The two walked through the masses of people, heading into the area with all the attractions. The place was surprisingly filled with students even though it wasn’t the weekend. People were perhaps too stressed and decided to have some fun to relieve some of that tension or they were simply too bothered with the lavish lifestyle to care about studying or hard work.
Either way, the amusement park wasn’t empty by any means. Arthur kept staring around him curiously. He had been to such a place only once before in his life and that was when he was a kid.
‘Grandma brought me there for my birthday. It was a really good memory.’ He thought to himself. It was one of the few things he still remembers clearly and cherishes deeply. After all, back then, things were much simpler and more fun in a sense.
However, that was it, times moved and now the person who created that memory for him was long gone. It was truly tragic in a bittersweet way.
That was when Arthur noticed something that snapped him out of his daze. Blinking quickly, he looked all around him as if he were searching for something.
“Is everything ok, Arthur?” Isla noticed his weird behavior rather quickly.
‘There… There… And even those… Wait, am I hallucinating or is everyone around us a couple?!’ He asked himself. This detail, as weird as it was, was indeed true. All Arthur could see around him were girls and boys going around in pairs of two, all being very mushy and intimate with each other.
Then, he realized what kind of atmosphere the entire amusement park had. It was a mix of fun, excitement, and…
“Romance…” He muttered under his breath. ‘How did these people quickly start dating? We have been on this island for less than two weeks. The human race is truly impressive.’
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“… Ehem, it’s nothing. Anyway, what game should we start with?” Arthur asked.
“You can choose,” Isla replied.
“Really? You’re the one who paid, you know?”
“And you’re the one who will take care of the rest.” She retorted.
“… Hm, ok, I won’t say no then.” Arthur shrugged and looked around him. There was a plethora of attractions around them. Many of them looked immensely dangerous and very thrilling.
“Hahaha, time to go a little wild!”
***
With that, Arthur and Isla moved to their first attraction which was the roller coaster. It was by far the biggest attraction in the entire place. Going all around in gigantic circles. Arthur could hear the screams of the students as they moved through the trail at enormous speed.
“Damn, that looks fun! Let’s go! Oh wait, are you ok with this kind of game?” Arthur asked.
“I do not mind,” Isla replied.
The line of students waiting was surprisingly not that long. Perhaps not many were courageous enough to try such a ridiculous attraction with how insane it looked.
Quickly, their turn arrived and they got on the roller coaster. The worker strapped them to the chairs tightly and made sure everything was working perfectly fine. After that, he turned on the machine, and the ride began.
At first, the speed was slow but it quickly picked up pace as the started rising up into the air. The students were already shaking and screaming as they went higher and higher.
“Hmm, this is nice,” Arthur muttered as he looked to the side. Isla looked very calm as if she didn’t care what was about to happen.
Eventually, the ride reached the peak, almost 100 meters in the air, and stopped. The students clenched their fists as they got ready for the descent.
“*Gulp* This is bad… We’re too high…”
“AAAH! I don’t want to be here! Why did you get us on this ride?!! I’m breaking up with you!!”
Arthur could hear the students cry for their lives as he tried to hold back his laughter. After all, they weren’t really ready for what was about to happen.
A few seconds of waiting later, they started moving again, nudging further and further, getting closer to the edge. Then…
*Swish*
The descent was so fast that people couldn’t even react in time. But, when they did, their screams started echoing in the sky.
“WOAAAH!!”
Arthur’s grin widened as he watched the world spin and turn at a fast rate. He felt the wind hitting his face and the erratic movement of the roller coaster. However, apart from some thrill, he wasn’t scared at all.
‘Hm, I guess I have been through way more ridiculous situations for this to even feel remotely terrifying.’ He thought to himself. Looking to the side, Isla seemed to be the same. She didn’t even bother to say anything.
The ride continued, going around and around, changing directions suddenly every time. Some students were already losing their minds by that time, unable to handle the situation.
‘Did these people really play DO? How are you this scared of this? Tsk tsk.’
A few minutes later, the ride finally arrived at the station again with a completely different group of students. Their faces looked completely pale and their hair was a mess. Slowly, they descended from the ride in silence, some visibly shaking.
“I don’t want to come here ever again…”
“I can’t stand on my legs…”
“I thought I was about to die.”
As they all tried to compose themselves and calm down, they saw two people pass beside them.
“That was fun. Though, I would’ve wished it was a little faster with more circles.” Arthur said.
“It was alright.” Isla shrugged. “They could’ve made it better for sure.”
“Yeah, exactly! Oh well, it wasn’t too bad.”
As they watched the pair leave, their eyes widened in shock. While they were struggling to even breathe, those two seemed completely unbothered by the ride.
“Huh? Who are those two?”
“… Beat me, they must be maniacs.”
As the two left the roller coaster, they headed toward the next game and then the one after that. They jumped from one thrilling attraction to another. In reality, Arthur was just leading Isla around, trying everything he deemed interesting.
Almost all the games they tried weren’t that mind-blowing as neither felt a sense of danger or excitement more than normal.
Even the arcade games and crane games.
*BANG* *BANG*
“H-Holy shit…”
“S-She’s destroying the machine…”
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As other students were passing by, they noticed Isla wrecking the squirrel machine with the hammer. Her reaction speed was simply monstrous to the point where the machine, which was considerably harder than the normal machine found outside the island, couldn’t keep up.
“NEW RECORD!”
The machine voice yelled when Isla hit the last squirrel. Then, it finally stopped before it spouted out a ton of tickets.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle.
“BOOM! Get rekt! Haha!” Arthur was playing a fighting game.
“Goddamit! I lost!”
“It’s me next! Let me try!”
Around him was a huge group of students, all trying to play against him. However, it had been almost 20 minutes and Arthur had defeated around 15 people without losing once.
“How is he this good…”
“I couldn’t even last 30 seconds…”
“Is he some kind of professional?”
Hearing the compliments all around him, Arthur grinned. ‘I have been playing arcade games my entire life. We had a small arcade center near my old house so I used to go there whenever I could. With my reaction speed now, you lot have no chance.’ Arthur cracked his neck as he finally turned around and said.
“I’m sorry, that’s it for today. I have some other stuff to do.”
“What?”
“Why?!”
“One more round! Just one more round please!”
The students closed all escape paths as they swarmed Arthur. They were eager to try their luck at beating him.
“Hey! Stop it! No! I’m not going to play anymore! I have to go! Let me pass!”
Struggling through the masses, he was able to escape somehow. Then, he looked up.
“Are you done?” Isla asked as she carried two large bags of tickets toward him.
“… Yeah, they were really stubborn and didn’t let me go. It seems you have gathered a good number of tickets. We can get a gift with all of that!”
A//N: Don’t forget to give the book some golden tickets for good luck! :3