EPISODE 4: JUDGEMENT DAY
1181 Words
"Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red."
-Clive Barker
FRIDAY
November 1
Judgement Day
17:20
Everyone is dressed up as a white lady, werewolves, Frankenstein, zombies, others are demons as well with horns and tails. The others decided to cosplay like Robin, Raven, Ironman, Captain, Thanos, and so much more of heroes.
On the other hand, Franz was able to wear like the gunslinger from the dark tower but to make it more interesting, she manages to do a bit prosthetics to her face, like her skin from her mouth is tearing off. She also wore her contact lenses with different colors, that would match her whole style.
Almost all the students are already there, as the time cutoff is 17:30.
"Hey, where the hell is Lee? I can't wait to activate my avatar now." Mae sounded excited to try on the new game.
"Yeah me too! Did you know, last night, I was thinking of a good way to die and I was like, OH MY GOD! This is it!!!" Wilhelm squeals as Franz came in.
"Wow!"
"Ooohhh so scary."
"Nice make up!!"
Everyone starts to compliment her as she just smiles at them. Soon, Lee came with the Friday the Thirteen theme, with silver big claws and a mask. Everyone screamed as he acted like he's going to kill someone but decided to take off his mask as they were all relieved it was just him.
"So, let's begin guys! Have you thought of any good way to die tonight?" He asks that made them feel like they're going to die.
So, they gather as they place their phones in front of them, opening the app at the same time. As Franz stares at the white screen with a black cat, her nightmare came flashing back.
The cellphone.
The picture was in the full-screen set, has a white background, and on the center was a logo of a cat with red eyes that is indeed intimidating. It gives you the feeling of excitement and at the same time, shiver to give you the thought of doubt.
"Guys!" She shouted which makes them all look at her with curiosity. "I don't feel so good about this."
"Me too," Regina said that enlightens her.
"You do?"
"Yeah. Because I can't WAIT TO SEE HOW MY DEATH STYLE WILL BEAT ALL OF YOURS!" She shouted back that made her expectation gone wrong.
Great.
"If you don't feel so good about this Franz, you can just not join okay?" She nodded. But at some point, she felt outcast and party pooper if that happens because it is Halloween, and this is a part of their party.
"No. I'm fine. I just got chills looking at the cat's eye." She said as she looks back at the cat on the white screen. It was a cute icon, but a bit creepy for non-cat lovers.
After waiting for a couple of seconds, the white screen turned dark blue theme with the words plastered on it. You can never lie about the fact that all of them were excited since the game was made exclusively for their section. But Franz wasn’t always a fan of excitement. She does have this feeling coming through her beating heart and working mind that somehow, this is not a safe game to play. Hacks? Unfixed bugs? Even if Lee assured them it will be just for fun, she still can’t be that sure. They shouldn’t be that sure.
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
/
BLACK DESTINY
/
LEE GAME
As the app opens, Lee instructed them to put an untraceable code so no one could ever guess who is. Franz, on the other hand, had one code going in inside her head.
17:40
MAKE YOUR OWN
D E S T I N Y
*codename*
*password*
If you’re pretty observant, you will be able to see through the black screen, a guy looking down fiercely. The guy on the photo will look like he’s looking at you, making the game more interesting. Lee didn’t fail on making the game as interesting as it should be, making all of them fall for his outstanding edits on the game.
As soon as they were done with it, all of the gladness came over them as they were all logged in at the same time.
"So, at this moment, we must make our black destiny, and like what the terms and conditions say, we need to NOT TELL the others or else, it would be not good. Got it?"
They all nodded as they step away from each other, typing their secret black destiny. Even if it feels so creepy, it was a choice she made, and she needs to stand for it.
They all waited again. Almost some might’ve given up and call it a day, but before they could even do it, a picture in a 1:1 size came popping into their phone screens. A picture of dull white and pink roses was painted on a black canvas and at the near end of the photo was a torn white sheet style with words encrypted on it.
Hello @_____________!
Today marks the day that you can finally write your DESTINY. If you’re already here, that means you’ve read the terms and conditions carefully.
But that doesn’t it. There’s another message with the same photo background. They swipe it to the left to read the second message.
Are you ready? I bet you are
Please type below the scariest, gruesome black destiny you could ever come up with and be on top of the leaderboard!
Type here: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
She gulps as she looks at all her classmates who were amazed at how the game is not of any hassle, not because of waiting but because of the ad-free app.
Should I continue?
Should I not?
Franz then looks at her phone, still not believing all that’s happening. Even if she wanted to just stop and not continue with the game, she never wanted to be the “KJ”
"Hey, Franz?" Someone called her attention as she looks at the person beside her.
- Writer
