“Now that we’re done preparing, let's go in and win!” I said as I walked toward the automatic silver door which seemed to lead to the laser tag play area.
“Sayako, wait, there's one more thing. ” Hana-Chan called me back to the weapon select tablets. “You can get more than just weapons with this tablet...” She started to get excited while looking at the tablets. “...You can get a prototype of some abilities they’ve been creating for the game.”
She said looking at the tablet. “How?”
I said looking confused. She led both me and Takajou-Kun to the screen where you get the powers. The screen said the glowing part of the armor is where the power is stored and that the powers would only be with us for the game. They would be picked randomly from the rolling game on the tablet and it would be the same for the enemy team. Hana-Chan got invisibility. “Wow, Hana-Chan!” I said excitedly while looking at her. “What power did you get Takajou-Kun?”
“I can see where everyone is even when I'm eliminated.”
He was shocked as he read the ability he got. ”Sayako, you're asking us but not telling us yours. ”
‘This isn't good how can I tell them that I have such an overpowered ability’ “I uh… I have..”. ‘Well whatever ' “Teleportation, says here I can teleport anywhere on the map once every three rounds.”
“What?? Teleportation. That's an SR ability!” I could tell by the look on Hana-Chan's face that this was even better than I thought. Takajou-Kun was also shocked. “Well, that's not much of a surprise since the ability’s rarity is based on the player’s athletic ability, we also need a leader. Normally when the entire team is eliminated it counts as a loss, although if we pick a leader in exchange for giving the leader’s ability a buff, when the leader gets eliminated it counts as the whole team getting eliminated.”
‘Hana-chan has played laser tag here a lot, but still, she knows a lot about this ' “I see, then I think we know who our leader is.” Takajou-Kun said, looking at Hana-chan but then shifting his gaze to me. Soon not just Takajou-Kun but Hana-chan was also looking at me.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked uneasily as Hana-chan explained.
“Of course, if you got an SR ability then your athletic ability must be through the roof! So we want you to be our leader.”
“Fine, if you both want it then I'll be the leader. But what's the buff for my ability?” I asked while changing my gaze from one of them to another for a few seconds.
“It says, Wow, eh- um- Instead of teleportation every three rounds, you- you can teleport every round…”
Takajou-Kun read with a surprised face.
“Ah, now I'm even more overpowered,” I mumbled.
As we walked through the silver door on the other side of the room from the entrance, we were greeted by a pitch-black room with the only light being the words on the starting screen with white words and a transparent aqua background with a somehow familiar design. | Are You Ready? | The robotic voice was in my head, it wasn't coming from anywhere. “Yes!” Hana-Chan said as we got teleported from a black room to one surrounded by nothing, not even black, there was nothing there.
A white door suddenly appeared in front of us, Hana-Chan’s expression told us that this was normal, so without a word Takajou-Kun opened the door which from the outside seemed to have nothing behind it but darkness. “What's with this teleporting, I'm gonna puke!”I said after walking in with my hand over my mouth as we once again teleported to a place that looked like somewhere straight out of a war.
| Welcome | That screen showed up again. | I Will Now Explain The Rules | | There Will Be More Than Just One Round In a Game. I Will Get To That In Just a Moment. You Can Win a Round By Either Eliminating The Entire Enemy Team, or in Your Case Eliminate Just The Leader, And It Will Count as The Entire Team. You Need Thirteen Rounds to Win. If Both Teams are Tied at Twelve Rounds, The game will go into overtime and From That Point Onwards, You will need Two More Points in a Row to Win. Keep in Mind This Game is in VR and Your Actual Bodies Will not Move. | We were in VR but we could use all five senses, and I felt like I had a sixth. “Hana-Chan, when does it start?” I asked, tired of waiting.
“Just wait a second.” She said it with an excited face that seemed like she was expecting something to happen. Suddenly I was in what looked like the laser tag building again, but there was something wrong. “Come on, to the second floor!”
Hana-Chan was already climbing up the darker than black stairs in front of us. When we got up after what felt like a long time, There was once again that screen at the end of a long hallway with a dead end. | Waiting For More Players… | “Hana-Chan, how long is the wait usually?” I asked.
“It's not that long since this place is really popular.”
Takajou-Kun sat down and looked at the screen. | All Players Found | “I just sat down…”
Takajou-Kun said with an annoyed face. | Map: Starry Maze | | Teleporting… | “Again??” I said bracing myself. We teleported to a room with no way out other than the two doors on each side of us. Hana-Chan and Takajou went through one door while I went through the other. “Let’s win!”
I said as all three of us were still standing in front of the door. As we went through, my door seemed normal. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!”
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