Gaderhael

He claimed that he was innocent. 

Grayson L. Riego, a man convicted for the murder he vowed he didn't commit is now sentenced to death.

With the world getting more united and closer than ever, technology flourished.
And with the boom of technology came the age of Deep Dive Virtual Reality (DDVR/VR).

Introduced in the year 2057, VR's popularity and importance were quickly realized by many.

From games where people could earn a living and mostly spend their time, to applications used for meetings instead of physically going to your office. Some even say that only one's imagination is the limitation of VR.

And it was because of one's imagination that even the execution of death row convicts has also transcended reality.

Hopeful Homicide. Introduced in the year 2058, is a Virtual Reality death game where death row convicts around the world are forced to play with the promise of freedom and help of giving the winners a fresh start. As well as "cleansing" their soul.

Now in its ninth year, Grayson L. Riego has no choice but to participate in this brutal death game.

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*Warning: This story includes extreme violence and gore. Proceed at your discretion.

*Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events, and incidents are all fictional.

Hopeful Homicide

Seconds felt like an eternity as the thin needles kept on flying past us. The whoosh they made and the sound of the needles breaking as they hit my rope, replaced the fluttering sound and squeaks of the bats that were stored in my head. Even though I was in pain, I was still thinking about Karen's bomb and how much of a waste it was.

Hiding behind the pile of my hundred-meter-long and indestructible rope, there was nothing else for me to do than wait for the horde to end and wander in my thoughts.

The needles flew in the same direction as the first two hordes. A behavior that is similar to all of the hordes we've faced so far. What changed is that, instead of monsters that are vulnerable to our poison gas, the tower sent a swarm of inanimate objects. But, the pattern I noticed could be a trap to trick us into believing that all the hordes will behave in such a manner, for them to release a horde that has a random pattern and catch most of us off guard.

Unbothered