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“What the-.”
Noob awoke in a strange cabin. He looked to his side to see a winged man with curly brown hair and a lanky, blonde man in a pizza uniform lying on either side of Noob. They slowly got to their feet, trying to gathering their bearings. She swore she had gone to bed in her house, so how the heck did she end up here? Surely Taph didn’t bomb his house on accident and he was in some weird purgatory now… right?
”Ugh… where am I?”
Noob squeaked and turned to see the blonde man in the pizza uniform stir awake. “Uhm, hello?”
”Oh, wait, uh, who are you?” The blonde groaned as he slowly sat up. “And where are we?”
”I’m not too sure…” Noob answered nervously. “I-I’m Noob, by the way.”
”Oh, I’m Elliot.” The blonde chuckled as he took Noob’s hand to get up. “Who’s that?”
Noob looked over to the winged man who was still passed out. “I… I don’t know.”
The two approached the man, lifting up the head-wings that covered his face. The two gasped as they recognised the face and dropped the wing. In doing so, they startled the man and he jolted awake.
”I’m-… I’m alive..?” The man gasped as he patted himself down. He looked like he had woken up from a terrible nightmare. “Wha- wait, who are you?”
”I’m Noob!”
”And I’m Elliot.”
”… and do you know what we three are doing here?”
The man rubbed his head as he got to his feet. “No. I’m not sure how I’m even alive to be here.”
”What does that mean?” Elliot raised an eyebrow as he eyed the man. “Did someone kill the Great Shedletsky I’m looking at right now?”
”Hah hah, real funny.” Shedletsky rolled his eyes at Elliot’s remark, a response that the other two were not expecting from the man known to be the most unserious admin in Robloxia. “Look, I just need to go back home and-.”
Hello.
“What the-?!” The three exclaimed at the same time.
Strange… I didn’t think I would pull the other two. Oh well.
“Hey! Who is this?” Shedletsky yelled up to the ceiling of the cabin.
You may call me the Spectre, the one who brought you here.
“Why did you?” Elliot questioned. “What do you need from a pizza worker, a Robloxian Admin, and a Noob?”
Nothing. I was just bored. Oh! Maybe I’ll put you in one of my games!
“Games? I-I like games.” Noob chuckled nervously, twirling a piece of stray hair. “W-Will this be a fun game?”
Well… you could say so. In fact, let’s play a game now!
Noob yelped as they felt a rush of wind blast them. She slowly opened her eyes to see that the three were now on a strange castle. The sky was dark and he could barely see his own hand in front of him. Noob then turned to see Elliot staring at a note on top of what seemed to be a generator. Noob also could hear a strange ticking sound. He looked up to see a timer ticking down from 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
”Find the five generators and fix them to leave? Alright, I guess that’s easy enough.” The winged-man shrugged as he showed the note to Elliot.
The pizza-man, however, looked skeptical as he handed the note to Noob. “I feel like there’s going to be some sort of twist.”
”Oh, it also says to check your pockets.” Noob pointed out the small print on the bottom of the note.
The three patted down their pockets, each pulling out a neatly folded note. The three were certainly confused reading this, as they looked at each other looking quite puzzled.
”I got… a Bloxy Cola, a Slateskin Potion… and an Invisible Burger.” Noob listed out as she pulled out the items from her satchel.
”Apparently I can only throw out pizza to heal?” Elliot questioned as he looked at his note. “How does that even work??”
Shedletsky looked the most fed up, though he was quick to mask a smile on his face. “If you guys need help, I can come in and use my sword to help!”
Noob and Elliot gasped in delight. “Of course! The master swordsman can hep us!”
”Please, please, you don’t need to flatter me.” Shedletsky snickered. “Now, let’s cover more ground by splitting up. The faster we find those generators, the quicker we can get out of here… I think.”
The three fixed the first generator they had appeared next to before leaving the castle to wander, trying to find the other generators. Elliot hummed to himself as he spotted a generator behind a wall and was quick to start working on it. While doing so, however, he heard strange music slowly growing louder behind him. He slowly turned around, unsure with where the heck the music could be coming from, to see a masked man wielding a machete rapidly approaching.
”W-Woah woah woah!” Elliot yelped as he started sprinting away from the masked man.
Oh! I should totally give music to them! Makes this so much more entertaining.
“What the hell is this Spectre?!” Elliot screamed as he skidded around a corner. “Do you want me dead?!”
Before the Spectre replied, Elliot heard a scream behind him. He turned to see that the masked man had changed targets, now chasing Noob. Dread washed over him as the masked man was about to strike Noob, when a random flying brick out of nowhere slammed into the masked man’s head.
“̺O̜͔͝͞o̴͉̯p̢s̴̹!̡͉͟ ̸̀H̥à̷̞h̶̶̩à̙!̵͎́ ̰̹͝D͞í͉͢d͇͠͠ ̷̴t͟h̪̤a͜͞ț͠ͅ ̴̙h̴̷̞ú̀r̷̴̹t̢̮͟?̫̟”̜͘ͅ
”COOLKIDD??” Elliot exclaimed, not expecting to hear that grating, glitchy, childish voice again. “Oh you’ve got to be kidding me.”
The flying brick at the masked man gave Noob enough time to scramble away with Elliot, and the two found Shedletsky munching on a stick of fried chicken in a corner.
“Woah, you two look rough. What happened?” Shedletsky chuckled as he got to his feet.
Elliot’s eye twitched in annoyance. “Did you not- you know, never mind.”
Shedletsky snapped his fingers before pulling out what appeared to be a medkit hooked on his sword’s sheath. “Take this Elliot. You’re the one that needs it the most.”
”Wha- why?”
”Noob can protect themself with the food they got, and I have chicken to heal myself and a sword. You can always heal Noob with your pizzas, but I don’t think you can heal yourself with it. Besides, your healthbar is the lowest right now.”
Noob and Elliot looked up to see Shedletky pointing at a floating red bar over Elliot’s head. Now that Shedletsky mentioned it, all three of them had a floating red bar over their heads. Elliot stared at it before sputtering. “Wha-?! Why do I have less health than you two?!”
The two shrugged. Right before Shedletsky was about to talk again, a strange sound echoed around them. The three looked at each other in confusion before a giant, green, energy blast slashed right through Noob. Noob let out a pained scream as their skin slowly tainted green.
”Noob!” The two exclaimed seeing the other struggling staying on her feet.
”̷I̷ ̷s̷̷e̷̷e̷ ̷y̷̷o̷̷u̷~.”
Shedletsky froze hearing that familiar voice and his wings opened up. Elliot sputtered something before giving Noob a pizza. The winged man slowly looked around, hand on his sword handle. Before he could strike, a child’s glitchy laughter echoed behind him. He whipped around just to see a giant red kid charging at him with a flaming sword. He didn’t react in time and was suddenly flung, sword slashing him and setting him ablaze.
”Shedletsky!” Elliot yelled as he helped Noob up. He felt his blood run cold seeing c00lkidd laughing excitedly.
”̵̻̖͘O̸̙h̴̬̰ ̸͎̝t̮͜͜h͍͘i̹͘͢s̷͙ ̴̴͇is ̷̵s̶̴o̡̫͞ ̟͔͠͝m̺̱u̷c̶̡͇h̰̤͝ ̗͝F̷͍͍͢Ṷ̶̸N̵̶͖͙!̠͜”̷̯̝͟The red kid exclaimed, the permanent fixed smile on his slowly creeping Elliot out.
Ki ki ki… Ma Ma Ma…
Elliot heard a scream and turned around to see Noob being pinned down on the ground by the masked man, his machete raised up high. Before the pizza man could make a move, the machete sunk down into Noob’s chest. A sickening squelch was heard as the masked man pulled the machete out.
”N-No…” Elliot felt his body freeze, unable to move as the masked man turned to stare him down next. A bell tolled, marking Noob’s death and added time to the timer. Elliot looked up, expecting to see the masked man start after him next.
Instead, the masked man had simply vanished.
Elliot turned to Shedletsky fending off c00lkidd with his sword, but barely. Shedletsky’s wings were spread open,though one of his wings looked out of commission with how burnt it was. C00lkidd grinned, not at all phased by the slashes hitting him. Elliot looked to see Shedletsky’s health slowly chipping away and had to do something about it. He quickly threw a pizza at Shedletsky, which he managed to catch thankfully. However, that pizza caught c00lkidd’s attention.
”O̷͢oo̩͕͘͜o͞͞o̗͟͝h̢͢!̴̮̀ ̡̟͜M̸or̸͝ͅe̢ͅ ͕͜p̵̵̝l̶̬͜a̩y̖͟͢m͓á̱͠t͈͠e̬͝s͢!͝”̡̰̹͠C00lkidd exclaimed, almost a bit too happily.“͚̩͜͟B̗͘͜e̸̢t̶c̢̖̬͞h͢͞a̜̗͢ ͠c̶a̵̠͕n̖̦’̷́t ͞b̤͝e̢̱͘a̶̵t̢͖͟ͅ ̡͓m̴̼e̟͢!̵̬͠”̡͓͠
Elliot yelped in surprise before sprinting off, apparently unintentionally activating his speed boost. He managed to make some good distance between him and the red kid, though he could only run for so long before growing tired. C00lkidd quickly caught up, throwing a brick at him. Elliot hissed in pain as he collapsed to the ground, gripping to his side in pain as he struggled to continue running away.
”̡̺̀G͇O̶̬͚T̪̙͟C͜͝H̷͟Á̵̪!͞”͈͟͞
The blonde yelled out as C00lkidd grabbed him by the neck, slowly raising him up and staring at him inquisitively.“̡̀W͍͘͜a̢̻i̵͢t̵̜ ̴à̵͉̬ ̡s̵̸̤éc̱͇͜͠o̢̯͍ṋ̡̀d̶̳͞…̡͉̀ͅ ̴̡y̶͟o̸̮ụ̵̡ ̷̣l͘o̰͢o̵͍k̞̣̀ ̳f͢͢á̼̀m̶̺͖i̵͓͢ĺ̢̬̦ia̵̩̼͟r̶̢̖…͓͔̀͢ ͈ò͜h̷̜ ̵͖̝͢w̡é̷̖͈l̸̸̳͓ḻ!̰͠”̶͚
Elliot let out a strained scream before his neck snapped, vision going dark.
Then he woke back in the cabin.
He gasped for air as he flailed on the floor, only to have Noob be by his side and calming him down. “H-Hey! W-We aren’t dead… some how.”
Elliot rubbed his neck as he got to his feet, phantom pain lingering where the kid had snapped his neck. “W-What about Shedletsky? Is he just… left there alone?”
Noob sputtered something as she pointed to a floating… thing above the fireplace. “We can watch what’s going on with Shedletsky through this… thing.”
The two stared up, watching as Shedletsky finished his last fried chicken. His wing healed up slightly and he looked moderately better. He seemed particularly on edge as he stalked the area carefully, sword handle tight in his hand. He approached a generator and started on his before suddenly whipping around behind him, sword pulled out.
“̷W̷̷e̷̷l̷̷l̷, ̷i̷̷s̷̷n̷’̷t̷ ̷i̷̷t̷ ̷l̷̷o̷̷v̷̷e̷̷l̷̷y̷ ̷s̷̷e̷̷e̷̷i̷̷n̷̷g̷ ̷y̷̷o̷̷u̷ ̷h̷̷e̷̷r̷̷e̷?”
The green and black glitchy figure chuckled menacingly as he revealed the two Daemonshanks, one in either of his floating black hands. Its bright, red, star-shaped eye twitched and flickered while seemingly observing Shedletsky.
”1x… What are you doing here.” Shedletsky hissed through gritted teeth. He held his sword out in front of him, not daring to make the first strike on the green figure.
”̷W̷̷h̷a̷̷t̷ ̷e̷̷v̷̷e̷̷r̷ ̷d̷̷o̷ ̷y̷̷o̷̷u̷ ̷m̷̷e̷a̷̷n̷?”The other asked in a mocking manner. “̷Y̷̷o̷̷u̷ ̷n̷̷e̷̷v̷̷e̷̷r̷ a̷̷c̷̷t̷̷u̷a̷̷l̷̷l̷̷y̷ ̷d̷̷e̷̷f̷̷e̷a̷̷t̷̷e̷̷d̷ ̷m̷̷e̷, ̷d̷̷i̷̷d̷ ̷y̷̷o̷̷u̷?”
Shedletsky’s heels dug into the ground, preparing himself to make a launch. The green figure was a step ahead of Shedletsky though, as he struck first. Shedletsky was quick to block, though he could only hold back the other for so long. The two went back at forth, the timer ticking away ever so slowly. Shedletsky tumbled to the ground, letting out a pitiful wheeze as 1x kicked him. The green figure chuckled before stabbing its swords down on either of Shedletsky’s wings.
“̷Y̷̷o̷̷u̷ ̷d̷̷o̷̷n̷’̷t̷ ̷d̷̷e̷̷s̷̷e̷̷r̷̷v̷̷e̷ a̷ ̷d̷̷e̷a̷̷t̷̷h̷ ̷h̷̷e̷̷r̷̷e̷. ̷I̷’̷l̷̷l̷ ̷g̷̷e̷̷t̷ ̷t̷̷o̷ ̷d̷̷o̷ ̷i̷̷t̷ ̷p̷̷l̷̷e̷̷n̷̷t̷̷y̷ ̷m̷̷o̷̷r̷̷e̷ ̷t̷̷i̷̷m̷̷e̷̷s̷ ̷l̷a̷̷t̷̷e̷̷r̷.” 1x growled as it sunk its swords deeper, causing Shedletsky to writhe under in pain.
Ding dong ding dong! Survivors win!
Shedletsky gasped for air as he was suddenly brought back into the cabin. Noob and Elliot were quick to help him up, calming him down before the Spectre spoke again. The three looked up to see the entity floating above them as a red, white, and black glitchy cloud.
Hmmm… that was certainly entertaining… but it would also be unfair after a while. Welp, time to start changing the game. Maybe one killer would work better rather than three…
“Hey! No! Y-You’re not making u-us do these- these stupid d-death games of yours!” Noob exclaimed, finally standing up against something for once.
Oh..? Little ol’ Noob is standing up for once? How funny. Wonder why you didn’t try standing up for your friend.
Noob flinched at the Spectre’s comment, suddenly shrinking back behind Elliot. Elliot glanced to see Shedletsky rubbing his head before speaking. A strange, overly confident smile was on the winged-man’s face as he looked up to the ceiling. “Now come on Spectre! Surely you’d at least help us in this? It would be no fun to watch us to always lose.”
But you won this time? Wouldn’t that mean I would have to help the killers more?
“I only one this time because 1x didn’t want to kill me.” Shedletsky replied coolly. “On any other time it would certainly have executed me on the spot.”
You bring up a good point… very well. Here, these are the killers cards.
The three looked over to the table by the couch to see three files. They each picked one up and read through them.
Well, I guess I don’t need to help you anymore. Toodles.
“W-Wait!” Noob called out, wanting to ask the Spectre how it knew about Noob’s friend. Unfortunately, it seemed as though the Spectre was done with them for the time being. “W-Will we be able to l-leave..?”
”Eh, we might as well get used to this cabin for the time being.” Shedletsky shrugged.
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Ki ki ki… Ma Ma Ma…
“OOOOOO! That was SO much FUN!” C00lkidd grinned as he danced around 1x. “I can’t wait to play with them again!”
”Yes… indeed.” 1x mused as it stored its swords on its back. The three were in a dark void with a circular table in the middle and a couch off to the side. “Though I do wonder why the Spectre wanted us three here in the first place. We have nothing in common as it is. I’m a creation of hatred, you’re just… a child, and he’s a silent war experiment gone rogue.”
You’ve been selected here because I like you.
“Who’s THAT?” C00lkidd yelped as he darted behind 1x. “Am I just hearing things?”
”No, I heard it too.” 1x assured the kid before scanning the void to find the source of the voice.
Ki ki ki… Ma Ma Ma…
The two turned to see the masked man pointing to a floating, glitchy blob; red, white, and black sparks glitched around the being as it took shape.
You may call me the Spectre.
The three stared at the being, still glitchy, though now in a somewhat tall, humanoid shape with two glowing eyes and a top hat. 1x stared at the figure before asking again. “So… why did you bring us here?”
Because I know that you guys would have a fun time participating in my games.
”So why is he here?” C00lkidd pointed to the masked man, still standing off to the side by himself.
Oh, he is Slasher.
”Who is he?”
You’ll see soon enough.