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-SYSTEM CORRUPTED-

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

The terminal displays:

Apology for the inconvenience.

Unforeseen circumstances occur.

Please be patient, the terminal is temporarily out of service.

[P#117] "Shit! Terminal malfunctioning."

[P#120] "Reset it."

She types in the terminal: RESTART.

ERROR

[P#117] "It doesn't work."

[P#120] "Do it again."

Again, she types in the terminal: RESTART.

ERROR

[P#117] "I tried but it still won't work."

[P#120] "Then do it again Claire!" 

She steps away from the terminal and moves to P#120.

[Claire] "It won't work thrice Jock! It's not as simple as it seems ok."

She shouts at him.

[Claire] "…"

[Jock] "…"

He puts both hands on Claire's shoulders.

Attempting to calm her down.

[Jock] "(Sigh) Listen, Claire, soon all of them will escape its containment and cause casualties."

[Claire] "…"

[Jock] "If we don't act fast, this place will be—"

Light flickers.

[Claire] "!!!"

[Jock] "!!!"

Both halt and are concerned as the room gradually dims.

They are side by side together but something is amiss.

...

[Claire] "Jock?"

[Claire] "Did the breaker get short-circuit?"

Jock remains silent.

[Claire] "Jock?"

...

Emergency lights are activated, barely illuminating spaces similar to torches in a dungeon.

Claire was alone in the room.

[Claire] "Jock!? Where are you?"

Abruptly, the malfunctioning terminal's screen flickers luminously, catching Claire's attention.

It then displays:

We know what you did.

[Claire] "What?"

It communicates through messages:

Those poor people you called subjects.

You took away their dream, their passion, and their lives.

[Claire] "What is this!?"

[Claire] "The-the terminal... is it talking to me?"

Be prepare.

Soon, a purgatory returns to you whole.

And he, who's our savior, will cleanse the roaming filths.

[Claire] "!!!"

ERROR

ERROR

ERROR

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PARADISE

ERROR

-CONTAINMENT SYSTEM DEACTIVATED-

After the terminal ends its episode, it sabotages itself resulting in a red screen full of  ERRORs.

Claire was stunned by the event, and she started to panic.

[Claire] "Jock, where the hell are you!?"

She steps back until a substance drips onto her hair.

She feels it and gradually looks at the ceiling.

...

 

 

One of them managed to infiltrate the ventilation above Claire, it responsible for Jock's death.

It then drops Jock's severed head near Claire's feet, trickling blood, causing Claire to make a couple of steps back in fear.

[Claire] "Oh my god! oh my god! oh my god! oh my god! oh my god! oh my god! oh my god!"

It bares its arm— a blood-stained blade infused with flesh and metal — and points it sharply at her.

As she sweats and braces to sprint.

It then descends resulting her to flee from the room.

It; One-of-Them (decided label).

[Claire] "Shit! Shit! Shit! Help! Help me!!!!! Help!!! Get the fuck away from me!!!"

After she exits the scenario and cuts to the corridor, it pursues her.

She tries to hinder its pursuit by tossing and dropping objects she can find along the run, such as a fire extinguisher, wall lights, and abandoned lightweight machinery.

Unfortunately, each of her attempts was sliced and diced by One-of-Them, at some point it also maneuvered the thrown and fallen objects, getting nearer to her back.

...

During the long chase in the corridor, slightly illuminated by a bunch of lights.

It manages to sever Claire's right leg with its arm blade causing her to crawl bleeding.

She screams in pain and pleads:

[Claire] "Wait! please don't kill me, I'm not one of them, I'm a worker! I only work for them because I am a survivor! I want to survive too just like you—"

It decapitates her, holding her head like a trophy.

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Registering activity...

 

[One-of-Them] "(Laughing) How pitiful, begging me as I care. I'll be the greatest, the number 1 savior and filth killer. Sooner or later, everybody will fear me and the world will tremble upon my presence—"

 

 

Registering activity...

 

Another came and one of them who escaped their containment reached One-of-Them from behind.

He crushed its head with a single hand, and its body fell on the floor alongside Claire's beheaded body.

Afterward, he searches its lifeless body for valuables but nothing is found, however, he instead tears away the arm blade and brings it along.

[?] "(Grunting)..."

He; Grunt (decided label).

Thereafter, the Grunt walks, reaching the corridor's end, a damaged gateway — sliding open and closing constantly, producing the sounds of screeching metal and bright yellow sparks — entering another location.

Steady his dried bloody hand and the scraping of a tainted blade left a trail of marks on his path.

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Hello, this is my first attempt at making story.

+ I'm also a non-english speaker, expect some vocabulary and grammatical errors.

This story from now to onward will contains:

• Horror-comedy (possible action).
• Protagonist will be focus depends on occasion in the story.
• Few illustrations (because I'm bored and try something to add the story).
• Experimentations (eg: particular illustration will be an indication/highlight and formatting experiment).
• Unordinary characters.
• Game/RPG elements (ot really but I'll try my best).
• Incoherence and amateur-level writing.

This story will also took time based on my productive spare times.

If readers got any questions, you can make some, I'll try answer if possible.