(Well, half the characters failed their dares and are awaiting punishment, and I'm not sure the story can progress much past that until @wake-read-eat-sleep comes on again. Until then, feel free to - I dunno. Write whatever happens to your character? Go wild )
Tyler stopped, embarrassed. "Yeah I am sorry…" He stopped again. "WAIT NO! I'M NOT APOLOGIZING! OF COURSE I'M HYSTERICAL! I WAKE UP IN A STRANGE ROOM WITH A BUNCH OF STRANGERS AND AM FORCED DO A DANGEROUS VERSION OF A GAME FOR ANGSTY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS! THEN I'M SUCKED INTO A ROOM AND TOLD TO JUMP. NOW I HAVE A DISLOCATED ANKLE WHEN I SHOULD HAVE DIED!" He took a deep breath and sat down, a frown on his face.
Kyra grimaced at Tyler's outburst, but then tried to console him. "Hey, dude, at least you didn't die, right?" She winced at her attempt at comforting someone.
"Anyways, I'm Kyra. Besides a bee sting, I didn't get hurt, and now I feel really wimpy. I only had, like, three minutes left until I would have won the dare. But then again, what happens when we win a dare?" Tired of standing still, which she had just done for an almost full hour, she sat on the ground, and leaned against a wall. "Gosh, I really, really wish this was just a terrible nightmare," She sighed, fumbling with the locket around her neck.
"Me too." Tyler said quietly. "Sorry for yelling. And I suppose I should be glad I didn't die. But this place is turning out to be much worse than death."
"Can't argue with that logic. And it's not your fault for freaking out. We all did, I'm pretty sure, just in our own ways." Kyra told him.
She looked around the room, noting the door that was now shut again. She wondered if it would open for anyone else. Besides the faint light from the screen, the room was fairly dark. Kyra shuddered, always afraid of the dark. Well, maybe not so much the dark, but the eery, lonely feeling that is attached to it, like something is always watching you. It's not like she would actually tell anyone though, that would only make it worse.
(I can relate to that feeling.)
"So what's the punishment?" Tyler said, rubbing his now swollen ankle.
"I wish we knew," Kyra sighed. "All I know is that it's not good. And most likely very painful. Jeez, next time, I'm totally choosing Truth. What could possibly be bad about that?" She laughed nervously, knowing there was a twist somewhere in this 'game'. But where?
"Uh well. Actually, there is something bad about it. When I answered it showed my answer to my friends and stuff." Tyler said, blushing.
Kyra didn't stop her jaw from dropping. "Are you kidding me? So they not only have kidnapped us, but they somehow have connection to our loved ones?" Kyra jumped up from rage, not being able to control it now. "What kind of sick game is this? I swear, if it's one of those stupid reality shows to see who breaks first, I will kill someone."
"Well you and I have broken so shouldn't we be let out or something? Eliminated?" Tyler said desperately trying to think of a rational explanation for this.
"Eliminated. Huh. Do you think that's what will happen if we fail to complete the dares and truths too many times? We just get eliminated. And not like kicked off the show. I mean killed." Kyra tried to calm herself down, counting to ten mentally. She sat back down, toying with the locket again. "What if we never escape this place?"
"Oh no. I didn't think of that. Elimination=death." Tyler tried to stay calm. "I guess we just have to play the game. And play it well too."
"What do you think happens if we win? You know, if that's even a possibility." Kyra, for the first time this whole day, or night, or whatever time it was, actually felt terrified.
"I'm not sure…"
Kyra moaned. "I know this is a stupid wish, but I wish the game would actually do something right now. This suspense thing is killing me."
(I gotta leave cuz dinner, and food is awesome, I'll try and be back in an hour)
(I'll be asleep in an hour. :( oh well. I'll be on tomorrow if possible no worries.)
Tyler nodded. "It's one thing to watch the drama on tv and totally different thing to be a part of it."
(I'll be at school tomorrow, so i'll probably be on same time today. i have to go to sleep soon anyways)
Kyra agreed. "Yeah, at least we know the TV series are scripted. Although sometimes I can get really into them," she laughed, thinking of her favorite shows. "Now the drama in books, for me, at least, is way worse because I don't get a lot of time to read with school, and jobs, and this darn game! For goodness sakes, I should be sleeping right now." Despite her aggrivation, Kyra giggled.
"Yes, we should. In fact, I'm going to sleep. I'm sure I'll wake up to the sound of punishment. Or the feeling of it." Tyler shuddered a little at this.
Kyra hesitated, looking at Tyler like he was crazy. "Don't you remember what the paper said?"
"Not really…" Tyler admitted. He didn't remember it at all. "What did it say?"
"Well, all the stuff about completing the truth or dares or you get punished, blah, blah, blah, and you CAN'T go to sleep. Because then the 'monsters' will punish you." Kyra sighed. "I'm still waiting for my punishment from my dare. But still, just don't go to sleep. This dumb thing is terrifying enough."
"alright then."
Lila somehow found herself back with the others. She couldn't remember anything except that she was trapped.
"Hello and welcome to your worst nightmare." Tyler groaned when the other girl came in
Laura leaned against the wall as people conversed. She was busy trying to come up with some idea to get out of this hellhole.
Curious to see what the answers would be, she asked, "So guys, any theories on why we're here?"