A/N: I'm back! Sorry for the very long wait, I've been experiencing a bit of burnout. And I went somewhere that had bad internet for a week and forgot about this book entirely. But I figured you guys deserved an update, so here it is! Enjoy!

CHAPTER TWs: Death, gore, slight implied suicidal intention(?)

In the rows in front sat several other people, and... entities? Although it was hard to tell in this lighting.

Then, a young-looking person with blonde hair stepped out onto the stage, followed by a shorter male with curly black hair. He wore a look of both astonishment and terror on his face.

The blonde-haired person cleared their throat. "Greetings ladies, gentlemen, and genderless deities, welcome to another episode of Escape Rooms Game Show - Forget Me Not, aka -511, featuring me, your host, Kill Streak Kim!"

The crowd cheered. The black-haired male winced. The blonde person smirked as they appeared to disappear, leaving the male in the middle of the stage. Chatter arose in the audience.

"Will he live?" a girl in the seat in front of Aubrey's asked to the person next to her.

The person next to her, a bald girl, shook her head. "They never do."

Hearing this caused Basil to wince and cry a little, while trying his best to hide it.

After a few minutes, the male disappeared from off the stage, but reappeared on the screen on the stage. He was on the bottom of a flight of stairs. He took a deep breath, and carefully walked up the stairs. An entity was looking at him from the darkness, but he paid it no attention. Entities started getting more and more abundant as he walked up the stairs, so he broke into a crawl to hopefully be more stealthy.

Basil was covering his eyes, not wanting to see what could be a death. Kel was barely paying attention, and looking off in another direction.

Everyone else had their eyes glued to the screen.

Eventually, he had reached the top of the staircase, where a horde of entities was waiting for him. He screamed and ran for the exit, despite his fears, and desperately tried to find the doorknob. He found it and opened it, and by the time he got through, he was covered from head to toe in gashes. Everyone winced (except for Basil, who still had his eyes and ears covered, Kel still looking into the distance).

Kill Streak Kim reappeared, wielding the same smirk they always had. The male was transported to another area. This time, everybody was too scared to look. They just heard a lot of screams of pain.

Then, Kill Streak Kim's voice sounded. "You've escaped your second space, meaning it's time for the Wheel of Despair!"

The male wobbled over to the wheel and gave it a weak spin. It landed on a spot labeled "Death - Kim's Method"

Kim smirked and the male looked terrified yet... relieved? He took a deep breath and nodded, waiting.

Kim sliced a hole in the male's chest, and after a few seconds, he had bled out. He collapsed on the floor. Kim coughed and clapped their hands.

"And that's a wrap folks!" Kim said. "Thank you for attending, please use the exit you came from to leave."

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WHAT EVERYONE HAS:

Mari: A singular green gumball and a pushpin

Sunny: Knife and a phone charger

Basil: Several flowers (both real and plastic), camera, his photo album, notepad, pen, his mouse, Sunflower Seed, the dead mouse which he wants to bury, and a can of almond water

Kel: Empty soda can, a small box of batteries, a tarp, a baseball bat, a bottle of cough syrup, a shard of glass, a box of crayons, a used syringe, a half-burned piece of paper, a slightly-tattered neon green shoelace, 50 cents in dimes, Basil's grass plant, and a stick

Hero: Nothing

Aubrey: Phone and half of a can of almond water

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CURRENT INJURIES/HEALTH HAZARDS/ETC.:

Mari: None

Sunny: Small cut in between fingers (unpatched) (almost healed)

Basil: Cut-up hand (patched) (almost healed)

Kel: Wounded hip (patched) and iron poisoning (being worked on)

Hero: None

Aubrey: None

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WHERE IS EVERYONE AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER?

Mari: Level -511

Sunny: Level -511

Basil: Level -511

Kel: Level -511

Hero: Level -511

Aubrey: Level -511