"The game announcement happened when Jun-kun and I were still in that jail thing. A roulette wheel appeared on the TV screen and went through all the suits before stopping at diamond, and at that point, everyone went wild. Our fellow prisoners started rattling the bars on their cells and cheering about how "It's time for a game!" They let everyone out early, and we went up to our rooms, where I noticed the TV screen in my suite had that same diamond picture. There wasn't any way to change the channel, so I just left it at that.
But then a few hours later, they revealed more details about the "game," and at that point things got even stranger. That was when that religious frenzy happened - the one I mentioned a few pages ago, where everyone started falling to their knees in the middle of the hall and kissing the floor and such. All of them were chanting about how much they love the house, and how much the house loves them. But that doesn't make any sense at all, because we all got the same event message, and it was nothing to get excited for.
The game was called "Springtime in the Forest." Everyone got a message that said "You will play a game" and "you will benefit." Then they got assigned different animals. Mine said I was a wolf, so I must want to hunt rabbits. It said I'd earn points for "mating" with as many different "rabbits' and other animals as possible, which could be used to claim a reward or something like that. But it didn't say what the reward was, and I couldn't have cared less anyway, because I absolutely hated that "game" idea!
Others were taking it seriously, though. And given the religious frenzy going on outside, I was seriously worried something ugly might happen, like people might start attacking each other like animals. So, I phoned Jun-kun and we went shopping for supplies so we could hide until that "game" was over. We had 24 hours until it started, and the so-called "game" lasted for a week.
Because we acted fast, nothing bad happened, and we didn't have to see anything unpleasant, like human beings enacting mating rituals in public. I can't say how bad it got outside, because my room has fairly thick walls and I didn't leave the suite all week. But I can't say I wasn't effected at all. They did something terrible to us, to try to make us comply with the roles we were given: they gave us animal ears!
I know, I know. That sounds completely fake, because I don't have those anymore, thankfully! But for about six days there, I really did have wolf ears on top of my head, and Jun-kun had a cute pair of cat ears. They just fell off when the week was up! Or, well, they didn't fall off literally, but they disappeared!
Again, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I have no incentive to make any of this up! And if you're wondering, I don't have pictures, because those wolf ears didn't suit me at all and I want to forget I ever had them! Anyway, that was probably the worst thing that's happened to me since I got here, but thankfully it didn't last. I know it happened to others, too, though: I heard from someone that Rinne-senpai was walking around with wolf ears AND a tail, for example, though I'm sure he didn't participate. All of us ES idols want to stand tall as people, and none of us would ever behave like animals.
Once the "game" ended, everything went back to normal, more or less. But it served as a reminder that we mustn't get too comfortable. Before something weird happens again, we have to find a way out of here!"
"SPRINGTIME IN THE FOREST"
But then a few hours later, they revealed more details about the "game," and at that point things got even stranger. That was when that religious frenzy happened - the one I mentioned a few pages ago, where everyone started falling to their knees in the middle of the hall and kissing the floor and such. All of them were chanting about how much they love the house, and how much the house loves them. But that doesn't make any sense at all, because we all got the same event message, and it was nothing to get excited for.
The game was called "Springtime in the Forest." Everyone got a message that said "You will play a game" and "you will benefit." Then they got assigned different animals. Mine said I was a wolf, so I must want to hunt rabbits. It said I'd earn points for "mating" with as many different "rabbits' and other animals as possible, which could be used to claim a reward or something like that. But it didn't say what the reward was, and I couldn't have cared less anyway, because I absolutely hated that "game" idea!
Others were taking it seriously, though. And given the religious frenzy going on outside, I was seriously worried something ugly might happen, like people might start attacking each other like animals. So, I phoned Jun-kun and we went shopping for supplies so we could hide until that "game" was over. We had 24 hours until it started, and the so-called "game" lasted for a week.
Because we acted fast, nothing bad happened, and we didn't have to see anything unpleasant, like human beings enacting mating rituals in public. I can't say how bad it got outside, because my room has fairly thick walls and I didn't leave the suite all week. But I can't say I wasn't effected at all. They did something terrible to us, to try to make us comply with the roles we were given: they gave us animal ears!
I know, I know. That sounds completely fake, because I don't have those anymore, thankfully! But for about six days there, I really did have wolf ears on top of my head, and Jun-kun had a cute pair of cat ears. They just fell off when the week was up! Or, well, they didn't fall off literally, but they disappeared!
Again, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I have no incentive to make any of this up! And if you're wondering, I don't have pictures, because those wolf ears didn't suit me at all and I want to forget I ever had them! Anyway, that was probably the worst thing that's happened to me since I got here, but thankfully it didn't last. I know it happened to others, too, though: I heard from someone that Rinne-senpai was walking around with wolf ears AND a tail, for example, though I'm sure he didn't participate. All of us ES idols want to stand tall as people, and none of us would ever behave like animals.
Once the "game" ended, everything went back to normal, more or less. But it served as a reminder that we mustn't get too comfortable. Before something weird happens again, we have to find a way out of here!"