I woke up in a dark place. Literally and metaphorically. It took me a minute to remember that I killed Sara the day before. I tried to see where I was, but my Psych wouldn't work. Then Sara appeared out of the Darkness. I was so relieved. But my confusion overcame that relief. Sara explained what I couldn't remember.
Flashback: The Second DayI was just about to kill Sara. That Reaper who made me was thankful she was seeing progress. Then a guy in a black hoodie came out and knocked me down before I could completely kill Sara.
"Ulrika!" The guy said. The Reaper turned around at the sound of this name. "You know you're not supposed to be giving missions! And there's only supposed to be one a day, unless it's special in which case it should still be given only by the Game Master!"
"Whoa! What!?" I exclaimed.
"To make matters worse 'Erase your Partner' is a Forbidden Mission! You can't make that a Mission; it's been like that since the first days of the Game!"
"…I know, Boss… But I'm not the GM. So this wasn't even a Mission."
"YOU TRICKED ME!" I yelled.
"Hey, Trust is part of the Game… but you can't trust Reapers if you want to Survive." Ulrika took off.
"Thanks for helping us," Sara said to the Stranger. "I'm Sara by the Way."
"I'm Ricky."
"I know who you two are, I'm the head Reaper of Manhattan, call me Frank, Frank N. Stein."
"She really had u-…me fooled."
"Nice choice of words there." Frank said. "You know no one can just read your mind. In order to make it easier to trust people you have to open up. You're Partner here won't be able to know you unless you open your heart." Easy for him to say.
"He's Right, Ricky!" Sara started to say. "Let me in! I only want to help you out of the UG just as much as I want you to help me! The only way to do that is to let me understand you!"
"… I wish you could…" I said. "But I need to understand myself first."
"What?"
"I don't know anything about myself… I woke up in the Park without any memory of who I am besides the name Ricky Jordan. I don't know who I really am."
The Third Day: Radio City Noise"Why didn't you tell me you lost your memory?" Sara asked.
"I only had ideas until I told you. It took a while for me to figure it out."
"Well, maybe you'll figure it out. Let's focus on today right now." The mission came around on our phones.
Erase the Noise at Radio City. Time Limit: 500 minutes.
Fail and face Erasure.
-The Reapers
The timers set to 500:00 and started ticking. Sara said she knew where Radio City was. We left wherever we were and found out we were at Radio City. There was one guy standing outside the building. He had blond hair going down to his elbows, he was in a Red t-shirt that said "God Be Praised." The thing that tipped me off that he wasn't normal was that he looked at us.
"Ah Players! Can you help me for a spell?"
"How can we be of assistance?" Sara asked.
"Whoa, Sara, wha-"
"Thanks… You see I'm supposed to have a concert at Radio City in about an hour; the only problem is that the Intern I sent hasn't come back with or without the proper tools to fix the lights in there, you think you can Imprint the idea of getting a Fuse on him? That would help ol' Jake Garrison out a lot!"
"J-J-Jake Garrison!?" Sara exclaimed.
"That's me, Christian Singer Extraordinaire."
"Uh…" I rack my brain for any reference of his name.
"Remember your amnesia, Ricky. You don't know him."
"Oh yeah. We got this Mr. Garrison."
"Call me Jake."
We went around looking for anyone who could've been the intern according to Jake's description he was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and a lanyard. We found him pretty easily. He was at a roadside Café. When we got in we were greeted by a waitress.
"The Reapers set up marks on the UG to allow Players to enter businesses and get what they need to complete the missions," Sara Explained. "Once we step outside, we won't be visible anymore."
I saw the intern and walked up to deliver the message from Jake.
"OH! Thanks for reminding me man! Gotta go!" He paid his bill and left in a hurry. We followed him to the Electrical appliance store, on the way we found Grey and Ash.
"Ah man, Talk about Rotten Luck. Here comes Beats," Grey said.
"C'mon, Grey, He's not that bad," Ash said.
"Hey you guys." Sara said.
"Sara, Ricky how are you guys?"
"We just got through with Getting an intern at Radio city to get a new fuse for the lights. That should help a lot."
"The Lights are out?" Ash said.
"It's pitch black in there," I answer. "That's where we woke up today."
"That'd Explain the Meme we got," Grey said.
"Meme?"
"They're these text messages sent to your phone to Imprint on RG walkers, the one we got was 'Blackout'." Just as she said Blackout my phone got a text.
Meme: "Blackout."
The Intern came out of the store and seemed confused.
"Why did I buy this?" he asked himself.
"Seems like the perfect opportunity to test out the Meme," Ash said. "Go on Ricky, give it a shot."
Ash told me how to Imprint on people, I touched the Player's Pin and Aimed the tip of my Phone at the Intern. I sent the Text and let go of the Pin.
"Blackout…? Oh right! I need to get this to Radio City!" he rushed off.
"Is that offer still open?" I asked.
"If you're willing to trust us, yo," Grey answered.
"Well here's your chance to prove you're worth my trust, Sara and I will take down the Noise, if that doesn't work, help us out."
"We gots this, Yo!"
We all went back to Radio City. There was something preventing the lights from going on. That would be a giant Bat-like Noise. Sara and I took it and it's little Friends out, but the timer was still going, then Grey said something I never thought I'd hear.
"I'm diggin' it!" and he and Ash slashed across a small golden Bat-Noise, Erasing it.
The timer stopped, and reset.
"Okay, you earned it." I said. Jake walked into the Room once the lights went on again.
"That's a mission accomplished, congratulations."
"How could he see us?" Ash asked.
"He's a Reaper." Everyone looked at me. "The only people who can see Players are affiliated with the Game. I think that makes him a Reaper." Here ends the Third Day