Tutorial Rewrite 15

<Time Until Floor 2 Opening:

28:23:59:59>

So it really did circle all the way back to a month, huh? Well, it’s not like I can die in the lobby, so who cares. With a wave of the hand, the window disappears. I look back at the normal window.

<Top—Status—Community>

<00:00:01

Day 32>

<The third attempt will begin in

28:23:59:59

Floor 2 will open in

28:23:59:59>

With a few scrolls and pokes, I’m back to the boards. Cracking my knuckles, I begin writing.

<PrissyKittyPrincess[F2]: MY guide 2 floor 1

(4 pro gamers ONLY)

ok so step 1 is u gotta hide behind the trees

n when the arrow come from the left u

jump out n just like hit them away so pick

shield or u die and also when u fight the boss monsters

make them die by arrows 2 ok also when u climb

the hill if ur hands not work then use ure mouth>

Perfect. Moleman, go die in a ditch. Or something.

<You have gotten a response.>

Oh, already? Why, I wonder who that might be!

<LionMawMadness[F5]: everyone who is South Korean

answer to this message and I will invite you to South Korean chat>

<MirthOfTheEarth[F2]: hi>

<AvantAnGarde[F3]: Yo Dude //AAG>

<ShootsOwnShadow[F3]: are North Koreans also invited?

<LionMawMadness[F5]: no>

<PrissyKittyPrincess[F2]: add me plz>

<LionMawMadness[F5]: ok but only if

you explain your username>

I stare at the window. It doesn’t move. The lobby suddenly feels very empty and stale.

<PrissyKittyPrincess[F2]: add me plz>

<LionMawMadness[F5]: ok but only if

you explain your username>

<PrissyKittyPrincess[F2]: go die>

And just as fast as I opened the window, I close it once more.

Slowly, I cross my arms. Mhm. Yup.

Yeah…

<You have received a message.>

I press the response faster than humanly possible and only realise once it opens that it isn’t actually for my post.

<Status—Community—Top>

<Personal Messages>

<[NEW]OrthodoxPox[F3]: Invitation to

The Guild of Representatives.>

The heck is this?

Out of sheer confusion more than anything else, I poke the message.

<OrthodoxPox[F3]: Invitation to

The Guild of Representatives.

Hello PrissyKittyPrincess. I am Pox,

Representative of the Normal Difficulty 3rd floor.

I found you by collaborating with my fellow

Representatives to compare the members of

each individual Difficulty Lobby against the

full list of members found in the Asia Server.

I know that you have beaten the first floor of the Hell Difficulty.

I know that you are the only one to survive.

I am cordially inviting you on behalf of

HuppiGupp[F10], the Representative of the Easy Difficulty,

JustAPrankBro[F5] of the Normal Difficulty,

and TalonsOfRage[F4] of the Hard Difficulty to

join our ranks as the Representative of the

Hell Difficulty.>

…What? What even is this? Representatives?... It’s not especially strange that they were able to find me, but to invite me to do something like this is a bit, well, strange. They aren’t wrong, I am an ex-pro-gamer after all, so if they have me among their ranks they’ll be sure to boost their power significantly. There isn’t any question of Why me either because, so far, I’m the only one to survive this difficulty.

So far.

Huh. Since the first floor opened, does that mean…?

<Status—Community—Top>

<Asia Server>

<Easy Lobby: 782/1302

Normal Lobby: 111/321

Hard Lobby: 31/51

Hell Lobby: 2/2>

Yeah, as expected, they’re all—

Hang on a moment.

Two?!

Th-, there’s still another person in the Hell lobby alive? Did they already beat the level?!

Like an absolute maniac, I swivel my head from side to side, checking the lobby. Nobody there.

Well, yeah, now that I think about it, that would be way too fast, right? It’s only been like a few hours at most. No, the much more likely answer would be that they for some reason decided to stay behind in the lobby. Pretty clever one, I’d say. And, as expected, all the others died. Five people was not enough. Will there ever be enough?

Something hollow hums inside my chest.

But one of them survived. I don’t know how, but they did. And if I could just contact them, then… Then, they could survive. I think. They just need to do almost exactly what I did and then they should be ok.

Assuming they don’t try to beat the first floor before then. Sure, they might have a small chance, but I really only survived the first floor because they took the first arrows. Otherwise, I’d be just as dead as them.

Anyhow, let’s get back to that Guild of Representatives thing.

I’m really not sure what to do. I mean, it doesn’t sound too bad, but there has to be some sort of trade here, right? I give them something, they give me something. Just having a title, as dope as it sounds, isn’t quite enough.

Frowning, I enter my PMs and type up a response.

<PrissyKittyPrincess[F2]

what do i get tho>

And a few minutes later, a response dings in.

<OrthodoxPox[F3]: I’m so glad you asked,

PrissyKittyPrincess. You may not be aware of it, being

alone in your lobby, but there are quite a few people in ours.

Order is needed with so many people.

Rules, laws, punishment and reward.

All of that is necessary to make the Tutorial

a better place for all of us. This includes you.

At the moment, few of the responsibilities and

obligations of a Representative will fall on you.

Rather, you will hold the title as a formality

until you are needed either by us or

by other Hell Difficulty challengers.

Suffice it to say, once you are needed,

you will likewise be rewarded. And if

you want to renounce your position, we’ll simply

hold onto it until you want to give it another shot.

Should you accept, you will also be invited to

the exclusive Guild of Representatives chatroom

alongside the even more so exclusive

Executive Representatives chatroom.

And, if you must know, the title of

Representative is quite the boast in and of itself.>

In my head, a picture is forming. A picture of me, writing up a post. Someone calls me a dork. I contact my fellow Representatives and have him shot and executed. All is good. There are no more wars. The world is at Peace.

A trail of drool goes down the side of my chin and I quickly wipe it off.

<PrissyKittyPrinces[F2]:

im in.