raisingproject | ★ WEEK ZERO: ???

A MYSTERY

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The sound of soft music which starts off soft, but slowly becomes louder over time. It's relaxing music, at least. But if that isn't enough to rouse you, then perhaps the sound of the voice that speaks up will.

"Wake up. If you do not, you will die. I do not wish for you to die." The voice is not discernible by any means; it is, however, a soothing voice that can be seen as both male and female, young and old.

Once awoken, you will find yourself in a lounge that is vastly different from the one they fell asleep in. And not only that, you will also find yourself completely and utterly alone. The voice seems to be coming from somewhere, but it's hard to figure out where. The room itself seems to be rather large, too. If you take a peek behind the couches, you will find a whiteboard and some markers. The table in front of the couch has food of their liking as well.

But more importantly, you may find that there are doors to other rooms in here - one on the far left and right - the one to the left provides a walk-in closet full of weapons galore, magical or otherwise while the one on the right provides protective gear. The rooms, however, don't seem to be humanly possible, as they seem to go on forever; they look like they are maintained by magic of some sort.

Nevertheless, the voice will eventually speak up once again, as if to remind you that it's not a hallucination or dream, speaking up in that calm voice:

"Hello. I suppose you are wondering why you're here, after being taken away from your home and brought to Town A. Do not worry. You have not left. This is just an area that the others cannot access without a special key. Now then, I bet you have some questions. Go ahead and ask them, if you would like."

And now, the floor is yours, to do as you please. Although it might not be wise to simply ignore the voice.

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It's just short for Master. Since that is what I am, in a way. Fav's "master".

[ The voice sounds rather disgusted at the word, but at the same time, honest. ]

[Huh, he didn't expect to get information out of that, so he's pretty pleased.]

Did Fav end up going out of control and now you're trying to 'clean up' after it?

[There's no judgment in his voice, just wondering if that was the case.]

No. He was always like this. I did not become his master out of my own volition.

It makes me wonder who the master truly is, to be honest.

[Again, just stated truthfully.]

Either way, you're trying to clean this up, which is good. Even if outside assistance is needed. I'll do what I can, at the very least.

If I said who I was, I would be dead. And if I am dead, the lives of many more people will be taken. I must follow the rules that are given to me.

[ It's spoken plainly, without a hint of emotion in their words. ]

Edited 2017-03-15 19:09 (UTC)

Does revealing who you are kill you? If so, how, if I can be told that?

There's a timing to this kind of thing, I guess? It is really weird and inconsistent, though. I can reveal myself if somebody figures out who I am or if Fav gets bored and wants things to be a little more interesting.

As for how I die, I simply get erased from existence.

Edited 2017-03-15 19:51 (UTC)

Are you one of us who was brought here?

If I was, what would you do?

Edited 2017-03-15 20:19 (UTC)

Depends on who you are and your intentions. At the moment, you've told me things that others don't know, assuming you really are telling the truth, and granted me access to all this.

[He motions around to the area around him.]

Right now, betraying your trust wouldn't be the wisest thing. We also haven't been told anything by Fav so I don't know if he truly wants to make us eliminate one another yet. Though I'd believe you right now what his plans are.

Isn't it only fair that the traitor gets more information than the rest of the group?

[ There's a hint of something teasing in the tone that this person seems to give, even a bit of a giggle. ]

Fav will certainly reveal his true intentions next week. That much is certain.

Edited 2017-03-15 20:48 (UTC)

[Joshua gives a bit of a sardonic grin.]

Funny how people make me betray others without asking me first. Though it's nice to know I'm betraying them this time.

Edited 2017-03-15 20:53 (UTC)

I suppose you can be grateful that I told you, then.

Edited 2017-03-15 21:09 (UTC)

I'm not going to lie, I'm both grateful and ungrateful for this.

Hah. [ The voice laughs, just a little bit. ] If I had a choice, I wouldn't have made someone a traitor to begin with.

Wouldn't it be better to call me reconnaissance or something? I feel like I'm going to be an informant over a traitor.

Hey, "traitor" is still the title for it. But I can just call you Joshua.

Please, I would prefer you call me that. Anything else just doesn't seem right.

Hearing you say that makes me want to give you a nickname now to make fun of you.

I'm pretty sure that's entirely necessary.

Yep, it's the most necessary, Joshy-poo. ♥ [ They sure just went there. Kill them now. ]

I'm afraid if that's the direction you wish to go, I need to tell you I have affections for someone else. But I appreciate it nonetheless.

[Translation: never call him that again...]

I know that.

[ They say it so cheerfully that it's clear that they were joking. ]

And I have feelings for the people of my world.

Edited 2017-03-15 23:41 (UTC)

With that established, I think it's clear that 'nickname' you gave me was asinine.

Good. Because that was the point.

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