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let go.

everyone was able to go home.

8 months after the last survivor arrived they were let go.

heck even the killers were allowed to go home.

007n7 was back with his son and the two other kid like things (bluudud and pr3ttypriinces (did i spell that right?)) and noli.

guest was reunited with his wife and daughter.

noob and guest666 (idk how you spell his name) could be fiends again.

two time was...getting help...to say something.

shedletsky and 1x1x1x1...talked...like adults...and 1x1x1x1 learned that shedletsky wasnt as bad as telamon was...and that he was married.

builderman and dusekker were back at roblox hq (idk their lore alr)

taph was...exploding things (i also dont know his lore dont attack me)

and chance was gambling and somehow even made up with mafioso dont ask how.

even john doe was reunited with his wife: jane doe...even though he didn't remember much...she still loved him.

all were let go except elliot.

he knew too much. he knew way too much to be let go.

he was the first one to arrive there. had been for a year or so. was the only one who knew about the spectre.

the only one who hadnt given up.

after about two years. he didnt give up.

everyone was able to reunite with their family and fiends.

but elliot

no

he was still there.

the once cabin. was just a dark void now. no point in keeping the cabin for only one person. no point in keeping the realm stable.

elliot was alone

nobody there

nobody except the spectre.

if he hadnt taken that order

if he hadnt entered that stupid cabin

if he had just closed the pizzeria on time

not 10 minutes later

maybe he would have still been with mia

maybe he wouldnt be here.

but he knew

the spectre would have found some way to trap him here.

he should have just stayed curious.

but you know what they say.

curiosity killed the cat.

and in this case

elliot was the cat.

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darkness

it was all he could see

the cabin was long gone

there was no need to keep an illusion up for someone the spectre despises

elliot had long gotten used to the darkness

to the nothingness

every now and then the spectre would pay a visit

but it would always end up in him almost breaking

he wasnt going to let that happen

he won't let the spectre win

he won't give the spectre it's satisfaction

the satisfaction that it wants

never

not in a million years

he didn't know how long he had already been there

days...weeks...maybe even years...

the spectre would never tell him

always either laugh or tell him to not think about it

he wondered if the others had realised that he hadnt returned

someone had to right

007n7 and him knew each other before this

he had to have visited the pizzeria to talk to him

right

maybe they didn't notice

maybe 7n7 didn't care

maybe nobody cared

he was just a healer after all

but

he clung to that small hope

the hope that they would somehow find him

that they would somehow be able to get him away from here

that he would somehow not have to be in a dark void

at first

he just thought that it was temporary

that this wouldnt last long

oh how wrong he was

at first

the cabin was still there

but over time

the stuff around the cabin and eventually the cabin itself disappeared

leaving him in this void

the only other being the spectre

why him

he didn't even want to know about this place

he was forced into this by that stupid book

why did he know too much anyway

just because he knew about the spectre

the others did too

sure they didn't know its name but they did know of its existence

it was unfair

he was only barely an adult

he missed his sister

and father

the things he would do to be able to see them again

he would even kill someone to see them again

but

there was no one here

only him

and the spectre but at this point elliot didn't even consider him a thing worth mentioning

he just wants to go home

just wants to rest

but no

he had to stay strong

he couldn't give in

the last time he fell asleep the cabin disappeared

he can't be vulnerable again

never

he had to stay awake and aware

he had to

he didn't know what would happen if he fell asleep

but he didn't want to find out.

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007n7 was happy

life could be better but he had his son back and was even able to be friends with noli again.

but...something was wrong. he could feel it.

it felt like something or someone was missing.

he knew he should probably apologize to elliot for the whole burning the pizza place down 3 years ago...

it's the reason he was outside now

holding c00lkidd's hand and walking to the pizza place

it had been three years maybe he wasnt blacklisted anymore

it didn't matter he was only here to apologize to elliot and talk to him about the whole thing they went trough.

he opened the door and alot of new faces were there

but no elliot

the cashier looked...tired...exausted..he could have sworn he had seen her before.

he walked to the counter the girl looked up the name badge now visible

mia...huh...he could swear that elliot had muttered the name before

she just looked at him with tired eyes before speaking

"you're blacklisted...you're not allowed to come in or order something"

she knew...damnit...just ask for elliot 007n7 just do it

"i know, i know but is elliot here somewhere?"

she just looked at him like he had just told her to jump off a building

"are you being serious...no actually is this just some sick fuxking joke or are you being serious"

she yelled at him. some of the other customers turned to look at the two.

why was she so upset? didn't elliot get let go like the rest? was he still stuck there? did he not get teleported back home?

so many questions were swirling trough his head but one stood out

did elliot even leave the place?

"i..what are you talking about? is elliot not here?"

he asked her...she looked at him like he was the reason elliot went missing

"what do you mean 'is he not here' ofcourse he isnt he has been missing for four fuxking years!? "

7n7 was...shocked...to say the least...elliot hadn't returned...he was still stuck...he was still stuck in that godforsaken world...oh god...

"just...just get out of here and don't come back..take the child woth you"

she said to him a but calmer. he just nodded and grabbed c00lkidd's hand walking away

god he felt like an idiot...but he was also confused...why didn't elliot get teleported back? did the others know about this? why is he still there? why is he still missing? did the others even get out?

he should probably tell the others...

but how would he even contact them. how is he supposed to contact them when he doesnt even know where they live

wait...shedletsky and builderman are admins. maybe he could contact those two by using his very awsome coolgui and tell them this.

maybe they could help him contact the rest and somehow find out where elliot is.

yeah. thats a good plan.

but to first get home and make dinner for c00lkidd.

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elliot wanted to leave.

he had always wanted to.

he didn't even know how long he had been here.

the spectre had started to visit more often.

though most of the times the 'visit' was just an illusion for elliot that pictured him escaping.

only to find out he was back

back in the void

back in the cold. unforgiving. cold

he hated it

to be honest this was next level torture

he knew he should hate the spectre. he knew he should despise it

but

the longer he was trapped here

the longer he was trapped here all alone with nobody else but it

he started to look forward to the next time the spectre visited elliot

and he hated that

he hated that he was actually looking forward to when the being that tortured him would visit him

that he would look forward to being visited by the being that had put him in a death loop. making him die over and over again.

he hated it

yet he couldn't stop himself

this was some next level stockholm syndrome

he had heard about it before

during some psychology class he once took

he just brushed it off as nothing

wondered why the victims just couldn't hate their abuser

he was starting to get it now

and it scared him

he didnt want his day to be a bit happier each time the spectre visited

it gave the spectre control over him

but he knew he couldn't do anything about it

it was useless to try

it was useless to try to escape

or do anything that benefited him

he had tried. he really had tried before

he had tried before the others came

he had tried along with the other

he had even tried after they all escaped

but he had always known.

it was futile

would just end in more pleasure for the sadistic fuck that called itself a god

it was nothing but failed code

a small bug that became too big

too big to get rid of

too big to control

elliot should have just stayed curious

he should have just stayed at home

read something about a missing person named tyler and move on

but noooo

he had to find out how he went missing

tyler just had to be a friend of elliot

he just had to go to the library and grab that stupid book

he just had to be stubborn and work late that one night shift

he just had to accept a delivery even though the pizzeria had just closed

he just had to discard the rule of never entering someone's home let alone a sketchy cabin

but he was too curious

too naive

too upset about the loss of his best friend

too tired to realize what he was doing

he often looked back at that night

the night he entered this god forsaken place

it had to have been years ago by now

but time was weird in this realm anyway

he tried not to think about how time worked here

elliot stared infront of him

void.

nothing but void

he had tried to look around at first

tried to see something

if not anything

hell even a leave would have given him hope

but there was nothing

nothing but void

he had stopped hoping that someone would be able to get him out

he had sropped hoping long ago

they wouldn't notice

7n7 would be too happy to have his son back

chance would be at their casino

the others he hadn't really known before forsaken

maybe one of the admins would try to get them all together and notice elliot was missing

maybe chance would try to order a pizza to see elliot and realize he wasn't there

maybe 007n7 would try to go to the pizzeria to apologize

he had crossed the last one out already

he would never apologize

he had already done too much in this place

yeah elliot still didnt necessarily like him

but he also didnt hate him

to be honest when he first apeared elliot was just happy to see someone he knew before all this

7n7 had apologized many times before

so many times elliot had to force him to promise that he wouldn't apologize to elliot again

maybe he had broken his promise and went to the pizzeria anyway

he probably had

but he had probably been too guilty to enter when he saw that elliot wasnt there

he wondered how mia was doing

she probably took his place as the worker of the month

he wondered if she could still recognize him

he had changed

alot

his hair was longer then it was before

during the time in the void his hair had continued to grow

what was first just medium length was now long hair

he also had scars

he had scars from every time he died

every time he had been burned by c00lkidd

every scar from when he had been stabbed by slasher (you will be remembered jason o7)

every time that join doe had ripped his body in halve and it had to fix itself

he probably had a broken rib or bone

he definitely had broken something

wether it was physical or mental

it was definitely mental there was no doubt in that

he remembered when the first person in a long time joined him

he was exited but wary

'what if it was an illusion by the thing keeping him there? what if he wasnt real'

ofcourse he was real in the end

he had learned that his name was noob

not long after more people started filtering in

two he recognized

one he had been friends with

chance

his favorite customer

or atleast. his favorite customer before this...mess.

he had first seen them after they lost a round at the casino

they were well dressed and a bit polite but also loud and probably a bit drunk

after that first night chance kept coming back and eventually they became friends.

that was until he got stuck in this place

he had wondered if he could ever see them again

his question was answered a year or two later

wait

how long had elliot been in this place

he had been here alone for long before noob came here too

it had to have been for over a year...right?

wait

how old was he.

how old would everyone he knew be? how long has he been missing for? did mia start her first day of middleschool already? maybe she already graduated from college? what did she think of him? did she even remember him? what if she didn't?

he quickly shut that thought down. no. mia wouldn't forget him. she wasnt the type to.

but...he couldnt help that slight sense of doubt building up in the back of his mind

"what if she didnt remember me...what if she forgot about me...what i-"

his thoughts were quickly shut of as he saw red and black code apear infront of him.

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007n7 swore he would never touch his coolgui again

yet here he was

trying to get one of the admins (hopefully dussekar, builderman or shedletsky) attention.

he had already been doing this for hours.

c00lkidd already went to bed. he had trown a whole fit about having to get sleep.

7n7 had missed that. c00lkidd never liked sleep. never liked having to stop playing.

he had missed that during the...yeah...

he typed in another string of gode into the gui in hope that the admins would see in their system that someone was using hacks...

nothing

damnit. damn it all

he closed the gui and decided to head out for a late night walk

maybe ellito was just safe at home

maybe that girl was trying to guilt trip him

he knew that that was elliot sister

him and elliot had surprisingly bonded during that time

along with chance

apparently chance and elliot knew each other before this

it probably made 7n7 and chance adjust way easier knowing that someone they knew before...yeah...was there

maybe ue should try to visit chance

if elliot knew him before this he must live close by

and he had heard once or twice that chance owned a casino

maybe he should go that one random casino in the small he town he lived in

maybe he could see chance there

maybe chance knew where elliot was

before he even conciously realized it his feet began to walk to the casino

after a few minutes of walking he was there

he could see multiple drunk guys walking out and some even getting kicked out

after a few minutes of watching and building up the courage to go in he walked to the door

it was one of those spinning glass doors

he had always found those annoying

just get those sliding doors not thsi fancy shit

he walked inside and began lookin for a certain grey gambler with a fedora and sunglasses

after a few minutes of walking around he saw them. finally thank god he didnt think he could go any longer walking around this place not.knowing where to go...

chance was hunched over one of those machines they also had in the cabin

he watched for a frw seconds before tapping on Chance's shoulder

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elliot was walking trough a grass field

watching as mia was running around

he felt at peace

mia ran up to him and grabbed his arm forcing him to run around woth her

they were laughing and giggling like two teenage girls

it was a wholesome sight to see

too bad that it wasnt real

elliot knew that it wasnt real

elliot knew he was being tricked by the spectre

he knew that he would never actually escape

but he still wanted to believe. to pretend. to pretend that this was the real mia. and not the flawed thing that it made from his memories

mia was still dragging him along her

that was until she fell face first into the grass

the real mia would have gotten up with tears in her eyes but brush it off

this mia just got up like nothing happened

no tears in her eyes.

no held back sniffles

just

nothing

a brutal reminder that this wasnt real

no matter how much he wanted it to be

he saw as mia's face distorted before he was back in that stupid void

something like laughing blaring trough his ears

it was enjoying this. it was enjoying tormenting elliot. ofcourse it did. it always did.

he sat down and hugged his knees close to his chest

he felt tears welling up in his eyes

but he refused to let them fall

he couldnt show the spectre that it's actions were actually getting to him

never

he had to stay strong. he had to fight. maybe the spectre would get bored of him and let him go

let him go home

he clung to the small hope of that happening. even if he knrw the spectre would find new ways to torture him

it always did