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CLASSIFICATION: EYES ONLY / DO NOT DISTRIBUTE
Document ID: ███-████-███ // Release Code: [REDACTED]
Origin: OFFICE OF MEDIA REGULATION ███ [REDACTED] ███
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VOLUME 0 — THE RULES
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STAMP: CLASSIFIED // 2025-██-██
The table stands in the room. Impossible to see without light. A dark, heavy atmosphere.
It mirrors its owner. The walls are solid, immovable. The door is completely destroyed and sits in the center. On that small table lies a document. Secret. Hidden. No one is allowed to read it, as the document itself declares:
"DO NOT OPEN." ███ [ENFORCE: SECTION 7] ███
The room is buried inside an underground studio.
A large company — ███ [REDACTED: CORPORATE ENTITY] ███ — details withheld.
Yet two people can read this. They can open the door by a secret method. Who they are… will be revealed later.
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███ TV SHOW — CURSED BY LUCIFER ███
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NOTICE: Unauthorized access beyond this line is punishable. If you are not a sanctioned reader, stop now. Turn this page over. Destroy this file.
Before you read further, stop. It is strictly forbidden to continue. Only the creators and those sanctioned by law may read beyond this point. If you read on anyway, you place yourself within the machine. You risk becoming part of the show. (You may be killed. You may be reduced to bone and used as scenery.) ███ [WARNING: IMPLICIT THREAT] ███
In this show, horrifying live events unfold.
Blood is ordinary here. We state that it is all real and as required by law in the advertisements. Still, people will refuse to believe it. We control nearly every lever of politics; therefore we bend the rules to our design. ███ [CENSOR: POLITICAL OPERATIONS] ███
There are no other TV shows. If a child is taken—on the condition that parents may watch— they may, for a substantial sum, send a message into the dark world.This will not be repeated. ███ [REPEAT PROHIBITED] ███
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███ WITH EVEN MORE CONDITIONS ███
This book contains names such as Blane and Zane. Those are typically male names.
Out of respect for privacy, they requested different names for the book and the show.
Thus these names were chosen for two female characters.
If you discover and use their real names, you may be censored. Privacy must be respected.
Imagine you fail to respect someone. That is precisely why we are strict.
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███ AND WITH THESE, THE FINAL RULES ███
If someone enters the TV show, they can never leave.The law selects people at random.They were asked whether they wanted privacy, as was done with Blane.
They had no true understanding of what that meant.
[NOTE: NO FURTHER EXPLANATION — CLASSIFIED]
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███ A SHORT SUMMARY ███
Four random children are chosen by law.
They have one way out: to find the exit by themselves. They are filmed 24/7 and placed inside horrifying worlds.
The city watches the show, but its people are not permitted outside. Try living under such a strict law, where the bustle lurks inside the void. A tragic affair and enjoy.
Advertisements must declare the show is real.
(That is why the phrase is delivered with a laugh, so no one will take it at face value.) ███ [PSA: MARKETING DISSONANCE] ███
TV names must be respected. For Blane and Zane, or others decided later.
These are the fixed, legal rules of the show.
They must be obeyed.
Have you read this anyway? Not a creator?
Then be prepared for what awaits you…
(Perhaps your family will never find you again; your body may reside in another world.)
There is also a chance you will see the advertisement, then you will know what time it is.
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Signed: ███ [REDACTED] ███
Authority: MINISTRY OF ENTERTAINMENT & ORDER
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