Denis POV

Corl, Alex, Sub, Elijah, and Ethan are visiting my house for the week. Visits are supposed to be fun, right? Well so far, it isn't. None of us seemed to have anything fun planned.

We all silently sit in my living room. It seems almost as if I can hear boredom fill the room as the silence floods over us. Suddenly, I remember that I had a new board game that I wanted to test out.

"You guys want to play a game?" I ask, breaking the silence.

"What kind of game?" Corl asks.

"A board game," I respond.

They all look at each other.

"I'm down," Elijah and Ethan confess.

"Sounds cool," Alex says.

"Sure," Corl replies.

Sub gives a nod. I head upstairs to get the board game. I slide open the closet door and grab it from the top shelf. I read the title. Live or Lose. That's a cheesy name for a board game. I close the closet door and head back downstairs to see everyone gathered at the table, chatting together.

"I've got the board game," I say, setting it down on the table.

"Live or Lose? Is the board game going to grow arms and kill us? Haha," Corl jokes and everyone lets out a small chuckle.

"I'm sure it's called that for a reason," Alex claims.

Alex POV

I'm a bit skeptical about this game because I've never heard of it or seen it around and it gives me a weird feeling. But who am I kidding? It's probably just an ordinary board game and there's nothing to worry about. I'm probably just faffing.

Denis opens the box and takes out the instructions. I listen until he finishes. It sort of sounds like checkers, but it's a bit different. Actually, it's a lot different. For starters, you can play with up to 6 people.

We all take out the pieces, which include a complicated-looking board and some questionably realistic color coordinated metal wolf figurines. I'd expect the figurines to be bright and colorful since it's a board game, but instead, the colors were dark and muddy.

To our coincidence though, it had almost everyone's designated color.

"I choose teal," Denis calls.

"I choose blue," Corl calls right after.

"I choose purple," I claim.

"I choose orange," Elijah calls.

"I guess I'll be red," Ethan claims, leaving Sub with green.

We all set up our pieces and the game begins.