By: Samantha Elise
Writers Note: Hey guys it's time for the second chapter : thanks for the good feedback last time~ I know it's a little bit different from the original game but I wanted to figure out a way so that it could work with a big group. Anyways reviews are always appreciated and I hope you like this chapter ^_^
For the first half an hour, nobody felt like actually doing what we'd planned. Terezi's favorite show was on and everybody else was content with what they were doing. Once the show ended though Terezi was ready to get to it and so everybody else had to be too. She gathered everybody up into the living room so that she could explain everything, but she kept the tv on. She said it would add to the fun.
"Okay everybody, I said I was going to explain everything so I will now. Although we're going to do it a little differently then the instructions so that it'll work better with a large group. So first off everybody get into groups of four" she said with a smirk. After that everybody casually got into groups. I remember distinctly what they were because she had me write them down on a paper for her. I wasn't sure why she needed a paper with the groups on it, but I didn't have enough energy to oppose anything at the moment. I was tired and just wanted to get it all over with. The groups ended up like this:
Group 1: Me, Terezi, John and Dave
Group 2: Vriska, Tavros, Gamzee and Aradia
Group 3: Nepeta, Equius, Kanaya and Rose
Group 4: Jade, Feferi, Eridan and Sollux
I wasn't quite sure about these groups, (especially group 2) but I guess they weren't terrible. I knew that Terezi wanted to be with Gamzee at first only so that they could beat the shit out of each other for fun, but then she realized that if he were in a different group she could do that even more. I was happy and frustrated that I was in her group, happy that I could be with her but frustrated knowing that she'd actually force me to participate. After that everybody got into their groups and gathered around her again to hear the rest of the instructions.
"Alright everybody, now that we're all in groups it's going to get a bit more interesting. I've actually got a doll for each of the groups so that we'll each be doing our own thing. And since this is a big house, we can each keep to our own groups if we want", I noticed the emphasized word "if". It was obvious that she wanted for the groups to interact but she wanted to make us feel as if we had a choice, which we didn't really if she were in charge.
"Terezi, you really outdid yourself preparing for this. Is this really going to be such a big thing that we will regret it though?" Equius said holding Nepeta's hand. It was obvious that she was the one who was anxious about it, even though he was the one sweating.
"Of course we won't regret it! It's only a game of course, but I wanted to make the best out of it so that's why I'm going all out on this" at the time I'm pretty sure most of us only expected for it to be a game, not many of us actually believed in supernatural things anyways but it was still pretty creepy. The whole setting made it even worse.
Terezi's parents were uber rich, they had a huge old house that had weird secret paths and everything. Including the extensive basement and large attic, there were four floors. I guess it was perfect for four groups so that we could each have our own floor. Although the basement only had four rooms and the attic only three, unlike the two middle floors with six rooms each. The reason they had such a huge place (it was a mansion really) was because her dad was a big-named businessman and he actually had some of his employees renting rooms there. Although recently the company had reached a huge checkpoint and to celebrate Terezi's dad took all the employees in the building on a trip and let all the cleaners have off for a week. Terezi had the choice to go along too if she wanted, but they were going to be going to a really crowded place and she didn't like going to crowded places since she almost always got lost.
If I didn't mention this before, Terezi is legally blind. Wow I can't believe I forgot to say that.. but it was just kind of just a normal thing. She used one of those stick things to help her find her way, and she could see things that were really close. Really close being literally being less than five inches away from her face. Though she could walk as easily as anybody else and do things like everybody else, so thats probably why I forgot to mention that until now. Okay this is going off track fuck I did not mean to write a whole biography on Terezi. I guess it's just that I miss her… I really do..
Sorry anyways so we decided which floors we were going to be on. Team one was the attic, team two the basement, team three the second floor, and team four was the first floor. After sorting that all out Terezi explained the rest of the rules.
"So as I said before, you guys have to name the doll. Once it's named you wait until 3am and then you say its name and then "(your name) is the first it" three times. You go to the bathroom, or whichever room you're using as it's room, and put the doll in the water. Then it's time to turn off all the lights in the house, but you can keep tv's and stuff on. After that it's time to go to your "hiding place" and then count to ten with your eyes closed." I really didn't understand the point of this game, it sounded like too much effort and it looked like all it was doing was creeping everybody out. Although the thrill-seekers in the group listened closely in anticipation at what she was saying, and everybody else who was like me- creeped out already, were listening just so that they would not get it wrong.
"After counting to ten, you go into the bathroom with the knife and say "I've found you (it's name)" and then stab it" she said making a stabbing motion with her cane.
"This sounds really creepy, is it too late to back out?" Eridan mumbled huddling behind Feferi.
"Dude of course it is, don't be a wimp" Sollux said in a high-and-mighty voice, but everybody could obviously tell he wasn't looking to thrilled about it himself.
"Its too late to back out!" Terezi said pointing her hand to the ceiling for dramatic effect. "Anybody who is scared may borrow a stuffed dragon to keep as a companion. I have many" she looked really proud of herself after saying that.
"Now, let me finish the instructions! Alright so after you stab the doll you guys have to say "You are the next it, (the dolls name)" and then you put it back. As soon as you put it back down, RUN!" she yelled, which made Fef squeak from being startled.
"Why do we have to run?" Eridan whimpered.
"Because you have to hide from the doll of course! Although made sure to run back to your hiding place, if you don't there could be problems"
"What kind of problems?" Vriska said smirking, she was obviously not taking this seriously and saw it as some funny little prank. Although suddenly it all got quiet as Terezi didn't respond.
A grim look came across her face, ". . . .Problematic problems." she said in a deep voice. This made Vriska burst out in laughter for some reason, I wasn't quite sure why but I guessed it was because she thought this was going to be the perfect chance to scare some people.
"Alright, well how do we know if we win?" Kanaya asked coolly. She didn't seem to care much for this, it looked like she just wanted to get it over with too.
"Well you win if you end the game in a certain way, and you also don't die obviously. But I'm not going to tell you how to end it until after we start it"
"What? Why don't you just tell us now? This is just some stupid hide-and-seek game so why is there all the suspense?" I asked annoyed already as how much unnecessary effort was being put into this.
"Because it makes it more intense! I thought I told you just to trust me Karkat, this'll be fun and you're with me anyways so there's no way I'll let you die" she said giving me a smile that instantly made my heart melt. Of course I was still annoyed that we were spending so much time on this, but I felt a little better about it knowing that it was making Terezi happy.
So unwillingly everybody split back into their groups and Terezi gave each group our materials for the game. We all named our dolls there too just for the fun of it. Group 1's doll name was Karkitty (which I laughed very sarcastically at but they all seemed to agree on it). Team 2 named theirs Deadlyfootpiebull69420, the reason they chose the name was obvious considering Tav's disability and Gamzee's weird love of spiked pies(?) Group 3 named their doll Smexydoodles (?). And then team four named their doll Jim. I have no idea why the ever-loving fuck they would name their doll Jim and when I asked them nobody had any idea why they named it that either. Although Jim was the best name I must admit, I wish our doll was named Jim..
So we took our weirdly named dolls and split up to the different floors. I could hear Tav's wheelchair clunking all the way down the stairs to the basement. I knew then that there was no way he was getting out of there the same time as everybody else. I'd have to remember to get somebody to drag him back up once it was time to leave. We headed up the stairs with team three and then split up when we got to the stairs leading to the attic. It didn't really look like an attic, but they called it that so that it didn't sound as if they were bragging when they said they had three floors.
Terezi took out her phone and put it close up to her face. She took off her tinted glasses and squinted hard at the screen as she texted everybody.
[[ 2:51 am, 1/17/14: hey guys, its almost 3am and once the time comes itll be time to start the game! have fun and dont die! :] when u want me to tell u the key to finishing the game just let me know and ill give you the instructions. good luck!]]
My phone buzzed in my pocket letting me know that we had all gotten the message. Or atleast those of us with phones; Eridan, Feferi and Aradia didn't have one. Thats because both Eridan and Fef had really weird nature freaks as parents who thought that phones were evil and Aradia had gotten her phone taken away because she was using it too much and raked up a huge phone bill. Though I didn't think it mattered at the time that they didn't have one because everybody else in their group did.
Well after that we headed to the small bathroom (it still had a tub though so I didn't think it was small at all) and Terezi got out Karkitty who was already filled with uncooked rice and sewn with the crimson thread. The name still drives me insane to this god-forbidden shitty-ass day. Anyways so we filled up the bucket and looked at the time. It was two minutes till 3 and Terezi was starting to look a little bit more anxious now. Well two minutes passed and it was time to do the "ritual", we put the doll in the sink of water and she had us chant "Terezi is the first it" three times. Well John and Dave were being ding-nuts again and when it got time to say the chant a third time, instead of saying "Terezi" John said "Dave" and then Dave pushed him over into the sink. I didn't think of it as a big deal at the time, just two junior kids being dumb. Although apparently Dave had accidently "smooshed" the doll into the corner of the sink and one of the eyes popped off and floated around aimlessly in the water.
Terezi looked horrified for just a moment until she tried laughing it off and telling us what to do next. John and Dave noticed it too, but I guess we all just thought it best to let it go. So we walked around the "attic" and turned off all the lights and electronics except for the radio and tv in Terezi's room. I had almost forgotten that her room was on the top floor since the last time I'd been over to her house was almost a year before. She cleared out her closet and said that it would be out "hiding spot" later. Then it was time to count to ten.
John playfully covered my eyes and so we ended up spending another five minutes there just throwing weak insults and messing around. Dave even asked if he could go downstairs and get some applejuice, obviously none of us were talking this seriously except for Terezi. Although somehow she had managed to get us to all cover our eyes and before we knew it we had counted to ten and were back in the bathroom with the doll in her hands. Listening to her instructions we (I very sarcastically though) chanted "I've found you Karkitty" and she gave the knife to me.
"Wait why the fuck do I have to do it?" I asked as Dave smirked and John giggled.
"Because if the doll goes insane then it'll probably kill you first and I sure don't want to die!" she said smiling. I knew that smile, that smile was the smile of justice. Singling out the person who put in the least effort to do the biggest job. I didn't really think of it as that though, only an annoyance that didn't have to be done by me. But after my futile efforts at trying to get anybody else to do it, I gave in and took the knife. I stabbed that motherfucking-raggedy old doll and very dramatically put the knife in the air and dropped it on the ground.
"THE DEED HAS BEEN DONE" I yelled sarcastically before Terezi unexpectedly took my hand. I blushed a little and she dragged me out of the room as John and Dave followed. I looked behind me at them and they were both clinging to each other making kissy faces at me. I could see them mouthing "ohhh Terezi" and "oooh Karkitty" while pretending to make out and Dave burst out laughing after hearing Karkitty. I made a throat cutting sign with me free hand but they only continued to giggle until getting to Terezi's room.
"Okay everybody, into the closet!" she said dramatically swinging open the door.
"Hey Karkat, seven minutes in heaven" Dave said cooly smirking. Terezi and John also giggled, though I don't think she realised Dave meant it to me and her.
"Harhar dick-face. You're already in the closet with John" I said mentally patting myself on the back for the smart comeback. I had caught him off guard and he actually looked a bit flustered before Terezi told us all to just get in the closet already. So we all piled into her huge closet and found a comfy spot in the back to sit. I sat in between Terezi and John and Dave for some reason sat crisscross in front of me. She left the door open a crack so that we could just barely see outside and it finally got quiet.
The only noise that I could hear were the slightly static words from the radio and fake laughter tracks from the reality tv show playing on her television. I could also hear the quiet breathing of the others and the smell of perfume in her closet slightly stung my sensitive nose. I looked over at Terezi as she whispered "..it starts, now"
What had started was the beginning of the end.