She stood within the crowded space, memorizing the map. Soon, she went out from the crowd, walking to the direction where her room is located.
Striding around for a while, she noticed that the girl at the intermission was following her, as they awkwardly walked together—Every turn she made, and the halls she passed by, the girl still walked beside her, with a slight confusion on her face.
And of course, Eunha definitely felt like she was being followed. Maybe it's just a coincidence, she thought. But the more she walked further and faster, through the halls and finally approaching her designated room, the other woman still followed her.
—click
The door beside her opened. Turns out they were neighbours, feeling a little bit embarrassed, she bowed her head down in respect.
"My name is Kang Eunha from FxN. I will be staying in the room next door, please take care of me sunbae."
The other stopped for a moment, with sleepy eyes, she bowed down, responding back to the younger one, "Alright, good night hoobae."
Both being exhausted, they both continued to enter their designated rooms.
Inside was revealed a basic hotel interior, a queen sized bed, a wardrobe, a desk, and a chair. There's also a bathroom beside the bed.
Then she saw a small, dark package lying on the bed, tied with a blue coloured bow. It then levitated, shaking itself.
—poof
After the effect, the promised clothes were folded neatly and sorted on top of the bed. Tired, she just took the given clothes and put them inside the wardrobe. She then wore the pajamas and soon slept through the night.
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On the other side of the tower, Eunho and Jaehyun turned out to be neighbors, too. And of course, Eunho had barged into Jaehyun's room instead of his.
"..Why are you still here?" Jaehyun asks whilst drying his hair, shirtless with the hotel's robe on.
"Dunno, just felt like it."
It wasn't unusual for him to be at Jaehyun's place, since they were roommates from the start and until now.
Seeing Eunho sitting by the desk, it seemed regular to the blonde.
"Go away, you have your own room," said whilst kicking the wheeled chair's leg.
"Do me a favor first."
Tapping the system's panels, he opened the shop. And it showed a long list of items he could buy, ranging from weapons to miscellaneous things.
After dressing up in his pajamas, he sat on the bed staring at Eunho's system panel. The noirette was scrolling through the items, then he stopped. Pointing at the item on the system, he asked which of the packages he should buy.
The item descriptions were short and obscure, just a short sentence of what the weapon's usability had been watered down to.
"The descriptions are bad."
"Pick me one."
Jaehyun soon points at the orange crate, all of which are listed at the same price, so picking based on his preference would be harmless.
Eunho tapped the purchase button; he bought it.
—Delivering to your destination.
—poof!
The orange crate then appeared out of nowhere, and slowly levitated itself to Eunho. It rotated, revealing the side that had a button, he soon pressed it then it opened in quite a spectacular way.
Revealing a sharp dagger with some orange markings, it was what he wanted. After all, he was at the daggers section, he just wanted Jaehyun to pick its appearance and ability.
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[Dagger]
[Level 1 (exp 0/100)]
Abilities:
-Fire infusion (10 aptitudes/min)
-Enhanced senses (adjustable)
-Telekinesis (dagger's trait)
Owner: [player] Kang Eunho
Options:
× rename «click! × close
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[Rename your weapon!]
Enter new name:
›Mr. Daggery
Options:
× confirm «click! × discard
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"....Mr. Daggery..?"
"?? I think it has a ring to it."
Not questioning his choice of names anymore, he then kicked Eunho out of his room because their discussion was over, and also because he wanted to sleep.
The following morning had arrived.
—Ring
— "Good morning dear players, let's wake up and get our breakfasts!"
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All of the players soon gathered up in the hall; the hall that used to be a fancy lobby had turned into a restaurant buffet overnight. Its delicious food being displayed and ready to be feasted upon.
"Unnie, let's sit together!"
"—Ah, yes."
A bit taken aback, They walked towards a table after picking their breakfast. chatting together in a group of 4—like they always did.
"Did you have a good sleep? You looked really tired yesterday."
'I barely got any,' is what she wanted to say, but nonetheless she answers;
"Yeah, I finally got some rest."
One of the four then pinched some veggies with their chopsticks, then placed it on the neighboring plate.
"Yun-ah, you should eat more, these vegetables increase your stamina."
"yes.."
Looking at her plate in disgust, she hated Brussel sprouts. Then another spoke, complementing,
"Yun-ah unnie is so cool, she's always calm no matter the situation is.. "
"— ahaha.. Thanks."
Well, it had always been like this, whether in her daily interactions, she looked like she never sweats, though inside she definitely isn't the bravest.
'.. Get me out of this game.'
.. In fact, she hates gory games the most.
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Awkwardly on the table beside, Eunho, Eunha and Jaehyun were sitting together and eating their meals. It was pure silence, but Eunho breaks the ice.
"The meal isn't so bad, eh?"
The other two focused on their meals, they hadn't got a good night's sleep. Though Eunho did too, not getting a wink of sleep, he still behaved normally, adapting to the new surroundings.
Being a tiny bit irritated by the silence, he asks more questions, trying to bring a light conversation to the table.
"How was your experience during the super-mart, Eunha?"
"—well I'm asking because I escaped early, so I don't know what happened for the next 2 days."
Eunha just sat still, eating away her meal with blanked eyes. The other two then stared at her, wanting to hear her part. She soon noticed the stares and answered.
"..I chopped an employee's arm, exchanged it for money, then bought something and left."
"Ah, turns out that's allowed."
"You were thinking of me chopping my arm off weren't you?"
"Haha, I wouldn't be so cruel to my sister. I never insisted on you taking that path."
"..."
"So, what about the team?" Eunho asked.
"—it seems like the other teams that paired up with the contract had their own colours, ours is still gray. We should sign them now."
The three took out their given forms, It was shown to be listed with one leader and three members, it explained that it was not necessary for the team to be exactly a group of four, it insisted for a team leader instead, and that the team's name will be decided and generated by the game.
Each individual of the team listed out the members, they chose Eunho as the leader since he kept pushing for it, they were quite annoyed, but they weren't confident enough to be one. After listing, they all pressed the submit button.
Their gray-cropped hoodie then soon was completed with a bit of red, and the inside of the hood had turned to a striking bright red colour. It was still mainly gray, but stylish enough to make it different. Soon, their lanyards faded out and their names got imprinted on the right for exchange.
And a blue-transparent box hovered to the center of the three, showing their teams description. The given name was displayed at the very top, then listed down to the leader and the members. And as they read it from the top, the group's name was already decided by the game, Onyx. Clicking the close button, the box disappeared.
As most of the players finished their meal, the once buffet—fancy-diner-styled Hall had returned back to its first appearance. Some of the players were a bit disturbed by the sudden transformation, but with no other choice, they didn't complain. It was 8 am after all.
Yun-ah on the other hand, had too signed a contract with her team. After sometime, Yunah confessed that the other member of their team had been eliminated from the first level, some members grieved from the loss of their other member, some kept saying that it's fine since it's just a game.
And soon the two teams parted ways from their neighboring location.