Season 1 · Part 1

//Three//

-People chattering + laughing-

…

Bermin: Hmm?-
Bermin: Malus!

-running footsteps-

Bermin: My man!
Malus: huh?-
Malus: Bermin!
Malus: How’s stuff?
Bermin: Lovely!
Bermin: And look at you, dapper as ever!
Malus: Thanks!
Bermin: Sooo…
Bermin: how ‘bout a quick shot before you prep for the game?
Malus: Absolutely!

//two//

Bermin: PASS THAT BILL!
Bermin: UUUHHHHH!
Malus: Hahahaha
Malus: Keep it down dude!
Bermin: Hehe, well anyways, how’d you even end up with these people?

…

Malus: What do you mean?
Bermin: I mean all the funds and stuff? How’d you get those
Bermin: how’d you manage to find these people?

…

Malus: Well…
Malus: I didn’t
Malus: Heh-
Malus: In fact, they just found me
Bermin: Just like that?
Malus: Just like that.

…

Malus: Though I did get a little help from Ed, he was very excited about this one.
Bermin: hmm…
Bermin: -hup-
Bermin: Well, Ed is annoying.
Malus: Hahahahaha
Malus: Poor guy, give him a break will ya?
Bermin: Yeah yeah.
Bermin: Well-
Bermin: -hup-
Bermin: you go now
Malus: Of course!
Malus: good day!
Bermin: yeah…

//ONE//

Lady assistant: Malus! Sir!
Malus: What is it?
Lady assistant: There’s about an hour until we go live.
Lady assistant: The crows requested you to meet up with the participants before the game starts.
Malus: Right! Needa motivate them for the big day.
Lady assistant: Please follow me.
Malus: Of course.

-krieee-
-thud-
-footsteps-
Malus: -humming-

…

Lady assistant: Sir, this is as far as I can lead you.
Lady assistant: you’ll need to move ahead on your own now.

-cling-

Lady assistant: please have this key.
Malus: Thankkk You!~

-cling-
-clang-
-cling-
-clang-
-cling-
-clang-

…

-CLONG-

…

-grs-
-grs-
-grs-

Ughh…
Ooh…my…head…

…

(…the show…)

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…
…

WHAT THE HELL?!
(what…)
WHAT THE *ABJSK*

…
…
…

There’s nothing…

-Malus walking around-
-click-
-tick-
-tick-

“Request contact to crows”!!

-tick-
(CRAP!)
50 points…
-sigh-
(Not here…)

-Malus huffing + running-
-krieeee-
-thud-
-footsteps-
-chatting + laughing-

…
(No…)
(Need to contact E-)

Random participant: Oh- Hey! Malus!
Huh?
Random participant: Malus yeah? Why’d you get in here?
What- no
Dunno how I ended up here, I need to contact Ed before the game starts.
Random participant: well, you can always join us tho!
Yeah… can’t, y’all are professionals! Now- if you’ll excuse me…

…
(No-no-no-no-NO)
(Do I wait for the host?)

Dang this is embarrassing…

…

I should probably wait in my cell till he arrives…
-footsteps-

What was his name again?….
Ummm…
Pablo?
Uh- parlo?
Whatever…

-krieeeee-
-thud-
-sigh-
10 more minutes…
This is awful…

…
Hmm…
Food - Tv - clothes - bath - med kit - bed - and this stupid watch.

-click-
-tick-
-tick-
-tick-

“Help and services”
-tick-
“Currently no services available”
What's the point of this then…

…
Crap…
I can’t stay here any longer…

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//zth zth//
“ALL PARTICIPANTS HEAD TO THE MAIN CIRCLE”
“I REPEAT ALL PARTICIPANTS HEAD TO THE MAIN CIRCLE”

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“THE GAME SHALL BEGIN”
//zth zth//

About time!
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-footsteps-
-krieeee-
-thud-

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-chattering-
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Luke: Malus?

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Luke: Didn’t know you were in as well, what’s good?
It seems that I was brought in here by mistake, waiting on the host to finally contact me outta here.
Luke: Huh, accidentally- as in you sleep walked in here?
Luke: You tryna’ mess this up or something?
Not quite.
Luke: hmm

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-SCCCRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIII-

//TESTTTTINGGGGGG~//
//AAHHH//
//-KRTHH KRthh-//
//Oh- hey! This should be perfect!//
//Well!!//
//Hello and Welcome ladies and gentlemen!//
//Welcome! To our very own!!//
//RED COTTON CANDY//
//-fake applause-//
//yay//
//And I am “PARBO”//
//Your host and best buddy for this show!//

-chatter-

//So let’s get started with our rules and guidelin-//
//Oh-ho-ho!!! Malus!? Our Man?!//
//Whachya doing down there?//

…
//HOLD UP- HOLD UP, the crows have decided to give you 50 free points to speak! Be grateful and quick!//

…
//zth zth//
“50 POINTS EARNED”
//zth zth//

-click-
-tick-
-tick-
-tick-
-tick-

…
//zth zth//
“REQUEST ACCEPTED”
//zth zth//

//GOODY-GOOD! WE’RE CONNECTED! So Malus?//

I was brought here accidentally.
I am not a participant.
(Crap- I hope they hurry up…)

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…

//I am now transmitting call to one of our crows-//
//“Thank you Pablo”//
//“All personnel inside the game are all participants”
//“we request you to par take this game with patience”
//“Pablo.”//

(WHAT THE *ABJSK+)

//Thank you kind sir! Pablo works for now I guess-//

Despite that- I am the organizer for this game, I need an exi-

//Malus, despite “that” you were enrolled as a participant.//

//zth zth//
“CONTACT DECLINED”
//zth zth//

//-despite “that,” you were enrolled as a participant.//

//zth zth//
“CONTACT DECLINED”
//zth zth//

WHAT THE *ABJSK*!?!?

HELL YOU MEAN I ENROLLED MYSELF?

BRING EDWIN TO TAL-

//-scrriiiiiiiii-//

//Sorry about that! Had a bit of an interruption there//

//ANYWAYS, as I was saying, let’s start with our rules and guidelines!//

(I need to leave this area quickly...)

//Let’s first introduce ourselves with THE CROWS//

//-fake applause-//

(CRAP- the corridor is blocked!)

//Yayyy- the crows you see here are our VERY special guests//

//You behave well-They’ll treat you!//

WHAT’S TAKING HIM SO LONG!

//Speaking of which, We’ll be following a point-based system//

//It’ll help you through each round!//

-thud thud-

//The watch on your wrist is your personal guide//

//it’ll help you through your queries and you can purchase items through the points you earn!//

//Andddd how can you earn points?//

(I CAN’T STAY HERE)

//surviving a round gives 3 points, ADDITIONALLY though!//

//The crows can grant you points if you manage to impress them//

//On the contrary! You misbehave and you’ll have your points taken away!//

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//And you see//

//one among our crows is a loving father tryna stay family friendly//

//SO NO SWEARING!!//

//aside from that-//

// it’ll all up to the Crows’ mood on when they wanna pick on you//

…

//GOOD LUCK//

(Crap - crap - crap - crap)

(I need to get outta sight-)

-GGGRRRRRRRRRR-

-GRIITH-

-click-

//THE GAME NOW, SHALL BEGIN!!!//

//GYAHAHAHA//

//THIS IS SO EXCITING!!//

//LET’S START WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE//

//Hmmmm//

//Our very first game is-//

//EXECUTEE//

//Sounds so cute doesn’t it?//

//Get it? Cue-tie? Haha! -oh sorry//

//IN THIS ROUND, ONE PARTICIPANT SHALL BE EXECUTED//

-chattering-

-beep-

//Keep an eye on your watch!//

-beep-

//it’ll light up if you’re selected!//

-beep-

-beep-

-beep-

-beep-
-beep-

//Oooooh!//

-beeP-

//Who is it gonna be?~//

-beEP-

-bEEP-
(CRAP)
-BEEP-
-BEEP-
-BEEP-
-BEEP-
-BEEP-     (NO)
-BEEP-     (NO)
-BEEP-

-VVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-

-click-

-DUNG-

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-loud chattering-

//OOOH!!! Who was it!? Who was it!?//

//Tom Davis - #12//

// ELIMINATED//

//zth zth//
“3 POINTS EARNED”
//zth zth//

(crap)

(safe…)

//147 Participants remain!//

-loud chattering-

-footsteps-

…

-krieee-

-thud-

-dead silence-

-click click click-

-ring-

-click-

Ed: Why’d you call?

//HUH? YOU EXPLAIN WHY MALUS IS IN THERE FIRST//

Ed: Pipe it down, Bermin!

Ed: Man! Your voice is itching my ears; want ‘em dead?

//I WISH, BUT WITH YOUR ASS TOO//
//I KNOW YOU’RE ONE OF THE CROWS; SO TALK HIM OUT ALREADY//

Ed: Yeah- just one of ‘em, not all of ‘em

Ed: Not in my hands, bbg

//CUT YOUR CRAP- I KNOW GOT HIM IN THERE//
//AND ABJSK OFF ALREADY-//

Ed: Whoa whoa! Language!

Ed: And besides, why are you so eager to get him out anyway?

//NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS-GET HIM OUT//

Ed: Hmm…

Ed: Well, two things.

Ed: One - I can’t

Ed: Two - I don’t care hahahha

//ABJSK ABJSK BAJSK-//

-beep-

Ed: (sigh)

Ed: So we’re playing innocent now?

-small chuckle-

-kriieeee-

-thud-

-footsteps-

Ed: Hey! Robin!

…

Robin: Sir. Sorry I took a while.

Robin: How may I help you?

Ed: Keep an eye on Calder.

Ed: And ask Katie to check how to get our man out.

Robin: Ok. Anything else?

Ed: Hmm…

Ed: No.

Ed: …
Ed: Actually, hold up!

Robin: Yes, sir?

Ed: Get me my favorite soda too.

Robin: Of course.

Ed: …

//OOOOH THAT WAS MESSY//

//BYAHHAHHHAHAHAAHA//

//-COUGH COUGH-//

//Sorry- getting older//

//Well- give space to the clean-up squad and let’s move on//

(This won’t work-)

//Let’s get our second round running!!!//

//This one’s my favorite!//

//THE GAMBLE//

(The Clean-up squad…)

//Just kidding - I made that one up//

(They’re here till the end of the game as well…)

//We’ll be playing split or steal!//

-beep-

(I think they’re allowed to leave with a temporary permit)

-beep-

(I could sneak through them, but how?...)

-beep-

//for this round, 2 people will be selected//

-beep-

-beep-

…

-BEEP-

-BEEP-

(I am safe for this one)

-BEEP-

//BYAHAHAHHAHAHAHA//

(can’t possibly bribe them…)

//We have our 2 candidates!//

//each of them will get the chance to pick from split and steal//

…

//if both split, they both get half of something//

(maybe I should wait for an opening?)

//if one of them steals, they alone receive it//

…

//if both steal, neither of them gets anything//

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//SO!//

//WHAT’S IT GONNA BE?//

-dead silence-

They should both steal.

#27 Participant: Why?

Hm?

What they receive ain’t guaranteed to be good.

-Beeeeeeeeeeep-

//OH!!! They both split!//

//How kind of them//

//Both of them should get a chocolate bar each!//

#27 participant: heh-

//And a bounty of 50 points on them//

#27 participant: …

//If any participants were to eliminate them, gets 50 points//

//within the ground rules, of course!!!//

//participant #56 and #128, watch your back!//

//byahahahaha//

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-loud chattering-

//147 participants remain!//

#27 participant: Malus wasn’t it?

Yeah.

#27 participant: Dominic

//Thank you, everyone, for cooperating well//

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//We shall continue our game in 2 hours 45 minutes!//

//Enjoy your break!//

(#27) Dominic: I can help

(#27) Dominic: You wanna leave, yeah?

Not interested.

(#27) Dominic: hmmp.

(#27) Dominic: Whatever suits you.

(#27) Dominic: I’ll still be available

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-footsteps-

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-click-

-krieeeee-

-thud-

(sigh)

(I can’t rise suspicions now - they have cameras everywhere)

I am exhausted…

Didn’t have anything to eat either.

…

-thuck-

I guess a few snacks could do.

-thud-

…

(I’ll need to have someone from the clean-up squad injured)

(Seems like Edwin wasn’t helpful after all-)

(I should deal with that later)

I should rest before the new round.

Coming soon!

Coming soon!