Disclaimer: This story was inspired by both Death Note, Serial Experiments Lain and Future Diary, all of which I do not own, nor any element or script of these three anime that you will find in this fanfiction. No matter how much I want to own them all…sadness. Enjoy!
Author Note: Just a few changes to the chapter than the previous chapter 3.
Dear Diary
Entry 003: Meeting the Players
Deus Ex Machina (Lord of Time & Space)
To all Future Diary Holders, I would like to take this opportunity to give you all a briefing on the {Survival Game}.
Time: 2015/5/1 0:00 Midnight
Location: The 38th Cause & Effect Holy Hall
(Murumuru will be your guide)
Everyone is expected to participate
Lain looked at the message once again before gazing up at those who stood feet from him, all on platforms like his own, their faces were hidden in the shadows the Deus had cast on them. Another way to make the game more exciting he had to guess. He then looked over to the platform that had the Roman numeral III on it, it was empty.
"Oh, we were just talking about you."
Lain looked over to who had spoken and noticed that the 1st had shown up.
"To think that it was the 1st who got the best of the 3rd, tell us, was it you who killed him?" said the man again.
Lain noticed that the 1st was shaking and had to hold back a chuckle, the kid, from the looks of it, was scared. He had to wonder what made him even want to play in this game.
"Now then."
Everyone gazed up as Deus appeared in his throne.
"Since everyone is here, let us start the briefing on the [Survival Game.] First, let me tell you about the diary in your hand. It is called the Future Diary."
Lain looked down at his cell phone.
"Originally it began as your normal diary. Modified it now shows you the future of around 90 days. In other words you are able to learn your own future."
"I have noticed that the Diary changes itself!" called out the 10th.
"Correct, as you know the Future is a fickle thing. It changes according to your actions. Do the opposite of what it says and you will avoid the outcome of your original future by changing it into something else entirely."
"Wait a minute; my prediction was avoided without me doing anything when it told me I would be killed by the 3rd."
"As a survival game a [Dead End] is required. Should your future come up as such than it will be predicted that you shall die. It will be the first prediction that your diary shows."
Lain saw the 1st look at the Deus in shock.
"We need to kill the other Diary holders, do we not? How do we do so if we do not know their faces?" asked the 6th.
Lain chuckled, "Isn't that obvious, idiot."
The 6th turned to him and glared making Lain smirk.
"We rely on our Diaries to give us information, right?" asked Lain.
Deus smirked, a rumbling chuckle coursing through his throat, "Correct, 13th."
"This means we will have to start out by finding out the opponents identities" spoke the 5th.
"And we get killed if we are discovered" said the 4th.
"That is the meaning of the [Survival Game]. But, as the 1st has already demonstrated the [Dead End] can be avoided…or maybe, it makes you suited to become my successor, as is another among you."
Lain gasped when the God turned to him and he could tell that this did not go unnoticed by the others.
"The last person standing is the winner of this game. That person will become my heir and inherit the power to control time and space, the "Throne of God"! Will you live or die! The Twelve Remaining!"
Lain tuned everything else out, he was not the important one, but the 1st was. He had to wonder how long the kid would last. The boy was a coward; he shook like a leaf during winter. He was certainly an easy target and Lain knew that it was not him who had saved his life. He looked over to the platform beside the 1st. The 2nd had not said a word but she was looking at the 1st with the eyes of a predator and not just any kind.
'A stalker' he thought.
3rd Chapter! Thanks for reading and please Review!
Sayonara!