(A/N : I am not that good at writing synopsis ........ well hope everyone likes it )


A man who love to shoot photos has also lost his most precious thing because of his photo-shoot .

See what future has for him .


(A/N : don't know anything )

It felt like I had to use the five W's to explain why it was funny.

"What I mean is that it'll be difficult for us to get absorbed in those scenes. Think about it. If we can't get absorbed in our roles, it'll be funny. If we can, then it'll be awkward. Right?"

"I thought about it, but it isn't awkward. I thi- I can do it."

Lee Songha said confidently.

However, her hand wasn't simply fidgeting with the scenario, it was crumbling it. Also, it seemed like she was trying to read my expression. Whenever her long, delicate brows rose, her black eyes would glance over my mouth, eyes, or forehead.

A sudden sense of disharmony ran down my spine.

The figure of Lee Songha, who was especially friendly with me, slowly appeared in my mind. While I didn't have the sharpest senses, this was a bit chilly.

Maybe… Should I probe her a bit?

I used my rigid lips to smile as I asked,

"Songha, are you perhaps-"

"It's work so I have to do a good job."

Lee Songha abruptly cut in.

"Huh?"

"I am really confident in being able to focus, no matter scene it is. It's true."

She emphasized with a nonchalant face. The chilling feeling that had slapped both my cheeks had disappeared without a trace. Was I excessively sensitive? Well, she was seven years younger than me.

"No, it's not that you won't be able to act."

"Oppa, you'll be able to focus as you get used to it. So let's read the script together. It's better with you than the acting teacher. I need to practice a lot so that my next project is a success and I succeed as well."

"Uh, yeah. I'll do my best."

At my reply, Lee Songha smiled slightly as she calmly organized the scenarios.

Seeing her like this, my heart slumped down. It was a real relief that I didn't finish what I was saying just now. If I did, I would be embarrassed forever.

I let out the breath I had been holding back as I shook my head.

Let's not think about pointless things from now on.

*

"Oh my goodness. Ms. Songha's lips are amazing."

"They work with any color, right, chief?"

I nodded at the fussy makeup artist.

"They do."

"Really? Do they all suit me?"

Lee Songha asked as her eyes turned towards me.

"Yeah. What wouldn't suit you?"

A small brush with lipstick rubbed against her lips. Her lips, which had reddened after repeatedly putting on and erasing lipstick, were pushed by the brush. Between her lips, which were slightly open to make it easier to brush…

There was no other way. Let's not look.

I acted like I was looking around at the photo shoot set as I avoided looking at Lee Songha. Damn it. I kept becoming conscious of her actions and words. I felt like I would go crazy. Was it because I thought such useless thoughts about how she might…?

Or did I have spring fever? Was my testosterone stirring?

"Chief!"

While I was pressing my temples, the person in charge of the photo shoot approached me.

"Since the lip product is promoting its lasting power that won't erase after eating, we have to film her eating. Should we prepare a bag she can spit the food out in after chewing?"

"No, there's no need."

"Really? We were concerned because she's an actress."

"I don't know about other actresses, but Songha's fine."

Of course, the staff's concerns evaporated as soon as they resumed the shoot.

Lee Songha ate the crispy fried chicken thigh, cheese-covered lasagna, and a hamburger that was as big as two fists as though it was her first meal every time.

She ate the food with gusto. Why was I so happy whenever I saw her eating like this?

"The model is amazing, but is this a lip product photo shoot or a food photo shoot?"

"Even her eating amazes me. If she was my girlfriend, I would even empty my wallet to feed he-… I mean, sorry, chief. I didn't mean it."

The hair team assistant, who was spouting nonsense, shut his mouth the moment our eyes met. I relaxed my frown and looked back towards Lee Songha.

At some point, her food changed to a cream pasta. Wrapping a huge amount of pasta around her fork, she shoved it in her mouth. She wiped the cream on her lips with her fingers then licked her fingers with her tongue.

That was all, yet my heart felt like it had suddenly jolted like an elevator.

Was I crazy?

"Euah, that shocked me. I gasped."

"The scene just now would make anyone, young, old, male, or female, gasp."

So it wasn't just me. What a relief.

Well, it would be weird if someone could be normal after seeing that. There were times in the past when my heart jolted because she was so pretty and her atmosphere really suited my preferences. I also quickly brushed those thoughts away and returned to normal.

When I calmed down, the photo shoot was over.

I was leaving with Lee Songha after saying our farewells to the cosmetic company, photo shoot team, and other staff members when Lee Songha showed me the seven different lipsticks in her pouch as she said,

"I brought them since they asked me to use them to promote the product. Oppa, which color did you like best?"

"I liked the third one you tried on."

My throat became parched when I recalled the previous events so I gulped down a soda.

"The third one… Ah, 'coral orgasm'."

I almost spit out my drink.

"… Coral what?"

"They sometimes name cosmetics like this as sex appeal marketing."

After calmly answering my question, Lee Songha took out the lipstick I had mentioned and rubbed it against her lips twice. It dyed her makeup-removed lips. The tips of her lips rose beautifully.

"I also like this color. It looks like we have the same tastes. How interesting."

I felt like I was going crazy.

Placing Lee Songha, who was in a good mood, in front of me, I slapped my cheeks.

I had to get it together. It would be troublesome if I let down my guard.

*

I felt like I had become Paul.

The octopus that predicted the World Cup match results.

"Now really, do people in our company have nothing to do? Why are you all spectating someone picking a project they think will do well?"

"Then why are you here?"

"My actor pushed me here, telling me that we should consider the project he picks."

The lounge was more crowded than ever. From familiar faces to people who I had never seen before, they came and watched me.

Scenarios and synopses were uniformly spread on top of the table in front of me. Someone cheered me on, though I didn't know what he was cheering me on for. Anyways, he placed three soda cans in front of me like they were some sort of tribute.

In front of me were Kim Hyunjo, the team 3 leader, and the director.

The team 3 leader smiled brightly as he said,

"Just pick one, there's no pressure."

"There has never been a more uncomfortable moment in my life."

"Don't feel pressured and just choose the one you like! Is there one that you liked that didn't work out? At this point, you can consider it a skill instead of luck."

"That puts more pressure on me."

My mouth was dry. After downing a soda can, I stretched out my hand.

Expectations, disbelief, and interest, various gazes landed on my hand. I took out a scenario and synopsis from the pile of papers. The stack of papers in my hand felt heavy.

It was the final moment. There were no signs of my vision going black this time as well.

Suppressing my disappointment, I placed the two projects down.

One was a supporting role in a 34 billion won{1}, large-scale movie.

The other was a lead role in a Korean-Chinese joint venture miniseries.

These were the results of agonizing for sleepless nights.

The murmurs grew louder. The two projects I picked were immediately handed to the director. Kim Hyunjo scanned the covers with his sharp eyes, while the team 3 leader asked as if confirming,

"Those? Really? Those two?"

"Yes. I think those two are the best."

Kim Hyunjo let out a sigh after hearing my words.

"What a relief."

"What is?"

"Do you know how nervous I was that you would push a ridiculous synopsis and say, 'this is the one,' like before? Fortunately, we had selected those two as first and second choices as well."

Well, objectively speaking, they were projects that were a shame to miss out on.

"I feel like something big will happen."

"I know, right? That's good."

The team 3 leader and Kim Hyunjo said. The director got up and waved the two projects in his hand.

"I'll closely examine these two projects with the CEO. The CEO is very interested in the projects you chose this time as well."

He went upstairs with a meaningful smile.

I closely controlled by heart.

The die had already been cast. All that remained now was to make the next project a success no matter what.

***

W&U Management Business Department Team 3. New recruit, Lee Kwanwoo. 26 years old.

He saw something during his first meeting with his superior, Chief Jung Sunwoo, on his first day.

A terrifying thorny path welcomed by the sound of a devil playing a horn.

The moment they met, Jung Sunwoo stared at Lee Kwanwoo's face for a long while. Then he smiled, saying, 'Let's work hard together.' His smile seemed like he would flop him down and whip him if he made a mistake during work.

For a smooth work life, Lee Kwanwoo gathered information about Jung Sunwoo.

When he visited the PR Team to introduce himself, he was flooded with information.

"So Mr. Sunwoo is your superior. Oh, my. His first impression was scary, right? He looks like he has a bad personality, right?"

"… No."

The PR Team employees persistently egged him on when he replied late.

"Ehh? If my superior was Mr. Sunwoo, I think I would be very uneasy."

"I might have thought about quitting. Geez, it's not good for my heart."

"You guys are having fun. Stop teasing the recruit."

The PR Team Leader grinned as she joined in.

"Mr. Sunwoo's impression is very… intense, but he's a good person. He's quick-witted too. Seeing how he treats Neptune, he's responsible and takes care of his own people. He takes action when necessary. Also, he's very talented. If you follow him well, your future might be as open as an 8-lane highway."

Next, Lee Kwanwoo obtained information from the Neptune members.

When Jung Sunwoo had left the waiting room for a bit, Im Seoyoung smiled as she said,

"New recruit oppa and Sunwoo oppa really give off contrasting feelings."

"Really?"

"Yes. In terms of animals, you are like a large, very docile dog with your big build and drooping eyes."

"Then what kind of animal is Chief Jung?"

As soon as he asked, the members, who were each doing their own thing, answered at the same time,

"Snake."

"Snake."

"Snake."

"Hamster."

A commotion erupted in the waiting room. Shocked, Im Seoyoung jumped up and down.

"Lee Songha, don't lie with such a brazen face! Euu… I got goosebumps!"

"I'm not."

"What do you mean you're not! The only thing Sunwoo oppa has in common with a hamster is that they are both mammals!"

Im Seoyoung shouted while rubbing her arms. Lee Taehee and LJ agreed.

"Yeah, a hamster is a bit…"

"Hey, Songha, do something about your eyes. Try taking them out and washing them. It's bad. It's not enough that you follow him around like a puppy, now you want to make him into a hamster and bring him around in your pocket?"

Sitting quietly, Lee Kwanwoo blinked.

Lee Songha was the hardest to talk to amongst the Neptune members. Compared to Im Seoyoung, whose friendliness rivaled that of the women's society president, Lee Taehee and LJ weren't on the friendly side either, but Lee Songha stood out.

She already didn't look human, yet her expression barely changed as well. She didn't talk much and gave off a cool, calm feeling. Rather than feeling a gap between them, it felt like Lee Songha was in a different world.

Yet, when they talked about Jung Sunwoo, her expression changed multiple times in a moment. She would even smile.

A dramatic suspicion crossed his mind.

A suspicion that maybe they were in that sort of relationship.

However, his suspicion crumbled like a deflating balloon the next day.

They were driving to a different film shoot. Instead of Jung Sunwoo, who had other things to do, Kim Hyunjo sat in the passenger's seat. While it wasn't on the same level as Jung Sunwoo, Kim Hyunjo's impression was quite bad as well. Kim Hyunjo told him,

"There are occasionally people who can't differentiate reality and drama, but don't even think about dating your assigned celebrities. If you're caught, you're fired. Even if you're really lucky, you'll be moved to another team."

Kim Hyunjo made a throat-cutting gesture.

Then he turned around and added,

"You girls don't forget either."

"We know, we know! Stop talking about it! You say it every time our manager changes!"

When Im Seoyoung shouted noisily, Kim Hyunjo smiled like the devil as he said,

"It's not enough even if I say it a hundred times. Succeed if you find it unfair."

"How successful do we have to be?! How successful?!"

"When you can tell the CEO to stop concerning himself with your personal life."

"Are you trying to keep us single forever?!"

During this commotion, the other girls joined in as well. Only Lee Songha was quiet. Lee Kwanwoo glanced at Lee Songha. She had her chin propped up on her arm, which was on the windowsill, as she looked outside. She was eating almonds.

If there was something going on between her and Jung Sunwoo, then there should have been some sort of reaction, yet she was calm. Same as usual. She didn't look even slightly interested in the dating discussion.

Lee Kwanwoo erased the various dramas between a celebrity and her manager that he had come up with last night. Then he thought,

'Like Kim Hyunjo said, dramas were dramas, and reality was reality.'

His thoughts shook once more the next morning.

The Neptune members, who finished their morning workout in the gym attached to the company, were spread out, exhausted. When Lee Kwanwoo was handing each of them a sports drink, an unfamiliar voice approached from the locker room.

"That Jung Sunwoo from Team 3. Apparently, he's close with Son Chaeyoung."

"Where did you hear that nonsense? I heard something happened to them and now they're practically enemies."

"I thought the same, but they saved each other's phone numbers on their phone and call each other casually. For Son Chaeyoung, that's really close."

"Really? Who told you?"

"It's not one or two people who witnessed their call. That's why Team 2 is trying to assign Son Chaeyoung to Jung Sunwoo…"

The chatting men swallowed their words when they discovered Neptune. When they left to changing room with quick steps, silence hung in the air where the members were. A silence, which prickled as though they were rubbing their skin on broken china.

The moment Lee Kwanwoo added Son Chaeyoung's name to his information on Chief Jung Sunwoo, Im Seoyoung glanced at Lee Songha as she said,

"Really, that is the most baseless rumor amongst all the nonsensical rumors I've heard. Sunwoo oppa hates Son Chaeyoung so much. I bet he hates her more than we, no, Songha, you do."

"That's true."

The other girls supported her, but the mood was gradually becoming odder.

"Ahh, how annoying! Let's just ask Sunwoo oppa out right!"

With Im Seoyoung's lead, the other members got up and left. Lee Songha also trailed along behind them. They didn't need to search for long. Jung Sunwoo was on the phone, standing on the stairs outside the gym.

"Ah, did you just wake up? There's food in the fridge, so eat some before you leave. There's only going to be lunchboxes or kimbap on set anyways, right?"

The Neptune members stood rigidly.

Their faces, as they looked at Jung Sunwoo, turned strange. Discovering them after, Jung Sunwoo immediately hung up. A troubled expression flashed on his cold face. Frowning, he approached them.

"I understand what you might be thinking, but it's not my girlfriend. While I don't know why I'm explaining myself, it's not. Just an actor. After reading scenarios together last night, we ended up sleeping at my house."

At those words, the girls' expressions became odder.

As if there was no other alternative, Jung Sunwoo clicked his tongue and said,

"Because I thought you, especially Songha, would be concerned about this, I wanted to tell you when the time was right. To be honest, I've been assigned to another actor."

Lee Kwanwoo unconsciously looked at Lee Songha. Then he saw it.

The intense change in her expression that looked like a tornado had been tossed onto a calm lake.
 
{1} ~$31.8 million USD

Jung Sunwoo was an average man. He had just taken his first job at W&U, a celebrity management company, as a manager. He could finally achieve his dream of being the manager of a world-famous actor or actress. On his way to work, he fell into what appeared to be a lucid dream about his future. As he went on with his day, he realized it may not have simply been a lucid dream.
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There was a sudden silence inside the room. The three of them were staring at Francheska with a complicated look in their eyes. Francheska does not feel bothered with her friends' scorching looks towards her. Instead, she has a small smile on her face. 

"What is so good at being a star, anyway? If you want, I can raise you alone in my house and you can live your life without any hassle." whispered Wendy but the tone of her voice was loud enough for the other three persons inside the room to hear her.

Perhaps Wendy did not realize that her words stirred their conversation away, but it removed the awkward atmosphere inside the room.

"You want Cheska to be a pig?" Leon laughingly asked.

"No, no. She cannot be a pig. Perhaps a hamster?" Wendy said.

"Stupid! Can't you see that Francheska is too beautiful to be a pig or a hamster?" Cindy refuted. "If she will become an animal, she should be a rabbit! A cute and fluffy rabbit!"

"Why do I have to be an animal anyway? Can I just be a normal person?" 

As the group keeps on joking with each other, they proceeded on eating their dinner. But this time, Francheska ate a complete set of course meal under the strong pressure from her friends. They mentioned that if Rissa tried to complain about it later, Francheska can either change her manager in an instant or she can hide in Cindy's house in the meantime to avoid her manager's wrath and scoldings. Of course, Francheska knew that they were only jesting, but she can truly appreciate their concerns about her. 

After a straight three hours of bonding with her friends, it is time for Francheska to go back to her hotel room and rest. She still has a photo shoot scheduled tomorrow and she gave them an excuse of sleeping early to have plenty of rest. But in truth, Francheska is thinking of running on a treadmill later for one hour before going to sleep. With the amount of food she ate tonight plus the pastries she enjoyed last night, Francheska will surely regret it later if she will not start losing the weight she gained.

They were actually reluctant to let Francheska go. It was rare for them to gather like this unlike before when Francheska was still a newbie in the entertainment industry. Seeing them like this, Francheska promised to invite them again next week before she starts filming her new movie. After a few more words, Francheska left her friends to go back to the hotel where she is staying.

When Francheska finally left, the merry and hyper atmosphere in the room vanished as if it was all an illusion. Instead, the faces of Leon, Cindy, and Wendy became serious. 

"Have you guys heard? Rachel got the second female lead role in the same movie where Cheska will play as the protagonist?" Cindy started.

"Second female lead? Ha! Much better if she got the role of the villain in the movie." Wendy scoffed.

"I guess that Iñigo guy helped that woman to get the role." concluded Leon. "Heh. Once a fool, always a fool."

"So what are we going to do now?"

"Nothing."

"Huh?"

"Wendy, you should know by now that Cheska does not like it when we secretly help her. She wanted to do her best without relying on us or our connection." Cindy explained.

"But she is not relying on us! We are helping her because that is what we want."

"It is still the same, Wendy. You know that Cheska wants to stand on her own feet. And we should respect that."

Even if she still wants to refute Leon's words, Wendy shuts her mouth and say nothing more. Leon is right. Francheska hates it when she achieved something just because she relied on someone's power. Francheska's pride will never let her accept it.

"But Rachel..."

"Don't worry too much about her, Wendy. She can't do anything for now."

"Cindy is right. Rachel's self-made image will never let her do things that can hurt Francheska in from of others."

"But if she really dares to hurt Cheska again, who knows what kind of punishment she will get in return. Right?"

Letting out a sigh, Wendy finally nods her head.

Francheska Cruz already experienced being betrayed, backstabbed, and being hurt by the people she used to love and trusted. These experiences leave a deep scar in her heart. But when she leaves the country, she chooses to live her life in a different way. She promised in her heart that she will forget it and starts a new life.
 
When comes back to the country, Francheska was already a successful person. She is not the same person they hurt and betrayed. As her career and life are getting smoother as the day goes by, her past suddenly comes knocking back in her life. She plans to ignore it first, but of course, they will never let her have an easy and peaceful life.
 
So what should Francheska do? Of course, she will fight.
 
"Hurt me once, it’s a shame on you. Hurt me twice, it’s a shame on me. Hurt me thrice, then it’s definitely a war to end all of you."

Manuel stares at the photo on the computer screen like a psychopath,
"So this is what the wife of Hades looks like."

I cannot believe my eyes. A beautiful graceful blonde smiles playfully into the camera next to that fugly monster.

There are two reasons why they are together:

Money

Money

MONEY!!!


"We need reinforcement", I say.

Manuel snaps his fingers, "No problem! We have Angela, Julius Plato S., Emo Ute..."

"And ice block. Diablo could freeze the wife of the anti-burrito dwarf with his icy aura."

"I'm going to recruit my cousins."

That actually doesn't sound like a stupid plan.

"I'll round everyone up.", I grin and for the first time in forever I feel something that could be described as "hope".

About 30 minutes later, the entire crew has gathered in Manuel's burrito cave.

"Oh, there's a dead hamster lol."

I lose my faith in humanity.

"All living beings are doomed to death's scythe. We are namely prisoners of this fate and slaves to our instincts. And as we lose sight of our finality, we begin to crave more and more worldly resources such as food and other pleasures and forget the true meaning of our lives. We want to fulfill the duty of producing offspring like our animal counterparts instead, only to disappear into posterity in the end stuck in our foolish self-righteousness, believing we have taught our children the 'right' values. But he who brings virtue also brings vice.
Exactly because of those values, however, there's an even greater burden for man to bear.
Moral thinking and understanding distinguishes us from the animals. We became smart, but also more arrogant because of our intelligence. Unfortunately, wisdom is exactly man's fatal flaw, which Christian theologians call 'original sin'. Our wisdom leads to the fact that death is felt as something unnatural. We become afraid of the fading of the self by the complete extinction and annihilation of the mortal body and see the 'new birth' in the ether not as redemption from the body, but damnation, because we are afraid of the uncertainty of non-existence. We should seek to reduce ourselves to nothing to numb the vice we brought upon this world. As we were born from nothing, we shall return to nothing.", Emo Ute says.

My faith is no longer lost, but hung on the gallows, shot, chased under the combine, burned and reduced to atoms, then on its ashes Manuel danced Macarena three times in the tune of the Super Mario Theme.

"Kate?"

I stare at the wall, mind numb, and subject myself to these depressing thoughts.

"How do you want to make her go away.", the wood log asks in such a monotone voice that I didn't notice that it was a question at first.

"Ist doch klar!", beginnt das VSCO girl.

"Isn't it obvious?", the VSCO girl begins. I hope she'll choke on her bubble tea in her hydro flasksksks.

"We take her beauty away! Then he's gonna throw her away like a plastic straw!", she gleams.

Manuel draws his brows together, "And how do you want to do that?"

"Yo, scallywags, we'll jus' loot off her make-up!", Julius Plato S. says. "Arrrr.", he adds.

"What a dumb idea!", I protest, "I know how. We'll send her to a very special hair stylist who'll ruin her hair!"

For a few seconds, silence lingered in the round.
"Arrr, me spouse be a hairdresser." The old man again. "She earns somethin' like that on top o' her pension. I'll tell her wha' we be up t'."

"Great, and how are we going to reel her in?" Manuel asks skeptically.
"With a voucher!", Angela Merle sings.

Emo Ute begins to tremble,
"Diablo. I have to confess something to you."

She takes a deep breath and chokes.

After a coughing fit and a brief respite, she has regained her voice. The foolish thing, however, is that she now sounds like a drug-addicted pubescent eighth grader, just like Manuel.

She inhales deeply,

"At which hour thee taint'd mine own heart with sweetness, t'was a slippery slope,
oh, woe, I am in love with a knave from the grove. 
mine own second wing, mine own ladybird,
I wast not a blinking idiot f'r passion,
anon t's thee I am wanting. 
Would thee beest mine? Would thee beest mine tonight?
Couldst beest kissing mine own fruit punch lips in the bright sunshine
for I like thee quite a lot, everything thee did get, thee not knoweth?
T's thee yond i adore, though i maketh the boys falleth like dominoes."

"Ok.", he answers.

I start scratching my head.

"What's the second step?", I can feel the excitement rising up inside me.
"When we have taken away her beauty, we have to take the anti-burrito guy's job next."

A creepy grin begins to form on Manuel's face. He looks like the dead hamster.

"With the hamster corpse!", Mrs. Tomie suddenly appears.
"Mrs. Tomie?! Go away! You are not plot-relevant and do not appear in this arc!", I shout indignantly. I didn't even invite her.

I sigh and continue, "My idea is, we have to find his favorite restaurant which he also inspected and have the hamster show up there. When authorities find out that he basically lied about the authenticity of the food, he'll lose his job."
I have to admit, I didn't think it through. Whatever.

"And how are you going to find out his favorite restaurant?" Asks Ms. Tomie.

"I told you to get lost!"

"It says so on Facebook, Chinese.", Manuel replies and points to the photo of him in a chic asian restaurant on the computer screen.

"Alright, then let's do it that way."

I hide a dark secret...

When night falls, I like to run across the streets without looking left and right, hoping to be run over someday. The only driving force in my life is waiting for the day I die. I scream, but no one hears me.
Especially at school, I am constantly reminded of this bleak reality: I'm surrounded by idiots!


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Miles checked his electric guitar. For most of the last two months he had been living alone and the only thing that helped him stay sane was the vintage guitar in his hand.
He had been calling his wife all night long. Trying to learn much on the progress of her pregnancy. But aside from receiving a text message that she is okay -including the bit of news on  their eight month old baby inside her- there's not much she could offer. Reminiscing the  short time he spent with her in their short marriage was killing him.
He turned the amplifier on and slowly strum his guitar. Another night  coming, another sadness he needed to hurdle. He drank the wine beside him and played with his guitar one of his favorite XOV songs entitled 'Lucifer'.
"I want him to meet his maker
I used to be a lover, now I'm a hater
My passion to succeed is watching him bleed
Oh Lord, what have become of me?
Once upon a time, I was a fool
Too cool for school
Gangster cruel
Blood in, blood out, pull the trigger, no doubt
Lucky motherfucker, you don't know what I'd do to you
I used to kick it with Lucifer."
Mile's  voice can be heard far away as his voice got carried by the wind  and in one of the city apartments,  we could see Lyca in her room as she packed her things. She looked around and realized she left her shoe in one of the cabinets. She looked around and saw a picture of her and Naida in the fridge. She took the photo and cut the one she had on it and placed Naida's photo back. After ensuring she had no more stuff, she then left a goodbye letter with the word 'Naida' on the cover. She took her keys and left the apartment with her bags. A few moments later Naida arrived and saw the letter on the bed. She slumped on an easy chair and read what Lyca had to say. 'Thanks for everything. Time for me to move on," Love Lyca. It was brief. All their two years together summarized in 10 words. Naida crumpled the paper and threw it in the trash. It was not a big deal. She never felt any love for her anyway.
In a condo that was two blocks away, Lyca knocked on the door. "Kyle?" The door opened and a handsome man opened the door. He must have been around thirty year old, with fair complexion  and  dark auburn hair.
"Lyca. Come in."
Lyca entered the two bedroom unit. Kyle held Lyca's hand and pulled it away from the door.
"Come on. Let me entertain you with whatever  I could offer from this tiny tiny condo of mine."
"Are you alone?"
"As far as I am concerned, Yes. But there's a current occupant in the other  room." He pointed at the room on the left.
He whispered. "Shh...an old  buddy and his girlfriend are having intense orgasm." Then burst out laughing.
"Oh," Lyca blushed as she waved her hand in front of her. 
"What can I do for you, honey? Seems like ages that we have not seen each other. The last time together  is like three years ago? And that's how you met Naida right?"
Lyca looked around. She could see Kyle's photo in one of the hospitals he is on duty hanging on the wall. Kyle is still her 'go-to' person for her medical concerns.
"Yes. But..." Lyca was a bit restless. "I am not here to talk about my past. Hope you understand."
Kyle took two glasses and a bottle of wine. "I might need some spirit. I feel like drinking." He gave one of the glass to Lyca and poured some Johnny Walker on it.
"Trouble?" Kyle asked.
"Yes...I need you to check on me Kyle. I needed somebody to talk to." Lyca drank the wine Kyle offered.
"Okay, but chill out. You drank the wine too fast. Have some more but drink it slow. I don't want a drunk patient seeking consultation with me.OKay? "
Kyle loved to make her smile. He was the easiest to talk with.
"I had a nightmare. Bad ones. Kept on repeating night after night."
"Uh ha. And-"
"It is affecting me….just got out of a relationship. I left Naida. Our relationship isn't working. I am alone right now."
Kyle drank the wine on his hand. He poured some more and drank it again.Then he cleared his throat.
"You might need counselling Lyca from what I feel and hear from you. But I will be there to help you."
Lyca sighed. "Thank you, Kyle."
In another corner, we could see Jorge looking at his window as he flexed his hand and cracked his neck from side to side. He had been thinking of going deeper down the rabbit hole. He had Dr. Molina in his mind and the truth he said could totally shake everyone's fundamental belief about reality.
We are back in Mile's  room as he sang the second paragraph….
"And he still lingers in the dark, oh
Oh, Lucifer, you better watch out
The evil within has never been greater
My soul has been seized and he's the dictator
I've been dragged through the mud
I can still taste the blood
Oh Lord, what have become of me?
Once upon a time, I was a fool
Too cool for school
Gangster cruel
Blood in, blood out, pull the trigger, no doubt
Lucky motherfucker, you don't know what I'd do to you
I used to kick it with Lucifer
And he still lingers in the dark, oh
Oh, Lucifer, you better watch out
Dr. Molina looked at the finished circular beam in front of him. It was past midnight and he made some calculations before turning it on. The darkness of the room was suddenly illuminated by the blue green light that emanated from the two circular beams that ran opposite to each other. He let the machine warm itself up, pressed the diagnostics  and checked the machine calibration report in its monitor. The  report stated the machine was in perfectly good health.
He unpacked a cage of hamsters and carefully picked a black colored ones. He picked the glass syringe on the table and  injected an unknown serum to the  black hamster he held in his hand. He then placed a red tag on the white hamster inside the cage as a control. He turned off the machine and when the circular motion stopped, he then placed both hamsters in the center of the beam then turned the machine back on. The three towers standing in the room began to emit sparks of electric current all around. Dr. Molina put on his goggles and pressed the  upload button in the control room. He could hear a loud hum build up and together with the  noise  from the electric sparks Dr. Molina put on an ear muff to cancel the noise. And in a blink of an eye the two hamsters disappeared. He turned the machine off and went towards the center of the beam. Holding a timer he counted down the time and as he predicted, the black hamster appeared after 30 seconds.
He put a question mark to  the white hamster. And wrote 'Lost in time' and the name of Colonel Riva on the side.
He then called Jorge on his cell phone. Jorge was outside his condominium unit taking a walk when he picked up the call.
"The machine is finished. Are you ready?' Dr. Molina asked.
Jorge looked around him and cleared his throat. "This is a rescue of sorts?"
"Yes."
"And experimental?"
"Yes. And there's no guarantee this won't have any long term effect  on a subject. "
"I understand."
"We have a man to rescue and you can help him back, Jorge."
"If this is what the Colonel ordered, I have to respond."
"That's good to hear. No more hesitations?"
Jorge pinched his nose then blew a couple of sighs.
"No. None. "
Miles crooned and poured his heart out. Singing had been his tower of strength. His voice glides smoothly, cracking at the 'boominess' of his gorgeous low register, which is a personal stylistic approach that only an aching heart could deliver.
"Once upon a time, I was a fool
Too cool for school
Gangster cruel
Blood in, blood out, pull the trigger, no doubt
Lucky motherfucker, you don't know what I'd do to you
I used to kick it with Lucifer
And he still lingers in the dark, oh
Oh, Lucifer
You better watch out
Lucifer
(D-Devil's been an angel)
(D-Devil's been an angel)
(Even the Devil's been an angel)
Lucifer"
Miles was motionless. There was a tear on his eye. He must have cried singing to a classic song that no one probably heard. Who does listen to a song with a repugnant title anyway? No Christians would dare listen to it. It's blasphemy. But here he is,  likened himself to someone because there is literally no one he could think of. He is a good man caught in a bad relationship. Unwanted. He picked up the guitar and smashed it to bits and pieces on the floor until the only thing left in his hand was the handle. He was panting hard and in his exhaustion sat on the floor thinking about what he did. Stupid! He said to himself. Stupid! He repeated to himself.

Forensic  Jorge Velez is on the heels of a series of  murders but the  events unfolding may have already happened. His team found intertwined events, unusual evidences, strange disappearances, time lapses, and  feeling of 'deja vu'. In order for them to truly find out what is happening they literally  need to run  towards the  shadow's edge and fell 150 meters below.
--------
Did he just walk inside a top secret military program? Where is Dr. Molina? What is his purpose in inviting him?

The electric noise was literally raising all the hair on his arms. There were sudden huge sparks that could literally fry and it randomly  hit the floor and the tall ceiling above. What is this place? There is something massive going on and he needed to understand what this is all about.

"Impressed?" A man behind him asked. It was Dr. Molina. He removed his goggles and grabbed Jorge's arms.

"I could see you are in a confused state. Come inside the briefing room."

Confused is an underestimation. Jorge was literally in a state of shock.

Inside the briefing room, Jorge's hand was trembling as he drank a glass of water together with his medication. He needed something to calm himself down. The voices he heard in his radio, the message from Colonel Riva, and this massive thing in front of him is just too much to process in the blink of an eye. He needed to slow down.

"What's going on?" Jorge's asked as Dr. Molina pore over the result of many of his experiments.

"What you see is what you get Jorge. It's the real deal. A time machine."

Jorge felt his breathing stopped. He heard it loud and clear. A  T-I-M-E machine.



Alex’ POV 

“Hey gorgeous, wanna hangout?” 

“Smooth but flattery wouldn’t get you anywhere with me, Alex. What do you want?” The smiling blonde responds. 

“To hangout. I want to show you something.” I pulled her. 

Our classes are over and I wanted to ask her out for the weekend. Also, I truthfully just wanted to be with her, every moment is precious. 

“Okay, okay. What is it?” She removed my grasp on her arms only so she could hold on to mine. 

“Come with me.” 

--- 

When we reached the rooftop, I removed my hands from covering her eyes. I brought her to the greenhouse which is actually in the rooftop of where my apartment is. 

The sunlight is still glinting and reflected by the glass walls. It was refreshing and peaceful place surrounded by plants and a tree at the center part of the greenhouse. Only the noise of the insect is present. The feeling is like being in a countryside, far from all the noise and complications of the city. 

“Wow.” Sunny gasped at the sight. “How did I not know you have this in your building?” She continued in awe. 

Not as beautiful as you though. - That’s what I would have said if she is in any state of being okay to be courted right now but she’s still healing and she wouldn’t even bother to open up. Instead, I replied with, 

“Well, the first time you were here you went off abruptly and the second time, you weren’t in the proper state I guess. I’m glad this time.” 

“I am too.” She beamed at me. 

We sat under the small tree with our backs leaning on the trunk. Sunny has her eyes closed. Eyebags are present just below her eyes, probably from crying and not being able to sleep at night. Yet, she looked so majestic as the wind blows her baby hairs onto her face. I’m desperately fighting the urge to remove it from obscuring that beautiful view and oh God, her parted lips entice me. 

“How is adapting to new school going for you Alex?” She asked. 

I nervously darted my gaze away, frightened that I was caught staring but then her eyes didn’t open. 

Sigh. 

“It’s really easy. How about you, really?” I asked back. 

“That’s good. Hmmm…with me, everything’s fi- ” 

“Don’t you dare tell me okay or fine or along the lines of that, because I know it’s not true.” 

“I broke up with Jackson.” 

 

“I know.” 

“Ari or Bree might have pick up on that and told you. It’s not like you’d know. You’re pretty oblivious.” She chuckled at the last part. 

“Hey, no I’m not.” I pout. 

‘Whatever hamster.” She shrugged and leaned her head on my shoulder. 

I let her as she turned her body towards me and curled into a ball. I didn’t press her for more details about their break up. She’d tell me if she wants to, that’s what Ari said and I’m going to respect that. I just didn’t want her to say she is fine when clearly she’s not. 

We sat in the comfortable silence for a few moments before I had to break it. 

“Mitchelle.” 

She hummed in response. 

“Let’s go camping this weekend. The two of us, the young ones are busy.” 

She looked up. Her two orbs glinting under the sunlight where the tree was unable to shade. 

“You sure?” She mused. She probably thinks I’m joking. 

I nodded. 

“Okay.” She responds before putting her head back in my shoulders. 

We continued to sat in silence until it was time for her to go home. 

I’ve never been so anxious and excited at the same time just for a camping. 

--- 

Breana’s POV 

-Alex Song has added you to the chat. 

-Alex Song has added Maria Han to the chat. 

Alex Song: guys 

Breana Jung: :) 

Maria Han: what do you want? 

Alex Song: Hi Bree! I and Mitchelle are going camping on weekend ;D 

Maria Han: Camping? Who the f does that in this century? What r u, scouts? Meh 

-Maria Han nicknamed Alex Song to Scout Alex 

Breana Jung: Ari… 

-Scout Alex changed her nickname to Hamster 

Hamster: it’s FUN Ari unless you’re lazy, oh! That you are bish 

Maria Han: Im not lazy, im jus saving energy 

-Maria Han nicknamed Breana Jung to BreePup 

-Maria Han changer her nickname to Lioness Nala 

BreePup: I’m curious, why camping? You never liked it before, why did you even suggest it? 

-Hamster named the group chat The Zoo is Now Open for Business 

Hamster: I brought Sunny in the greenhouse upstairs, she liked it 

Lioness Nala: Oohhh 

BreePup: so she likes outdoors and nature then 

Hamster: I thought so too, hence the camping 

BreePup: aww, that’s romantic and greasy, which is so you 

Hamster: 0 _ 0 

Lioness Nala: it’s not 

Hamster: I’d agree w/ Ari this time. It’s not like Im dating her for it to be romantic 

BreePup: Yea but if it were the case I’d say that and romantic is not just for y’know. Why are you being defensive? 

Lioness Nala: nah, what’s romantic is me bringing u McDonald’s for dinner, even got u ur fav oreo sundae 

BreePup: Ari, you are the one eatng it and pls, leave some for me 

Hamster: You together rn? 

BreePup: Ari insisted on another sleepover saying it’s for our project, but she doesn’t even know what the project is 

Hamster: asdfghjkl 

BreePup: You gotta prep for the camping materials though 

Lioness Nala: Puppy, I thought we agreed to do the project, I’d give u all the moral support u need ;) 

Hamster: Oh shoot. I gotta go buy tomorrow 

BreePup: You agreed on that on your own Ari. Is there anything we can do to help, Alex? 

Hamster: Maybe you could help buy those camping materials? I have my working shift after class -_-‘ 

BreePup: Yea, we can do that, right Ariiii? 

Lioness Nala: look who’s agreeing on her own terms now -____- 

BreePup: You saying something Ari? :))) 

Lioness Nala: Nothing, jus eating 

Hamster: ooop, Ari is a bottom 

Lioness Nala: stfu 

BreePup: What is a bottom? 

Hamster: x __ x 

Hamster: Need to go, I still have to eat dinner, bye 

--- 

I locked my phone and faced Ari who is busy munching on her fries. 

“What does Alex means when she said you’re a bottom?”

Senior year. Everyone has their life going. Plans are being laid out for their future. 

There is Mitchelle Kim or popularly known for her stage name Sunny, the school band's female vocalist. Beautiful, talented and kind. A ray of sunshine. She has her life all planned out, her 3 year-relationship going steady to the handsome and intelligent band's male vocalist Jackson Choi aka Jack. Lucky for them, they are aiming for the same thing. What more could she ask for? Right? 

Together with them is Breana Jung, the drummer. No one would have thought her to be the cute, shy, intelligent and lovely type once she's holding the sticks and whipping it on stage. Sure she can perform on stage but self-assurance and confidence is what keeps her from being in the spotlight. Afraid of getting hurt again, she keeps her circle small and her feelings always in check. She likes to keep her thoughts to herself. Will she ever open up? 

Unlike her, Maria Han or Ari, Sunny's bestfriend is outgoing and bares it all. She wouldn't be told to do things just to fit in and she never much cared about what most people think of her. She's energetic, sassy, popular and 'in'. After all, she's the cheerleader in the cheering squad for the school basketball team. But until when? 

Everything is pretty normal until it wasn't anymore. 

Cause there's Alexandria Song or Alex, the interesting and charming transfer student. A painful memory from Breana's past that will force her to confront her issues which will lead her to Ari. Alex - the person who'll be turning Sunny's life into more than just one season. But just like every person Alex has her own problems she chose to run away from. How long would it be until it catches up to her?

Read how the threads of connections between these four women unravels. Friendship, love, forgiveness, acceptance, betrayal, lies, secrets, hate, what feelings would overcome?

Chen Xixi took a selfie with Bai Hao Yun in his office and uploaded it on her social media account after they were done with work. Jess saw Chen Xixi's photo captioned, "First day working after marriage. [heart]" 


Jess sent a text along with the screenshot of Chen Xixi's post to their Whatsapp group. 

Jess : Oh my god! Our Xixi are progressing fast.

Nana : I thought they hated each others. Seems like somebody had turned their hatred into love [lol] [lol].

Lina : Aww~ So sweet!. [love] [heart]

Chen Xixi : Hey! 

Nana : Hmm.. I guess that we were all wrong about Bai Hao Yun being a gay. 

Jess : Look at their pictures. They look so in love.

Chen Xixi : Yup. We are in love now. He treats me really well.

Lina : Have you greeted his hamster yet?

Chen Xixi : What hamster?

Jess : Don't act innocent! We are all adults now.

Chen Xixi : I don't understand.

Nana : She meant the hamster down there! 

Chen Xixi : Hamster is too small. It's a rat.


Bai Hao Yun was right beside Chen Xixi when she was immersed in the conversation. Curiosity sparks in his mind when he noticed the cheeky look on the face of his wife as she was holding the phone. His figure was taller than her, making it easy for him to peek through her phone. Bai Hao Yun tried to contain his laughter after he accidentally read something he was not supposed to. Chen Xixi heard the sound of Bai Hao Yun giggling then turned to face him. "What are you laughing at?" Chen Xixi looked at her husband weirdly. Bai Hao Yun pressed his lips together to hold his laughter then looked at the direction of her phone. 

Chen Xixi understood what he meant. She held her phone closer to her to prevent Bai Hao Yun from looking inside of it. "What have you seen?" Chen Xixi asked anxiously. "Well, nothing much. Only the hamster and rat part." Bai Hao Yun laughed. Chen Xixi hit his arms with both her hands. "Hey, how could you read the our texts slyly?" Bai Hao Yun held Chen Xixi's hands gently to stopped her from hitting him. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you and your friends are having this kind of conversation. I'm just being curious looking at you smiling cheekily with your phone." Bai Hao Yun replied. He hugged her lovingly and spoke, "Don't be angry, I promise I won't do it again."



Bai Hao Yun and Chen Xixi reached the company and entered the same elevator together. Before the elevator door was closed, Betty went into the elevator. "Good morning!" Betty greeted them. Chen Xixi smiled at Betty and replied, "Good morning Betty, it's good to see you!" Betty was new in the company and didn't knew about Bai Hao Yun. "Betty, this is my boss. Mr Bai Hao Yun." Chen Xixi introduced. "Hao Yun, this is the intern in our company. I just got to know her from yesterday." Chen Xixi smiled at Bai Hao Yun. Bai Hao Yun pay much attention on Betty but his gaze was fixated on his wife only. His wife seems pretty happy to have a new friend in the company. 

Soon, the elevator reached the floor of Bai Hao Yun's office. Chen Xixi followed Bai Hao Yun to his office and Betty went to her working table to start working. 

Betty thought, Chen Xixi was a very nice person. Even though she was working as the personal assistant of company CEO, she wasn't an arrogant person. Chen Xixi was very friendly and had a nice temper compared to most of Betty's colleagues in the same department. Betty had just entered the company few days ago. Her colleagues had been picking on her by making her do their works since she was new and had no backups in the company. She needed to make new friends from the same company to make her work life easier. Chen Xixi seems like somebody worthy to befriend for her.

It was lunch break, Bai Hao Yun didn't went out for lunch because he had myriads of documents to deal with. Chen Xixi decided to buy him lunch from the company cafeteria since it was nearer and more convenient for her. Betty saw that Chen Xixi was alone and approached her. "Hello again. Alone?" Betty asked. "Yup." Chen Xixi replied. "I am alone too. Do you mind having lunch with me?" Betty asked with anticipation. "Sure. Let's eat together." Chen Xixi replied. Betty was delighted by Chen Xixi's replies. They chatted during lunch and exchanged their Instagram ID. Chen Xixi didn't forgot to buy Bai Hao Yun lunch after she was done eating with Betty. She bought a pack of chicken rice to her husband.

"What took you so long?" Bai Hao Yun asked when Chen Xixi was back.

"Well, I met Betty in the cafeteria and we had lunch together." Chen Xixi replied in a good mood. 

"The girl earlier?" 

"Yup. We chatted for a little. Sorry to keep you waiting."

"It's okay. I should be sorry for letting you to buy lunch alone. Anyway, it's good that you made new friends."

Chen Xixi, young miss of Chen Family was told to married Bai Hao Yun, the successor of Bai Family. The wedding was agreed by parents of both families to strengthen their business ties. 

After marriage, they fell in love.

Thus, the adventures of their love had begin.
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[This is a simple, lighthearted, short story.]

The giant red fox snarled towards the team, Mimi flipped out her ninja machetes, ready to slice the fox if it got close. Whereas the other three ran.

"How are yall gonna leave me!" asked Mimi as she began running with her so-called friends. "And where is Vanessa"?

Vanessa was already running zigzags between the bamboo with the baby hamster in her arms.


"Is so cute," she yelled curling the furball in her arms.


Just as the fox approached the escaping Mimi, she created a flash of light in its eyes. It whimpered, smashing its head around. The moment gave her time to nearly catch up with the rest. Each tremble upon the ground sent a signal to the players. A small green and black screen appeared for each of them. The signals allowed odd figures to appear on the radar.


Logan was familiar with the patterns being hamster caves. He called out directing everybody where to run. Luckily Vanessa heard well which direction to run. Unfortunately, Mimi was nearly being eaten again.

Mimi spun quickly to throw a shuriken at the fox's nose. The damage was minimal.

She tripped back watching the fox's teeth come closer. Dani fired at a rapid rate. Like pebbles, her bullets struck the fox. It ran towards her for a bite, allowing Mimi to run towards the hamster cave.

Just as the fox came near, Dani shot a large explosive in its nose. The impact wasn't fatal by any means. Scratching its nose, the fox whimpered again.


Logan and Kiki were already in the hole. Vanessa jumped in with the baby. Mimi and Dani ran behind knowing they were the real ones.

Right when they jumped into the hamster hole, to fox scratched in after them.

"Keep running!" yelled Logan.


"Yo, fuck this trial," said Mimi.


Running for her life next to Mimi, Dani couldn't help sharing her cougar trials, "I remember having to fight for a mountain for my trial".


"Slaughtered an entire village while they were farming," answered Mimi regarding her tiger trials. 

Reading the radar, Kiki and Logan realized the tunnel was coming to a dead end. There was another tunnel that ran near. But they would have to dig to get to it. Looking back, the fox was digging in closer. Mimi and Dani caught up, lost as ever. 


"We have to dig!" yelled Vanessa squeezing the fluffy scurrying baby in her arms. 

Dani wasn't about that digging life, vouching to shoot instead. Everybody else except Vanessa began scratching at the furthest end of the tunnel with their bare hands. 

They banged their fingers against the tunnel. The earth crumbled away to their feet. Vanessa thought to use it to wake a wall until Logan informed her by experience that it was going to fail. 


The fox dug out the tunnel, nearly grabbing Dani. Right when Logan yelled at Dani that her bullets were useless, the tunnel broke down into a cave. Everybody including Dani fell down into an abyss of nothing. 

.....................................................................

"Nice, you're a certified hamster lover," said Logan staring up from the pile of dirt. 


"I'm always a hamster lover!" squealed Vanessa with her cute baby and legs in the air. 


"Let it go, Logan," demanded Kiki feeling the fluff of dirt ease the blisters on her fingers. 


"Bro, I dead ass broke a nail," said Mimi.  

Dani tried to comfort Mimi by letting her know she put in most of the work in digging. Yet, Vanessa's cuddly hamster was a distraction. Its beady eyes stared into the cave while it lightly kicked to run. Both girls tried to comfort it from scurrying so much. 


"It's a trial, not a theme park," said Logan before loud fox barking was heard. 


"Vanessa, Logan's right. We need to run before they get to us," said Kiki now standing, brushing her hands and legs. 


Vanessa let the baby run loose to lead them to its destination. The little critter dashed onward for its life, leading the girls into a chase. Kiki having noticed why Logan was still laying in the soft dirt asked what was wrong. It was strange to him that they had those radars that seemed to react to movement from everybody as well as the ability to dig well. Alone this was a strange phenomenon given that they no longer had the radars at that moment. 


Rising to his feet, Logan also noted that they outran a fox despite their physical abilities being greatly reduced. Kiki further noted Vanessa was only able to catch the hamster because they were already ahead of it. Easily the two deducted that Vanessa was able to give them hamster abilities by holding the baby hamster. Knowing this, they sprinted to catch up to their team. 


Mimi and Vanessa sprinted after the baby. Both breathed heavily as their sweat flew back. Dragging her feet, Dani mumbled her hate for running. Fuel to ran remained empty even as Kiki and Logan ran past her. 


A stench of crushed wood filled the tunnel. The sign of hamster life was assuring for everybody except Dani who stubbornly walked. Logan trotted back towards her unsurprised by her laziness. 


"You talk all that shit about me and Hakim. Yet here you are," said Logan. 


Coming to a stop, Dani answered, "You have known me for years". She smacked her hands repetitively, "You know I don't give a shit about cardio! You see me get dragged outside on an electric scooter to ride in your funky ass trailer park"!

Logan was allowing Dani to latch onto his back when she continued, "Dani doesn't do cardio, Logan! Never! Ever! Fuck your cardio! And fuck everybody else's cardio"!


His speed down the tunnel caused a breeze to blow away Dani's sweat as she bickered, "You want me to do something? give me something to blow up! Then tell me how many of your friends can do that"!


......................................................................

In the far front, Kiki managed to get Mim and Vanessa in her sight. 


"Catch that baby!" she yelled. 


Vanessa wanted to but was too slow to even come near. Their only reassurance was the strong wood chip scent. 

The baby hamster jumped down into a tunnel going downwards. The girls tried to stop but slid down after it instead. Standing alone, Kiki decided she had no choice to do the same. 

Approaching the hole with Dani on his back, Logan was nearly exhausted for carrying little ole Dani. He looked down realizing the hole was merely a slide that possibly led to the other hamsters. 

After propping Dani to his shoulders, Logan eased himself down the slide after the girls.

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The giant red fox snarled towards the team, Mimi flipped out her ninja machetes, ready to slice the fox if it got close. Whereas the other three ran. 

"How are yall gonna leave me!" asked Mimi as she began running after her so-called friends, "And where is Vanessa"? 

Vanessa was already running zigzags between the bamboo with the baby hamster in her arms. 

"Is so cute," she yelled curling the furball in her arms. 

Just as the fox approached the escaping Mimi, she created a flash of light in its eyes. It whimpered, smashing its head around. The moment gave her time to nearly catch up with the rest. Each tremble upon the ground sent a signal to the players. A small green and black screen appeared for each of them. The signals allowed odd figures to appear on the radar. 

Logan was familiar with the patterns being hamster caves. He called out directing everybody where to run. Luckily Vanessa heard well which direction to run. Unfortunately, Mimi was nearly being eaten again. 

Mimi spun quickly to throw a shuriken at the fox's nose. The damage was minimal. 

She tripped back watching the fox's teeth come closer. Dani fired at a rapid rate. Like pebbles, her bullets struck the fox. It ran towards her for a bite, allowing Mimi to run towards the hamster cave. 

Just as the fox came near, Dani shot a large explosive in its nose. The impact wasn't fatal by any means. Scratching its nose, the fox whimpered again. 

Logan and Kiki were already in the hole. Vanessa jumped in with the baby. Mimi and Dani ran behind knowing they were the real ones. 

Right when they jumped into the hamster hole, to fox scratched in after them. 

"Keep running!" yelled Logan. 

"Yo, fuck this trial," said Mimi. 

Running for her life next to Mimi, Dani couldn't help sharing her cougar trials, "I remember having to fight for a mountain for my trial". 

"Slaughtered an entire village while they were farming," answered Mimi regarding her tiger trials. 

Reading the radar, Kiki and Logan realized the tunnel was coming to a dead end. There was another tunnel that ran near. But they would have to dig to get to it. Looking back, the fox was digging in closer. Mimi and Dani caught up, lost as ever. 

"We have to dig!" yelled Vanessa squeezing the fluffy scurrying baby in her arms. 

Dani wasn't about that digging life, vouching to shoot instead. Everybody else except Vanessa began scratching at the furthest end of the tunnel with their bare hands. 

They banged their fingers against the tunnel. The earth crumbled away to their feet. Vanessa thought to use it to wake a wall until Logan informed her by experience that it was going to fail. 

The fox dug out the tunnel, nearly grabbing Dani. Right when Logan yelled at Dani that her bullets were useless, the tunnel broke down into a cave. Everybody including Dani fell down into an abyss of nothing. 

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"Nice, you're a certified hamster lover," said Logan staring up from the pile of dirt. 

"I'm always a hamster lover!" squealed Vanessa with her cute baby and legs in the air. 

"Let it go, Logan," demanded Kiki feeling the fluff of dirt ease the blisters on her fingers. 

"Bro, I dead ass broke a nail," said Mimi. 

Dani tried to comfort Mimi by letting her know she put in most of the work in digging. Yet, Vanessa's cuddly hamster was a distraction. Its beady eyes stared into the cave while it lightly kicked to run. Both girls tried to comfort it from scurrying so much. 

"It's a trial, not a theme park," said Logan before loud fox barking was heard. 

"Vanessa, Logan's right. We need to run before they get to us," said Kiki now standing, brushing her hands and legs. 

Vanessa let the baby run loose to lead them to its destination. The little critter dashed onward for its life, leading the girls into a chase. Kiki having noticed why Logan was still laying in the soft dirt asked what was wrong. It was strange to him that they had those radars that seemed to react to movement from everybody as well as the ability to dig well. Alone this was a strange phenomenon given that they no longer had the radars at that moment. 

Rising to his feet, Logan also noted that they outran a fox despite their physical abilities being greatly reduced. Kiki further noted Vanessa was only able to catch the hamster because they were already ahead of it. Easily the two deducted that Vanessa was able to give them hamster abilities by holding the baby hamster. Knowing this, they sprinted to catch up to their team. 

Mimi and Vanessa sprinted after the baby. Both breathed heavily as their sweat flew back. Dragging her feet, Dani mumbled her hate for running. Fuel to ran remained empty even as Kiki and Logan ran past her. 

A stench of crushed wood filled the tunnel. The sign of hamster life was assuring for everybody except Dani who stubbornly walked. Logan trotted back towards her unsurprised by her laziness. 

"You talk all that shit about me and Hakim. Yet here you are," said Logan. 

Coming to a stop, Dani answered, "You have known me for years". She smacked her hands repetitively, "You know I don't give a shit about cardio! You see me get dragged outside on an electric scooter to ride in your funky ass trailer park"! 

Logan was allowing Dani to latch onto his back when she continued, "Dani doesn't do cardio, Logan! Never! Ever! Fuck your cardio! And fuck everybody else's cardio"! 

His speed down the tunnel caused a breeze to blow away Dani's sweat as she bickered, "You want me to do something? give me something to blow up! Then tell me how many of your friends can do that"! 

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In the far front, Kiki managed to get Mim and Vanessa in her sight. 

"Catch that baby!" she yelled. 

Vanessa wanted to but was too slow to even come near. Their only reassurance was the strong wood chip scent. 

The baby hamster jumped down into a tunnel going downwards. The girls tried to stop but slid down after it instead. Standing alone, Kiki decided she had no choice to do the same. 

Approaching the hole with Dani on his back, Logan was nearly exhausted for carrying little ole Dani. He looked down realizing the hole was merely a slide that possibly led to the other hamsters. 

After propping Dani to his shoulders, Logan eased himself down the slide after the girls.

The Isekai Game is a vigorous sport where players battle in a variety of themes each month. From magic, alchemy, melee combat, gun slinging, themes, players are forced to fight each other and monsters alike. 



Vanessa finally has her shot at playing and making it to the pro leagues to live a life of wealth, fame, and adventure. But when her small guild of misfits is threatened by an in-game assassin and her "ghost" warns her of a traitor, she feels at the end of her ropes. 



Will her new Isekai family stay together and make it to the pro leagues. Or will this traitor succeed at tearing them apart along with the harsh nature of the game?

Find out in The Isekai Game. 





Tags: action, gaming, RPG, strong female-lead, weak-to-strong, virtual reality, LARPing, Live Action, Roleplaying Game.


Manga to be released in June for free. Check my Instagram for more info.








Notes:
I know my first 2 chapters are confusing. I literally give the first 65 chapters free. My story has a "Do now, explain later" rhythm to it. The characters you read on in the first two chapters get fleshed out in the next two chapters. 
So give it a chance. 


Also, this is not your typical trash Isekai. There is no boy getting hit by a truck. No heavy romance. No high dive online nonsense. No harem. No sex jokes thrown every chapter nor bouncing tits. No truck-kun. No getting trapped in the game. No matrix or any other corny stuff. My concept is not original. But I literally cannot think of 1 story out there that has it.


".........///////////" indicates a transition in scene or time. 
My story gets hectic. This will help a lot. 



Instagram Page: the_isekai_game
follow for more info regarding The Isekai Game.




Artist: Serah Fletcher aka gr0vey.art on Instagram

Stella knight groaned whilst he remains crushed by mana force, he watched as Epy went to chat with her other companions.

a surge of strong emotion hit him, determination flowing through his veins, somehow, from the lack of attention Epy had with their battle, the crushing spell have weakened, Stella knight took advantage of the foe's lack of concentration "Enhance : Demon!" he yelled

breaking away from the spell that crushed his head into the ground, taking of his helm which was heating up from the intense mana pressure. 

looking back at Epy who returned to fight him, tightening his grip on his sword he charged at her once again , zigzaging through his way towards her



.


Epy just returned but the first thing she saw was Stella knight being surrounded with yellowish green glow

Charging at her in a speed her eyes could barely follow, "Tsk!" annoyed Epy summoned her Archive menu and began moving her fingees around the hologram "Archive : Disencha---"

crash!

Epy was flipped upside down and bounded! the knight holding her up by the rope that beld hed bounded feet "what?!"
 
"Epy!" 

"ねーさん!" [Older sister!]

The 2 who was just watching on the side saw that Epy was captured in a small amount of time, rushed towards the culprit, Both rode the giant hamster. as they neared the knight settled the bounded Epy on the ground and waited for the 2 to reach him

as soon as they got closer to the knight, Elliot hopped off the hamster mount as it continued to run towards the knight.

"Cannon Mount!" on Elliots chest appeared a Magic circle

A similar magic circle appeared on the ground, a giant black cannon with wheels came out the circle. landing next to it, he rushed to stand up and was about to stand casting for it to shoot when suddenly a shadow loomed over him, Turning around ready to hit whoever stood behind him, he was punched to the ground. 

"gah!" 

The knight, who's fist covered in iron retracted his hand that punched Elliot, Turning around he saw Queenie on a giant hamster not too far watching him with a poker face. 

as if seeing her as a no threat, he lifted his right arm and beckoned her to come provokingly

.

Queenie Warsons is an 13 year old mage, has the special ability called "Emperor" which allows her the ability to speak and command creatures such as monsters, ghouls , animals and plants. 

although with such strong abilities she is restricted from using her abilities! well, as long as her overly protective older twin siblings are around

Epy Warson and Elliot Warson, 18

Epy with the ability of "Archive" , enabling her to access worldwide information and creating limited objects through words

Elliot with the ability of "Summon", allows him to summon Non-living objects from imagination to reality

3 siblings with these abilities have been abandoned at a church have grown to an age where they can finally leave the church to join a guild for mercenaries like them! to be able to go on adventures and earn their own money! 

"Welcome children, I am Orion , Guildmaster." an old man with a half snake body "Welcome, To guild Unordinary"

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