Secret Club

This is a forgotten room, deep in the basement of the main building on the FUTA campus. It’s bigger than the average classroom upstairs, but not by much. There’s a table in the middle of the room and chairs. Someone has forgotten an old mini-fridge, and someone else has brought other things: some coffee mugs, and a coffee brewer. Someone has come along and cleaned the room, making sure that it’s not too dusty.

Up above, FUTA goes on like crazy. Televised soccer, televised events, televised fan service. The players juggle their teams, their families, and their careers. Some of them are getting agents because the show is getting popular. It’s crazy up there. All day, every day… pure show business. Utter chaos.

Down here it’s quiet and peaceful. Hardly anyone up there knows about this room.

The lights turn on and flicker as a girl enters the room. She’s a petite blonde named Cheryl. She’s been through a lot, but that doesn’t show. She’s always lighthearted and cheerful with everyone. Now she comes into this room, setting down a backpack and unpacking some snacks and drinks. She checks the time on her phone, and soon the others begin to arrive.

First is Grace, a Korean player who wears big, round glasses. She has a round face and a warm smile and wears her hair in braids.

Next is Hana, a cocky little imp of a player from Blue Team, who never shuts up about video games.

Then Max arrives, a mousy, smallish brunette from Pink Team. She always acts shy and quiet, but somehow… she has the best stats in all of FUTA in terms of her actual performance in games.

Sakura comes in after her, yet another rather petite girl from Japan with short hair. She’s on Red Team. She’s by far the bubbliest girl in all of FUTA.

Monika arrives last, but she’s still not late. She’s wearing a surgical mask. Nobody knows exactly why, but her face is always covered. She’s blonde, and not as small as some of the others, but still very slight. She’s from Germany, and she plays for Green Team. If her eyes are anything to go by, she must be very pretty.

They all greet each other, and Hana securely locks the door behind them as they gather around the table and take snacks and drinks.

Everyone is here.

Who will be the player character?

Hana, Grace, Max, Sakura, Monika, or Cheryl?

[ Open for votes. This is not a game-style story, just interactive with various choices. Readers can now vote for whose POV we go with. It won’t be nightly (sorry) but will update intermittently. ]