PROLOGUE ── READY PLAYER TWO!?
Cavalier did not have many dreams that he remembered vividly, and he definitely did not have many dreams that were in a specific style.
Most of his dreams were jumbled up messes that felt like a bunch of dishes and chemicals blended together, a variety of ideas without any true plot, that all intertwined with each other simply because the dream demands so.
The first dream he had that was in a consistent style, and with a coherent plot, was based in the genre of horror. Alongside being horror, it also had a game theme, with game mechanics and what not.
The dream started out relatively normal. He had woken up, and was immediately greeted with a System notice, that had ever so kindly given him instructions about what to do.
[ 𝖲𝖸𝖲𝖳𝖤𝖬 𝖭𝖮𝖳𝖨𝖢𝖤 ] 𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗋𝗎𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽, 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒. 𝖱𝖴𝖫𝖤 𝖮𝖭𝖤: 𝖣𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝖫𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 (𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾, 𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖺 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐) 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗁𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝖫𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖺 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾. 𝖱𝖴𝖫𝖤 𝖳𝖶𝖮: 𝖣𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈. 𝖥𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖲𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗁𝗂𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽. 𝖱𝖴𝖫𝖤 𝖳𝖧𝖱𝖤𝖤: 𝖣𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗒𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗎𝗅𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝖽. 𝖱𝖴𝖫𝖤 𝖥𝖮𝖴𝖱: 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁𝗌. 𝖭𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗋 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉𝗈𝗇. 𝖶𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾, 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁𝗌. 𝖶𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒.
Cavalier stared at the screen in front of him, or floating notice? Whatever it was, he stared at it.
Cavalier was not a huge fan of games, it wasn't his thing, so he wasn't sure what led him to dream about anything relating games in the first place.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice call out to him.
"Sir, please exit immediately. Your lunch has been prepared."
"Coming!" Cavalier called out. Cavalier promptly got out of bed and quickly put on clothes that had been lying on a chair nearby. He opened the door and followed the attendant who had been waiting outside with a stern expression.
As Cavalier followed the attendant, he wondered if he had made the right impression on them.
Just as he finished his thought, he and the attendant arrived at the dining room—which was strangely empty.
"You may eat now, sir," the attendant stated, making way for Cavalier to walk in through the doors.
Cavalier stepped into the lavish dining hall, and took a seat at the farthest chair, where his food had been set. "This tastes lovely!" he said loudly as he took a bite. He tried his best not to use any of his slang, such as "totes" and whatnot, as it would give a weird impression.
He wasn't a fan of horror in general. He didn't like the feeling of it, and never understood anyone who did. Maybe that's why Halloween was his least favorite holiday.
As Cavalier ate away at his food, the clock hit 3:00pm exactly, which led Cavalier to think to himself, why am I being called to eat lunch this late? Or wait—is this even lunch? He wondered, his thoughts were promptly interrupted by the attendant.
"Sir, you have to stop eating your food now," they said. Cavalier looked up, his eyes widening.
"Wh—huh? Wait, why?" he asked. Nowhere in the System notice did it state that he had to eat in a certain time period. Or was that a mistake on the System's part?
Before he could ask another question, the attendant grabbed his arms and took him out of the dining hall.
"Sir, I said you need to stop eating," the attendant said firmly as they led him out of the dining hall.
Okay—gee, don't need to be so stern. Cavalier rolled his eyes. He didn't really care if the attendant noticed or not.
Just as the dream was about to get interesting, Cavalier woke up. His eyes opened to the bright sunlight streaming in through his curtains, and he sat up to look around his room.
It had been a disaster from last night, Ludo had come in and demanded for them to throw a pizza party, which Chenya then also came in without anyone noticing and also joined the "pizza party". Cavalier had been too tired to clean it up that night, leaving it for today's problem.
Oh gosh. He thought, this is going to be a nightmare to clean.
So he got to work, put the empty pizza boxes in the trash, cleaned up the crumbs, and also contacted Ludo a couple of times to no avail. Eventually, Cavalier had finished cleaning up the entire mess.
He took a look at his clock, which displayed it was 8:30am. At that moment, he realised that he had school, so he set off.
Currently, he was eating away in their cafeteria while Ludo was blabbering about something.
"And you know what he did then?" Ludo asked.
"No. Sorry Tart, I totes wasn't paying attention!" Cavalier responded. Ludo let out a sigh, he'd never seen Cavalier so... unfocused before.
"Dude, what's gotten into you? You've never ignored me, like...ever I think?" Ludo said. Cavalier sighed, and decided it would be in his best interest to tell Ludo his dream last night.
"'Kay, so I had this weird dream where I was in a horror game—"
"But you don't like horror games. Or games. Or horror!"
"I know, and basically, there were all of these totes weird rules that I had to follow... but before anything bad happened, I woke up and was greeted with your mess." he stated. Ludo sat there, blinking.
"Uh...what a weird dream, haha... yo I gotta go." Suddenly, Ludo sprung up and ran out of the cafeteria, earning a couple of yells and "hey! watch it!".
In truth, Cavalier wondered what would his weirdest dream be? It would probably have something to do with Night Raven College... well, that was a thought for another time. He needed to get to class!
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