Thursday, October 23rd, 2028

  Day 1

  Chapter 1: Despair’s School of the Northwest

  14/14 Alive

  Disturbed and angry voices spilled out. “Bullshit! How do you expect us to do that? You’ll be lucky if you end up surviving! Where the hell are you?”

  “Now, now! No need to get so angry! This should be exciting to you deranged college students! Killing someone! Getting away scot-free with it! Doesn’t it sound exhirating? Fun, even! And I don’t care how you Do it! Blunt objects, poison, hanging, stabbing, strangling, I don’t care! But there is one specific rule that just might stop you from wanting to do this… The css trials! If you do happen to get caught in a trial after murdering someone you will be immediately… Executed!”

  Nobody spoke a word. This was wrong, and they all knew it. Kill someone? We would never do that. “Ah, but I haven't introduced myself, have I? Silly me, forgetting basic manners.” The voice said. “Ahem. My name is Samael. Pleasure to meet you all! I’m making my way up to you… Right now!”

  Everyone was confused. This crazy person named Samael was coming to us? Isn’t that a one-way ticket to being killed by one of us? Maybe he’s not so smart after all. Sky suddenly spoke with a bit of a quiver in her voice. “I’m sure this is all a big joke and the real entrance ceremony will start when Samael gets here… Right?”

  Xavier suddenly stood up. “I’m still killin’ him either way! This is messed up!”

  Suddenly, the big gymnasium entryway doors opened. Everyone was incredibly shocked to see what appeared to be an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. “Hello, students! I am this school’s principal, Samael! I’m responsible for making sure you don’t die of starvation or anything besides the school’s students!”

  Suddenly, Xavier lunged forward and grabbed Samael by the throat. “Tell me this is all a joke and I’ll let you go!”

  “That’s no way to speak to your principal, Xavier Ranaro.”

  To our horror, a small bde was taken by Samael and Xavier was quickly stabbed in his hand. As he let out a scream from the sharp pain, some students ran over to help him. Samael turned to face the others. “I know I may look like your average middle schooler, but I am anything but. To be completely honest, not even I know who I am. I guess I’m sorta like a, kinda, uh, I don’t know! But that’s besides the point. You see what happened with ol’ Xavier over there? That is exactly what will happen if you happen to try anything on me! Oh, and one more thing. If you want to have two people commit two murders, it’s a stupid idea! Only the person who killed the second victim can graduate and leave!”

  This guy’s insane, I thought. “Okay, students! I’ve assigned each and every one of you your own room, so head on over to the dorms and cozy up! You’re gonna be here for a while unless you finally decide to kill!”

  He let out a small ugh and dismissed us. Even though he was gone, er, no - even though he seemingly teleported away, nobody moved from the gymnasium towards the dorm rooms - their new forever rooms, and they stood still, frozen with fear. Sky spoke.“This is a joke, right?”

  It didn’t seem so. Why go through the trouble of designing a humanoid figure that can understand human speech and communicate with us for a simple joke? If it was a joke, it was definitely a cruel one. After about 2 minutes of sitting silently, Xavier was the first to leave, hoping to find a washroom for his hand. After enough time, Landon Robinson spoke his first words of the night. “I already know I’m going to hate you all,” and he stepped out. “Don’t kill each other day one.” That was the st thing anyone said within the walls of the gymnasium that day. I remember the st thing I did was head to the room with my namepte on it, switching off the power that lies within the room, ying down, and going to bed.