Octopus Man and Floran quickly made it to the Center Room. "Well, here it is!" Octopus Man said with a smile. Floran nodded and she opened the door. She walked into the room and looked around.
Octopus Man ran up to the circle in the middle of the room and stepped on it, instantly ascending. Floran's eyes widened, and she followed, stepping onto the circle and ascending as well.
Mr. Fluffypants and The Number 7 are still wandering around the maze aimlessly. "Are we there yet?" Mr. Fluffypants asks with a yawn.
They turn a corner and Mr. Fluffypants' eyes widen as they see a hallway of dead enemy bodies. The Number 7 pays no mind to this and continues hovering through the maze.
Mr. Fluffypants runs up to 7 and says, "W..what happened here?" his voice shaking. Each body, both humanoid and not, had completely blank eyes. It was as if what they had witnessed was much worse than their deaths.
Mr. Fluffypants was trembling in fear, yet he continued on.
The voice called out and said, "4 contestants have just died all at once!" Mr. Fluffypants covered his head in terror. "How is this even happening?" he asked, not sure if he actually wanted to know or not.
Mr. Fluffypants turned to notice that one of the bodies was human. In fact, he thought that he had seen the face in the lobby room. His trembling only got worse.
They then found themselves faced with three paths. Mr. Fluffypants turned his head to the left to see the door that said "Center Room" on it. He sighed in relief and said, "Come on 7!" He then ran to the door and opened it.
A man who had just turned a corner in the opposite direction saw Mr. Fluffypants and The Number 7 enter the Center Room. He had a bright smile on his face. "I finally made it!" he said in relief.
The man had just barely escaped a trap that deployed killer elephants that had killed his maze partner. Due to this, he was constantly on edge.
As he walked towards the door, he felt a threatening aura behind him. He turned around quickly, only to see a girl with red hair who was looking down at the ground.
He tilted his head a bit before saying, "Hey, what are you doing there?"
The girl did not respond, and instead continued staring at the ground, completely obscuring her facial features.
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The man stepped aside. ''You can go first if you want." he said calmly.
The girl once again said nothing. The man just shrugged and continued walking to the door. He then stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
He once again looked back. His face instantly contorting in pure terror. The girl wore a bandana which covered her mouth, and a black hairband with a ribbon on it. Her eyes where pitch black, with only two tiny white pupils.
Making eye contact with such a thing was worse than any fate. THAT existed outside of the confines of spacetime, while simultaneously existing in all of spacetime. THAT THING looked like a girl, but gender didn't apply to it. It was EVERYTHING and NOTHING all at once.
His eyes went blank, and he fell to the ground. THAT THING didn't need to even do the maze did it? It could have instantly went to the Center Room at any time if it wanted to. It was just playing a game.
On the third level of the tower, Octopus Man was in an empty room by itself. Each contestant seemed to have been teleported by themselves this time.
He looked around and smiled before taking off his octopus plush and pulling an oven out of it and making fresh baked biscuits.
Kookakoo popped out of the oven and said, "Making biscuits huh?" Octopus Man nodded with a smile. "Sure am!" he responded.
"Can I have some? pretty please?" Kookakoo begged. "NO!" Octopus Man yelled before stuffing her back into the oven.
When the oven dinged, he pulled out the biscuits, as well as Kookakoo, who was burnt to a crisp. He started eating the biscuits and Kookakoo stood up and shook off her burns. "Please... I'm so hungry!" Kookakoo begged once again.
"Fine just one." Octopus Man said with a sigh. "Okay!" Kookakoo replied, before ingulfing 5 biscuits in one bite.
"YOU LIAR!" Octopus Man yelled. He started chasing Kookakoo around the room, but just then a massive door started opening, and a light filled the room, which caught their attention.
The door opened to reveal the center of an arena. They walked out to see other doors also opening.
Floran Stepped out of one door.
Cutecumber out of another
Mr. Fluffypants as well.
The Number 7 was next.
The next door opened to reveal Emberlyn, who had a shy expression in her face.
Another door revealed the red-haired monstrosity, who was once again looking at the floor.
Another door opened to reveal a man with messy hair and an evil smirk, wearing a black t-shirt. He had razor sharp fingernails and looked very intimidating. The man was named claw.
The next door revealed a boy with short white hair, wearing silver amor. He had a serious expression on his face. The boy was named Mazialia.
The second to last door opened to reveal a woman with long black hair, wearing a brown trench coat and sunglasses. She was also wearing a mouth mask with a skeleton mouth design on it. The woman was named Astra.
The last door revealed... "BRAZILIAN BUG BOY?" Octopus Man and Kookakoo yelled in confusion. "When did he get here?" they both asked.
The voice called out and said, "Welcome our survivors, Octopus Man, Kookakoo, Floran, Cutecumber, Mr. Fluffypants, 7, Emberlyn, Claw, Mazialia, Astra, Brazilian Bug Boy, and..." the voice turned into static at the last name.
"Welcome to your third challenge!" the voice continued. "A fight to the death. Only 4 of you can survive. GO!" the voice concluded.
Cutecumber looked around in fear. Floran looked back her, concerned as well. They turn to look at Octopus Man and Kookakoo who were fixing a car, not paying attention to what was happening at all.