Chapter 24.1
I broke out in a cold sweat as I stared at the wristband.
[ā (Cheerful) Fantasyland Membership ā ]
But the words that had changed from āAdmission Ticketā to āMembershipā didnāt revert, and the material that had become oddly luxurious and ornate remained the same.
O-Okayā¦
Itās an unexpected situation, but what I have to do hasnāt changed.
Scan the wristband at the gate and leave.
āMembership or whatever, I just wonāt come back.ā
“Thank you.”
I swallowed hard.
“Umā¦ Iād like to go home now.”
The blue mascot tilted its head slightly to the side.
I stepped toward the gate scanner to scan my wristband.
But the mascot blocked my way.
āPlease.ā
Why are you doing this?
I felt like crying.
“Iām not as much of a good kid as you thinkā¦”
Ā
G o o d Ā k i d
C o r r e c t
The blue mascotās claw gently, ever so softly, covered my wristband.
And a voice resonated.
Ā
To one who knows honor,
you are worthy.
ā¦ā¦!!
“Urgh.”
A cough burst from my mouth.
It was blood.
āW-Whatā¦ just happenedā¦ā
Could it beā¦ because the ticket changed to a membership?
The blue dragon mascot seemed flustered as I spat out blood, fidgeting anxiously, and then pulled something out from its pocket and offered it to me.
Ā
[Blue Soda Churros]
It seemed to be a snack sold inside the theme park.
“ā¦Thank you.”
Yeah. Iām definitely not eating that.
“But, Iād like to take it home and eat it.”
Ā
P l a y
M o r e
The mascot was insistent.
To the point that it turned off the gate machine.
“ā¦ā¦!!”
Click.
The lights went out at the north exit, and the shutter came down.
I stared blankly at the scene.
Going this far?
I couldnāt grasp what was happening at all.
But I didnāt make the foolish move of arguing.
āI might end up like the researcher.ā
I definitely wanted to avoid that.
For now, for nowā¦ Iām not in immediate mortal danger here. Letās find an alternative.
I stepped back from the gate.
As I ran off, the blue mascot kept watching meā¦
“Driving me crazy.”
I went into the water parkās locker room and collapsed onto a bench.
Iām scared to death.
“What is going on?”
To sum up, the mascot suddenly called me a āgood kidā, handed me a membership, and closed the gate shutter.
In other words, Iām trapped here.
“ā¦ā¦”
Trapped.
Wait, but whatās with this āgood kidā thing anyway?
The researcher was a bad kid, and Iām a good kidā¦
Ah.
āā¦Is it because I saved my teammates a few times?ā
Yeah. Thatās the most plausible reason.
By chance, I did help people in dangerous situations a few timesā¦ So as a reward, theyāre letting me play in the theme park forever?
āThis is driving me nutsā¦ā
This is inside a B-Class creepypasta.
No matter how friendly and seemingly safe that mascot appears, it means I donāt know when or where some dangerous and bizarre, crazy thing might happen.
Besides.
āā¦Thereās no exploration record of anyone staying more than 24 hours.ā
Once it goes over 24 hours, it means everyone dies or disappears.
Even if I interpret it optimistically and think that since the admission ticket is a one-day pass, and Iām a member now so I might be okay, the most crucial thing here is that I have no information.
āShit.ā
I racked my brain, feeling like I wanted to bite my tongue.
Maybe due to the fatigue of the past few hours, my thinking was sluggishā¦
āWhat can I do?ā
I canāt win against the mascot in a fight.
I canāt sneak in and turn on the gate machine.
āAnd I used up all my coins earlier.ā
In a hurry, seeing Y-squad rookie Jang Heo-un fall, I threw whatever I could grab, which was a blunder. I pressed my fingers against my eyelids.
I donāt have a button to communicate with the people outside, so I canāt expect help from D-squad.
āThe items I have areā¦ā
The Smiley Sticker? Itās not something to use when the problem is that their favorability is already too high.
Itās the same with the 2x Potion or 0.5x Cookie. They only have meaning if thereās an effect to synergize with.
āDo I really have nothing?ā
The more I worried, the deeper I seemed to sink.
As I was sinking into gloom, a light flickered above my head.
[Dark Exploration Records Real Merch Box]
– New merch unlocked! (!)
“ā¦ā¦!!”
Itās the black notepadāthe merch box.
āPlease!ā
Without even taking a breath, I pressed it immediately.
Is this a lifeline? No, anything would do. I needed even the smallest hint, anythingā¦
Thud.
Merch dropped out.
“ā¦ā¦!”
I picked up the item wrapped transparently in plastic.
It was small enough to fit in my palm and fluffy.
A plush doll.
Dark Exploration Records / Daydream Inc.
/ ā ā ā ā ā
Good Friend
Itās your cute animal doll. It will always be with you and protect you.
Always.
āProduct description on the packaging
from the āCheerful Theme Park Gift Shopā
Ah.
I recalled the phrase on the board game box.
– Be the first team to ride all three fantasy attractions with your teammates and win spectacular prizes!
In the āCheerful Theme Parkā, the team that rode all three attractions the fastest could take one of various items from the gift shop as a prize.
āCome to think of it, the Supervisor Park mentioned earlier that they received a prize.ā
And of course, the theme park gift shop in the ghost story often had bizarre items mixed in.
āThere was even an exploration record that sorted the list of prizes people had takenā¦ā
And this was one of the most famous items among them.
Ā
Good Friend
In the original story, it was a plush doll small enough to fit into a childās arms, but as merch, it was reborn as a small keychain-sized doll that fit into my hand.
āSo the unlock requirement for this merch was to be a participant in the āCheerful Theme Parkā.ā
Unless you were someone who had visited the theme park, it was just a plush doll with no function, but since I had used up all my admission tickets, it seems I unlocked the requirement.
And the ability of this plush doll isā¦
A strange item that invites someone from the Otherworld, allowing a part of their spirit to dwell in the doll and become your friend.
It rarely appears in the gift shop of the <Cheerful Theme Park>.
For detailed invitation records, refer below.
lynniee
ohhhh is this the cute pink rabbit on the cover????????