Sighing heavily, Citrine slowly looked up from the Electronic Student Handbook --which so happened to be attached to his limb enhancers external keyboard-- and saw the hotel's courtyard, and it had by now had became dark.

Citrine was sat alone a folding chair, unable to move his already petrified body.

Is he... really doing this...?

He could hardly believe this was reality. But nevertheless, it was. No matter how much he didn't want to believe it, he watched it happen with his own eyes, and even felt it.

...It was undeniably and terrifyingly real.

But, it's a reality far removed from his normality of daily life.

Kindergartening, bimonthly socials, fights with fellow citrine, strolling, taking the train, being scolded...

That kind of normal life was light years away now, in every sense.

He suddenly looked up, and saw the night sky, packed with stars. He could barely make out where his home was -- aptly named Homeworld. Where his fellow citrine were... where his life began and should've continued on.

It was the first night he spent on the island -- on Earth entirely. On another planet. The night sky was completely different from the one he was used to... clear of stars, of mid flight starships and...

It was a strangely beautiful night.

As he stared absentmindedly at the sky, certain terrifying words floated in the back of his mind.

"A student who kills one of their friends can leave this island"...

After hearing these words, they -- the group of fifteen teenage earthlings and one, lone scared and afraid gem -- stood around in that park for a while. No one said a thing. And then, after a period of silence...

Everyone went their separate ways.

Night came soon after that. A beautiful night that could steal your breath away, and yet... the beauty of this Earth's night terrified him.

It was just another reminder of how far he's been taken from what should have been a very simple gem mission.

An alarm chilled Citrine's core. "Um, this is an announcement from Hope's Peak Academy's Field Trip Executive Committee... It is now 10PM. Night brings out the worst in people... If you walk outside, you may inadvertently come across a killer! And so, in order to quell you bastards' worries, I have prepared separate cottages for each of you. You can sleep there in safety and comfort! I hope you like them! I strongly recommend you lock your doors up tight before going to bed. You never know who's prowling about, scheming murder! Upupu... Bye-o-nara!"

Shatters... He keeps spewing such sinister words. The discomfort in the air unnerved him.

Cottages, huh? Citrine thought, walked towards the soft and humble home -- with a small metal label.

"...FUSE!" The moment He entered my cottage, he collapsed onto the room bed. "...Why the fuse is this happening?!" The gem said in utter despair.

I was so troubled, I just yelled at myself... I didn't want to see anyone else anymore. If only I could stay here, alone, forever...

There's not one of them that I can trust...

Well, he doesn't know anything about them, so how can he trust them?

The only one he could ever trust was himself -- no, even that's not true.

To be completely honest... After hearing that stupid rule about how only someone who kills can leave... he felt there was a part of him that would do anything in order to leave this Diamond forsaken planet.

Suddenly, he heard a screaming voice.

"...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

It was... his own voice.

"...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

He screamed and screamed and screamed, and then he screamed some more.

"...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Why me...? What did I do to deserve this?

"AAAAAAAAAA......" At long last, his voice cracked, and then faded away. All that he was left in was cold silence. But, it wasn't complete silence. He could still hear the sound of the crashing waves from far away.

They seemed to be whispering, "this is no longer the world you knew".

He was troubled once more.

Why was he here? What was he doing here?

Citrine shut his eyes tightly. He couldn't really sleep... that was simply un-gemlike of him. But he wanted to, even if only for a little while.

He just needed one pause, one break from the madness.

And then, if the next time he open my eyes the world returns to normal, that would be wonderful. If he awoke on Homeworld...

With that faint hope burning his inside heart, he fell into light sleep...

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MONO-AUTHOR THEATER

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