Linri

Max felt like he was falling through the sky endlessly. He looked around, but couldn't see anything, everything was pitch black. After falling for god knows how long Max finally crashed into the ground or at least it felt like it.

Once the pain was gone Max could finally get up and what he saw shocked him thoroughly. The scene in front of him was the exact same one in the pictures he saw in the thread.

'I must have been too obsessed with the ARG and now I finally started to have dreams about it? Great! Just great!' Max thought to himself.

"God of Twilight! It's nice to see that you can finally join us." said Linri while standing up from the throne he was sitting. Every 'RP' character behind Linri had blank expressions almost like this didn't have anything to do with them.

Max was confused. He tried to say something but not a single word was coming out of his mouth.

'What kinda nightmare is this? I can't even talk! Also God of Twilight? Isn't that the ..'

While Max was having these thoughts his focus finally returned to what was in front of him when Linri spoke again.

"I know this is somewhat of a cliché thing to do but we took away your ability to speak. After all, we wouldn't want you to use your Godly magic and kill us all would we now?" While speaking Linri continued to make his way to Max.

Max was scared. He could feel that something bad was going to happen. If this was a dream, then it was time to wake up but at this moment he couldn't help but feel like this might be the reality instead of a nightmare.

When Linri finally arrived in front of Max he suddenly grabbed him by the throat and lifted him high up. Max was flailing in the air but there was nothing he could do. He could tell that with that kind of grip Linri could kill him any time he wants. Maybe dying wouldn't be such a bad thing? Who knows he might wake up from this hellish nightmare when he is dead but currently Max was too scared to have these kinds of thoughts. Also, the fact that his life was in the hands of someone else was so frustrating for him.

"All these years you haVE CONTROLLED US! Made us believe that we were your avatars, your CHOSEN ONES! Then after making our lives unbearable, miserable and desperate, you left us to rot in this hell hole. No matter how much we prayed, YOU didn't answer us. We didn't have your guidance in our lives any more. We were lost and didn't know what to do. It was then that we noticed. We were just your playthings and NOTHING MORE!" Linri started to choke Max harder. Then he released his grip and let Max fall to the ground. Max had actually pissed himself and Linri was looking at him with disgust in his eyes.

"Did you really think that I would give you, of all people, such an easy way out by killing you? Hilarious!" After saying that Linri started to laugh maniacally. His laugh contained a trace of madness along with a little bit of desperation. He went to Max, squatted in front of him and lifted his head up while grabbing on his hair.

"No. We are gonna do something even better. With 'his' help, we summoned you here so that we could switch places with you. From now on you are gonna be our toys and WE WILL BE THE GODS!!!!" Screamed Linri to Max. At this point, Max couldn't help but glance at the ones standing behind Linri once again. There was a man Max didn't remember seeing before, covered in darkness. He could see his face but for some reason, he couldn't remember him the moment he closed his eyes.

"Linri, stop playing with him. We don't have all the time in the world. There are still others." said someone behind Linri. It sounded like a female voice.

"Sorry.... this was a little personal so I couldn't help but lose control a little" said Linri apologetically.

After saying that Linri looked at Max in the eyes and saw how terrified he was. He seemed to hesitate a little but firmed his resolve and punched through Max's stomach with his hand that was covered in azure flames.

So Max started falling again.

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Max woke up in his bed covered in sweat. That was some kind of nightmare he saw. Yes, that must definitely be it. I mean how could he explain it otherwise. Nothing in that nightmare made sense.

Max got up from his bed and stumbled a little. For some reason, he felt weird. He went to the bathroom and washed his face. The moment he looked at the mirror he saw Linri looking back at him.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH" screamed Max and fell to the ground.

His father rushed to his side immediately.

"Linri are you okay what happened?" he immediately hugged Max and tried to calm him down.

"I-I saw a nightmare and .... and..." so Max started to cry uncontrollably. Once he looked at his father he saw his dishevelled hair and his bloodshot eyes. He looked younger for some reason and he had a goatee.

'Wait! Linri?' Max was baffled when his father called him Linri then he remembered the contents of the Nightmare. He stopped crying immediately

'We are going to become Gods and you are going to become our toys' It was almost like he could still hear these words echoing in his mind.

The moment this seed of suspicion was planted in his mind Max left his father's embrace and slowly got up. He looked at himself in the mirror again and saw a young Linri with puffy cheeks and snot coming out of his nose. To make sure it was himself he touched himself and mirror image mimicked him.

He had become Linri... F*CK!