[M e w]

[Alright, works for me. c:]

The sun had disappeared. Now Shannon sat alone in his room, still staring at his phone in fear. There was a soft chittering behind him. He slowly turned, eyes wide, and then he was facing an army of grasshoppers which were the size of shoeboxes and had long sharp fangs. He sat there in fear until a few of the giant insects leaped at him, fangs bared. He ducked down on reflex and barely dodged three pairs of sharp teeth in his face.
Then, as if someone else had taken over his body, Shannon ran for his window, unlatched it, and dropped two stories into the line of bushes in front of his house. He got up, groaning in pain, but was on the move immediately when he saw that the grasshoppers would have no trouble leaping from the house.

Just as he lifted his foot to begin running he fell, his face hitting the grass with a thud. His glasses managed to stay on his face but they were cracked rather badly. Shaking, he turned his head to see what had caused him to trip; his leg was clutched in the claws of some sort of mangey cat, except this cat had the build of a small bear and its paws were stretched to look more like furry hands.
A wimper forced itself out of Shannon's mouth, and then he was blinded by a bright light. He shut his eyes tight and the light faded. When he opened them again there were several different weapons in front of him.
He had never used any sort of weapon before, so he just reached out to grab the simplest looking one.
Shannon's hand clamped around a gleaming shortsword directly in front of him. As soon as he claimed the sword, a leather bracelet appeared on his wrist. Shannon was now officially a part of the Game, and he was going to have to fight for his life if he wanted to see daylight again.

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The first shadow monster Maddison saw was a huge dark horse. This horse probably wasn't something you'd go out looking for as it had hoofs the size of cynderblocks and the speed of a Ferrari. Maddison had come to try and fight this monstrous thing before and came inches away from getting her face smashed in. Maybe this wasn't the best idea but she didn't care. She felt like starting off big tonight, so why not start off with the strongest monster she had seen thus far?

Maddison held out her spear as the rampaging stallion charged towards her, an excited grin stretching her face. The horse was gaining speed now, no intention on stopping but running straight through her. As soon as the monster got about ten yards away from her she rolled to the right, knowing it took the beast only a second to close the gap. After she rolled she leapt right back up and stabbed her spear towards the creature. The sharp point stabbed it's left flank, but it wasn't as deep as Maddi had wanted. She cursed to herself and pulled the spear out before she was dragged along with the horse. Luckily there weren't any other monsters in the immediate area, as Maddi was going to be fighting this thing for a while before she could either take it down or have to run for it.