*The envelopes given by Mio all drop away from their holders and open. Shined slabs of metal fly out and hover in front of the envelopes' owners, expanding to a large size and revealing the initials of who the envelope was given to engraved in the center.*
*Every reflective surface in Existence within 50 meters of anything that can travel dimensions glaze over with light for a moment before showing a red room containing a single person. The person begins to speak, and the sound is heard by everything in the language that they normally speak in.*
Hello, hello~ Dear friends and fans, we are gathered here today to shout and cry your eyes out. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Many of you may know me, and many more may have heard of me. Or rather, my creator, who is me in a sense. More specifically, I'm him in a sense. My name, his name, is... well, a secret. But you all know him as...
*He pauses a moment, before grinning widely and somewhat cruelly.*
Dark. And some of you know that he's dead.
*Pauses for several moments.*
Now that those of you who didn't know have had time to cheer, I'll continue. This is a special time for everyone to celebrate. Now, don't worry, I'm just a program, not a return from the grave. But I have an important message for you all.
*He takes a step closer to the screen.*
I'm coming back. The first me. Dark. That's right, kiddies. There was a bit of him hidden away in case things went the way they did. A bit of ethereal self, a full set of memories up to the instant of death... All he needs is a body. And he's got one.
*Smiles again.*
However, we thought it would be a good idea to give you all a chance. So we've devised a game, of sorts. A game to give you all a shot at stopping him from coming back. Sounds fair, right? So it's simple. You're all invited. In fact, some of you are VIPs, and have been given physical invitations. Keep them close by, because those who were given them will need them to get in.
*Stretches and smiles again.*
You all never were able to figure out what "I" was saying. But now, you don't have much choice. If you want to stop him from coming back, you'll have to be able to figure out a few riddles. The rules of the game are simple. Answer riddles, kill. There's a single person who will be there who you need to kill. That person is the avatar, the one whose body is the one in question. So just pull that off, simple.
*Laughs.*
Well, not quite. You see, the playground, the place where this game will take place, will prevent any abilities you may have. You'll be exactly as capable as an average human from "my" universe of origin. And there's a catch. Everyone who enters the playground will get false memories of their entire lives, which include this little message. Well, not everyone, just the target, but there's no way for you to be sure that you aren't the avatar once you're in, now is there?
*Laughs again, sounding slightly hysterical this time.*
Hey, no worries. Anyone who dies in the playground will simply be returned to the outside, unable to reenter. That is, everyone except for the avatar. If they die, they stay dead. But if not... well, we have to keep some surprises. Once inside, you'll find that you're unable to even attempt to harm anyone, yourself included. To get around this, a riddle will be given every day. Those who solve it will regain the ability to both attempt and, in theory, succeed to do damage to others until midnight when the next riddle is given. Otherwise, you're not going to have a chance to kill the avatar. But, we're fair. Anyone who's attacked by someone will have the pacifist restriction lifted, but only in regards to the attacker. In other words, even if you don't solve the riddle for the day, you'll be able to defend yourself.
*Pauses and smiles.*
Now that you've had a moment to digest that, there's a twist. Weapons. There'll be a second riddle every so often at random times. Solve it, and you get a weapon of your choice from a small selection. Nothing too great, metal rods are about as advanced as you can get. So if you solve both riddles, you have an advantage. Then all you need to do is figure out who the avatar is and take them out to win. But there's two more small details. The first is simple, you'll find that you're unable to harm yourself even if you solve the riddle. So be careful, because if it turns out that you are the avatar, then by killing everyone else, you'll have ensured that "I" come back safe and sound.
*Pauses again.*
The second detail is simple as well. "My" wife will be there, under the same conditions as everyone else, except... She'll have no false memories, and will likely be trying to stop the rest of you from killing the avatar. And that's all there is to it. Now we just need to see who's even worth being involved. A riddle to find the playground. You'll find the coordinates to it at the place where storms brewed. Heh, see you there.
*Every surface that showed this glazes over with light again, before returning to a normal state. The metal slabs that were in the envelopes shrink down again and remain hovering where they were.*
