He was awakened by the noise.
The first thing he saw was an old white ceiling.
On that ceiling, some cracks are scattered around. There was even an old-fashioned light, which looked like something from the 2000s.
He sat up and looked around.
He felt a little pain all over his body, maybe because of his earlier lying position.
Somehow, he was in a not-familiar room.
That room looked like a normal mid-sized room. There was a window and a door. The door seemed closed, which wasn't so much a surprise for him. And the window was open, but on the outside it's just black and empty. He didn't know whether he used the right word or not, but that was the best description he could come up. There was a television beside the door, which looked very old and vintage. That television was a small and bulky thing. Looked at it made him had some weird nostalgia.
And, he realized.
He remembered nothing.
To make it more accurate, he remembered almost nothing.
What he still had was just his name and some alien feeling.
What happened to him? He wondered. Although he tried so much to think, nothing could come up. He signed and looked at the owners of the noise that woke him up.
In the middle room was a group of six people, so including him, the total people in the room was seven.
They seemed to be discussing something that he was sure he knew what they disscusioned about. It could only be about the current situation of both of them.
"Finally, the final person in the room was awakened. How's your sleep? We tried to wake you up, but were unsuccessful. Wondered if you were dead or not. Welcome to hell."
That was a girl. She was the most outstanding person in the group, because among the people standing, just she was sitting on the wood chair. Not just that, what's outstanding about her is her fashion. Although she looked around 13-14 years old, maybe a middle school girl in her last year, or first year of high school, now she was wearing a Streetstyle Jacket, a black shirt, and popular brand sport shoes with red long socks. Her fashion was wild and crazy like some Fashion gang members, but her face was absolutely opposite. With the Normal nerd glasses and child-like gentle face, she looked like an angel in devil disguise.
"Hell? What did you mean?"
He stood up and walked to the group.
"That's not my idea, his idea." The girl pointed at another man, who had long hair. He looked like a super-star vibe man.
"I told you, that's not hell, it is purgatory."
"To me, those are the same. So, new member, do you have any questions? Of course, you sure have some or a lot of questions, right?"
"Hey, Hell is for the sinner's soul. Purgatory is for the undecided souls, that is, the same as us. While we're in purgatory, we are going to wait....."
"Blah blah." She ignored the long-haired man's long speech, then again asked him. "So, do you have any questions?"
"I just realized I remember nothing. Are you all the same as me?"
"Yeah, we are in the same boat." She quickly answered without showed any panic or fear.
He glared at everbody around the room. They all nodded in agreement with the girl.
"..." He was silent for a few seconds, like if thinking about something, then he asked the girl. "What is your purpose?"
"Huh?"
"You act like you just found out I wake up. But, since I opened my eyes, I noticed you were watching me silently. So, Why? Why did you act like nothing happened?"
"Bingo. You passed." She laughed satisfiely.
"Huh?"
"I like you, man. Your spirit is what we need now."
"..."
"Sorry for make you confusing. The truth is, I want to examine your reaction. You know, in this room now there are seven people, and three out of seven are already the chicken." She glared quickly at three people who were standing the farthest from the group.
"..."
In front of her cruel attitude, those three people, who she was talking about, showed a bit of anger, but they remained silent.
He had noticed them before. They were somewhat silent in the previous argument. Sometimes, one of them gave a useless idea in a little tone.
That group included a otaku vibe student boy, a middle-aged boring female and a weak elderly granny.
Looked at that group, he felt some pity for them.
"And we already have two psychopaths, who don't show any fear in this situation. They sure are some crazy men." She continued the topic, her finger pointed to two people who were standing next to her.
Those were a Military vibe man with big body and a man with long hair, who just ranted about some religious thing a few minutes ago.
"..." The man had big body looked him, then nodded in greeting.
"Hello, handsome boy." Opposite to everybody in this room, the man had long hair warmly welcome him with his super star smile.
"That's 3 - 2, three chickens and two psychopaths. Not a balance for this fucked up situation, right? So, I was secretly examined you to know which side you are, chicken or pyschopath?"
"So, what result did you get?"
"Good, very good, we finally have 3 psychopaths."
"Then, what side are you on?"
"I'm just a normal girl, man. I will be the balance of this group. Half chicken, half psychopath. Hehehe."
"I don't know if I was right or not. In the situation, if I'm a chicken, you will become a psychopath instead, right?"
"..... Maybe you're right." She grinned. "Or, maybe you're wrong."
"Can you tell me some info we had?"
"That's a spirit, man. Into the important matter."
"First, we have a door." The man with a big body was the one who said. "What's weird is the door can't open." Just finished his words, he ran into the door, then punched the door with a powerful punch. "Make it clear, my punch can break even a car, and this fucking door has not even a scratch. Of course, it's locked too."
"Hey. What you all name, not knowing each other's name is annoying. At least you still have your name in mind, right? I'm Makimura Yuki, you all can call me Yuki." The girl named Yuki was still sitting on her chair and making her introduction.
"I'm Tanaka Bon, nice to meet you all." Big man introduced.
"..." He walked to the door, grabbed the doorknob. It was locked, just like Bon said. He sat down, put his ear to the door, and there was not any sound. Just silent.
Everyone's introduction still continued. Now it was the chicken trio's turn.
"My soul name's Zantokapa." The otaku boy tried to make a cool face and a cool smile.
"Hiroshi Kana." The boring middle-aged female made a quick introduction.
"My name is….. eh… what is my name….Ah, Yama…. so so, everybody called me Yama."
"What the fuck is soul name?" Yuki asked Otaku boy, who had some complex theory about his name.
"Soul name is soul name."
"So, that's not your real name, right?"
"... Real name is totally useless, soul name is more important."
"Okay okay." Yuki made a bored answer. She may have thought this topic was too stupid to continue. "Tch. Idiot."
"Second, we have a window." This time, the man with long hair spoke. He walked slowly to the window's side. "And, because of it, I'm sure we're all dead."
"..."
"Again, fuck off your stupid idea."
After checked the door completely, he walked to the window.
"I know why you have your idea. This's bizarre."
In front of his eyes, outside the window, was completely black. That was not something covered the window. Outside the window is a big place that was eaten by black colors. It's black and empty. That scene was surreal and crazy.
He tried to put his hand out the window. There was just the emptiness. The void.
"All you can call me by Yuu." The long-haired man said, then looked at him. "Do you wonder who can delete our memories, and make us in the middle of the Void? Yeah, that's God."
He just half-heartedly heard Yuu's opinion. The black empty place interested him completely.
"So, what's your name, final person." Yuki asked him. "Or, you really forget it."
"No, i still remember it. My name is Makimura Dan."
"!!!" x3
Dan quickly noticed there were three people whose reaction was weird when they heard his name.
Those were Yuki, Yuu, and Kana.
"Lastly, that Television. It's not working. I examined it, and it can't turn on. Maybe it was broken." Yuki said. "Not only television, the clock on the wall too. Not working."
Dan looked at the clock. It stopped at 12:00. Then he examined the TV. Same as Yuki's words, not working.
Suddenly.
♪-------------------♫
A melody echoed throughout the room. That melody had both a nostalgic feeling and a creepy feeling.
"What is happening?" Yuki screamed her question, but no one knew the answer.
Zantokapa, Kana and Yama were terrified. They stood frozen, their whole bodies shaking with fear.
Bon took a defensive stance, his eyes showed murderous intent, like a beast was waiting for its enemy.
Yuu laughed. He mumbled something about religion.
Dan calmly waited for something that was sure would come. His mouth unconsciously formed a smile.
"...." And Yuki saw Dan's smile.
And, the melody stopped. Instead of it, a familiar creepy sound echoed.
That sound was the sound of television static.
At the same time, everyone turned to the broken television.
It was turned on.
"..." Yuki seemed to want to say something, but she stopped and looked at the static television.
From static television, the screen became all black. Then, some white words appeared and broke the all black screen.
Welcome to the Unlimited Survival game.
Omake 1:
"You know, something bugged me for a while." Dan said to Yuki.
"Said it."
"Why just you sit on the chair?"
"Because I'm first person woke. Hehehe."
"..."
Omake 2:
"I want to smoke." Yuki sighed.
"Hey, that's not good for your girl's age." Dan said.
"Why not? You know, I'm a 25 years old mature female."
"..."