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Who: You, you, and you!
When: Day 1, evening
Where: Outside of town, a ways over there
What: A labyrinth in the form of a social bingo!

[later that day you hear that obnoxious horn sound, the one that would be sounded when they discovered a labyrinth. you follow this sound past the town and wind up at a set of stairs leading into the the ground. by these stairs is a sign reading HEAD ON IN. though you might normally be inclined to dilly dally, you're inexplicably drawn to walk down those stairs...]

[the stairs leading down to this "labyrinth" are absolutely grandeur. when you reach the foot of the steps, you become dressed to the nines in some kind of formal wear, like what you'd wear to a fancy ball... which would explain the room before you: you've stepped into a large ballroom. ballad music plays, tables line the wall, and is that a complimentary buffet table next to the wet bar? on the far back wall of this space are a pair of double doors, settled underneath an inaccessible balcony.]

My, my, my, my, m~y!

[a voice rings out from above—and an indistinguishable figure appears on that balcony, looking down at you with a hungry grin; their low voice is upbeat, but oddly smooth]

I've never had guests before! Oh, but you weren't invited... Tsk, tsk! Why, a bunch like you look like you could cause me problems... How troublesome! Oh, troublesome indeed! Still, unlike that royal kindergartener, I am actually kind enough to throw you a party! She didn't do that for you, now, did she? Hahahaha!

[they're still laughing when a bingo card materializes in your hand. between their laughter and constant chatter, they don't seem to be giving you much room to say anything. when their laughter stops, they speak again, their voice taking on a grisly tone]

If I'm going down, I want entertainment, you hear me? And there's only one way I want to go... Do you know BINGO? Must I spell it? Remind you that it's his NAME-O? Ha! You must do what you can to complete a row, or two rows, or the WHOLE CARD! If you do well, you'll earn more than just my dear palace's erasure...!

[they laugh, their laughter growing louder by the second, resonating through the spacious room—then it abruptly stops. just as quickly as that "person" appeared, they disappear, leaving behind nothing but a cloud of black smoke that quickly dissipates into thin air]

I'm watch~ing! ♫

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Any advice for a new person?

Easiest thing to do is to pick out the lines that you know would be the easiest for you to do first and focus on those. I've seen people try for a blackout and end up not actually getting any bingos in the process because they ran out of time.

Thank you.

[considers this]

Want to have a drink?

Yeah, sure, I can go for a drink.

Excellent!

[waling over to the bar]

Oh, I should introduce myself. I'm Zack, by the way.

I'm Sousuke, or Laurel, either works.

Do you have a preference?

Well, Sousuke was the name I've had all my life, but Laurel was the name I got when I forgot everything.

You had amnesia? That actually happens outside of movies and television shows?

[Sure, there were real-life brain injuries, but they tended to not leave someone a blank slate, and let them be functional again]

There was an entire world that pulled people in there and wiped out all but one of their memories.

An entire world?

[how many other worlds were there...]

What makes one memory?

The way I experienced it, it could have been anything. My first memory was only about ten seconds long, but then I remembered something else later that was about two weeks long.

So you only remembered about ten seconds...

And it was just a bit of gentle ribbing between my team and our rivals before our relay race.

Ah, so you're a runner? Or swimmer?

[do any other sports have relays?]

A swimmer, yeah.

High school?

I graduated not that long ago, actually.

Are you going to university then?

--I might.

Might?