Crono opened his eyes and looked around at his new surroundings. It looked like a normal house from his time period, but also in the house were a bunch of other people: Lucca, Marle, Robo, Frog, Ayla, Magus, Melchior, Magus's cat Alfador, Schala, Tata, Ozzie, and a Nu. What in the world just happened to bring them all here? The last thing Crono remembered, he was sitting in his room when this Poyozo flew in through his open window and knocked him in the forehead. From what everyone else was muttering, they were thinking the same thing.
Suddenly, a huge panel of wood from the wall slid into the floor, revealing a huge TV screen. The TV came on, and Timmy's face appeared. What was going on here?
"How are you, gentlemen?" Jimmy began. He managed to stifle the urge to make a base-related comment. "I have brought all of you here to see which of you is most fit to survive. You must all live together in this specially built dome for four weeks. Every three days, one of you will be eliminated. You must vote among yourselves as to which one this will be."
"Who do you think you are?" demanded Magus.
"I am... the Entity," answered Jimmy.
A sudden shock fell over the group. Jimmy smiled an evil smile, then his face disappeared from the screen. The people began talking among themselves. After Lucca and Robo together couldn't come up with an escape plan, Marle stood up on a chair and addressed the crowd.
"If we're all going to live here for four weeks, we have to stick together!"
Tata decided to add his brilliant commentary. "I'm hungry."
Crono looked around the kitchen for food, but there wasn't any. He opened the front door, and stared straight out into a prehistoric jungle.
"You mean we have to hunt our own food?!" complained Lucca.
Frog, Ayla, and Marle volunteered to go hunting for food. After they left, everyone waited patiently for them to come back. Lucca decided to see if she could get her computer to work after she plugged it in, but it took those old computers from the 990s so long to boot up she wouldn't know for a day or two. Crono took to polishing his Rainbow sword, and Robo defragmented his hard drive. Magus, Schala, and Alfador were still celebrating their reunion. Tata ran around acting like an idiot and made funny noises while Ozzie set up booby traps all over the place.
After a few hours, Frog, Ayla, and Marle returned with their kill for the group to feast on. Unfortunately, all they found in the way of food was a bunch of tiny frogs that lived in the forest, along with petals, fangs, horns, and feathers.
"You expect this measly bit to fill us up?" asked Ozzie.
"Complain not," said Frog. "This be all the food in yonder woods. Wouldst thou rather haveth nothing, Ozzie?"
Ozzie mumbled something unintelligible, then sat down on the couch.
Lucca used her Flare spell to cook the frogs. Afterwards, they were no longer frogs, but some strange black substance that vaguely resembled food. She made a mental note to tone it down next time. There was enough for everyone to have one charred lump, because Frog and Schala refused to eat one and had a nice salad of petals instead. After everyone managed to choke down supper, night started to fall and the TV screen came back on.
"This is the Entity again. I will be announcing room assignments. All the bedrooms are upstairs. In Room 1 will be Marle and Crono. Room 2 will be occupied by Frog and Ayla. Room 3 now belongs to Alfador and Ozzie. Room 4, that's Lucca and Schala. Room 5 will be Tata and Magus. Room 6 will be shared by Robo and Melchior. The Nu gets no room, because I said so. Goodnight."
Jimmy was going to enjoy tonight, he thought. He looked at the computer monitors hooked up to the hidden cameras planted in all of the bedrooms. With any luck, this program would go from PG straight to R tonight.
Crono and Marle were each sleeping in separate beds, both of them tied down to their own bed. Apparently, they didn't trust themselves and were determined to keep this story from becoming a lemon. They were both sound asleep.
Ayla's stomach growled as she lay awake in bed. How could that little lump of charred frog fill anyone up? That was barely an appetizer. Unable to help herself, Ayla kept eyeing Frog hungrily from her bed, while Frog lay sleeping lightly with the Masamune still clutched in his hands.
Ozzie curled himself up in a little ball on his bed, scared to death of the cat Alfador. He was sure that purple feline had it in for him, just like that cat in his fortress did... Alfador, on the other had, paid no attention to the green freak in his room and curled up to sleep in the corner.
Schala was exhausted, and tried to get to sleep, but Lucca kept the light on so she could read some science books. Why had she got put in the same room with Lucca? Had the Entity wanted them to...? Schala pulled a pillow over her head and decided not to think about it anymore.
Magus and Tata were, suprsingly, both asleep. This was probably due to the fact that Magus told Tata if he made as much as one peep during the night, he'd turn him into a newt. Magus went to sleep quickly as well, at peace with the world now that his two goals in life were complete: destroy Lavos and find Schala. If only he could kill Ozzie...
Robo and Melchior's room was much like Magus and Tata's room: both asleep. At least, Melchior was asleep. Robo was technically just in an inactive state where he recharged himself.
The Nu, which everyone thought was asleep in the living room, silently planned his domination of the world, and thought how all these fools here couldn't stop him.
Suddenly, a huge panel of wood from the wall slid into the floor, revealing a huge TV screen. The TV came on, and Timmy's face appeared. What was going on here?
"How are you, gentlemen?" Jimmy began. He managed to stifle the urge to make a base-related comment. "I have brought all of you here to see which of you is most fit to survive. You must all live together in this specially built dome for four weeks. Every three days, one of you will be eliminated. You must vote among yourselves as to which one this will be."
"Who do you think you are?" demanded Magus.
"I am... the Entity," answered Jimmy.
A sudden shock fell over the group. Jimmy smiled an evil smile, then his face disappeared from the screen. The people began talking among themselves. After Lucca and Robo together couldn't come up with an escape plan, Marle stood up on a chair and addressed the crowd.
"If we're all going to live here for four weeks, we have to stick together!"
Tata decided to add his brilliant commentary. "I'm hungry."
Crono looked around the kitchen for food, but there wasn't any. He opened the front door, and stared straight out into a prehistoric jungle.
"You mean we have to hunt our own food?!" complained Lucca.
Frog, Ayla, and Marle volunteered to go hunting for food. After they left, everyone waited patiently for them to come back. Lucca decided to see if she could get her computer to work after she plugged it in, but it took those old computers from the 990s so long to boot up she wouldn't know for a day or two. Crono took to polishing his Rainbow sword, and Robo defragmented his hard drive. Magus, Schala, and Alfador were still celebrating their reunion. Tata ran around acting like an idiot and made funny noises while Ozzie set up booby traps all over the place.
After a few hours, Frog, Ayla, and Marle returned with their kill for the group to feast on. Unfortunately, all they found in the way of food was a bunch of tiny frogs that lived in the forest, along with petals, fangs, horns, and feathers.
"You expect this measly bit to fill us up?" asked Ozzie.
"Complain not," said Frog. "This be all the food in yonder woods. Wouldst thou rather haveth nothing, Ozzie?"
Ozzie mumbled something unintelligible, then sat down on the couch.
Lucca used her Flare spell to cook the frogs. Afterwards, they were no longer frogs, but some strange black substance that vaguely resembled food. She made a mental note to tone it down next time. There was enough for everyone to have one charred lump, because Frog and Schala refused to eat one and had a nice salad of petals instead. After everyone managed to choke down supper, night started to fall and the TV screen came back on.
"This is the Entity again. I will be announcing room assignments. All the bedrooms are upstairs. In Room 1 will be Marle and Crono. Room 2 will be occupied by Frog and Ayla. Room 3 now belongs to Alfador and Ozzie. Room 4, that's Lucca and Schala. Room 5 will be Tata and Magus. Room 6 will be shared by Robo and Melchior. The Nu gets no room, because I said so. Goodnight."
Jimmy was going to enjoy tonight, he thought. He looked at the computer monitors hooked up to the hidden cameras planted in all of the bedrooms. With any luck, this program would go from PG straight to R tonight.
Crono and Marle were each sleeping in separate beds, both of them tied down to their own bed. Apparently, they didn't trust themselves and were determined to keep this story from becoming a lemon. They were both sound asleep.
Ayla's stomach growled as she lay awake in bed. How could that little lump of charred frog fill anyone up? That was barely an appetizer. Unable to help herself, Ayla kept eyeing Frog hungrily from her bed, while Frog lay sleeping lightly with the Masamune still clutched in his hands.
Ozzie curled himself up in a little ball on his bed, scared to death of the cat Alfador. He was sure that purple feline had it in for him, just like that cat in his fortress did... Alfador, on the other had, paid no attention to the green freak in his room and curled up to sleep in the corner.
Schala was exhausted, and tried to get to sleep, but Lucca kept the light on so she could read some science books. Why had she got put in the same room with Lucca? Had the Entity wanted them to...? Schala pulled a pillow over her head and decided not to think about it anymore.
Magus and Tata were, suprsingly, both asleep. This was probably due to the fact that Magus told Tata if he made as much as one peep during the night, he'd turn him into a newt. Magus went to sleep quickly as well, at peace with the world now that his two goals in life were complete: destroy Lavos and find Schala. If only he could kill Ozzie...
Robo and Melchior's room was much like Magus and Tata's room: both asleep. At least, Melchior was asleep. Robo was technically just in an inactive state where he recharged himself.
The Nu, which everyone thought was asleep in the living room, silently planned his domination of the world, and thought how all these fools here couldn't stop him.
