Board Thread:Fanfiction/@comment-24071055-20170916042825/@comment-24071055-20170918012003

Upon waking up, everything was a blur. It felt like I had just woken up from being crammed inside a car trunk. Needless to say, everything was sore.

Perhaps I had just passed out in the school hallway? When my vision started to clear up, that clearly wasn’t the case.

I was on some sort of balcony. It looked to be some sort of motel, as there were doors lining the balcony and stairs going down to what I presumed to be the bottom part of the motel.

“Glad you’re awake. I was worried you were dead or something.”

The source of the voice was an Ivysaur. His intimidating red eyes bored into what felt like my soul for a few minutes, although it seemed like an eternity, before he spoke up again.

“You must not be very talkative. I’m Haruki Shimomura, SHSL Gardener.”

Haruki Shimomura - SHSL Gardener

“I’m Emiko Enomoto. It’s nice to meet you, Shimomura.”

“Enomoto, Enomoto…” He began to repeat my name whilst scratching his chin with a vine near the underdeveloped flower on his back.

Before I could say anything, he screamed “Aha!” A look of triumph had formed on his face. “You’re the winner of the school raffle! SHSL Good Luck, right?”

“That would be me.” I replied, grinning sheepishly. “Oh, speaking of the school, where are we right now?” Looking off the balcony, I laid my eyes upon what appeared to be a colossal city, with one continuous wall encircling it.

“No idea.” Shimomura said with a slightly worried look on his face. “Seems to be some sort of city, but the others and I haven’t found a way to get out yet. It seems most of the city is inaccessible to everyone, and we’re only in the center area.”

“You keep saying things like “everyone” and “the others”, does that mean that there are other students in the city?” I asked, tilting my head to the right.

“That would be correct. We’ve all split up, so you’ll have to scour the city to find everyone.” I frowned, but before I could walk off, he piped up once again.

“I do know where Nozomi and Akira are, though. They went to go search the theater. The walls are this horribly garish mix of yellow and purple, and it’s right by here, so you can’t miss it.”

“Thanks for the help, Shimomura! Bye!” I smiled at him before heading down the stairs on the balcony, looking over my shoulder to confirm my suspicions that this was indeed a motel, which was correct.

Turning my head back in front of myself, I quickly saw the horribly colored building Shimomura mentioned.

I winced at the disgusting vomit-colored yellow paired with the bright shade of purple for a few seconds before entering.

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The inside of the theater was much more pleasing to the eyes, soft, red velvet carpet covering both carpet and floor, and comfortable seats facing the stage.

There was a Pikachu and a Porygon on the large, empty stage.

Right as I began to climb onto the stage, the Pikachu went into the back area before I could talk to her.

“Um… Hello! I’m Emiko Enomoto! Who are y-“ I began but I was interrupted by the sweet voice of the Pikachu.

“Akiiirraaaa~ I found something!” She emerged from the back area before noticing me.

“Oh, hello!” She cheerily said. “I’m Nozomi Araya, SHSL Actor, and this is Akira Tao, SHSL Mathematician.”

Nozomi Araya - SHSL Actor

Akira Tao - SHSL Mathematician

“So, what are you guys doing?”

“We have decided on doing a scan of this theater. It is one of the only buildings currently accessible in this strange city, and thus, there may be many clues.” Akira replies without emotion.

“But we haven’t found anything yet…” Nozomi replies somberly. Her tone quickly lightens up, however.

“Is what I would say if I hadn't just found something reeaaaallly weird.”

“What would this weird thing be…?”

“There’s a manhole in the back area! I’m so confused right now.”

My head tilts in confusion. “Why would there be a manhole? Don’t those lead to sewers?”

“Beats me.” Nozomi says, shrugging. “I looked down there, and there was this locked gate.”

“There was also a box down there that was marked as “Gate Key” but it had a combination lock on it, so I couldn’t unlock the gate.”

“Hm…” I thought for a moment about how strange the situation I was in was before saying something else.

“Well, I’m going to go introduce myself to the others. Catch you guys later.” Pouncing off of the stage, I walked back into the city whilst Nozomi yelled a “Byyyeee~”.

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“Hmm, where should I go next?” I pondered aloud.