The moon in the preparation room…
Seb was momentarily stunned when his view shifted from the giant figure in the sky to a pure white vista as if he had been flash blinded from stepping into a bright sunlight day from a dark room, and blinking before looking around he immediately noticed that even though he was still sitting on his stool with his pipe wrench across his knees holding his lunch with his lunch bag between his legs his surroundings had changed drastically!
All of his work partners were missing and in their place was a random crowd of people all looking around with the same amount of confusion he had arrived with, if not more, some were covered in blood either theirs or someone elses, most were disheveled in some way or another and a small few just sat down and started crying then and there.
"What the fuck…", Seb couldn't help but murmur to himself as he looked around perplexed simultaneously placing a hand on the tool across his lap cautiously. He looked from side to side and from what he could see he and everyone else were now in a white spherical dome with people interspersed evenly throughout the area.
Most he noticed like himself seemed to have been grabbed from an immediate moment, seeming to have been plucked from the middle of some action or another before coming here, everyone in the crowd looked just as confused as he was. There were a few he saw that were different, but the thing that set them apart was how clean some of them were compared to everyone in the crowd, himself included.
Seb was just tentatively putting his lunch back in his pack feeling that cold shiver of the unknown creep down his spine as he prepared to investigate his surroundings a bit more, but before he could a small light appeared in the center of the room arresting his attention as well of everyone else in the room, it sat there hovering for a moment gathering everyone else's attention eventually as well.
After a few moments of silence as everyone gathered stared at the small glowing orb, it finally expanded violently and burst in a silent explosion of white and red sparks revealing a figure in the exact spot the orb had occupied a moment before.
The first thing that was noticeable about the figure that appeared was his pale albino skin that was so stark against his black tuxedo suit it demanded attention, the second was the face of this newly revealed character…it wasn't human, but humanish. The figure's face was vaguely human shaped but with a complete lack of a nose, and in its place were six holes in a three set of two starting right above his upper lip and ending just above his eyes in a small arc, those eyes were a bright crimson colour reminiscent of a fire engine and had a hint of mischief touching the corners as if they had just seen something so very amusing. Instead of hair the figure had tentacles just like the giant figure in the sky had, these were a deep ocean blue that got lighter as they neared his face and eventually gave way to the albino white with a slight mottling pattern before disappearing.
The most disturbing feature was the overly large smile that was plastered across it's face with those sharp pointed teeth, that didn't seem to change at all as it slowly rotated it's head to look at everyone present.
As the figure spun lazily in the air, seemingly weightless, looking at all those gathered underneath him, it took a deep breath before exclaiming with a flourish and a pirouette, "Hello gamers! You have been chosen for my stream, either by myself personally or at random through lottery. Before my explanation say hello to my viewers! Those who have chosen to explore this new culture first!", at this he gestured into the sky with a hand that Seb had just noticed had a few extra fingers and began his dialogue anew.
"Dear viewers I do hope you find this culture interesting! As expected I picked a region on this planet at random but I do have high expectations as this region is on the higher end for both technology and culture working off of this species own references, this region itself actually considers itself a melting pot for all other cultures. I have chosen from a wide selection of occupations and social status for a diverse mix that should bring both conflict and excitement in spades for your viewing pleasure, before things get more exciting later on.", the figure panned around seeming to find different people scattered throughout the crowed with his piercing gaze…including Seb.
"This species is different from the last I was streaming in many ways, so it's a little bit of a shake up to keep things fresh! For this beta stream I have once again chosen a survival camp license to start things off and to start trying to find interesting individuals. Hopefully our gamers can band together and make it through the trials ahead, and for those that excel we will obviously follow and give our offer of a contract to them. That being said there are ten I have specifically chosen that will receive a contract offer at the end of this introduction, these are those individuals.", the figure snapped its fingers and slowly spun watching the effect these new stars floating above the ten individuals had on the overall group…one of the ten was Seb himself.
"What the f*ck kinda crazy fever dream is this?", Seb whispered as he stared up at the small glowing star floating about a meter above his head. He tore his gaze away to look around himself to notice that those that were close by had slowly started to edge away and put distance between themselves and him.
"That doesn't bode well…", he said to himself while looking around with a slight trepidation starting to form, he knew how lynchings started, and this had the starting hallmarks of what came before them.