The door boy nodded and with the press of a button, the lights in the room dimmed and the projector started playing a prerecorded video. As the video started, the door boy left the room and left the video to play.
”Greetings respected guests,” a man wearing a white mask which covered his entire face spoke with a clearly distorted voice, sitting with his legs crossed. He was dressed in a formal black suit and his hands were covered by a pair of white gloves. ”, I am the Master of the Mansion. I would like to welcome all of you to our mansion… of good old fun.” he started as a picture of the mansion’s entrance was shown.
”Now if you remembered within the letter of invitation, it is stated that your stay is three days and two nights…” another picture was shown, one that showed that every open door or window that led to the outside was barricaded and reinforced, unable to be opened from the inside out. ”…what we forgot to mention was the fact that you aren’t allowed to leave ahead of time. Oh and, if you haven’t realized it by now, telephone signals and internet signals do not reach us” he mentioned quickly before going to the main topic of discussion as for this afternoon.
”Now, I am not part of them but if you haven’t realized it by now… you’re all being hunted. I am merely a game master and I can’t fully control how my ‘minions’, per se, maneuver around the mansion. But don’t worry… I’m not that merciless…” he waved his hand around the air nonchalantly as he spoke.
”If you were to reach down to touch the bottom side of your seat, you would all find a letter with different contents. However, you are not allowed to open and read the letters until the grandfather clock chimes 2 PM. If you cheat, I would know…” the game master chuckled a bit.
”Inside, you’d find your role within the first hunt which will take place around the mansion. Let me give you one advice before I go…” the master got closer to the screen, close enough that his bloodshot eye can be seen clearly through the hole of the mask ”…this is a game of life and death, so play carefully. Bye for now~” the screen abruptly turned off as the lights came back on. The door boy, however, did not come back into the room and perhaps he didn’t intend to come back into the room as well.