turned to face Dave, who immediately panicked and was just as shocked as his friend. His lower lip was visibly shaking, while the other man gave him a death glare.
"Rupert, I... Okay! Okay, I lied and forgot to check it... Sorry about that..." Dave gave Rupert a guilty and worried expression in return. "I... I promise it won't happen again-"
Rupert gave out an irritated sigh and facepalmed. He turned and gave an angry look to Henry. Then told him to give out everything that was inside that "cake". And checked his cell to see if Stickmin hid anything. He gave out a suspicious look and left with the package in his hands.
Dave stood there, near Henry's cell. He was lucky no one really heard or saw them. He only hoped that Rupert won't tell their boss or he'll get into a lot of trouble...
"H-hey," Henry called out. "Sorry about that, I... really didn't know he'd react like..."
"Oh, it's okay!" Dave immediately exclaimed and shook his head. Then scratched the back of his neck, awkwardly. "It's kind of my fault, I really should've done my job... properly. And, uh, thanks, for... you know. I kind of respect what you did," Dave tried to give Henry a friendly smile. "Also, sorry about Rupert. He's... well, he may be a bit rude and a jerk, but he's really not a bad guy! Doesn't like criminals too much and... uh..."
"Oh, it's fine!" Henry answered, smiling. "Really. Though, I did hope I was free, ha-ha,"
"Yeah... w-well, um, I... I should probably go... Rupert would like to have a word with me, I guess..." Dave gave an apologetic, but sincere smile. "I'll see you around... Well, if you want to talk... A-anyway, thank you again, really!..."
Henry gave a thumb up and waved goodbye.
Dave soon left, leaving Henry alone in his thoughts. And with the confused, angry Player (that stopped the time).
"Henry!" They screamed. "What the fuck was that?!"
"Dave seems nice. I didn't want him to get in trouble because of-"
"You just... You just broke my game! How the hell do you get out of here now?! Good damn job! And we can't even reset, since you can't kill yourself! Ugh, Escaping the Prison will now turn into 'Patiently Waiting in the Prison'. Damnit! Why'd you... ARGHHHH!!!"
Henry thought for a moment. He closed his eyes. A file... he could've cut the bars and... escape somehow. That would probably be the right choice. A drink... Well, a drink wouldn't help him much, so no. Then... Whatever that round device was, he doubt it would-
"That was a rocket launcher," They hissed, still mad.
"Sorry..." Henry whispered.
...still, a rocket launcher would do more damage than help, so it's off the table as well. Teleporter... eh, he didn't want to risk it. He had no idea how to use the device and he doubted that the Deity would be kind enough to let him Retry without having to die. Drill... Too much noise. He wouldn't be able to leave without getting attention and that wouldn't be very good. So it's a no go-
"Wrong. It was a right option and would lead to a very cool and badass escape," Player explained. "Oh, was that a spoiler? Sorry. That doesn't matter though, since we're not gonna see that ending, because ONE PERSON IS A FUCKING BRAINLESS RETARD,"
"Sorry..."
And lastly... A cellphone. He'd be able to call someone... An attorney, maybe? Or a friend to help him escape? Oh, wait.
"You don't have friends," Deity said. Possibly, mockingly.
(*Henry will remember that)
"Would that be a correct option too?" Henry asked.
"Yeah, you'd get Lawyered Up by an attorney named Phoenix or Felix, I dunno," Player answered. "Why?"
A bright smile appeared on Henry's face.
"And I am allowed to make calls, especially, since I've been behaving good?"
If Deity had a visible body, and face, Henry would be able to see, how they grinned. But then their smirk dropped.
"And what about the other two endings? How are you gonna get them?"
"Uh..." Henry scratched the back of his head. "Well... At least we'll get one ending... Right?"
"..." Player didn't answer. "...Honestly, I want to strangle you. Really bad."
"Listen, I know you're mad... But, well, at least we'll be able to complete this game!"
Deity let out a groan.
"Okay... I'll let this one slide." They said. "Wait... Do you even know his number?"
"Uh, I do actually... Don't remember where, but I think I know it from somewhere."
"Okay... Then, I suppose, we could 'escape' this way... But I still don't like what you did."
"Yeah..." Henry gave an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry, couldn't help myself,"