You prepare yourself to give a LIFE ALTERING speech but youre grazed with the vision of a blade entering your chest. A chilling expierence you have yet to witness yourself. Stopping you before the words exit your mouth. Maybe you should try a different approach...Youre taken by suprise at how strong that sneeze was and as you open your eyes you come to realize time has stopped. All the students around you has suddenly come to a halt- [[Look around]]Tired and seemingly no options left you sit down on a nearby bench to wait. Eventually the ehxaustion of running all the way here after class hits you and you drift out of conciousness for a brief moment [[Open your eyes again]]You whip around and run right back into Gatewood. Where to?? [[Run to the upper floors]] [[Run to the basement]] You begin to dial the number but.. upon recalling what is happening to you.. nobody is believe this ;-;Quickly and efficently you find a student database (kinda odd but ok) you go through pages looking for any key but youre unable to find any leads. Stumped youre met with a chilling yet familiar feeling. All the students around you are no longer moving and time has stopped once again, but your nose has not exterted any discomfort. Realizing you can no longer safely retreat you need to stand your ground. [[LOCK IN]]You allow the distance between you both to shorten to almost arms reach, you can feel eyes that are still unseen by you burning into your core. [[Use your words, Maybe their friendly]] [[Put up your hands with caution, Theyre kinda sus*]]You live on the 4th floor how do you wanna go up [[Take the stairs, duh]] [[Youre tired from running take the elevator]]You safely make it towards your doors, you quickly check your surroundings before entering the building. [[Hide somewhere]] [[Get to your room]]You run inside almost frantic, asking the cashier for any form of help. He listens to the absurdity of your situation. He appears confused at first but seems to grasps whats going on. Before you could become joyful by his positve reaction, He gets close and whispers something to you... "Whats the name of your dealer? I could use some of whatever you got" You turn around and decided to try something else...Your lack of morals catches your opponent off guard cracking part of their mask off as you whack them with a library chair with everything you got. Surprised by how well that worked you decided to get closer to see whose under the mask [[Time to take a peek]]For some strange reason you are taken over by a strong sense to play a nice game of hide and seek. You find an elite spot in your dorm buildings office and camp out there. Almost like clockwork They appear and quickly sniff you out You can only mutter a "Cheater" before getting Vaporized in the office You have been Cooked... [[Title]] A long hour passes and you escape greensboro. Unsure what wouldve happen if you were caught you decide the best course of action is to continue moving in the opposite direction from where you call home. Youve escaped the threat but at what cost. [[Title]]You barge into your own living quarters, exhausted and panicked but you need to act fast, They could show up any minute. [[Check your computer]] [[Call your Mom]] [[Check your closet]]Youre faced with someone of unknown strenght what do you do? [[Trust your hands, Theyre rated E for everyone]] [[Grab a chair and go straight for the head, whose gonna stop you?]] [[ Maybe words will reach them, question thier purpose]]Unable to see any emotion behind the full face mask they have on youre left witht he last words said to you before everything goes dark once again. "I didnt expect you would take this route." Your body feels cold and empty as you attempt to cling what strenght you have left before eventually fading away. [[Title]]You pivot your head around your immediate surroundings but something odd catches your attention... A masked indivdual seems to be making direct eye contact with you, before you can brush it off a conicidence within a motionless sea a single wave begins making its way towards you. Thier mask concealing any emotion to detect whether they are friend or foe... Their jacket helping conceal them bestowed with red accencts and a distinct yet familiar tear on the right sleeve. You need to act! [[Confront the person and question them]] [[return to normal time and use the sea of students to make your escape]]Groggy, confused and a very questionable sleeping position unraveled, you slowly regain you composure and see someone standing in front of you. ITS THEM, as to why they were watching you sleep alludes you (They might be on the list). Before you can react youre immediately pinned against the wall and immediate follows it up by impaling you in the chest (Insane combo i wouldve blocked it ). A cold chilling feeling radiates throughout your chest, Before you loose conciousness you hear them mumbling to themself. [[Listen Closely]]Upon seeing you slowly begin to raise your hands, They break into a full sprint at you. You suddenly do not want to be a black person in a horror moved and get eliminated first. What do you do? [[Run away??? Im not fighting that]] [[Stand your ground, youre going not going to loose this 1v1]]You exit the elevator to find nobody moving and tha time has already been stopped without you causing it. Standing before you is that person almost as if they were just waiting for you to finally show up (Bruh are they aura farming too???). All your actions seem to be getting predicted its time for a different approach. [[LOCK IN]]You choose to run through the frozen sea of students away from campus. You reach the open street and waste no time running through the many cars unable to move forward. You keep moving as far as your legs may carry you ( You might be a track star, I dont know). You eventually find yourself at a gas station and the petroleum stench, triggers a sneeze from you returning time to normal once again. [[Go inside and ask the clerk for help]] [[Throw that thumb up lets hitch hike]] [[Attempt to wait it out until dusk]]But to where?? [[Back into Gatewood]] [[Run straight towards campus]] [[Run Away from campus]]You turn towards campus and start MOVING, the individual is following but at this pace youll them in no time. You decide your only course of action is- [[To the Library, perhaps you can find out anything on this person]] As you walk up yet another flight of stairs a strange yet familar feeling fills the room you see someone on the next set of stairs. However, they arent moving in the slightest... someone has stopped time again but it wasnt you. [[Hurry to your room]]You run into the elevator and pick a floor [[Random Button Press]]You decided to get as far as possible from campus in hopes that you wont be followed. Over half an hour passes with no luck eventually someone kind decides to let you catch a ride to the next city over. [[Hop in the Car with the kind soul]]Its doesnt feel real but you wouldnt mistake a face like that... after all it is yours. Much older but it is unmistakenably you.. Youre confused and at a loss for words and in your confusion You are lunged at,, You scream out Begging for the answer as to "why this is happening" but are only met with " WE never shouldve gotten this power" before you are impailed through the chest. Causing you to fade away with questions still unanswered... [[Title]]Some kind of working title... [[start game]] [[credits]]You run constantly checking your surroundings and then quietly sneak into the library amidst the students walking around campus. You seem to be safe for now, what should you do now [[Call for the police, Secruity, SOMEBODY???]] [[Check the student database, maybe theres a clue to who is after you]] [[Theres like 5+ floors in this building, its time to play hide and seek]]You go for a nasty right hook, however contact was not made (Why did you think you were like that?) you opponent responds but forcefully hitting your gut causing you to stumble backwards. lets try something else...Before you can even get a word out a cold feeling spread throughouts your chest as you begin to loose conciousnes. Before hitting the payment youre left with the simple phrase "mission accomplished'' You have Died :( [[Title]]You enter the elevator and notice that the elevator has stopped completely on the 2nd floor. You franticlyYes bro i made the gameMiraculously you find a way to sneeze once again returning the flow of time to normal as you disapear into the crowd. you dont want to risk another encounter with this person so you flee. But where to [[To the Library, perhaps you can find out anything on this person]] [[Go back to the dorms, you can always trust the safety of home*]]After a long day youve finally been freed from the shackles you refer to as your class and prepare for your journey back to the dorms. As you exit the gatewood building the fresh breeze hits your face causing you to sneeze. [[ACHOOO]]You take your stance and prepare for the worst. (Wait do you even have any type of martial arts training??) Thats not important right now- [[Go for the raw Level 3]]You ready your hypothetical fighting stance as the individual closes the distance. A sharp chill runs down your spine, However, you choose to swallow your fears and throw the first punch. Unfourtantely this indivduals seems to be more skilled and quickly disables you. Before you can question them- Your head gets blown CLEAN off. A rather unfourtate end you meet. [[Title]] You hurdle yourself up several flights of stairs, checking behind you only to realise your Opposition is right on your tail. You reach the top floor only to have your leg violent grabbed, causing you to be dragged back down [[BRO fight back! show them what the bottom of your foot looks like]]Practically throwing yourself down several flights of stairs you seem to of lost them. You decide to exit the building out the basement and unfreeze time. Where to?? [[To the Library, perhaps you can find out anything on this person]] [[Go back to the dorms, you can always trust the safety of home*]] Nevermind they caught your other foot... You are effortlessly lifted above the railing and dropped all the way down to the bottom floor. I dont think you need a description on that. You have become a pancake... (Better fate than Ace) [[Title]] You check the world wide web for some answers on your situation. Unfourtantley not even Reddit had an answer for this...Your mother is dead. :/ You recall a strange feeling you had upon witnessing them for the first time a piece of outer wear they had on matches an article in your closet perfectly. That distinct tear on the sleeve from an unmentioned but totatally foreshadowed event in your past. [[Grab the jacket]]You grab the jacket now gaining some sense of understanding. Just then They appear ready to finish what they started. [[Throw hands once again, Itll TOTALLY work this time...]] [[Reveal you know the truth]]*Sigh* you for some insane reason decide to once again fight the literal trained assailant ill spare you the details but theres probably blood ALL over your room Womp Womp youve turned into fine paste on the wall [[Title]] You flash the jacket and reveal you know exactly who they are. Taken aback by this revalation They slowly begin to unmask themselves You want to question why but a certain professor in the kanto region echoes in your head telling you its probaly not the right time for that. You no longer feel any form of bloodlust coming from this individual who wears your face. [[Reach out your hand]]Your Hand shaking but hanging in the air confidently is grabbed and shook as They turn around and lead you back to the future with them. Whatever is waiting on the other side They seem confident youre prepared for. [[The End?]]Youve reached the intended ending :D Check out the other routes that may or may no lead to demise [[Title]]