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A round had just finished, the survivors gathered on the main cabin. The sound of chatter filled every room and made the place feel more alive, even with the worn out wood and cold feeling of the place. The round had been against Slasher, Guest 1337 always seemed out of it when they had to go against the specific killers but when asked, he'd brush it off saying that it was nothing—no one really knows why.
Through it all was 007n7, he thought of trailing off to his cabin since nobody was speaking to him either way, so… Yeah, just when he stood up from his chair, the sound scraping against the floor but going unnoticed by anyone, they were more busy speaking. As 007n7 started walking to the door, a voice was heard right behind him: “Dear Exploiter, where are you going?” Two Time asked, having come from seemingly nowhere.
007n7 tensed up slightly from the name, but proceeded to respond: “Uh- my cabin. I didn't think that my presence was needed here, did you need something?” He jumped straight to the question, it wasn't rare for people to come up to him just for a favour.
The cultist shook their head, signaling no need for anything. Both sides stood there in complete silence, it was more uncomfortable for 007n7 than for Two Time, being used to this; The brunette walked away slowly, Two Time just turned around and went to the common area again.
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Now alone, 007n7 started walking to his cabin. They didn't mind Two Times presence, but still didn't feel like having a conversation right now. He was too tired to do so.
Just like that, he got to the door of his solitary cabin. Opening it and getting hit by a cold and inhabited air, didn't think much of it. He speed-walked to his bed, throwing himself at it while taking of his glasses with caution to not break them, he'd done it so many times in the past that he couldn't bother to do so once again—he left his glasses on the bedside table, while closing his eyes to finally get some rest he noticed a weird figure on the corner of his eye, it was blurry but he could see the black and red accents it had. 007n7 paid no mind and went to sleep, thinking it was his imagination from how exhausted he was.
Now, a dream… Nightmare? No clue, the environment he was in didn't provide much information to what it could be. Surrounded by a black void with no end in sight, a subtle sigh left his mouth just to start walking slowly—the place brought him a feeling of uneasiness and calm at the same time, in a way, he wanted to wake up and get out but at the same time, desired to stay a while more. So complicated.
The ringing on his ears was replaced by a sudden voice: “H3LL0, 007N7. W3LC0ME To MY [Personal Realm]” The sound made a chill run down his spine, the voice sounded like the one of a man, woman, child and something—someone else at the same time. Not being quite here, but not there either.
“H- Hi? Where—who is this?” He asked while squinting for the sight of someone that wasn't there.
“Refer to me as [SPECTRE], for the meanwhile.” The voice was less glitchy and distorted “I brought you here just for something.”
Something? That didn't sound creepy at all! Anyhow, 007n7 gulped before answering: “With what..?” His voice noticeably lower.
“4 S1MPL3 [QV3ZT10N]” It said, voice glitched again.
“I'm all ears—even though I don't see why asking me.”
“Do you wish for you, and company, to get hold of those communication devices?—phones, I believe.”
“Eh—uh… Sure? I guess it can help with their communication skills in a way-”
“Do you believe that with those artifacts, things will become more interesting over here?” It asked.
“Probably, they—”
The sentence was cut off, his surroundings changed, back to his cabin it seems. He groaned, weird ass dream—he thought. After some stretching—the sound of his bones filling the place—the ex-exploiter got up from bed, setting foot into the small bathroom that had a shower, toilet and sink; he'd brush his teeth. Couldn't bother showering right now, too much work.
He debated whether he should go to the main cabin, potentially getting bad looks, or staying on his own. As much as he desired the latter, his stomach growled—kind of obvious, since he hasn't eaten since… How long again? It's hard to remember things. Why can't he— Back to the point, he hasn't eaten. 007n7 doesn't quite wish to, but he's going to keep getting weaker and more useless than normally. With that, he gained a little motivation to grab something real quick and get back with no problems.
He walked off to the main cabin, slowly. It was early, maybe; there's no time in this place, in a way.
He opened the door and walked in, making as little noise as he could just so he wasn't noticed by anyone and possibly ruining the mood. They seemingly didn't, because they kept talking between themselves and paid no attention to him. Good.
While making his way to the kitchen, he noticed almost everyone grabbing breakfast—it was pizza but still—the ones that weren't had already finished. From what he could see, he was the last one to wake up; kind of embarrassing.
He walked to the fridge and opened it. He felt bad about wasting resources on himself but just grabbed the remaining pizza slice from yesterday—not surprising that it was left, it's the only thing they can eat at all in here because the rest surprisingly can't cook, or are bad at it; which is the same. Elliot was the only one who could make something, even though it was only pizza because no one taught him how to make something else.
007n7 ate it, the coldness of the cheese making his teeth hurt a little from the change of temperature. He couldn't bother to heat it up, it was good anyways.
He got satisfied with that, not really but still.
007n7 made his way to the main cabin’s door, he felt some stares on the way. Probably because they didn't notice him going into the kitchen before due to them eating or talking at the moment.
Just when 007n7 finally got to the door, putting his hand on the doorknob and feeling the coldness of it, he was interrupted by a ripping sound behind him, plus the death of chatter and sounds of footsteps getting closer. The father turned around, confused and nervous about what the hell was that—a panel? He inspected it from afar, it was black with some white decorations and had just appeared in the common area, basically the living room.
They all were too confused to say anything, all of them tensed up. Shedletsky lifted his sword, his wings puffing out while taking a step forward—Chance flipped their coin, with his other hand on the flintlock that was on his waistband; Guest 1337 had gotten in position, a serious look plastered all over his face. Two Time was smiling more than before, grabbing their dagger with caution and preparation.
Noob looked scared and nervous, asking: “S- Should we get close to it?” Their words got drowned out by their own breathing, uneven and fast. If you really wanted to, you probably could hear their heart beating.
Any type of response was interrupted by a loud static sound coming from the panel, text glitching on it and a voice started talking: “Greetings, survivors. I’ve gathered that you would make great use of—phones.” The voice had hesitated when saying ‘phones’, was it from uncertainty or confusion? No idea. ”So I thought of being generous enough to give you some. H4V3 FVN!” The voice concluded, the panel disappearing and the survivors being left speechless. 007n7 was really tense—not like anyone noticed. Why was it tho? The voice.
It was the same one from his dream, was it a dream? Ugh, no time for that.
“So… What—
Chance was interrupted by the appearance of a black box on the table, a note on it that said ‘Make great use of these’. They debated whether they should open the box or not, Shedletsky just went up to it and opened the box without further ado— not letting anyone stop him.
To nobody's surprise, it was filled with phones. Each one of them had a personalized case and a little charm with the name of the assigned owner. Shedletsky took his quickly, grabbing Builderman and Dusekkar’s phones on the way to give it to them. The rest approached the box with caution, but when they confirmed that it was safe they all just grabbed them with no problems. 007n7 took his and this time, without being interrupted, got out from the main cabin.
The rest of the survivors were configuring their phones to their own liking, laughing and talking while Noob was teaching Two Time how to use it; Two Time had heard about phones and seen them, but in their village they weren't allowed to have one.
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On 007n7’s way, he just walked to his cabin in complete silence while the sound from the bigger cabin started to fade out and it was just the noise of the waves and wind. When he opened the door to his cabin, he sat on the bed while turning the phone on and watching the screen light up— he unlocked it and started setting it up. The device already had some contacts saved but they were just the numbers of his companions. Nice.
Now, he didn't know what to do at all so he was left with his thoughts— the blurry memories of last night. Before 007n7 could spiral, a little ’ding!’ interrupted him and got confused and looked at his phone's screen that was lit up from the notification.
’A groupchat? I guess they’ve already gotten ready and comfortable with the phones.’ He thought, unlocking his phone and going into the messaging app.
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Today at 16:35
”The groupchat ‘Survivors’ was created”
’Builderman has added SFOTHChampion, Matt Dusekkar, TAPHBoom, BloxyColaFan and 6 more…
777LuckyNumber: yo guys
Builderman: Hello Chance! I've decided to make a groupchat to make the communication between rounds easier for us 🤗 We can also use it to chat when not in-rounds!
777LuckyNumber: why do you write likethat man ,hOLY facebook mum
Builderman: I don't know what you mean, Chance 😅 I always write this way
16:37
BloxyColaFan: HIIII !1!1!11 ^^ Good afternoon guys!
pepperonipizza: Heya Noob!!! How are you?
BloxyColaFan: AWesOME!! WBU???
pepperonipizza: Glad 2 hear that Noob!! I'm doing fine :)
BloxyColaFan reacted with “💙”
Replied to: HIIII !1!1!11 ^^ Good afternoon guys!
TwoTime: Why hello Noob! I hope you are doing well, friend. I see the necessity to thank you again for teaching me how to use this device! May Spawn bless you.
BloxyColaFan: NPPP!1!1!1 It was a pleasure helping u!
Matt Dusekkar: Greetings friends! I hope that this group chat will enhance our performance both in and outside rounds!
777LuckyNumber: yeah thatig
pepperonipizza: Who pissed in your cereal chance
777LuckyNumber: your mom
SFOTHChampion: damn
SFOTHChampion: why u so mad
777LuckyNumber: shut upfatass
TwoTime: What has got you so frustrated Chance? Did something perhaps happen?
777LuckyNumber: shhhshshhshshs
TwoTime: ?
Builderman: Chance, that's enough
pepperonipizza: No way you got Builderman to scold you lmao
BloxyColaFan: LOL
ArmyDreamer: Hi guys
pepperonipizza: Heya Guest!
777LuckyNumber: yo man
SFOTHChampion: YOO, army boy
ArmyDreamer: Do we have a strategy for the next round?
Replied to: YOO, army boy 777LuckyNumber: now you be copying me, hell nAh
SFOTHChampion: TF YOU MEAN COPYING???? I assure you that the word ‘yo is not yours🙏🙏
777LuckyNumber: why did you say it when I did then huh
pepperonipizza: Are you stupid
ArmyDreamer: I'm agreeing on that because what do you mean Chance
Matt Dusekkar: What is even happening in here
TAPHBoom: I don't know
BloxyColaFan: woah taph you can talk now?
TAPHBoom: more so write but 👍
SFOTHChampion: You're still using emojis??
TAPHBoom reacted with “👍”
SFOTHChampion: Oh okay
TwoTime Hello Taph! It's truly a blessing that you can now communicate with us easily. May Spawn bless you!
TAPHBoom reacted with “👍”
TwoTime I see
BloxyColaFan: @v33_ronica
v33_ronica Huh
v33_ronica what
v33_ronica d0 y0u need n00bie?
BloxyColaFan: Nothing! I just wasn't seeing you talking [happy]
v33_ronica 0h ALR! :DD
Builderman: Hello, Veeronica! 😄 How is that virus with your code going? 🤒
v33_ronica d0es he always write like that 0rr,,
Replied to: Hello, Veeronica! 😄 How is that virus with your code going? 🤒 v33_ronica I still haven't g9t t0. Fix it aughhhh
v33_ronica: I rlly need help w it ;//
pepperonipizza: Oh I hope you get better Vee! Take care!!!
Builderman: I see, I'm not familiar with your coding so I can't help you 😢
Builderman: @all Does anybody know how to deal with Veeronicas code?
BloxyColaFan: sadly no DD:
Matt Dusekkar: No, I can't. Sorry!
TwoTime Neither can I! I hope that Spawn quickens your recovery in no time
777LuckyNumber: here theygo with their spawn tjing agqin
777LuckyNumber: no btw
ArmyDreamer: Sorry, I don't think I'm able to help with that. But maybe 007n7 can!
17:26
v33_ronica: y0u.think s0?? :o
ArmyDreamer: Indeed! @severed
SFOTHChampion: WHAT iS that usernMe
Replied to: Indeed! @severed severed: wh4t d1d you need?
severed: 4h
Replied to: y0u.think s0?? :o severed: sure! 1m f4m1l14r w1th m4ny codez
severed: codes*
v33_ronica: 0MD TYPING QUIRK :0000
v33_ronica: right
v33_ronica: can I g0 t9 ur.cabin?? 007n7
severed reacted with “🙂↕️”
777LuckyNumber: whtais that damn meoji
Builderman: I see, thanks 007n7 for helping Veeronica
SFOTHChampion: are we still not adressing 097n7s user
pepperonipizza: No
777LuckyNumber: prolly not
Matt Dusekkar: No, friend
TwoTime: Seems quite normal!
Builderman: Nay
BloxyColaFan: Nuh uh
ArmyDreamer: Not really
SFOTHChampion: OK I GEt IT
SFOTHChampion: damn
Replied to: are we still not adressing 097n7s user
severed: 1 h4d chosen 1t on college, do you need me to ch4nge 1t?
SFOTHChampion: no
Left on read by +9 users
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007n7 was surprised that they needed him for something, at the same time he’d felt kind of embarrassed about his username. He didn't feel like changing it because of nostalgia but if he was making someone uncomfortable, he would change it instantly. It's the least he can do.
Right now, he is waiting for Veeronica to get to his cabin. From what he could read on the groupchat, her code had given her a virus and therefore needs fixing real quick— he can do that!
After all, back in college he'd learn many types of coding just so he could mess with different people. Even if it wasn't for a good reason, learning those could finally be of use for someone other than himself! Feeling useful was damn amazing.