<b><span style="font-size: 26px">RESTARTING THIS THREAD FROM THE BEGINNING</span></b><br/>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/><br/>It was a day like any other, but for four girls, it may have been the last normal day of their lives. When they went to sleep, they would not wake up in their own beds. Instead, when the sun rose in the morning, they would awaken in a small, minimalist, but at least moderately nice apartment, consisting of only three rooms. The walls were sleek, metalic, and featureless, and the floor was carpeted. Each room was connected by an open doorframe with no door, but there were numerous other doorways in the apartment with sealed metal doors they would not be able to open. There was the bedroom, which contained little more than four beds, the bathroom complete with a standing shower stall, and the lounge which had a couch, table, and television on the opposite wall.<br/><br/><script class="js-extraPhrases" type="application/json">
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</div><br/><br/>The television had a simple message on it, reading<br/><br/>"The first challenge will begin in<br/>30:00"<br/><br/>The timer was counting down from half an hour. Additionally, there was a small packet of papers on the table labelled "Game Rules". The girls who had been taken here would find that none of their possessions had come with them. They only had the clothes they went to sleep in and any essential items, like glasses. Bizarrely, however, each girl would find a circular device attached to their skin on their lower stomach. It was sleek metal, with something that looked like a small red gem or bulb in the center of the disk. Its purpose was unknown for now, but no manner of prying or scraping at it would be able to remove it.<br/><br/>The game rules reads:<br/><br/>"Game Rules<br/><br/>Players will participate in a series of challenges to earn points and avoid modifications. Each challenge has different rules and guidelines, as well as different consequences for defeat or rewards for victory. All players have been outfitted with a device that can facilitate modifications to their bodies. Once done, there is only one way to undo these modifications: win the game. For the three losers, these modifications are permanent. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins the opportunity to return to her life as it was before."