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"AAAAAHHHH!!!"
Flying on the rocket of shame, Frida Suárez was just eliminated a moment ago and was definitely going faster than she would like
As he screamed, he noticed that everything around him began to light up before a large white flash filled his vision.
She closed her eyes for a moment before opening them slowly and looking around again.
She noticed 2 things: The rocket had stopped, and was currently in a landing zone in front of a huge door.
She blinked before looking back, noticing that the rest around her in that "landing zone" there were only huge walls as big as said door.
Frida cautiously got off the rocket before walking towards the door and knocking on it a couple of times.
"...hello?"
At that moment, the door opened slowly, so she stepped back a little scared.
Looking inside, she noticed a sign that said: competitors eliminated And also that it had a sign pointing to a direction that had a-
Frida's eyes widened in shock and she let out an excited gasp.
"MANSION!!!"
Then she ran in that direction.
A few moments later, the bluenette went up some stairs and in front of her he was now at the doors of the place before opening them with a kick.
Frida smiled, the view did not disappoint in the least, the room was huge, it had stairs that led to different floors and absolutely everything shone brightly.
"man..." She murmured, putting her hands to her cheeks, "this is heaven!"
"Yeah, I guess that's a good form of consolation."
Hearing that voice, Frida turned her head and her eyes widened slightly at who was there.
"oh...knuckles!" She exclaimed upon recognizing him "what are you doing here?"
The second eliminated from the competition, knuckles approached her "Apparently this is where we, the eliminated ones, will stay" He sighed as he crossed his arms.
"I see..." Frida nodded before looking at him with an apologetic look "by the way, I'm sorry that-"
"meh, don't worry" the echidna raised his hand "things like eliminations happen" he said with a shrug.
"Oh, okay," she nodded before smiling, "I'm glad you took it well."
"I was a little upset at first," he admitted, "however, it's better to take it easy...unlike others."
"he?"
"I GET OUT OF HERE!"
Before Knuckles could answer the question, a loud scream was heard that caught both of their attention.
Running with a frantic look on his face, Snowball headed for the exit.
"I DIDN'T DESERVE TO LEAVE FIRST! THIS WAS MY SEASON!!!"
However, before he can reach the door, something lunged at him.
Throwing him to the ground despite his protests, a sort of medium-sized humanoid being in a butler's outfit kept him on the ground.
His most notable feature...was his complete lack of features other than the clothes he was wearing, aside from the large M on his forehead, the rest of his body was completely white.
Frida saw how other "people" identical to him also arrived and took Snowball who only complained the entire time.
"w-what was that?"
Knuckles shook his head, "The guy didn't take his own elimination well at all, From what I understand, before I arrived he tried several times to return...but the eliminations are final"
"Okay, but...what are those things?" She asked while pointing at the strange beings.
"They? From what I read here they are simply known as the "normal's" they function as the servants/butlers here" Knuckles explained before one of them approached him with a tray that had a couple of drinks on it. "Oh, thanks"
Frida blinked before taking a drink too, it was pretty good.
(a few moments ...)
Currently, both Knuckles and Frida were sitting near each other at a huge table, both of them were eating some turkey.
"and that would be it, here there is a gym, a swimming pool, a tennis court... basically any luxury anyone could ask for" The echidna explained
"That's great..." Frida commented while chewing slowly.
Noticing his attitude, Knuckles raised an eyebrow "what's wrong?"
The bluenette sighed, "it's just...it's unfair, you know? I came to the show to have a great adventure..." She looked down with sadness and a little frustration, "and yet, here I am, I'm an early elimination that I'm sure no one who watches the show would care about."
At that, knuckles crossed his arms "I can see what you mean, I also thought I would be one of those who would go far and go through many challenges along the way...That didn't happen." He said with a somewhat bitter laugh
At this, Frida frowned before feeling a hand on her shoulder.
"But what you should know is that being eliminated early doesn't make you less, maybe you didn't have your moment here... but maybe it's because said moment will wait for you at another time, After all, we have lives outside of this program."
At his words, Frida rubbed her arm before smiling a little "thank you."
""You're welcome." He patted her shoulder before standing up and stretching. "Well, it's already very late and it will be time to sleep, at least we have something about those who are still participating"
"Yeah...what?"
"oh yeah" knuckles started to explain "from what I understand, there will be a night challenge of some kind"
"how do you know?"
"Since we are eliminated and we are here, we can see in advance what challenge comes next" The echidna shrugged before going to his room.
"see you tomorrow"
"Yes... until tomorrow"
With that, the bluenette was left alone, some thoughts about that and the competition came to her mind.
(A few minutes later...)
Frida was now walking down the hallway where her new room would be.
Looking down the hallway, she noticed that there were 25 rooms in total, however, only the first 3 had a name...the first 3 eliminated
She also noticed that the other unnamed rooms only had "???" placed on them.
Sighing as she realized she was the first girl to be eliminated, Frida opened the door with her name on it.
As she did so, the bluenette cheered up a little when she saw that the room was quite large, there was a large, soft-looking bed, television, books and anything to entertain herself.
Walking towards her bed, Frida sat on it, it was as soft as it looked.
"Well...maybe I won't go far, but at least this place will be fun" she said with a smile.
However, a part of her couldn't help but feel disheartened by his early elimination.
She sighed, "I guess I have to think of something to entertain myself."
Before Frida could do anything, she felt a soft breeze passing through the place.
Shuddering, she quickly stood up and looked around.
"w-what was that?"
"How about you help me with something?"
Hearing that, the girl turned around again.
While standing on his bed, he could see someone the size of a child in it, However, he couldn't see his features as he had a blue hooded robe that covered him completely.
"...who are you?"
At his question, the figure removed his hood, revealing the appearance of a young boy with short dark hair and green eyes.
"I'm sorry to bother you, miss," he said kindly, "my name is Fauxto and I wanted to know if I could get your help"
"h-help?" Frida blinked confused "for what?"
The boy put on a serious look
"I'm afraid this game... it's more than it seems"
( Meanwhile...)
Running through the hallways of a psychiatric hospital, a man managed to take advantage of this sudden power outage and lack of staff and managed to get out of where he was.
The man made it to a room before forcing the door open and looking around
There, there were several objects that were taken from the people who ended up in this hospital.
Searching a bit, the man's eyes lit up when he saw two objects
A miner's mask and pickaxe
Taking them both, he knew that this was what he needed, since a certain date would soon come
Leaving the room, he had everything ready to leave this place...
However, he couldn't get far when he felt something surround his forearm, which he instinctively attacked with the pickaxe.
As he did so, he saw that he managed to cut... a bandage
As he followed his gaze, he saw that in front of him, a few meters away, there was a female figure, she was completely bandaged, including her mouth, however, he could see her eyes and her black hair.
The man looked at it carefully before noticing that the woman pulled out a saber from behind her.
Putting himself on guard, the man waited for her to make her first move...
Then she disappeared
The man's eyes widened behind his mask as he quickly swung the mining pick to avoid being hit and block the attack.
However, he only managed to break it in half.
The man stared at the now destroyed pickaxe before slowly looking back.
There the woman had her back turned before looking back with a serious look.
"I'm sorry Harry...I at least wanted to give you a chance to fight, but even then I guess I'm stronger."
Before he can ask what she meant by that and how she knew his name...he felt a strong horizontal cut.
The man slowly fell backwards on his back until he hit the ground, a few moments later, blood was all around him.
Seeing this, the woman looked at him carefully...before a kind of small white ball came out of harry
At that, he slowly walked towards it and took it in his hands, lowering the bandage on his mouth a little, revealing sharp teeth...
And with that, she ate it.
( A few moments later...)
"Breaking news, the murderer known as Harry Warden was found dead in the hallway of the psychiatric hospital where he resided, it is currently unknown what could have happened"
Having heard this news on the radio, the woman turned it off before taking out some chalk.
She then made a drawing on the ground before stepping aside and kneeling respectfully.
"my lord...I have achieved it, I managed to obtain another soul"
At that, a figure manifested itself, however, it looked somewhat blurry, except for bright yellow eyes.
"great job as always, rahonem, you are always meeting my expectations" A deep voice congratulated
"Thanks..."
"now...it's time for your next assignment..."