We walked into the Relaxation Room to find Alice and Nao talking at a table and Gin hanging out in the little garden area.

Alice looked up at us. "Hmph... What is it?"

I started making hand gestures as I explained. "Uh, we're looking for the new attractions that supposedly appeared in a couple spots?"

He smirks. "I figured you'd have buisness with the attractions beyond here."

Sara tilts her head. "Attractions appeared here?"

He chuckles. "What, you didn't notice? Mwahaha...so my observational skill is superior..."

I roll my eyes. "Just tell us where they are, smart guy."

Alice is amusing yet annoying at the same time.

I sure as hell am not gonna feed his ego though. Nuh uh.

He nods and starts pointing in different directions. "Over there, and there...and here!"

Well dang, we got 3 new attractions!

"Challenge them if you're up to it." He leans back in his chair nonchalantly with a smirk. "Tell me if you seek my observational skills."

I snort. "Sure dude, we'll make sure to do that."

Sara holds back a snicker. "Indeed." She looks back over to me. "Speaking of which, we should probably do an attraction now. Do you feel well enough to do one?"

I sigh and rub my neck. "I mean...sure. We don't really have a choice. Lead the way!"

I exchange a small wave with Nao before we start making our way towards the exit.

That's when I heard Alice start talking.

"Err...there's no need to be afraid." He nervously assures.

Huh?

I grab Sara's wrist to which she raises an eyebrow. I signal her to stay quiet and listen in.

"R-Right! I-I'm not afraid at all!" I hear Nao stutter out. She takes in a deep breath. "S-So what did you want to t-talk about...?"

I heard the sound of tapping on wood, which I can only assume is Alice tapping his fingers. "Err, yes, well... I wanted to know, um...who you've traded tokens with..."

I noticed Sara's eyes widen at that. "Alice... He's doing his best to collect Reko's tokens...!"

"From people other than Reko." I point out.

She swats me on the arm. "He's trying! Give him a break!"

I giggle. "I meant no offense, of course! Now c'mon, let's do an attraction."

She rolls her eyes with a smile and leads the way.

We come to a stop in the Ruined Corridor once more.

Sara puts her hands on her hips. "Alright... Which attraction to do..." She thinks it over before glancing at me. "Wanna pick this time?"

I shrug. "Might as well."

Looking at the two other attractions left, I consider our options.

Memory Dance and Arm Wrestling, huh?

Well, I pretty much suck when it comes to the strength department.

Let's check out Memory Dance...

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[Memory Dance]

Participants: 2

Clear Chip Reward: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Difficulty: Very Hard

A game of memorizing your opponent's dance and repeating the proper moves.

Defeat the three dolls to win.

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I step back and chew on my nails.

Shit... This one's very hard...

...

Uhhh, my memory is okay... As long as we get some help it should be fine.

I mean, c'mon. How hard can it possibly be?

I walk back over to Sara. "How about we do Memory Dance?"

She squints her eyes. "Isn't that the very hard one?"

"Well, yeah. But hey, let's get the hardest over and done with I say. You cool with that?"

The ginger haired girl mulls it over for a second before nodding her head. "Alright, fair enough. On one condition."

I raise an eyebrow. "Okay? What is it?"

"Get Reko from the lounge to help. I feel like we'll need it." SHe starts playing with her bangs nervously.

I do a small salute. "You got it captain!"

With that, I walk up to Reko. She grins when she sees me. "Hey (F/n), wassup?"

"Uh, actually, I was hoping you could do the Memory Dance attraction with Sara and me. We think you'd be a huge help! Wanna come?" I ask.

She lets out a small "Hmm..." before smiling and nodding her head. "Sure! It beats standing around here doing nothing. Let's get to it!"

I grin. "Great! C'mon!"

I walk back over to the Ruined Corridor with Reko trailing behind and a pep in my step.

"Alrighty gals, we good to go now?" I ask with a smile.

Sara nods nervously. Seeing this, Reko puts her arms around our shoulders and grins. "Hell yeah! This is my strong suit! You guys are in good hands!"

I laugh. "I don't doubt it!"

Sara takes in a deep breath before smiling as well. "Me neither. Let's go."

We started making our way through the hall leading to the attraction. It was just like the one that Sara and I walked through with Keiji, just as echoey too.

And so, we arrived at the attraction.

[Memory Dance]

[BEGIN]

The first thing I noticed about the room was the blue walls and dance floor, not to mention the disco ball on the ceilling and many lights.

There was also a machine on the ground  with a camera that was aimed at the dance floor. I guess that's the thing that'll make sure we do this thing right?

Lastly, there were three silloutes of what I assumed to be our doll enemies behind a courtain and a table with a piece of paper.

I pick it up and read it with the girls looking over my shoulders.

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[Memory Dance]

~Rules~

Remember the order of the moves your opponent does, and repeat them back.

The moves you will have to do are Up, Down, Right, Left and Pose (also known as Body).

One person has to dance with the dolls and the other needs to remember the moves.

Enjoy the party!

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Sara looked over to me. "Can you follow my lead and dance along?"

I nod. "Yeah, it won't be a problem." I turn over to look at Reko. "You gonna be okay with memorizing the dance moves and telling us what to do?"

She nods and pats my back. "Of course, (F/n)! You two can count on me! No worries, just have fun out there!"

Sara smiles. "Fair enough, let's go (F/n)!" She grabs me by the hand and pulls me with her to the dance floor.

I stumble a bit as she pulls me out of nowhere. "Woah! Slow down, I almost tripped!"

She cringes and massages my hand a bit. "Sorry!"

I laugh. "It's fine! Anyways, what pose should we do when Reko says to do one?"

Sara rubs her chin in thought. "How about I dip you? That's simple enough, right?

"Sure!" I shrug with a grin.

The ginger haired girl nods and faces the curtain with the dolls. "We're ready to start. Come out."

As if it was waiting for that que, this black mist like creature floats over to us. The creepiest part had to be the single eye it had.

How the fuck do these kidnappers even manage to create this shit?

A hologram??

Ugh, whatever. Maybe it's better that I don't know.

Before I knew it, some very loud music started playing and all the light turned on. The discoball was spinning as well!

"Here we go...!" Sara said awkwardly. With that, she intertwined our hands and began watching the mist creature, with me doing the same.

The spotlight shines on it and it produces arrows to point in the directions we should dance.

Up... Down... Right...

The spotlight was now on us. We look to Reko. "Pretty sure you guys got that one, but I'll say it anyway!"

Sara and I looked at each other with smiles.

This might actually be kinda fun!

"Up!"

Sara lifted our intertwined hands above our heads.

"Down!"

She slowly guided me into a crouching position, which I copied.

"Right!"

Sara took a step backwards, the right from Reko's point of view, and I took one stop forward.

There was a confirmation noise as we stepped back into our original spot. We grinned at each other.

Until we saw the misty creature flash red and let out a weird sound that kind of sounded like a groan of pain...

We didn't have time to really think about it because it started 'dancing' again.

Up... Left... Down...

"Up!"

We raised our hands above our heads.

"Left!"

I took a step backwards this time and Sara followed.

"Down!"

We crouched down before rising back up.

Another confirmation noise and the creature flashed red with a groan once again.

Suddely it just evaporated and we heard clapping and cheering coming from the loudspeakers.

"Next!" I shouted over to the dolls awkwardly.

The next doll that followed was this red creature that looked like an alien with tentacle arms. It started dancing as soon as it was in position.

Right, Left, Right, Left, Up.

Okay, it's slowly speeding up.

"Right!"

We took a step in Sara's direction.

"Left!"

A step in my direction.

"Right!"

A step in Sara's direction.

"Left!"

A step in mine.

"Up!"

And we finish with our hands raised.

Another round of noise, a red flash and a groan from the red doll.

Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Body.

Got it!

"Left!"

A step in my direction.

"Right!"

A step in Sara's.

"Left!"

A step in mine.

"Right!"

A step in Sara's.

"Up!"

We raise our hands.

"Body!"

And finish with Sara dipping me backwards.

The creature groans and takes a step back from the pain.

Ok, I swear I heard it growl at us...

It began dancing once more.

Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Body, Up, Body.

Yep, I think we pissed it off.

"Left!"

We take a step in my direction.

"Right!"

A step in Sara's.

"Left!"

A step in my direction.

"Right!"

A step in Sara's.

"Up!"

We raise our hands up.

"Body!"

Sara dips me.

"Up!"

We raise our hands up again.

"Body!"

And end it with another dip.

The creature flashes and doubles over in pain before dissolving into a smelly gas.

Ew...

"Next..." Sara calls out while glancing side to side.

The next doll to step up actually looks like a human dancer. She's got pink and blue twin tails, pink and blue gloves, a blue shirt, a pink and black geometric skirt, blue stockings with colorful lines and black sports shoes.

She reminds me a lot of Hatsune Miku.

She smirks and cracks her nuckles as she begins to dance.

DownUpDownRightDown-

Wait what?

Oh God

Both Sara and I stare at the doll wide eyed. She grins with an evil glint in her eyes.

Oh yeah she wants us dead, no doubt.

Shit...

We look at Reko nervously who's looking up at the ceiling and pointing her fingers in different directions to help her remember. She looks back at us. "Okay, I think I got it."

"Good because we sure don't!" Sara replies.

The doll giggles behind me.

I glare. "Oh shut up and focus on dancing you Hatsune Miku wannabe!"

She rolls her eyes and plays with her hair.

Bitch

"(F/n), focus!" Reko calls out.

I look back at her. "Oh shit, sorry! Go on!"

She nods.

"Down!"

We crouch down.

"Up!"

We raise our hands up.

"Down!"

We crouch again.

"Right!"

We take a step in Sara's direction.

"Down!"

We crouch.

"Up!"

We raise our hands.

"Down!"

We crouch again.

To our relief the correct noise comes out of the speakers.

Not so much to the doll though. She yelp in pain and hugs herself as she flashes red.

She then gives us a determined glare and pulls up her gloves.

Welp, we're fucked.

It was nice knowing you everybody.

UpRghtDownLeftUp-

Wait

Oh God.

...

Why did I even bother, to be honest?

I look at Reko. Her expression is super focused. Her brows are furrowed, she's biting her lip and there's nervous sweat running down her face.

Dear God I hope she gets this right...!

She looks back up at us unsure. "I think...I got it...?

"You don't sound sure..." Sara points out anxiously.

Reko suddenly flashes a grin that looks really fake despite her best efforts. "We got this! Now let's do it before I forget please!!"

Sara and I quickly get into position.

"Up."

We raise our hands.

"Right."

We take a step in Sara's direction.

"Down."

We crouch down.

"Um...left..."

We take a step in my direction...

"Up."

We raise our hands.

"L-Left..."

We take a step in my direction again...

"Down."

We crouch down.

"Right."

We take a step in Sara's direction.

"Uhhh..."

We glance at Reko. "Y-You got this...right?" Sara asked.

Reko snapped out of her thoughts and smiled in an attempt to be reassuring. "Y-Yeah, don't worry! Just, gimme a minute!"

Sara and I exchange an unsure look as Reko continues to remmber the dance moves.

Suddenly she looks like she got a burst of energy. "I got it! The last ones are up and body! GO!"

We didn't need to be told twice.

We raised our hands one last time and Sara dipped me backwards.

...

OH THANK GOD!

We got it right again!

The doll looks at us wide eyed before flashing and and falling to the ground with a scream of pain.

She shakily stands up on wobbly legs.

Oh shit, she's crying...

She looks at us for a second before taking in a deep breath and starting her third dance routine.

Down, Body, Left, Body, Left, Body, Left, Body, Up, Body, Up.

She got slower...

Reko nodded her head at us. "Let's just finish this..."

"Down."

We crouched down.

"Body."

Sara dipped me.

"Left."

We stepped in my direction

"Body."

Sara dipped me again.

"Left."

We stepped in my direction again.

"Body."

Another dip.

"Left."

Another step in my direction.

"Body."

Another dip.

"Up."

Hands up.

"Body."

Last dip.

"Up."

And we finished with our hands raised.

The clapping and cheering got very loud as the doll flashed red again.

With a final scream she dissolved into gas like the previous one.

...

"Am I the only one that feels a bit bad for it?" I ask. Sara shook her head.

*Click*

Suddenly one of the dance floor squares opened and revealed a small hole with our four clear chips inside.

Sara kneeled down and grabbed all of them. "Let's get out of here..."

"Agreed..." Reko sighed.

And with that, we finished the attraction.

[Author's Note]

Can we just talk about how freaking hard Memory Dance is? Like, how can you NOT cheat!?

Anyways, I hope you guys don't mind me skipping that last part of the attraction a bit, I just thought it was getting too repetitive.

By the way, do you guys like that I'm making the enemy dolls more human? I think it adds a nice touch personally!

Leave feedback, I would love to hear from you guys!

Also since I've been sharing cool outfits I found for Sara before...

These are so freaking awesome! I love seeing Sara in something other than just her uniform!

Anyways enough of my fangirling lol

Kaja is finished here ^^

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