Flicker.

The gameshow you signed up for, this was gonna be a long day.

Basically, ever since the gameshow ‘Flicker’ was made, people join it since it pays 1 million dollars, but you only get it if you manage to even survive.

Flicker is a game where 15 people are stuck in a random place, like right now. You and 11 other people are trapped in a murder game, where one person is the murderer and the others have to figure out who it is.

Usually every time the lights flicker, the murderer kills someone. And then right after that you have to figure out who did it.

Anyway, back to where you are currently. You’re panicking in what looks like a run down hospital with paid electric bills. Currently, you and the others are in the lobby. A few benches are lined up on the wall and a welcome desk sat far across the room, empty. The clinic smelled like chlorine and a hint of blood.

Usually in these games, when someone dies nothing happens to them actually— they just become invisible and a life sized hologram of them is laid somewhere like an operating table or just anywhere really. They become a “ghost”.

The lights flicker. Someone is gonna die.

You instantly get a sense of anticipation and fear. You start panting shakily then randomly someone places a hand on your shoulder.

Some random light purple skinned guy with a black V-neck, black pants, black dress shoes, a black fedora and a black blindfold casually lifts up a lantern, illuminating the place.

“Relax.” Essence rolled his eyes, standing nonchalantly kinda close and adjacent to you. He seemed deadpan as if he didn’t even care.

Right after that, Zhao told you “Don’t relax.” And seemed serious about it. You and Zhao obviously think Essence was way too deadpan.

What the hell. WHO IS ‘NONCHALANT’ DURING A KILLING GAME?! IS HE MENTAL?! You question to yourself.

“Ughhh this place feels suffocating—“ Isa comments, shivering— Then she caught sight of who was ‘killed’. It was some plain bald guy with a white shirt and jeans named Bob. Poor guy.

She shrieked and instantly clung onto Brooklyn’s arm, her shadow casting darkness against the wall.

Brooklyn sighed, facepalming. “Isa, calm down. Please don’t try and freak out everyone in this room.” She mumbled, exasperated. She was leaned up against the locked exit that was boarded up.

“Why’s everyone so scared? Tch.” Essence casually rested his arm on your shoulder, basically leaning on you and not regarding that this is a killing gameshow, so anyone could die!

Oracle was completely panicked, they were in a corner rocking back and forth and fidgeting with their enby pin. They took a deep breath and tried to calm down but failed miserably.

Zhao was cussing in Chinese, he seemed pissed off and was leaned against a dark corner in the room.

The lights stayed off. Nobody got eliminated since the majority of the players were dead and now it’s just you, Essence, Isa, Brooklyn, Oracle, and Zhao.