Hearing the announcement, we were all terrified. Standing beside the monitor, we all knew what the numbers were. It was for us. Hell, no one even dared to light up the mood because we all know the situation we are in. So, swallowing up my fear, I said-

"E-excuse me, I know, the situation we are in is very terrifying, having us kidnapped against our own wills and erasing our memories then being subjected to some experiment without us knowing what this experiment is, i-it still doesn't change the fact that we're all in this together,"

For the record, from what I remember, I was only a 17 year old student so these bravery speeches isn't exactly my thing. Being subjected to an unknown experiment isn't also exactly what I wanted either, so I'm doing this to console them while also calming myself as well. Me, stuttering, also doesn't exactly help them either.

"For someone who wanted to make us feel a little better, you're not exactly helping."

"S-shut up, at least I'm trying."

"But he's right, it doesn't change the fact that we're all in this together, so I guess we should start with saying our fucking names.

My name is Jest Matthews, according to the book. My memory only tells me that I'm 17 years old and I was in-"

"Wait, so you have memories that didn't make sense at all as well?"

"I was getting to that, shithead. I was in school, and after the bell rang, I think I was going to a house? I think it was my house? Wait, no it was a warehouse, no, shit, sorry, I can't remember anything beyond that."

Jest Matthews, he seems like a typical know-it-all antagonist from an anime. He's awfully calm about this, and he has this rude mouth that doesn't fit his character. He's like a savage, but I guess I should thank him because his calmness eventually made progress for us. Like me, he has a recollection of events that stops at a certain point. Logically, I'll wait until all our introductions are finish and if our memories stop at a certain point as well, but I just can't help overthinking things and this made me panic a bit, inside my head. Wait, maybe we're inside that warehouse? Well, if we were, we should've been saved hours ago! So why?--

I was eventually able to calm myself down, and from the looks of their faces, I'm 60% sure that our memories all stop at a certain point, but I'll just have to wait and see.

Someone stood up and introduced, it was the guy following the wall as well. Then he said-

"My name is Andy Sato, I'm also 17 and a high school student. I'm sorry about the way I acted earlier and for, well, being loud."

"Yeah, and better shut up from now on, your voice annoys me."

"Right, Anyway, I guess you guys want to know my memory leading up to here? It's also the same, I'm at school, but there's a guy, wait no, a girl that gave me a bag and without question, I immediately went up to the rooftop and then blank-, I can't remember anything past that."

Andy Sato, he's your typical brute/bully but from what I see, he's the most terrified here. But, because of that, I think I could trust him. His memory is weirder than Jest, and it seems that someone's involved? Maybe that guy who gave him the bag is the masked man? But why would he happily accept a bag that's from a guy? So I retract my theory that the guy who gave him the bag is the masked man. Well anyway, it seems that they're ready to coordinate with me now, because the remaining 6 people stood up and introduced themselves.

"I'm Paul Sanders, Like the past 2 who introduced, I am also a 17 year old student. I was walking after school and then I went to a forest or something, and I saw a cabin? I'm not really sure, I can't remember past that, and my memories are all still fuzzy."

My description about him is that, damn, he's tall. I guess he got motivated by the 2 earlier, and decided to finally man up. He looks trustworthy, but every time someone introduces, the memories gets so much weirder. Like, now a cabin? I don't think this room is an actual cabin since it looks like a classroom and it's big so I'm still sticking that we're inside that warehouse that Jest remembered or my classroom.

"We're Reim and Vergil Fischer, and as you can see, we're twins. We're also 17 years old and a high school student. I'm Vergil, and she's Reim. She doesn't really talk much so I'll do the talking for her."

"Then why the hell didn't you say anything earlier?"

"We're both afraid, but now, seeing you guys try and console us, I think I can trust you. We both trust you, and now I can confidently speak now. Unlike you guys, we were at home, playing and stuff. Then Reim here heard the phone ring, and we rushed to our rooms, picked up the phone and..

"And?"

"Sorry, I asked Reim about the memory earlier, apparently she has no memory about this either."

I have never seen such contrast between twins. One is annoyingly talkative and the other is very silent. I guess they need each other to communicate? What's weird is that our memories match. I heard the phone rang and then I can't remember anything past that. This raised more questions inside my head. God damn it.

"My name's James Rivera, I have the same age and that I'm also a High school student. Although, my memories are like the twins, I was in a house, probably my house, and I was upstairs. I went down to turn the TV off and then nothing. Can't remember anything after that. Next thing I know, I woke up and I was locked in a room with no escape AND WITH YOU LITTLE FUCKS!"

"Please don't shout.." Reim whispered

"Yeah, if you don't want to coordinate with us, go the fuck away then."

"OF COURSE I DON'T WANT TO! I can't even see why the fuck you all are trusting each other when, out of people in the whole world, we were the ones picked to take part in this so called experiment. Something's odd about that, that's why I'm not siding with you. I introduced so you can all know that I'm clean and I just want to get out of here."

I can see that he's hispanic, judging from his name. He seems like those delinquents from, again, the typical anime. It is odd that out of all the people in the whole world, we're the ones picked? Maybe the experiment's participants are random? Because everyone here is clearly from different races. Why? Well, maybe it is random, and the people here are terrified and eager to get out, so I don't see a reason to not trust them. Hell, I couldn't trust him, his memory is so vague, like going downstairs and turning off a TV. Out of all the memories, that one made the least sense. He has a point about this experiment though but I still won't trust him.

"M-my name's Gab Valentine. I-I'm also 17 and a HS student. I overthink things too much so I-I can be very annoying. I only remember that I'm in a dark room somehow, and there are candles and things. When I walked to the direction of the candles, I think I've seen something bad.. but I can't remember."

"Woah, holy crap. It sounds like a ritual."

"No one's gonna question that?" said James.

"Your memory made the most sense here, so its a possibility that you're part of those who kidnapped us."

"Then why is she here?"

"I don't know, maybe to FUCKING KILL US WHEN WE'RE NOT LOOKING, OR BETTER YET DRAG US DOWN ON THOSE GAMES. THEN WE'LL NEVER ESCAPE!"

"Look, she's terrified too, and I'm starting to fucking think that you're gonna drag us down more than her. So shut up." I said.

He slowly backed away and went into a corner. I didn't even think I had the guts to talk back to him. Plus I knew this because she's the one that ran into a corner and mumbled something earlier. He did say something right, in contrast to earlier, this one made the most sense. Dark room? Candles? Bad things? It does sound like a ritual, but why is she here instead of there? I'm agreeing with James, her memory does make the most sense. It seems like she was kidnapped at the end of the direction of the candles though, but that's just my speculation. Well, she and I are the same so I can definitely trust her more than that James dude.

"Hi, my name is Jane Parker. There's only one thing that I remembered, while I was walking home, a school blew up. Like, an explosion, then because of that, I ran like hell. After that, I can't remember anything anymore."

"So there was a huge explosion, and nothing happened?"

"Yes, I tried to remember but I really can't. After that I just woke up here."

Thats probably the most vague memory I've heard but the most destructive. Why would she remember an explosion? Maybe she saw who did it? And what does that have to do with being kidnapped and forced to partake in an experiment? My mind was actually really filled with questions now, and going back to their statements, I can't find an actual answer then suddenly-

"Yo, old dude, aren't you going to introduce?"

"Old? Dude, I'm only 17.

Oh and by the way, my name is Ken Takahashi. Also a High school student, memory is still fuzzy but I was walking home, from school. Then, like the twins, my phone rang and blank-. I can't remember anything."

"Weird, I really thought you were older than us because of your looks but I guess I can't judge a book by its cover."

"Are you sure you're 17, because you look like someone from his 20s. I guess you're just really stressed, haha."

Huh, weird. They say I look older than them, so am I really 17? Well, thats what I remember, so I guess it is. Ok, so there are 8 people here, who apparently have weirder memories than me.

Jest, Andy, Paul, Reim, Vergil, James, Jane, Gab.

"Ok, now we all have the introductions covered, I don't know what to do next. Why don't we all fucking sleep because I'm really, really tired." Jest said,

We got our own places on the classroom, then lay down and finally sleep. Andy noticed a button in the floor and pressed it, revealing an exit to the room, and then when we opened the door, I finally knew where we are. This is my school, I'm sure of it, from the posters on the wall and the trophies. There was one thing bugging me though, why choose my school? What is this shit?

Paul found a note on the wall, and it said:

Dear Subjects,

I'm sorry I didn't announce it but I was so sleepy. So I might as well just let you figure it out and put a note here. You are in the 1st floor. This is where you'll see your rooms, it has name tags so you won't get lost. Be grateful, I even put beds there. To those of you wondering why choose a school, it's because this school holds a special place in my heart. *cry* This school was broken down anyway so I had to reconstruct it again according from my memory.

Get yourselves cozy, cause you're in one hell of a game tomorrow.

Sincerely,

The most compassionate being ever lived, The Masked man.

Special place? Is he an alumni of my school? Also what? My school wasn't destroyed from what I remember. How long have we been asleep? What the hell..

As I think deeply about all of this, I realize it doesn't really make any sense, and so I decided to look for my room and finally breaking down from being weary all day, I immediately slept.

*Hello, who is this?

*Ken, listen, I'm doing this for the both of us, ok?

*Mom? What?

*Listen, you're in good hands now. Just do the things that they say. I'll be leaving now, take care.

*Mom? Hey, mom!

*-Call end-

I suddenly woke up, was I having a nightmare?

Next thing I know, tears are flowing down my eyes.

On the classroom, the monitor turns on again-

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A phrase pops up at the bottom, displaying-

GO_OD L_UC_K.