liv

── .✦ story summary:

This is a frouse maze runner au, more info here.

The 5 main people who go through the maze is pezzy, droid, Liv, duke and matt. BUT everyone must take it in turns.  

── .✦ monsters info:

Grievers and Cranks.

── .✦ characters info:

Pezzy, Droid, Grizzy, Smii7y, Bigpuffer, DukeMaster, liv, Matt and Kryoz.

── .✦ main tags:

hurt, violence, trust, friendship, blood, trauma + more.

────୨ৎ────

── .✦ chapters:

chapter one: - "where am I?..."

In the end pezzy calmed down as he was laying down on the medical bed, soon sitting up “what are we going to do?” he questioned, looking around as he danged his legs off the edge of the bed. Grizzy looks over tiredly, “there's nothing we can do right now, but tomorrow a group of us are going to need to go into the maze to find more routes.” he explained to pezzy and the others who are in there with him, nodded in agreement. As they were telling pezzy, duke and puffer came running into the medical room, out of breath but puffer held his hand up in the air with the note in his hand. Without being able to speak, he hands it over to droid, trying to get his breath back. Droid looks confused, wondering why he got a note and soon opens it, reading “hes the last one, ever...” putting his hand over his mouth, in shock and doesn't have a clue on what to say. Everyone was looking at them three that know what is going on, grizzy speaks up “what? What's happened?” he said worriedly, stepping a few steps forward, next to the bed. Droid looks over, not speaking up but hands over the note to grizzy so he and liv can see, soon getting the same reaction and looks over at pezzy, worriedly. “WHAT YALL LOOKING AT?” he said yelling, defending himself, stepping off the bed and moves away closer to do the door unsure. Everyone looked at each other, not having a clue who's going to say and liv speaks up, taking the note from grizzy “the note basically says that you're the last person to come into the maze, ever.” she signed, putting the note on the bed for pezzy to see if he wanted to look at it. Pezzy had no clue what to say, nor having a clue what this could mean, “uhm i don't know what to say, like I'm sorry?” he questioned himself, making an unsure look on his face and runs out of the door to be on his own.  

After some time, the moon shone above the campfire and everyone sat around it whilst pezzy was in his room, unsure of what to do. Puffer notices that he isn't around so he leaves the group to go find him, soon to find him and knocks on the door before entering “hey man, how are you doing?” he asked, worriedly. Pezzy looks up from being in his own thoughts “uhm I'm okay, I just don't know what to say about that letter that you guys found.” he mumbled a little, playing with his fingers as a sign of anxiety kicking in. “it's okay, we are simply confused and worried. It's nothing about you unless you remember something?” he asked as he walked closer to him, sitting on the edge of the bed with a slight smile. Pezzy lifted his legs up, so it was up to his chest, shaking his head constantly “I don't remember a thing, not yet anyway.” he said. “it's okay, it will take time for it all to come back. if you remember anything and I mean anything, tell any of us.” he said in a serious tone, making sure that he is heard. Pezzy nodded, soon replying “yeah ofc I will.” he said as he slightly smiled. A group of loud sounds and laughter was filling the room from outside which made pezzy look over to the door, “come outside, we are all by the campfire.” grizzy gestured, standing up from the bed. Pezzy didn't say anything but got up from the bed, walking a few steps towards the door and peeps his head around to see what they all were doing. Soon walking over. 

Everyone looks, waving him over to come sit down around the campfire and he does eventually. He sits next to kryoz on the end of the cold, wooden log that's been made as a chair and introducing himself “hi i know you saw me come in but I'm pezzy. it's nice to meet you.” he smiled, putting his hand out to give him a handshake as a sign of trust and friendship. Kryoz smiled, giving him a handshake, “it's nice to meet you, I'm kryoz” he mentioned. As they were chatting, droid walks over to them both and sits down next to pezzy, giving a little smile on his face. “Hey, you guys!” he said, looking over and trying to get comfortable on the log. They both smiled, speaking to each other and having a conversation to each other, pezzy soon speaks up. “Can you tell me more about the maze and stuff?” he questioned.  

Droid nods, “so in the maze, there is stuff called grievers and these act like the security guards of the maze and they mainly come out at night but sometimes in the day. You'll know when they are around because of the noises that they’ll make, you can hear from miles away.” he said.  

Pezzy looks, nervously at him, “oh wow okay then. i hope i dont see one of them any time soon...” he mumbled quietly. "If you don't mind me saying, is the scars on livs face from that monster?” he asked, politely.  

Droid looked over at liv and then back at pezzy, nodded a few times slightly. “Yeah, it happened like the second week she come in. There was a few of us with her and we had to come back before the maze doors would close, she was the last one out and the monster got a hold of her, but luckily, she got away in time. The scars are what she has now to show the bravery.”  

Pezzy felt bad for her but was most definitely proud of her for helping, being brave. “Oh wow, I'm glad she made it out alive.” he was speechless, but he had to say something. “Also, i heard someone talk about cranks? I think it was them.” he questioned. 

“Oh, the cranks, yes, its them. Cranks are people that were once people, now zombies. They are the ones that who were runners who unfortunately got infected. It causes trouble within the maze when you just want a simple run. They are called “the gone”. they took two of our old runners a few months ago...” droid said, in a sad tone of voice but wanted to help pezzy out by explaining everything to him.  

Pezzys eyes widened, “zombies? In here?” he said, shocked. “But I'm sorry that they took away your friends. I bet they were lovely people. If you don't mind me asking, what was their names?” he asked, politely again. Looking over at him.  

Droid sighed a little, but he knew he had to say something, so he doesn't scare pezzy, or want him to find out the hard way. “it's okay, you must know since you're one of us. their names were Rectrixx and Eli.” he mentioned.  

Pezzy pulled a sad face, knowing it hurt droid to say; “I'm sorry that they passed, they are in a better place now. let's not talk about this anymore since i don't want to make you sad.” he mentioned, patting droids back out of comfort. “One last thing though, can you tell me about the maze? Can i go in?” he asked, kind of getting straight to the point.  

Droid looks, thinking of what to say with that question; “well, you've only been here a few hours and i think you need more time in here to understand it more, but i guess if you are ready or want to see, yeah. you just need to be very careful and listen to everything we say. He responded, explaining him the dangers. 

“Uh I'm ready, ill be okay.” he said immediately, thinking in his head that it might not go right but he must do it soon, why not do it now. 

Droid smiled slightly, “okay then, in the morning well show you the map and the routes that we know. Do a little bit of training and stuff.” he mentioned. 

They all sat around the fire, chatting away and having some fun whilst they can, even though they are all trapped in a maze that they can't get out off. Soon all heading to bed because they have another busy day to do the same thing all over again. Not fun at all.  

Some of the group came over to see what the drama was all about between them, seeing if they could help. Liv walked over, standing in between them; “is everything okay?” she said with a concerned look on her face as she looked up at them both. Pezzy nodded slowly, putting his hand on his face as he was speaking, “yeah, I got freaked because I don't remember my name, but duke told me it happens to everyone.” he mentioned as he let out a little sigh. “Yes, that's how it goes unfortunately, we don't know why but it does.”  Liv added softly, looking up at them and duke nods in agreement. Soon enough, Pezzy continued to look at the doors like something was luring him in, stepping forwards towards them more and grizzy runs over, pushing him to the ground to try and stop him from doing something stupid. “DONT YOU DARE!” he said in an angry like tone, looking down at him. Everyone just stood around, shocked to see what is going on. Pezzy rushed up, stumbling over his own legs and looked angrily at him. “you cant just keep me here!! Why wont you let me leave...”. grizzy shock his head, “we cant let you leave..” he pointed, being demanding towards the newbie. Suddenly, As everyone was trying to talk things out, a loud noise came from the doors which made everyone look over to them; soon feeling a gust of wind and stopped immediately straight after, like nothing had happened. It was a warning sign that the creator was close by.  

They all looked, knowing what it was but pezzy scurried a couple steps back like a scared cat as he had no clue what was going on. Droid noticed that he was scared, trying to calm him down by putting his hand on his arm; “it's nothing to worry about, they close every evening so that the...” he stops himself immediately, he’s had a memory flash back from when he seen the creature before when he was in the maze and he doesn't like to talk about it. Pezzy holds himself by the arm as a sign of stress to try and calm himself down more. Liv notices droids struggling to say what is happening, she walks closer to them both, “what droid was trying to say; the maze doors close every evening because there are creatures in there and it protects us from them. That gate is the only thing that is keeping us safe and alive... these scars on my face are from the motherfuckers that are in there.” she said with a slight worry on her face, touching them softly as it felt like it was a nightmare that happened to her that day, almost dying.  

Pezzy didn't know what to say with that response, he was stun locked and felt dizzy, “I uhhhh, I need to lay down o-” immediately passing out onto the cold grass and everyone rushed to his rescue, sending him to the medical room to be checked out just in case something bad would happen. Of course, he just passed out so there was nothing to worry about and liv, droid, and grizzy was sat there with him waiting for him to wake up. Eventually, after a long 30 minutes later, he shot up like he was falling in a dream and sounded like he was having a panic attack. Grizzy rushes to help him “hey man, it's okay just breathe”, he mentioned to him in a polite manner, holding him down so he could relax and pezzy tried his best to do that, but it took quite a while for him to calm down. Liv handed him a drink of water with a hand made cup that was made from old plastic, smiling. They all wanted to help the man, but this is what everyone else went through.  

Whilst pezzy was getting checked out, puffer was walking past the elevator to see it has not gone back down into the ground like it always would have done after each person coming up every single month. He looked around behind him to see if anyone was looking but nobody was, so he jumped down into the elevator and started to rummage through the boxes to see if there were some sort of clues going on. You could hear loud crashing, scattering noises coming from within the small floating box and it alerted duke right away, grabbing any weapon he could find and slowly walked towards the elevator doors. Gradually putting the weapon above his head, walking extremely slowly trying not to make any noise like he was trying to catch his prey.

Puffer has no clue, trying to figure out why the rusty piece of shit isn't leaving like is there a note of some sort? Duke gets closer and closer until he gets to the edge of the elevator door, slowly putting the weapon above his head and soon as he gets to move closer, puffer spins around and jumps, putting his hands up immediately; “WHAT THE FUCK MAN??” he yelled out with a shaky voice. Duke shocked, dropping down the weapon forcefully onto the ground and holds his chest. “BRO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE OF THEM... THE CREATORS.” he pointed out, looking down at puffer as he soon walked up and down trying to be understanding what the hell just happened. “What are you doing down there anyway?” he added, stopping in his tracks slowly looking over to face him.

Puffers turned red, trying to come up with an idea instead of telling him the real reason: “uhm, looking f-for materials... that's all.” he tried to say confidently but stuttered instead, looking down in embarrassment knowing he fucked up. Duke shock his head, fully knowing he was hiding something and he repeated himself with the same question, “What are you doing down there anyway?” he looked. Puffer knew that he had to say because someone was going to find out anyway, doesn't matter if it was now, but in time, they would. “man, im just trying to figure out why the elevator hasn't gone down yet. I'm seeing if there is some sort of clue or something... that's all.” he said softly speaking. Duke looked, soon gradually sitting down on the edge of the elevator with his legs dangling down and scratched his head wondering why he didn't just say so... “and why didn't you just tell me that instead of trying to be clever?” he questioned him, sarcastically as he started to swing his legs. Puffer didn't know what to say, at all and in the corner of his eye he saw a piece of paper in one of the creates, rushing over to get it. Duke notices and jumps down, sitting down next to him waiting for him to read it, being impatient. “what does it say??” he stared uncontrollably, waiting for whatever it says. Puffer grabs it, opening like it was a packet of sweets, reading it.  

Puffer reads the note and it says “hes the last one, ever.”  he said, dramatically. they both looked up at each other in shock, not having a clue what to say at all. It was so silent you could hear the clicking sounds of the grievers from miles away. “so it begins...” he muttered as he scrunches up the piece of paper, throwing it back into the create he found it from and falls back into the corner of the elevator.  

As the bright, yellowy flamed sun started was raising over the tree branches, pezzy was laying down on his side in a dark, rusty looking, old elevator. There were wooden crates full of items surrounding him as he laid emotionless there and nothing was moving, just so quiet he could hear his own heartbeat or the creeks from the elevator moving slight side to side. CRASH! Suddenly, a loud bang came from the elevators that sounded like gun shots which made pezzy rush up at once to the corner of the small box with his heart beating out of his chest, holding onto whatever he could at the time. The elevator rushed up to the surface, all you could see nothing, but walls and red lights were appearing as he going up. Felt like a disco and a rollercoaster at the same time. Scared for his life, he shut his eyes tightly as the doors on the surface slammed wide open and everything went quiet.  

Opening his eyes was a struggle due to the blazing sunlight directly in his eyes, using his hand as a shield of protection. He had no clue on what is going on or where he is, soon looking up from elevator to see people surrounding him on the surface edge which terrified him constantly. He jumps and looks around the floor to try and find something to throw at them, shaking and just before he... A voice from the distance appeared, walking towards the elevator doors: “hey newbie, can you tell me your name? We won't hurt you; we are here to help.” Pezzy couldn't see who it was at the time as he was still adjusting from the light and holding a knife that he has found “w-who are you guys? What d-do you want...” he stuttered faintly, swinging the knife in front of him towards everyone that was staring at him like he was an animal at the zoo. The voice mumbled, soon showing his face to pezzy, it was droid but since having his memory wiped and not having a clue who he is and his past, he doesn't know that's his best friend. “I'm droid,” he said confidently, “and that's puffer, matt, grizzy, kryoz, duke, liv and smii7y” pointing at them all as he said their names, Liv waved with a slight smile on her face. Pezzy looked confused, trying to remember anything he could but nothing was coming out, starting to worry and shakes with the knife in his hand “i-i don't remember anything... I DONT RE-REMEMBER... WHERE AM I??” he shouted repeatedly, staying in the corner as he felt protected there with his knife, stuttering like crazy. 

 Droid looked at him with a sadness in his eyes because the same thing happened to everyone here, kneeling down on the cold, muddy floor so he could get closer to pezzy to try and help him: “come on greenie, rise and shine.” he steadily looked over, putting his hand down as a sign of trust and wanting to get him out of there safely. Pezzy pulled a puzzled look at droid wondering what could happen, but he knew in his head that he had to trust someone, at least for now. He soon drops down the knife on the elevator floor, making loud noises and everyone jump away from the surface. “Woah, I aint gunna do shit?” pezzy looked confused saying with an attitude and started to get up, taking droids hand as a sign of trust and friendship, which must start all over again. Eventually, he got out of the elevator and starts to dust himself off from the dirt that had stuck onto him, and he shockingly looked up to see that he was surrounded by stone walls. hundreds, and thousands of feet tall. The walls are full of dirt, vines that have been growing for years and have footprints from people trying to escape from the horrors of the past all without their memories.  

He looks all the way around him, like he is spinning very slowly trying to take it all in and mumbles to himself “what the fuck is this place...” as he catches his eyes on the maze doors that are open, slowly stagers over to it like he has been drinking a couple of beers, tripping over his own feet. He gets to the doors that are open as the runners that are covered in dirt, blood and even monsters drool are entering back into the glade, and he is too stunned to speak. He felt like he was in a horror game, one of the runners, duke came over and greeted pezzy: “hey newbie, I'm duke. Welcome to the glade” he said with a positive attitude, even though he was scared on the inside, he couldn't show it to the newbie as he didn't want to scare him off. Pezzy smiled slightly “and I'm...”  he started to get angry at himself because he didn't even know his own name, smacking his head and duke grabs his hands from his face, stopping him: “hey hey, stop! It's okay, you'll remember, soon enough... Don't know when but you will, it happened to us all. Even me.” he said in a soft tone as he lets go off his hands, stepping away a couple steps. Pezzy shook his head “I'm sorry, I'm sorry...” he couldn't stop apologising enough...

Kryoz known as a “slopper” — these are known as the Gladers who were not good at any jobs, so they helped around the glade by mostly doing the dirty tasks that the others do not want to do. For example; cleaning up the blood house, kitchen, toilets, and showers.  

He was seventh person to come into the maze and he was shaken up but he didn't speak at all for the first few weeks, so they gave him the job that no one wanted unfortunately. He doesn't take anything seriously at all. Before this, he was a very talkative person who loves to interact with everyone and tries to make them laugh. Being in the maze chances you.  

Matt known as a “gardener” and “blood housers” — these are to prepare the fruits and vegetables for the cooks, taking care of the plants in the gardens. So, they must do weeding, pruning, planting seeds, and having to harvest veggies whenever they have done. Also, when being a blood houser, they take the meat of the slicers and have it prepared it before giving it to the cooks.  

He was fifth person to come into the maze, stressing out and tries to find a way out of the maze but everyone stops him before he actually enters the maze. He is a very skittish person and tends to like do things on his own even if he has his memory wiped or not. Before all of this, he liked animals and he has 2 cats of his own, loves them so much. He also likes to play games and stream in his extra time. he has the nicest heart and always makes his friends happy.   

Liv is known as a “slicer” — these feed and raise the livestock such as pigs, hogs, cows, sheep's, chickens, and turkeys. These animals are all kept in pens in the blood house area. The slicers also cleaned, fixed fences, and scraped up Klunk, known as poop.   

She was the only girl and the fourth person in the group, scared and unsure of what is happening and where she is. Passed out due to the stress, soon finding out she’s in the meds room. She used to live in a farm when she was younger but of course she’s got not clue, but they made her a slicer. Before this all happened, she was a very quiet girl who loves hanging out with friends and is besties with duke. He always loved playing games on her pc, like shooting or open world type games.  

Art by @// SammyThe_Demon on twt!

Duke is known as a “med jacks” — these are specialised to act like doctors in the glade, their roles were prominent in the Glade and played an important role. 

He was the sixth person to come into the maze, unsure of what to think of everything that is going on and wondering who everyone is looking at him from below. He loves to help everyone out so his job is to be a doctor of the glade, trying to keep everyone safe. He is one of the main runners who go into the maze to find different routes out of the maze. Before all this happened, he was a content creator and loved making YouTube videos. He was everyone's friend within the group and liked to do different activities with them. Very nice, caring person.  

Puffer known as the “builder” of the place — they are constructed to do most things around the glade, so having to structure things like building houses, towers, farmhouses and more. Also, to do other simple items that they think would need help with carrying and moving things around. The buildings that are already up, they can be upgraded if it needs it.  

He was fifth person to come into the maze, waking up screaming coming out of the elevator. He had a lot of materials with him during the time he came up from the elevator. He doesn’t know but he is a very talented person so having the job to build houses, towers and such is a good idea for him. He is best friends with grizzy but it’s sad that he doesn’t have a clue who he is. 

Smii7y known as one of the “bricknick” — they are Gladers who have similar responsibilities to the builders, but their jobs are to repair any structures that might need fixing or anything that has been broken down.  

He was the third person to come into the maze, shaken up of what has gone off and where he is. He has no clue who anyone is and if they are going to hurt him. He was then put up for the job to be a bricknick, which is having to repair stuff that needs foxing or updating. He is friends with everyone in the maze but with his memory being wiped, he has no clue. He was always there for everyone who needed, the caring friend and loved making people laugh all the time with his jokes.

The other monsters that live within the maze walls are called Cranks — they are individuals infected with the Flare virus, which slowly eats away at the brain, eventually turning its victims into bloodthirsty, irrational beings who contemplate killing, torturing, and cannibalising. Cranks are zombie-like creatures that grow strange-looking vines protruding from their bodies — they somehow remain alive and, unlike regular zombies, can speak. 

Once they are turned, they are also called “the Gone” — referring to the point beyond which there is no return to being a person. This term is used as part of the phrase "Past the Gone." When a “Gone” has gone past the point of becoming a Crank, they become incurably insane, unable to control their emotions or thoughts, and descend into instinct-driven, animal-like behaviour and cannibalism. Once they have turned, there is no human personality left, and they are known as the most dangerous type of Crank. They are very rare, but not uncommon.  

Each month, an individual comes up in a rusty, dark and strange looking elevator that rises to the surface, with their memories lost and not having a clue what is going to happen. they look like they are peacefully asleep but they have been gassed out so they can't remember a thing. When the gate opens from the elevator and got up, they were surrounded by walls, hundreds, and thousands of feet tall. The walls are full of dirt and have footprints from people trying to escape from the horrors of the past all without their memories, they have to learn to survive under the set of rules that they have been set to do under the enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. With each person arriving, they have a group name called “the glade” that has been together for 3 years and they are trying to find a way to escape through the maze that is surrounded by their living space and patrolled by the monsters of the night, called “grievers”. The first person who comes into the maze are called “first in commands” and the have to set the rules for the next people to come in, like for example, be a runner, farming, maps makers + more. Even if you’re the only person there, build yourself a house because how do you know if someone else is coming, right? Every night, the doors to the maze close and the creatures that wasn't able to escape in time; have killed them as they are now stuck, nobody can survive the maze at night, but who knows there might be a way out.  

Grizzy known as a “maps maker” — anyone that was made for this job has been made to design the map outlines of the maze. The runners do not make the map, but it is the people who created the maps for the runners. The people who go into the maze must remember the layout of it all and to see if it changes when they report back to the map's maker. They have to guard the map room so that nobody back stabs anyone and tries to destroy it or escape for themselves.  

He was second person to come into the maze and has seen what people have been doing, confused and is now having to remember everything with in time. Since he is the maps maker, he has to remember everything what everyone says to him. Before he came into this, he was a very quiet person and one of his favourite things to do is make beats. He is best friends with puffer.  

droid is known as a “second in command” and “cook” — so this is like being first in command but was actually the number 2. they are in charge whenever the first in command is not available at the time, either them being in the maze, unwell or having to attend to some stuff. So basically, they are a leader's right-hand man and helper. Also, Gladers are responsible for preparing meals for the others. They tend to spend most of their time in the kitchen and making the food from the blood housers and track hoes.  

he was the first person to come into the maze, passed out and having his memory completely wiped. Waking up, terrified but he has no control over anything now. Soon having to build shelter and survive all alone. Even though he was the first person there but soon as everyone has arrived, hes now second in command, so he has to be in charge whenever pezzy isn't here. Before being put into the maze, he was a very charming, nice guy with the funniest humour ever. He likes to watch action movies with his friends. Also, he like to go to the skate park in his own time, wants to learn new things and hobbies. 

pezzy is known as the leader and “keeper of the runners” of the place — taking charge in making sure everyone has a job, whether it being a runner, cook, builder, med-jacks, gardener, butcher, etc. each job to the designated “keeper” — who leads the others, keeps the peace, and attends council meetings once trouble rises.  they get assigned this job because they were here the longest, seemed to come with more responsibility than power.  

 He was the last person to have come into the maze, having to see everything that was made from scratch and figure it out himself. confused. Terrified. Hearing the screams coming from the monsters within the maze itself felt like a nightmare. Even though he was new, he was made the leader and main runner. before all of this, he was a chill, loving guy making sure everyone was all right. he loved to party, although he sometime was an extremely nervous person about things. he is best friend with droid, and they do everything together. he does not have any idea on how to use weapons so being in here is going to be a challenge.