Goose's PoV:

I opened both the doors silently, wanting to make a good impression, glancing around, I noticed there were four creepypastas lined up on one end, and on the other were 11 chairs, two of them empty, which had the names "Dollface" and "Goose" on them.

I guess those are our seats. I looked back at Sweet Corn, smiling at her, before continuing. The first one that caught my eye was Slenderman, as he was tall and had a smooth face, HE IS AN EGGHEAD, Mental shouted, laughing hysterically in my mind. I stared at him for a bit too long, I think, as he turned his head to look at me, and all I could do was stare back with unblinking eyes as I made my way to the labeled seat, wondering how the heck he eats. After all, how does one even breathe with no face?

'And he doesn't have ears..' I thought, mildly disappointed? Was I though, oh gosh now I'm confused.

I sat down, now tearing my gaze away from the egg head called slender, and observed the others, once again curious about multiple things. My gaze landed on BEN, who snicker when he realized I was looking at him, which he mouthed "Simp" which I growled at, turning my gaze away from him.

I look around a bit more till I hear Slender-egghead, speak, the sound seeming like it came from our heads, "Welcome, Selected, to Slender's mansion."

I felt a shiver go down my side, realizing right now, I really was in the proxy trials, there was no escape, and if we fail... well..

We die.

He continues on, "Allow me to explain. You have all been selected for the Proxy Trials. There are currently ten of you in this room, and none of you are going to be able to get back to your normal lives."

With that, panicked murmurs came from everyone, well, except for Sweet Corn and I.

I snickered, knowing my life wasn't really that normal before, and also knowing he was going to say this, after all, even if you do somehow escape or survive, you'll never be able to go back to the life you had before, and you'll die if you try.

He cleared his throat, silencing everyone, "I meant 11, as due to... a situation."

Great, I'm glad I took my anxiety pills now.

With that said, he continued, "Only one of you will survive these Trials...at a maximum, or two, as per duo, although only two are allowed of that sort."

"Sir!" A male spoke up, "Does that mean we can choose a pairing?"

Slender shook his head, "No, only the two, Dollface and Goose are able to do that, and they have no choice on the matter."

I pat Sweet corn on the back as people turn to stare at us, I glare at them all as if to say, "Try us, bish."

I noticed Sweet corn did not feel better, so I whispered to her, "Hey, it's alright, we're fine, everyone is looking at Slender now, nobody's looking at you."

Noticing Sweet Corn straightened up a bit, I smiled reassuringly at them, before glaring daggers at Slender for putting both of us in the spotlight. Istg if he had ears, they'd be long gone by now.

Slender continued on like I wasn't glaring at him, geez, he could at least apologize or something! "As I was saying, one of you may survive these Trials. There shall be ten of them, and in the first nine tasks, one of you shall be...eliminated each time. The last will test the capabilities of the survivor. You will have two days to prepare before we begin. Should any of you attempt to escape..."

A loud static banged furiously in my head, seemingly to others, as they were clutching their heads, trying to get it out, I simply tensed at it, gritting my teeth, not letting it affect me much. As soon as it appeared, it vanished, and he let the others recover from it. I helped Sweet Corn up when they fell from their seats, "Dude, It's chill, don't let it affect you much!"

They hid under the seat, which I had to pull her up, considering everyone else was sitting on their chairs, "No... I think I'd rather stay under the chair for the rest of the meeting..."

I sighed, nodding, smiling at her in hopes to comfort her, this was not a good idea on their end.

"Are we clear?" Slender asked, to which everyone nodded.

I decided to be a little risky, and ask, "What happens if we survive?" Even though I kinda knew, I just wanted to be sure.

BEN decides to answer, looking straight at me, "If you survive," he starts, "then you get the pleasure of working with one of us."

"Pleasure my ass.." Mental muttered, not pleased.

Slender nods at BEN, "Thank you, BEN. Indeed, if any of you do live through the Trials, you will become a Proxy, a helper of sorts, to either me or one of the people behind me. For now, however, I would focus on being the survivor."

Well, I think everyone knew THAT, but okay. Mental scoffed, to which I had to shush them.

"Slender," says Eyeless Jack, "You should probably introduce their potential future mentors."

Slender spares him a glance. "Of course. I am Slenderman. This is Eyeless Jack, Jeff the Killer and BEN Drowned." with that, each of them stepped forward, if it weren't that I already knew who they were, I'd forget their names probably really easily!

"Dollface," BEN starts, snickering a little, "Why aren't you looking at us and why aren't you in your seat?"

That was it! That was the final straw!

"Ayo, why don't you shut the hell up," Mental and I both growled, mama bear mode activated.

"Ooohh," BEN taunts, "What's Mama bear gonna do??"

I narrowed my eyes, "If you don't shut the hell up, they'll let me free," That seemed to get his attention.

"And who would you be?"

"A fucking manhood ruiner called Mental," Mental growled, narrowing our eyes.

That seemed to shut him up.

And then I cringe at what Mental said, but I didn't show that, instead I glared at them.

"Hmm, it seems you show no fear to us, Goose," Slender nodded, which confused me thoroughly.

"Masky! Hoodie!" Slenderman called, to which the men stepped out of the shadows, Well, that was a turn of an event. Mental commented sarcastically, "Please escort the selected back to their rooms."

With that, everyone stood up, following the Proxies.

Soon enough, as every selected chipped off of the crowd until only Sweet Corn and I were left.

I decided to take this time to ask a few questions, as it would be useful to know, "Soo," I start, "Is there any way out of this?"

Hoodie shook his head, while Masky answered, "I think you both know the answer to that."

I nodded, knowing that was gonna be the answer, still worth a try though.

I notice Sweet Corn glance at them, and when what looks like Hoodie glancing back, she looks away, "Hey, uh, do you by any chance uhmmm, have my computer bag?" I ask again, kinda needing it.

"The one with the machete?" Hoodie deadpans, to which I nod at.

"Yeah," I say, "Mental will go apeshit if they don't have that."

"Fuck yeah I w-" I put a hand over my mouth, not wanting Mental to make any more threats, I wasn't going to threaten them! Mental retorts.

"It'll be handed back to you tomorrow," Masky reassures, "But for now, yes you can have your bag back, but it doesn't have your machete in it."

I nod, watching as they slow down to hand me my bag, which I immediately went through to see if I still had my melatonin, in case I have insomnia. I sighed in relief when I found them, looking through everything else I had, which was a lot of stuff. I noticed my money was still in the smaller compartment, making up 52 dollars.

"Hey, Sweet Corn, do you think they have all our stuff, like- the ones we need need?" I ask, whispering so the two proxies can't hear us.

She gave me a shrug, "Dunno. It depends if they know what we need."

I nod, "That makes sense, but remember how it is said that they watch us for six months or so?"

She just replied, "Or maybe they've been watching us as soon as we got in the Creepypasta fandom..." Her face was like stone, no expression, and I nod at that, remembering all the things that have happened since we have.

"That makes so much sense," I reply, 'that' sounding like 'thad', "I mean, am I still BEN's victim?" I joke.

She chuckled, before joking back, "No, you're my victim, remember?"

I laughed at that, Masky and Hoodie glancing back at us questioningly before they started muttering to each other, "Why are they each other's victims if they work well together?"

I chuckled at that, I don't think they knew that we could hear them. Sweet Corn laughed, but it sounded a little forced, but that could just be me.

"Well, here we are, go back in there, you have a big day tomorrow," Hoodie deadpans, pointing to our door.

I noticed Sweet corn was thinking, and as if Masky could read her mind, he said, "Also, Dol- Multiply, You'll get your 'head chopper' tomorrow, but don't think about attacking us."

"Wait, don't we have 2 days to prepare though?" Sweet Corn questions, and I nod, she makes a good point!

Hoodie nods and Masky answers, "Yes, you do," Hoodie finishes his sentence, "But you can have them back so you can train with them."

Hoodie then adds, "Also, no attacking us, you both are like vampires, god."

Wait- how'd he- ohhh yeah, stalking.

"So..." Sweet Corn starts, trailing off, "Do we... like... uhm... Go train now..?"

Masky chuckles, "I like your enthusiasm, but no, you can train tomorrow."

I hear Sweet Corn mutter to themselves, but I didn't pick it up, so I just opened the door to our room, wishing Masky and Hoodie goodnight.

I watch as Sweet Corn sighed, locking themselves in the bathroom, not wanting to seem clingy or nosey, I went to the closet, changing into PJ's before heading to the bed, finding my fennec fox plush called hurricane, snuggling it close to me, before shutting my eyes and trying to fall asleep, before forgetting about having to take my melatonin, so taking that and THEN falling asleep

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Dollface's POV :

I finally caught up with Goose. They smiled at me, then continued on. I observed before entering. BEN, EJ, Jeff, and Slender. Okay, great. As Goose sat down, I entered, still observing my surroundings a bit. Honestly, I seemed gloomy. I tried to keep my gaze away from Slender, Jeff, EJ and BEN, but mostly BEN. I sat down in my seat, still looking kind of gloomy. I heard BEN snickered and I immediately kept my head down, not wanting to know why he snickered. I paid no attention to the Creepypasta while glancing around my surroundings until Slender started speaking.

Slenderman started speaking, "Welcome, selected, to the Proxy Trials."

I stayed calm, gloomy, and I deadpanned as he spoke, keeping my head down, not wanting to look at them for some reason. He continues on and says, "Allow me to explain. You have all been selected for the Proxy Trials. There are currently ten of you in this room, and none of you are going to be able to get back to your normal lives."

I forget about people muttering and just thought to myself as I counted the people, 10? Well he probably forgot one of us. Probably me. I mean, I guess I am the most forgettable one out of everyone in this room. He cleared his throat.

"I meant 11, as due to... a situation." Slender corrected.

Oh, I see I guess now he includes the missing person. Great. I feel like I'm in the spotlight. Stop staring at imaginary people-

With that said, he continued, "Only one of you will survive these Trials...at a maximum, or two, as per duo, although only two are allowed of that sort."

Okay, so I guess none or 1 or 2 of us can survive. Not that I really care who survives, but I guess that exception seemed good enough...

"Sir! Does that mean we get to choose a pairing?" A man asked, who I didn't even look up to to see who it was.

Slender shook his head, "No, only the two, Dollface and Goose are able to do that, and they have no choice on the matter."

I felt Goose patted my head and lowered my head even lower than it already was. I knew people were staring at us. 'Oh god I want to cry now let me cry just let me cry-' I thought as I covered my face.

Goose whispered, "Hey, it's alright, we're fine, everyone is looking at Slender now, nobody's looking at you."

Not that I felt better, I pretended to feel better and I straightened up a bit, still not gazing at Slender. I didn't notice Goose glaring at Slender, but I continued to pay attention to Slender if he had anything else to say, although I still wasn't looking at him or the others.

Slender continued, "As I was saying, one of you may survive these Trials. There shall be ten of them, and in the first nine tasks, one of you shall be...eliminated each time. The last will test the capabilities of the survivor. You will have two days to prepare before we begin. Should any of you attempt to escape..."

A loud static appeared in our heads, as everyone else held their heads, I choked on air and fell out of my seat somehow. Then it disappeared as quickly as it appeared. I decided to hide under my chair rather than sit on it. Not that I was scared or anything, I just hid to avoid being in the spotlight again.

"Dude, It's chill, don't let it affect you much!" Goose said, trying to help me up. I shook my head, "No... I think I'd rather stay under the chair for the rest of the meeting..."

"Are we clear?" Slender asked, to which everyone nodded.

Goose decided to be a little risky, and asked, "What happens if we survive?" Although they knew the answer, they seemed to want to make sure. BEN answered, "If you survive," he starts, "then you get the pleasure of working with one of us."

Yeah no, not so much of a pleasure. I doubt my working skills would be of any use anyways.

Slender nods at BEN, "Thank you, BEN. Indeed, if any of you do live through the Trials, you will become a Proxy, a helper of sorts, to either me or one of the people behind me. For now, however, I would focus on being the survivor."

EJ stated, "Slender, you should probably introduce their potential future mentors."

Slender said as he glanced at Eyeless Jack, "Of course. I am Slenderman. This is Eyeless Jack, Jeff the Killer, and BEN Drowned."

I knew who they were, I just didn't bother to look up. I hope they didn't mind that. I swear if they call me out-

"Dollface," BEN starts, snickering a little, "Why aren't you looking at us and why aren't you in your seat?"

I'm done. Can I cry now? Let me cry. I checked to see if I was crying. Nope. My chest tensed up a bit, but it eased after a bit. I stayed quiet. I hugged myself tighter and hiding my face as everyone stared at me.

"Ayo, why don't you shut the hell up," Mental and Goose growled simultaneously.

"Ooohh," BEN taunts, "What's Mama bear gonna do??"

Goose narrowed their eyes, "If you don't shut the hell up, they'll let me free,"

"And who would you be?"

"A fucking manhood ruiner called Mental," Mental growled, narrowing their eyes, which seemed to shut him up.

"Hmm, it seems you show no fear to us, Goose," Slender nodded. I actually agree with Slender for some reason. "Masky! Hoodie!" Slender called, causing Masky and Hoodie to appear from the shadows. Hm, they got some teleportation magic huh?

"Please escort the selected back to their rooms," Slender ordered. They nodded and escorted everyone out of the room. I and Goose were left. I wanted to ask a few questions, but maybe later. It's not like now would be a good time anyways.

I kept my gaze away from the others as much as I could, although it got me in trouble, kinda. I thought this was going to be nice, like in the Quotev Quiz, but I guess not. I glanced at BEN, who was the one who put me in the spotlight, then looked away.

Maybe this was revenge for that day... It made sense. I guess I'll accept your "punishment" BEN...

For now...

I got startled as Goose said, "Soo, is there any way out of this?" I jumped and looked up to see what was going on. As Hoodie shook his head, Masky answered, "I think you both know the answer to that." Uh what was going on again- I just looked at them, then when I thought Hoodie looked back, I looked away immediately, trying to avoid them but not ignore them. Somehow.

"Hey, uh, do you by any chance uhmmm, have my computer bag?" Goose said, then Hoodie replied, "The one with the machete?" Goose nodded, "Yeah, Mental will go apeshit if they don't have that." Goose said, before deepening their voice so you know it's Mental, "Fuck yeah I w-"

Masky reassures, "It'll be handed back to you tomorrow. But for now, yes you can have your bag back, but it doesn't have your machete in it." Masky handed Goose their bag, and they sigh of relief for some reason. I was kinda tempted to look over their shoulders to see what's in it, but I forced myself to resist. The urge wasn't that strong anyway.

"Hey, Sweet Corn, do you think they have all our stuff, like- the ones we need need?" Goose asked.

I looked at them and gave them a shrug. "Dunno. It depends if they know what we need." Then I mumbled to myself, to the point where they can't hear or understand what I'm saying, 'Not like they have my eyedropper in the fridge.'

They nod and said, "That makes sense, but remember how it is said that they watch us for six months or so?"

I just replied, "Or maybe they've been watching us as soon as we got in the Creepypasta fandom..." No expression.

"That makes so much sense." They said, saying "thad" instead of "that," or at least that's how they sounded like. They continued, "I mean, am I still BEN's victim?"

I chuckle at the response. "No you're my victim, remember?"

Masky and Hoodie stared at us in confusion, turning to each other and questioning, "Why are they each other's victims if they work well together?"

I heard them, and I laughed. But inside, I just couldn't find a reaction and it seems like it should be funny so yeah, laugh. I swear if it's a little obvious I'm..- No reaction :(

"Well, here we are, go back in there, you have a big day tomorrow," Hoodie deadpans, pointing to our door. Yeah, I'm not even going to ask for my stuff... Wait my head chopper- I need it- But then again I can't because I guess our time for questions is up. "Wait, don't we have 2 days to prepare though?" I accidentally questioned out loud.

"Also, Dol- Multiply, You'll get your 'head chopper' tomorrow, but don't think about attacking us," Masky said.

Even though he spoke first, I heard him after I thought out loud. When I heard him, I frowned. Dang it. Why tomorrow? Can't I get it now? I need my knives and I wanna check out Hoodie's blood to see if it tastes good. And I want to make sure my knives are Charlie's-Scissors sharp.

Masky answers my question about the preparation date, "Yes, you do. But you can have them back so you can train with them." Hoodie then adds, "Also, no attacking us, you both are like vampires, god."

I'm not a vampire. I just like blood and darkness. Wait, that makes me a vampire. Eh whatever. I don't die in the sunlight though. Eehhhhh whatever. Why hasn't Toby visited me yet? Wait, why am I thinking about this now- Whatever. I wanted to ask if we could go training now but I don't really want to bother them. Eh fuck.

"So..." I trailed off, "Do we... Like... Uhm... Go train now...?"

I just had to ask. Ugh. I guess I can try memorizing what happens in the proxy trials in the Quotev Quiz.

Masky chuckles, "I like your enthusiasm, but no, you can train tomorrow."

"I wasn't trying to be enthusiastic..." I muttered to myself, sounding depressing.

I heard Goose wishing goodnight to Masky and Hoodie, while I just wave at them, not even trying to look at them or ask them about my eyedropper. I guess I can live without that. I sighed and I went into the bathroom and locked the door for some reason.

I looked around the bathroom and found my eyedropper. Huh? Why is it here? Shouldn't it be in the fridge? I grabbed the small eyedropper bottle and realized it wasn't cold. Fuck. How long has this been out here? Sigh. I'll just use it for now and find the kitchen later. I took my eyedropper and exited out the door, seeing Goose was already changed. I grabbed my stuff and returned in the bathroom to change into what I would wear tomorrow. I grabbed my glasses case and put both of my glasses in my case.

I just realized...

I've never once put in my eye drops in my eyes myself. I've tried but I failed. Oh shit. Welp time for failure. I exited the bathroom and saw that Goose was already asleep. Wait how? I thought Goose usually stays up til forever? Meh. I approached my bed and laid down on it. I tried to find the right angle and when to input the eyedrops. When I finally got them in my eyes, I closed my eyes, got up, and tried to approach the door, with the eyedropper in my hand after I put it back in the bottle.

I kept walking around the room, missing the door every round around the room. Such a shame. Finally, I found the door. How stupid. Now time to leave. Off I go. I slowly and quietly opened the door, left, and quietly and slowly closed the door, hoping not to wake Goose up.

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