Tristan wiped the tears from his eyes, he knew not to punish himself by drinking the rest of the tea, so he stopped and kept the rest on the side table drawer. After all, he had lost his appetite due to the things he had seen throughout the day.He was about to return to the computer, to further examine the structure of the only completed building in the estate when it crossed his mind to check up on Claudia.He remembered that she had blocked him, but chose to try hoping that she had unblocked. To his surprise, Claudia had unblocked him and she was online too which was a good thing, so he texted her immediately. Tristan_ You unlocked me? Claudia _ Two minutes after I blocked you, yes.Tristan _ So that means you are not angry anymore?Claudia _ I still need an explanation, I trust you and I think I overreacted, I saw the news later this evening that you were attacked at the restaurant, what happened are you hurt, why didn't you tell me?Tristan _ lol because you blocked me?Claudia
"What the hell?" Tristan exclaimed as his eyes opened to the view of the ceiling, his breath was heavy as though it had happened for real, he placed his hand on his stomach to confirm that it was just a dream and nothing else.He then sat up and stretched his arm before looking at the clock, it was still 3:00 a.m. so he sighed in frustration."System, are you still there?" He asked, still to confirm that it was all a dream./Always master, you seem disturbed, must have been the dream/"You saw my dream?" Tristan asked with an expression of shock./ I did not, but I read your thoughts, it's one about me disappearing/"Yes, it was strange," Tristan said and laid his head back on the pillow."Tell me something, how do I lose the system?" He asked./Death, if you fail ten quests in a row, you automatically lose the system and all its rewards, in rare cases, the system chooses to leave per the host's request/"Interesting," Tristan yawned and closed his eyes hoping to catch some sleep befo
A few minutes later..."Sir," the man who had left the room returned with an expression of worry on his face."I saw it!" The man in a mask said with a perplexed expression."Tristan Coleman fooled us, and that can only mean he is still on his way here, probably here without us knowing it," said the masked man."Should I do a total shutdown?" the other asked."Wait, until he has been spotted inside the building, once you see him inside shut down all entrances and exits, until then, we wait." He replied."It is strange that no one was in that car, who drove it here?" "The real question now is who the hell just pulled up in front ?" The masked man asked, looking up at the footage from the security cameras."I'd take care of it!" said the other as he left through the elevator and headed downstairs.~~~~~Tristan's car had just driven past where his other car was blown up, he couldn't help but imagine what he might look like now if he was inside, probably burnt beyond recognition, or dis
Tristan paused, his eyebrow furrowed in surprise, but he tried to remain composed as the masked man turned around in his seat."Who is that?" He asked the man.With a sigh, the masked man stood up and turned to face Tristan, he stared at the old man in front of him for a few seconds and went back to the control where he pushed just one button and initiated a total lockdown.Tristan remained unmoved, he did not want to give the man a reason to think that he was indeed Tristan Coleman./ Objective 4 survive within the building and find the ghost - complete!// You have been rewarded with 100 exp points and 10 gift points// Boost points would be added automatically/"Well now is not a good time for all these notifications," Tristan mumbled whilst facing the man in a mask with a straight face." Benjamin Carter isn't it? " The masked man said and walked towards Tristan again, but slowly, each step he took forward was slower than the last, and even with his mask on, it was easy to tell th
Without hesitation, he shot the gun at Tristan, but luckily Tristan moved out of the way just in time, and the bullet fired at the button on the desk, and immediately the lockdown was deactivated."Time to get out and not be killed," Tristan mumbled and tried to stand on his feet, but the masked man was not done shooting yet. He went closer to Tristan so that he wouldn't miss his aim this time. As he got closer with his gun pointing at Tristan, Tristan rushed forward with the little energy he could muster and grabbed the gun, the masked man pulled the trigger by accident and it shot at the glass wall behind him, causing it to shatter to serval pieces until, revealing a huge opening.While struggling with the gun, Tristan purposefully moved towards the elevator in an attempt to get out of the room before he'll be killed, and the masked man noticed this and tried to resist, but Tristan was resilient.Once close enough, he used his elbow to push the button that opened the door and as so
The last thing he saw was the sinister grin on the masked man's face before he fell to the ground, the impact of the metallic object hitting his head worsened his migraine, and his visions became hazy until it went dark.A few minutes later, his eyes opened up and in a white room, his vision was blurry at first so he couldn't see any distinct object or shape. He squinted several times until everything became clear and he realized that he was a room, painted white of course, but was filled with so many advanced devices that even he couldn't understand what it was.From a large screen to a transparent tank of blue liquid, and a lot of tube connection to a bed where he laid on. It was then that Tristan realized that he was strapped to the bed with metallic chains, and a helmet was attached to his head."Where the hell am I?" he wondered, and winced in pain as the headache returned,"You may be wondering if you are in heaven right?" A familiar voice spoke to him. " well you are wrong, tr
Tristan felt like it had been an eternity since the masked man was on the computer, he saw men in black leather jackets troop in and out of the room very often, and each one of them came with a device that was attached to Tristan's helmet.Each attachment gave Tristan a tingling sensation, and a slight shock, not to talk about the terrible headache that came along with it."It is time," The masked man finally announced and Tristan heaved a sigh of relief as though he wanted to hear those words.The masked man walked to the bed where Tristan lay and punched a few buttons that were on the helmet, the only reason Tristan did not react was that he had his eye on the clock the whole time, and knew that he had just ten seconds to recover.After pushing the buttons, the blue liquid in the tank began to bubble and the masked man walked away from Tristan back to his table where he picked up an injection needle. / Recovery complete//Host: Tristan Coleman _Tristan dismissed the status informa
/Host if degenerating biologically// Resume healing… // Fail… system error// System reloading… 3%/While this was going on, the cops arrived, they met Max up and asked him several questions concerning what happened to which he answered, but leaving out necessary details."We told Mr Coleman to stay out of this," the chief yelled in anger, the men he sent for were taking too long to arrive and he was worried about Tristan dying because he appeared to be doing so.All dead bodies in the arena were covered with white clothes including that of the Masked man who had murdered himself. The detective took the syringe off his skin and placed it in a box, to access it and find out what chemical it was."Hurry, get him to the hospital!" The Chief yelled with an expression of haste as the cops from the ambulance ran into the building."Hope the doctor is there?" He asked."Yes," one of them retorted."Good, he should start something at least," the Chief uttered with an expression of worry."H