"Ju, lets take a look." I said then pressed A.

"If something bad happens, it's your fault." he said then sat back.

Text appeared on the screen and we started to read.

"'Welcome to your life! Every choice you make and every word you say creates a ripple effect. Mind your words and actions.'. As if people don't tell us in real life." I said with a roll of my eyes. I pressed A and new text appeared. "Everyone starts off with 100 happy points. Happy points are considered equal to someone's life. Don't let them drop too far."

I looked at Dongju who seemed just as surprised. I pressed A, hoping there was more to it.

"'The lower the points, the more likely they are to get hurt or die. Treat them nicely! You can give people any amount of happy points once per day, but you can't give more than you have.'. Oh my... that sounds useful." I said then pressed A. "'Here are stats. You can access this from an app on your phone. You can view information on people and what their current happy points are. You can view stats once every two days per player."

I sighed and felt thankful that I decided to look at the tutorial first. I didn't want to imagine going in blindly. I looked at Dongju who took notes. It was a pretty smart move. I pressed A, assuming that was the end of what we needed to know.

"'If all of your friends die, so do you. Next, we will show you examples of everything we've talked about.'. Eh, so we can't let anyone die." I mumbled then pressed A.

The screen turned black and soon characters who looked like ya and our friends were standing on the roof with a few others. Yonghoon sat on the edge. I looked at Dongju who seemed more worried than I was. Soon screams were heard and I turned my attention back to the screen. Yonghoon wasn't on screen anymore. Soon a textbox appeared saying Yonghoon had died. It showed his happy points. Negative 80.

"'Anyone with less than negative 74 happy points will die 8 hours later.'. That's a longer duration than I thought." I said then pressed next.

It then displayed the stats and other things like a calendar and the time. A blue textbox appeared, signaling we had reached the end of the tutorial. A part of me was grateful as it seemed to have taken longer than expected. After the blue box disappeared, a pink one appeared.

Everyone lost thirty happy points.

"What? What for? Just for viewing the tutorial? That's dumb as hell." I raged before being calmed by Dongju.

"Maybe it was something else. Let's just see where the game puts us, okay?" he said then had me press A.

Our characters were in a room that looked creepily similar to our own. I moved the control pad and watched as the character on the left moved. I placed the controller down to stretch then freaked out when my character did the same thing.

"Did it copy me...?" I asked slowly.

"Yeah." said Dongju who kept his eyes on his own moving character. "They mimic our movements huh?"

"I wonder if it applies in public too." I said then started dancing in my seat. It started to become amusing.

"Alright, alright, lets stop messing around and start playing. And remember, try to avoid decreasing happy points. If they die, we die." Dongju said then moved towards the door.

A phone started to ring and my controller was the one to vibrate. A text box popped up asking if I wanted to answer. I chose yes.

"'A text from Youngjo. Hey, you better stop before I retaliate.'. The hell?" I said then noticed I was given the option to write my own reply.

"Myeong... isn't that a bit cruel?" Dongju said as I hit send.

"It's just a game. Sure they mimic us, but it doesn't apply to real life. I think." I said then read the text that showed up on screen. "'Minus fifty happy points with Youngjo.'. As if I care."

We moved our characters down stairs and saw our parents were arguing. What about was a mystery to us. Dongju's controller vibrates and he was given choices. He selected end the argument and ended up getting a slap to the cheek for being out of line. Though, he did get ten happy points for trying. What were happy points anyway? A part of me started to regret not asking for the tutorial.

"Hey, you got another text." said Dongju.

I viewed it then noticed it was from Yonghoon. I looked at Dongju who seemed just as upset as I was. Something seemed to have happened that he sent such a depressing text. I responded how I normally would then saw another text box appear above the chat.

"'Minus twenty happy points.' What? How was it a bad thing? This game sucks." I spat before pouting.

"At least you didn't get slapped..." he mumbled before moving his character outside.

I noticed a few things appeared on the screen. The date, time, weather and a tiny calendar. I went to the calendar and started to feel uneasy again. It resembled ours closely. I looked at Dongju who seemed just as uncomfortable. The time matched ours exactly. Someone new had walked up to our characters and soon a textbox appeared.

"'Hey, I was just about to invite you to a party, Dongmyeong. How about it?'. Uh..." I read then looked at Dongju.