DAY 1

author's note: If you find this doesn't please you, I'll be making another version from another perspective, which'll probably turn out much better than this.

Below me, I can feel concrete. I can hear the clamor of thousands of people all around me. Oh, yeah. I'm dead now, right? ...huh. This feels nothing like heaven. Ain't heaven supposed to have streets of gold? This feels too rough to be something so expensive. I open my eyes. Why is everything grey? Heaven is supposed to be bright and beautiful, right? That's when I realized something. The concrete and noise means this must be a city, like maybe Tokyo. Big cities, there's always colorful things everywhere. So, if I see nothing but grey, that must mean...

I'm blind?!

Wait, wait, wait! This... must be that "Reaper's Game" that guy in the shades was talking about, right?! Where my most precious possession is taken as "entry fee" along with my life?! And to get it back, I got to fight "Noise" and do missions or something?! Why was my sight taken?! How am I supposed to "make a pact" or "erase Noise" without my sight?!

Then I felt a hand grab my arm. That hand felt familiar. "...Ranko? Is that you? Well, whoever you are, you must be a Player too, right? Quick! I'm blind, but please make a pact with me, OK?!" Whoever it was didn't say a thing, but I could feel a light squeeze on my arm. Then, felt... I don't know how to describe it, but... that must be the feeling you get when you make a pact.

"Ah, thanks! … Who are you, anyway?"

Ah... your sight must have been taken, huh, Ringo? Anyway, it's Ranko.

"Wha...?! Why is your voice inside my head?!"

Well, your entry fee was your sight, while mine was... my... voice. Not sure why. But anyway, it looks I'm talking to you with this "Player pin". You have one, too.

"Huh. So, this really isn't Heaven, right?"

...WUT?

"Just checking." Then I heard Ranko's ringtone suddenly go off.

… Yeah, whatever. Anyway, how about I read you the mission mail?

"Oh yeah, I'm blind now. Darn it!"

"Go to 104! You've got 60 minutes! You better get your rear in gear, or you'll get erased! THE REAPERS "

"...What the heck was that?!"

… I'm... not sure. But anyway... OW! I could feel a sudden pain, too. Aw shoot, now there's timers on our hands! Let's book it!

I stood up. I reached beside me, and felt a bronze... thing. It felt a lot like that statue of Hachiko. Even though I was blind, I knew exactly where each foot fell as I ran beside my twin sister. And I didn't even care that my frilly mini skirt was flying up all the way! Nobody's going to see me, anyway!

Hey, hold up! Too late. My face had already ran right into something. The pain made me feel kind of out of it, but I could hear some dude say something like...

"Uh... you OK? Anyway... pact confirmed, wall clear."

Yikes, you OK? You just ran into a wall! An invisible one, too!

"Yeah, I figured it'd be invisible. Anyway, I think my face is bleeding to death. Can you fix it?"

Sorry, no. But 104 is right up ahead, so let's go first, then we'll worry about your face.

Ranko had a pretty good point. I couldn't see it, but I could hear every second tick down. Those hand timers are surprisingly loud. We took about ten more steps, then I could feel the relief of not having a fricken timer on my fricken hand.

"Hey! Players! Lucky you, you got through day one! 'Course, a whole ton of you guys died out there. Anywho! Pigtails! I feel like being nice, so here's a little gift! Catch!" said a very cutesy-little-girl sounding voice. Then suddenly...

"OW! What was that?!"

Some little girl with a blue, plaid mini skirt, a bunny parka from Lapin Angelique, and black wings just threw a pin at you.

"I don't really need a run-down of her fashion. Anyway, what's the pin look like?"

It... it's a picture of that little girl... What an oddball...

"Hey, Pigtails!" said the little girl's voice. It seemed to be coming from the pin. "Use the pin! I've got a little surprise for ya !" Well, if I didn't use the pin, the girl probably wouldn't shut up, so...

HOLY-! GAAAH, I CAN SEE! But... this looks nothing like 104, and I saw blonde hair falling beside my eyes instead of red (which is the color of me and Ranko's hair). "Usagi, your report?" What the... it's some lady with glasses!

"Yes, sir ! 108 players erased out of 1008, leaving 900 on the dot!" It was the voice of that girl who threw a pin at me.

Then, I heard that guy in the shades speak. "Great work, Usagi. You make a great Game Master."

"Heehee ! Thank you, sir! I'll do my best tomorrow!" Then, I could tell that little psycho scampered off. Then she must have hid under the foosball table while nobody was looking, because I could see the bare legs and high heels of the lady in glasses, and the long black pants and dress shoes of the guy in shades.

"Mister Kitaniji, are you sure that girl was the right choice for Game Master? Not only does she have many severe personality disorders, she gave one of the Players a pin! Clearly that girl is mad!"

"Now now, Konishi. The Composer said that she is to be this Game's Game Master. He almost seemed to be begging that she be the one."

"Well... I just don't think it a very wise decision on his part." You've got that right!

"Yes, it does seem a bit odd. But I'm alright with it. This Game will be more interesting this way."

End Day 1: Bunny