"Doctor, What is happening to him?" she bawled.
"I don't know. Ever since this death game happened conditions have been… puzzling." the doctor replied. They both in unison looked at Casey. He was strapped into his helmet getting food and water through tubes, but something was very off putting. Casey's bodied constantly twitched his arms and legs. "The same goes for his friend… Tori is her name, right?" the doctor asked.
"Yes. Her name is Tori. They are both in the same grade." the woman replied. The woman was Casey's mother, who was silently crying as the doctor took another look at them. Casey's spine was hunched over, his body was curled into a ball. Meanwhile Tori was really straight but some parts of her skin bulged over others.
"I will get back to their condition later… I know this is hard for you but it will be okay. You said your son was good at video games, right?" the doctor joked subtly.
"You know sightseeing the city and all would be great but I'm pretty tired." yawned Casey as he was walking on his own for once.
"You're tired? I've been carrying you all day Shorty." laughed Tori.
"You may have been carrying me some of the day but I am a shorty! Katie and I have to walk a longer distance since you are so much bigger than us!" retaliated Casey. Tori sighed and nodded her head with a slight grin.
"How about we get you and Katie a room and Tori and I will go look at the shops?" asked Joe. They both nodded and they went to the local inn. The NPC went over to the group and started to talk to them.
"Hello Travelers! Looks like you had a rough day. You want a room with free food or just a room?" the NPC questioned. The group decided to get 2 double rooms one for Katie and Casey and one for Tori and Joe when they got back. Katie and Casey jumped into the beds which were very comfy.
"I'm pooped" yawned Katie. She laid her head back onto the pillow and stared up at the ceiling still pondering the death game. Meanwhile Casey danced on his bed with excitement he hadn't had any food since breakfast in the real world. "Are you that excited about food? commented Katie as Casey pranced around on his bed.
"Um… Yeah! Food is great!" cheered Casey as he danced around on his bed. Katie sighed and watched Casey dance around and chuckled. A chansey eventually came through the door.
"Hello! I am here with your dinner" the Chansey declared. Katie sprung up out of her bed, she wasn't as excited as Casey but she was hungry. The Chansey opened the tray up to reveal some salads, steaks, and some rolls. Chansey set both trays on their beds and walked off.
"Hmmmm" mumbled Casey. "Hey Katie… How do you suppose I eat this? he noted. Casey looked down at his paws trying out different positions. He picked up a fork with both of his paws and started to stab the salad onto the fork. He started to twirl it around to eat it but dropped the fork onto his plate. Casey sighed and laid on his stomach.
"Hey It's alright Casey. You could always eat off the plate." Katie implied. Casey dragged his plate towards his mouth and started to eat. He devoured the plate of salad within mere seconds.
"This feels oddly… Natural" remarked Casey as a piece of salad drooped into his scruff. Katie started to laugh at him as he used his paw to scoop the salad piece back into his mouth. They both finished their meals with a full belly and laid back onto the beds.
"For being this small I have a surprisingly big stomach" giggled Katie while Casey nodded in agreement. Tori and Joe came bursting into the room,
"Guys, come with us now!" shouted Tori as she heavily panted. They all ran outside to see the sky light up. The words "Death Count" appeared in the sky. It read 2000 people. 2000 people had already been killed on the first night, whether that be from suicide or enemies it was unknown. They all looked up in awe. It had been exactly 14 hours since the game began and 2000 people had perished. Eventually they all went back inside.
"That puts a damper on things…" Joe worried as the gang looked around at each other and sighed heavily. Joe and Katie went to sleep shortly but Tori and Casey stayed up.
"Check out these cool orbs we got from the shop." commented Tori. They both stared at the orbs as little bright lights floated around inside of them. They both agreed on going to bed but as soon as Casey was going to jump into his bunk Tori grabbed him.
"Hey! Wha… What are you doing!" hissed Casey as Tori dragged him to her bed. "What is up with you and snuggling me?" he questioned.
"I don't know maybe it's the pokèmon hormones" she teased as she laid back on her pillow with Casey on her chest. He let out a heavy sigh, spun around, and plumped down. Joe and Katie woke up after a long night's rest and came to wake up Tori and Casey.
"Good Morning." yawned Tori as she rubbed her eyes. Tori was about to wake up Casey but came up with brilliant idea instead. She motioned for Joe and Katie to take the orbs and berries out of the bag and put them on the bed. Tori then lowered Casey into the bag and stuffed the orbs and berries into another bag.
"He is going to be so mad" giggled Katie even Joe was laughing for once. They all headed out on their way while Casey was still sound asleep breathing heavily and snoring. Casey eventually woke up and started to yawn.
"Wow, I am tired." yawned Casey while he tried to wipe his eyes with his paws. He noticed everyone else laughing hysterically and finally became aware of his surroundings.
"Ha ha, How you hanging Hollywood?" joked Joe as he could barely walk as he was stumbling over his paws in laughter.
"Oh god everyone is looking at me!" raged Casey as he tried to get out of the satchel. He eventually found his way out of the bag and plummeted to the ground and landed on his face. Other players walked by and giggled as Casey laid there on the ground. Another player walked up to them hurriedly.
"Hello! We need players to help clear the first dungeon boss. Are you in?" the Sneasel questioned the group. They all decided on helping him and went through the process.
"So how big is the group?" asked Joe as they all walked towards the entrance to the dungeon.
"Well including you guys we just break 50 at exactly 52." the Sneasel responded. "Oh! I forgot to tell my name! It's John." continued John.
"I'm guessing you are looking for a Razor Claw?" questioned Katie as they continued walking.
"For what?" retorted John as they stopped for a moment.
"Don't you know? Sneasels evolve at night when they level up." replied Katie.
"Oh, sweet! That's good to know." responded John as they finally arrived to the entrance of the dungeon where the rest of the group sat.
"Who is ready! To escape the death game!" a member shouted as they all screamed back as the group started to run for the boss doors.They all abruptly halted as the boss doors remained ahead of them.
"Get your items ready." another member shouted as they pushed the doors open. Tori took an attack orb out of the bag and handed out colored scarfs to the others. As the doors were pushed open the boss was revealed. A giant tauros ,about four times bigger than an actual tauros, growled as it's red eyes glistened in the dark room.
"Alright! Tanks go stand in front. Heavy hitters get behind the tanks and get ready to switch out!" John demanded. They all ran up as the boss emerged and started to charge up a 's powerful attack sent the tanks flying into the walls as all the high damage pokemon attacked. It's health bar went down significantly. Tori used the attack orb and everyone had regained strength. Casey and a couple other players attacked the legs to take it to the ground. One of it's legs fell and it toppled over to the ground where it fell on other players. Blood crystals filled the air as the horrified group kept attacking over and over in pure rage.
"One more attack!" yelled John as the group in unison tried to attack but the boss hit them into the wall. Casey and Joe who were attacking the legs hit it hard in the eyes and the boss perished and gleamed into 1000's of crystals.
"How… How many people did we lose?" Casey asked depressingly.
"We lost 2 people…" John sighed as the names faded from the raid group.
"Look guys! The next floor door is opening!" shouted Tori as the group looked up in awe.
"Floor 2 of 50?" shouted the group as the sudden realization this was only the first floor. They are in for a bumpy ride.