floor 03

2:30 AM is the time indicated in the clock. Leila can't help it anymore. She wants to try it. It's not real anyway, right?

She immediately went quickly to Rheanne's side and shake her.

"Yah. Rhei. Rhei!!" Leila whisper-shouted. After a while, Rheanne was now awake.

"What?" Rheanne said in her groggy voice.

"Everyone's asleep. Let's do it!"

"You do know that it's just a story and it's not real. And the cause of death of Ellisa was probably because of her illness, not the game."

"It's not real. So we can do it!" Leila exclaims while still lowering her voice down to avoid waking up the others.

"Fine." Rheanne finally agrees but of course if Max will be with them. And so they all pack everything they will need. But it's actually just a phone and a video camera.

Once they got the things they need, they dressed up into denim shorts, they kept their shirts on and just put a jacket and then a cap on and head out.

"You sure wanna do this?" Rheanne asks her friend in assurance. Though she knows that it's not real, she did read some stories where some actually worked. She fears that it will be real for her friend.

"Yes, Rhei. I am and I will be."

"But I won't allow you." Both girls and Max look behind to see June, also now dressed into khaki shorts, his bedtime shirt with a jacket, and also wearing a cap.

"You have no say in my actions because I am not yours, June," Leila said sternly.

"I don't care. If you'll do the game then I'll do it too."

"I'll do it too." All of them look behind to see Tanner, dressed up as well.

"The more the merrier, right?" Max says but then Rheanne looks at him as if he said something wrong, "I mean, the more the safer."

Everyone got in the elevator and went to the first floor, where the game will start. Once they arrive on the first floor, they all sat by the couches of the lobby of the apartment for a while just to arrange the camera.

Yes, they will record the happenings.

"Hey Max, can you kindly hold the camera and film for us, please? Thanks." Rheanne asked and also advance thanking Max as he gladly took the favor.

When Max finally got a hold of the camera, he taps something in the camera a few times before he puts up his thumb as a sign that the camera is now recording.

"Okay there, nice." Rheanne starts, "So today— I mean this early in the morning, my friend Leila—"

"Don't forget about me," Tanner says, cutting Rheanne in mid-sentence.

"Me too." June seconded.

"Okay..." she trailed before continuing, "So my friends Tanner, June, and Leila will be doing the famous elevator game." Rheanne pauses for a while to catch her breath before continuing, "I don't know why they are doing this and why do they bother to play even though it can't be real. I just told the story but it's not like it's REALLY true. But yeah.."

Tanner scoots near Rheanne and whispered, "I'll be the first one to do the game."

Rheanne nods as Tanner scoots away to let her continue.

"So my dear friend, Tanner, here requested that he will be the first one to do this game—"

"I'm the second!" June cuts Rheanne's words.

"What?! No!" Leila disagrees.

"What do you mean 'no', Leila?" Tanner's tone was serious.

"But I wanna be first!"

"No, you can't, Leila," June says with a grave tone as well.

"Just let them be, Lei." Rheanne buts in.

But of course, Leila is one stubborn girl, "No!"

"Just so that we can be sure. If in case it's real then at least the boys can handle themselves." Rheanne tried to pursue her once again.

But of course, it didn't work, "So are you saying I can't handle myself?!" Leila starts to raise her voice.

"Yah, be quiet or the guards may suspect our plan. This game is becoming famous nowadays and they might interfere." Max tells them and Leila was forced to give up.

"Okay so Tanner, are you ready?" Rheanne asks.

"Yes, I am," Tanner answers with confidence.

"You may enter," Rheanne says which Tanner followed.

"Stay in the line with us, Tan!" June reminds his friend.

"I'll pray for you, my friend!" Max says jokingly.

"Goodluck," Leila says.

Tanner smiles as he holds his phone and the elevator door finally closes.