Eugene had a throbbing headache.
From the main man himself upstairs.
Naturally, the letter was opened.
However not by him, but his two children.
Mabel and Valerio.
This was an oversight on his part for leaving it on the counter.
It would be fine if it wasn't really important.
[Game Show Contestant! Yeah you. Not Adrius.]
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!!!!!"
Life is cruel.
So is the man upstairs.
[Bring anyone you want. Or not. (idk man. But you!!!!! Masht cam.)]
"Dad! Can we go!?"
"...."
Eugene closed his eyes at their hyper activity.
Years ago, Eugene just thought it was a phase kids had.
It was not.
"Pleaaaaaaase!!!"
He can't say if it was worse than what Adrius had or not.
Maturity…
It was all bogus.
Even if they stopped aging at 30, time would have surely solved this problem.
It did not.
Rather, these two were ravenous in sugar, sweets, anything to that Glucose.
If Avalyn was here, coaxing would have worked.
However, she was….
With friends.
The face of Evangila, who was dragged along with a face of losing everything vividly remained.
A small chuckle echoed.
Now he had to be careful in what he said.
"Fathers only."
"So I can go!!!"
"Other people agreed already."
"Can we go!?"
"...No children."
"Ah I'm over that! Yay!"
In terms of listing reasons why, Eugene is terrible.
"...Not…Allowed… your…mother said so."
"Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"B-But she's not here!"
Internally, Eugene was frying.
"P-P-Please!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Uh, um! We can all have fun together right?!?"
Eugene.
Defeated.
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Uh.
How to start this.
Well, first, it needs to feel more like a game show?
So, in that regard, I'll add more stuff to make it like that.
But of course, I gotta keep consistency. Consistency.
Improvements are needed tho.
After the wonderful, not at all pain, snapped the neck, I realized certain points in the future might need to be altered.
Thank you so much Kel. Sey.
Some might do it unintentionally, or, with intent like hers.
Ah but not as well as her.
Because she's "SpEcIaL".
Special my munchkin army she is.
I'm joking. Besides the Book of Fate's owner who's a dummy, most would be at a lower level.
Eh, well that's if I don't ask for someone on par with that.
I asked the tech bros in the departments to make a wheel and some other stuff.
Expect to see that later!
Uh, if anyone besides me sees this.
So.
Hi?
How's your day?
Kelsey won't leave me alone after the favor for enacting lower than a bug.
Oh, and Eugene will show up.
Maybe Adrius too?
Anyways, this shall enter the pile.
She won't leave me alone goddammit.
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The world faced turmoil.
The status quo ruined.
Many find themselves in positions lower than the life before.
"Heheeeeeeell yeah! Golden spoon!"
"Gimme that!"
"Get away from me you damn–!"
Are they envious?
Scavenging was blocked off.
Those who sift from the rubble are clean, clear-headed, and care not for the watchers.
Best of all.
"It's mine! Mine you day one frauds!"
"Skin that furbaaall!!!!!!!!!"
Lunatics.
"...How nice."
My, don't take it to heart.
"...I wasn't."
So you say.
But the body explains more than words.
"...."
Such sensitivity.
Regardless of personal thoughts, is it not a sight to behold?
"For you."
Perhaps shifting your view will enlighten.
Yes.
The shifting views of the world.
Where has it led those who stood at the top?
"...Animals."
There is no dignity in the face of the bringer.
This is why we learn from it.
"What is it supposed to bring?"
Was it not said?
"..."
Then perhaps an example must be shown like before to have understanding.
Soon, you will see.
— — — —
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelcome my gremlins, helloeverybodymynamekispmolas r! Today, since last week had causes of…" The Host slowly turned their head. "Which things derailed."
The Assistant felt wronged.
"Eheh! Buuuut! With today's switch here!" The Host fiddled with a tacky lever.
The smile The Host had was particularly awkward.
"And our guests from home! It will beeeeee sp~lendid!"
The Host snapped their fingers.
The floor retracted to have three modified desks slowly come out.
"Er, give it a sec."
Surely, and paced.
"...Why don't the guests come on out!"
—Bang!
The door opened.
Scrambling out were two things on all four.
"Aeh. Ahem. Intro! Duce! Thyself!"
"I-I-I'm Mabel..!"
"Valerio! What are we fighting sir?! Is it animals?! Or maybe enemies we fought before!?"
The Host looked at the Assistant with an air of suspicion clouding their face.
The Assistant pretended with nonchalance.
"Maybe… the objective is more administrative?"
"Oh!!!! That could be! Is it sir?!"
The Host glanced at nowhere.
"...No."
Shock struck their faces.
While they stayed like that, a white haired man with loftiness came out of the backroom. His gem-like eyes shining in the light.
A certain demographic squealed.
"Eugene."
The Host's face stopped being expressive. Filled with lost boredom.
"Well the main man is here! Adrius not take it up?" the playfulness returned.
"He refused."
"The reason?" a genuine look of questioning appeared.
"Citing multiple reasons." Eugene locked eyes with The Host. "Trivial. His children's 'frivolous' behavior."
It sounded as if there was more but he closed his mouth.
"Hm."
A strange emotion erupted in The Hosts falsely flaccid face.
"Eh, well what about everyone's favorite priestess!"
"...Busy."
"Tch. There goes that idea.
Ah ish fine! We're gonna have fun! Fun! Also put those away."
The bolt on the two creatures had yet to fade.
Valerio's many weapons clattered to the floor as if unwilling to stand no more.
The ripples across the barriers caused holes to be in Mabel's barriers.
Eugene put his hands on their shoulders.
"B-But why!"
"My great moment… it was lies! Lies!!!!!!!! Derek!!!!!!!"
"Stand over there… ya. Das good."
👍
...Pretend that was an "perfect" handsign.
"Okay! The board is set! Quiz!"
"Um, sir?"
"Guhehehe! The audience wrote down their buuuuurning questions while you bawled!"
Not at all because The Host was glaring at them.
"The Quiz-o-Questionaire! Q-o-Q!"
The Host, without looking, slammed down the Assistant's sign.
{Rude.}
"Now! For points get the highest showwwwwwwwwwwww score!"
{He copied this.}
The silent agony of a masked person went "unnoticed".
"What will be jimbob? Thyself? Thing? Political standing? So many… Your first!"
The Host pointed to Mabel.
"O-Ooh! 200!"
"Safe?! How could this be… not a gambler?"
It screamed heresy.
[Where are you from?]
"Maratown!"
"Region please."
"Maratown, in the principality of Aelis in Planus!"
"Erh, okay… Valor."
"1000!"
"Ay!"
{He's cooked.}
The Host raised their hand at the Assistant.
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...Again. Pretend this is a finger waggling.
"Nuh uh."
[What is Your world like?]
"Ah. Um. It's. S-Something?"
"Explaineth."
"Well. It's very nice!" The words were practically bones. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh–"
"Tsk tsk. Ninety nine percent of gamblers quit before they hit it big. Eugenics!"
Eugene blinked with the same look.
"400."
[What do you do?]
"To say would require history. Too long however. Shortened, it is the guard who does work."
"I guess we can go with that. Tea two!"
"800!"
"Multi quesen! Get it faaaaaaaast…"
[What is that clothing?]
"Ascender group one, Lefente Caviso!"
"Ascender group one, Reagent Caviso!"
"Fantastical Tale, Inus Lost. Modified."
Mabel wore a hat with the earflaps raised up, creating a bun shaped look that was like an extension of her silver hair as it was the same hue as the light colour from the barriers before.
A puffy wool coat for winter. Divinely light and green underneath.
The metal goggles sat right below the headwear that resembled a certain one in a different world.
{Bro wtf? Russia?}
The overalls underneath suited for more warmer climates.
Valerio, despite the same group outfit, had a fleece overalls than her. He too, had a hat with flaps and goggles.
The shirt was long sleeved. Hard boots too.
…Eugene had the strangest.
Leather on the arms in the form of belts and harder leather with poking metal at the chest.
Below, was striking blue pants with strange metal linings.
The hands with white gloves.
An incandescent outfit clashed with the face of the man who wore it.
Unbelievably achieving harmony through trickery of the eyes.
"Now, we charge forward with the vague notion! Yo ho now."
"Uh, 1000!"
{Legitimately, it's not gonna work.}
[What is the goal for you who sold your lives to it?]
"..."
"Answer my kind friend."
"...We didn't."
{Womp womp.}
"Snap the change outta your child!" The Host snapped their fingers at Eugene.
"600."
[How did you get here?]
"Knowledge of barriers, scientific culmination, ripping of space."
"Wow." The Host clapped. "You did both at the same time!"
"Time does not wither experience ingrained."
No one really got Eugene said.
{D-Day sure was the spawn of hell.}
"800!"
[How did you come to this point?]
"Uh. S-So… When I was twelve.. There was this big, big prophecy!" she waved her hands in the air. "And the gods at the time sent it down! Then… Then there was my death! There was that big red creature hunting us because They twisted what was destiny and–"
"Okeh das too long."
"T-That took a lot of effort to say that…"
"Still half."
It came back to Valerio.
Will it be 1000? Lower?
It was–
"ALL IN!!!!!!!!! 1000!"
Nonexistent.
[What is The Host?]
"Finally!!!!! A human! A person with strange quirks!"
"I feel sad now."
The last one.
"800."
[What is your standing compared to others?]
Eugene stared at the air in front of him. Contemplating the nature of it.
"Some may say unique as the first. Others say mysterious. It would not be much different than that of a man with a vague history."
"It fits with the theme so…"
The Host rolled their wrist.
"Out with it!"
The Q-o-Q board went below the stage and a wheel went up in it's place.
"One, four two zeros. One thousand n six hundred. Two two zero zero.
Congrats~! Eugene won!"
The Host clapped in celebration.
"We haaave a special twist! Double it! No?! Choose!"
"I-I will!"
"I muuuuust win!!!!!!"
"No."
"Spin the wheel!"
Valerio ran up to it and spun it using his body weight.
Round and round it went.
Passing lost everything, ruh roh nothing changed!, collect 500, collect 1000, Retry!, x2.
Finally landing on a dog's face.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Nothing changed.
"May I be blessed…"
Now spun by Mabel it spun once more.
Landing on the dogs face.
"What…!"
"Ah, well Eugene won! He gets a wish ticket!"
The Host smiled wickedly at the two stunned.
"That's all for today! Bit short but it was fun yeah?"
The expressions besides Eugene said otherwise.
"Come back next time!"