Once the bag was off Emily's head, she saw the horrible truth of what was going on. It looked like she was on a game show, but a really strange one. She was correct about her predicament though, bounded with her arms up and feet out. There was no audience, instead where a dozen cameras, all being operated by men. It must have been a livestream. She was correct with that thought as on the side, there was a projection of a live chat on the wall. The room was quite dark, except for the stage, which Emily was on.

She turned her head to see she wasn't the only one. There were four other people to her left, all with bags on their heads, presumably also been kidnapped for whatever sick, sadistic thing that was going on.

She also got a look at the host, Mr Feathers. He was a young man wearing a nice suit, with slight stubble for a beard and a top hat with a big black feather on top of it.

Mr Feathers undid Emily's gag. "So Emily, have anything to tell your lovely viewers?" It then dawned on Emily that she was a kidnapped girl and forced to participate in whatever was going on. Emily was unsure what was going to happen, so she made no reply.

"Hmmm, quiet I see! Ok, our next contestant is the gorgeous Roxy Johnson" Mr Feathers said as he walked over to the next victim. Another kidnapped young girl, maybe a year or two younger than Emily. Her arms and feet were bounded in the same way. She also made no reply to Mr Feathers, once her gag was taken off.

Mr Feathers went to unmask and ungag the other victims. A girl named Sarah who shouted "LET ME GO YOU SADISTIC F***S". A boy, believe it or not, named Ray, who begged his kidnappers to let him go. I read the chat on the sides, people did not like him. It seems there only interested in girl contestants for whatever reason. Lastly was a girl named Lucy who shouted help into the livestream.

Once Mr Feathers had unmasked and ungaged everyone. He looked into the cameras and said. "Welcome to Laughing Stock" he said. "A show where we take random people and test them against for trials of..." he paused for a moment. Emily feared what he was going to say.

"TICKLING" he said, pulling out a feather from his pocket. Emily's heart once again sank. She started to feel uneasy, pulling at her restraints...