The Game p2

The fourth stage is called "Dancer". Walking into this room was strange, unlike the other ones that she had entered, this one is not decorated but rather left empty except a few lights along with its walls that are covered with mirrors. On top of that, in this room, or stage, there are no activities going on, like a performance or perhaps some sorts of irregular movements. She continued wandering around the room and trying to find some sort of clues that this room could be hiding, but to her disappointment, there were nothing. It's time, Diablo disappeared and the voice started speaking out its riddle.

"I see you, but you can't see me, I show you what you want to see. I'm in the water and on the wall, what am I? Give me a call"

This sounded simple yet misleading, Tina thought. She still resorted to her strategy of narrowing things down and getting a better view of the answer. One by one, she's getting a clearer answer. This time she wasn't stuck but rather things were going smoothly. She was going to give an answer, until, as she was looking up, something caught her attention, it was what she saw in the mirror. Because of that, she is now second guessing herself as well as her answer, since up until now everything had been a clue. Tina decided to trust her gut once again hoping that it will not fail her this time.

Tina shouted "Reflections!". Suddenly the room fell into chaos with Tina's reflection duplicating more and more. Scared and confused, Tina covered her ears and lay down while

curling herself into a ball hoping that it would all go away. Diablo appeared, seeing Tina in this state, he snapped his finger and everything was gone, he went next to Tina, and comforted her. They joked around and head off to the next stage.

The next stage is named "Favour". Outside, there is nothing, not even a door or some sort of decorations but rather a strange portal that looked like the one where she got transported here. It seemed that this stage is somewhat different from the other, it seemed that this stage does not require brain power nor finding clues but rather something else. Without nothing else to do, Tina headed towards the portal while waving goodbye to Diablo. She went in and the feelings were the same, confused and dizzy, but this time she managed to stand her ground.

She opened her eyes and it seemed that she was transported in some sort of village in another realme. She wandered around hoping to find the objective but, after a few hours there's nothing. Her last resort was to ask the locals about what's going on. They all answered nothing, but rather asked if she's free. One by one, they all asked Tina to help them with their work. It's like a side quest into those games that she had played when she was little. With nothing to do, she decided to help them.

From harvesting produce, to cleaning the window, to feeding the animals, Tina did whatever was asked. After a while, it seemed that she had realised the objective of this stage. After a task was complete, the task givers disappeared one by one. Seeing this, Tina started going around the village completing the task one by one, she eventually came down to the last one, and she completed it with ease. After all of the work had been done, Diablo then appeared and brought Tina back to the labyrinth with a snap of his finger.

They have now entered the endgame where there is only one last stage. Tina prepared herself, and they both headed off to the final stage which is called "clowns". This was bad, ever since Tina was a kid, the one thing she feared most is clowns. The way they looked and the way they acted always gave Tina nightmares. But not anyone, this time she had to face her fear once and for all. With nothing else to prepare and with not a clue of what the objective is, Tina headed into this stage blindly.

In the room, there was nothing, but suddenly mists started flowing in from nowhere. It got denser and denser until there's almost no visibility, she can't see what's around her, not even the walls. It was as if she was transported somewhere else. She walked forward but was quickly stopped when she heard a familiar voice. The voice was spoken in a soft tune, a tune that gave you a sense of warmth, it was her mother. Seeing her mother in the flesh, Tina ran towards her hoping to feel her warmth once again. Reuniting with her mother, it gave her a sense of cosiness and protection, but that slowly went away when she looked up and her mother's face was gone, all there was left was a face that she feared the most, a clown. She quickly ran away but stumbled upon her father, she ran to him, but he too was turned into a clown, one by one she met her family members but they all turned into a clown and started chasing her. Filled with fear and confusion, Tina broke down in tears and fell to the ground.

She was about to lose consciousness, but a memory came to her mind, it was her dad. The one thing he always reminds her is to be brave and never back down. Hearing his word of encouragement, Tina got up, and faced the clowns. She glared at the clowns and shouted " I know it's not real, and don't you dare mess with me or my family."

Because of that, the clowns then started disappearing one by one, but the fog also started clearing up, and the room started going back to what it was before.

Is this really the end?