The Midnight Game

[animusmods]

As the chosen residents approach the elevator, two retrieval units will be waiting to hand out a sheet of paper to each person. These sheets of paper contain the instructions for their game, as well as a number placing them in one of four groups. The groups will be called one by one into the elevator and, after a long ride down, will be released into an empty version of the Tower identical to the one they just left, with two differences: in place of the countless dormitory rooms are just enough rooms for each group member to occupy one, and each door is made of wood. Inside each room is a candle, a knife that will cut the skin of the person wielding it and nothing else, a blank piece of paper, a book of matches, and a container of salt. Once in their rooms, they are to begin The Midnight Game.

Midnight Game Instruction Sheet
1. Write your complete name on the piece of paper.
2. Use the knife to cut your skin and place at least one drop of blood on the paper, allowing it to soak in.
3. Turn off the lights in your room. This will turn off all the lights in the Tower.
4. Place the piece of paper on the floor in front of the door. Light your candle and plce it on top of the piece of paper.
5. Knock on the dor 22 times. Upon the twenty-second knock, it will be midnight.
6. Open the door, blow out the candle, and close the door.
7. Relight your candle.

You must now move around the Tower, keeping your candle with you at all times. Keep moving to avoid the Midnight Man. If your candle goes out, relight it immediately. If you cannot relight your candle, surround yourself with a circle of salt. If you are unsuccessful you will



Keep moving until 3:33AM. If you are not captured by the Midnight Man, you win the game. If your entire group fails, you will be punished.

Groups
Group One
Sora
Ienzo
Shion
Signless
Vriska
Minato
Mimio

Group Two
John
Suzaku
Russia
Terezi
Disciple
Link
Marceline
America

Group Three
Taiki
France (au2)
Willow Rosenberg
Handmaid
Aqua
Deneb
Echidna
Psiioniic

Group Four
Romeo
Nina Fortner
Sollux (au)
Namine
Riku
Vriska (au)
Erik
OoT!Zelda

Comments

PRE-GAME

[animusmods]

[Gather at the elevator and discuss your situation among yourselves.]

Re: PRE-GAME

[idkmybffsakuraiyuuto]

[There is a fellow here that looks quite distraught as he paces and frets to himself - and hasn't been seen around before. This isn't the best kind of introduction to the tower for poor Deneb.]

Re: PRE-GAME

[thegirltwin]

[Nina doesn't recognize the...person?...who is pacing, but he's clearly distraught. She wonders how long he's been here, and she hopes this isn't his first day.

Nevertheless, she'll reach out and try to put a gentle hand on his shoulder.]

Hey. I'm sure it's going to be okay.

Re: PRE-GAME

[nyandeshiko]

<sub>[Mimio's not fond of being out at night. Kitchen knives can only do so much to defend oneself and if it hadn't been for that creepy message he wouldn't be here. He thought he'd been made sturdier than that!

Oh hey, he's not the only one here, it seems. The guy fretting up there looks pretty upset... his knife goes back into the waistband of his jeans.]</sub>

Hey, you get one 'a those freaky bears too?

[reversedestiny]

[Sora is good at appearing calm. But truth be told, he's panicking. He wants to get this over with as fast as possible. He just wants to retreat to his room and hide now. This is too much on top of everything he learned...!]

[benigncancer]

[Hi roommate. Signless offers him an encouraging smile]

We can get through this, all right?

[justabignobody]

[Sora may or may not feel a light tap against his shoulder from behind; a reminder that he isn't alone that he has people that care(?)... or well... at least keep an eye out for him. In this case, if they ended up in the same group anyways. ]

[thegirltwin]

[Nina stares down at the piece of paper she's been handed. She tries not to betray her inner anxiety as she looks it over, though there's still a bit of worry hovering in the back of her eyes for anyone observant enough to notice.

Periodically, she'll look up from the instructions at the people around her, observing them. If she sees someone she knows, or someone who looks particularly frightened, she'll go over to them.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku sees Nina and comes towards her, he had read the instructions, and memorised them, as it would be probably easier in the long term.] Nina, are you alright?

[metawoof]

[Echidna wasn't really handling this well. She had brought the teddy bear with her; the original note was attached to it, so it only seemed to make sense. The paper she had been handed was already starting to be crumpled up in her hand. She had always made fun of a lot of horror movies with her friends, but that didn't mean they didn't terrify her.

She was just a normal kid who missed her mom and dad, about to go who knows where, with unfriendly assistants and darkness in the middle of the night. She hugged the teddy bear close, knocking her glasses slightly askew; the teddy bear was probably not the safest thing to be so attached to at the moment (quite an affront to her usual pride in her genre savviness), but at least it was something.]

[fifty]

[Although America doesn't look all that calm himself, he still spares an only slightly shaky smile for the girl who seems to have brought one of the bears with her. The Tower has only gotten creepier since he arrived, and, being a hero and all, it was part of his job to try and keep everyone calm, right?

But really, why does he have to be stuck in the middle of a horror movie?]

Don't worry too much. Things'll work out.

[lethechained]

[Naminé lingers a little distance away from the elevator, watching the goings on with a frown and concerned expression. She's very still and quite nervous, which is obvious enough if one looks at how stiff her back is and the way her hands are clinging to each other for comfort.]

[thegirltwin]

It's okay to be okay, Naminé.

[Given that she shares a room with the younger girl, Nina can't help feeling some sense of responsibility for what happens to her.]

Which group were you put in?

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

[Oh great, both Namine and Romeo are involved in this and Ψ isn't in their group to protect them. Now he's kind of freaking out a little.] Naminé. Hey, it'll be okay. We'll get through thith.

[justabignobody]

[After just a tiny bit of mingling oh wow Riku is actually being social?!, Riku settles right beside Naminé, to offer maybe a tiny bit of comfort - he won't let anything happen to her, even if they end up in different groups (light, he hopes not), he'll definitely find a way.]

Which group did they sort you to?

Re: PRE-GAME

[queenofbass]

_{[Marceline's trying to appear calm but she's honestly just a ball of nerves. What did that message mean, 'infected'? Her fingers drum an irregular rhythm on her arms, bass slung around her back. Her mind's too jittery for lyrics at the moment, and she's certain if she hummed it'd break the illusion of cool she's trying to project.]}

[myblueskies]

[Romeo was more confused than scared, though he was a little bit scared as well. He didn't know why they were here or what the letters meant by infected but the instructions didn't sound too hard.]

What do you think the bad people want us to do?

[ocariness]

[ Link doesn't recognize Marceline so... some of the ones on this list they DON'T know could be anyone. May as well ask around. ]

Ah... h-hello. What group are you in?

[ Not nervous about the game so much as Link is nervous about talking to people they don't know. ]

[prayerless]

[Aqua is at the elevator and standing at wary attention, Eraqus' Keyblade in one hand and bear gripped firmly by one of its arms in the other. She contemplated destroying it as soon as she got it, but decided that doing so would probably result in consequences she didn't want to be subjected to.

Though they might have been better than whatever was going to happen after this.

Thankfully she'd had enough time now to recover and rest so that she was at almost full strength again, at least magically. She was as prepared as she could be for the Tower's methods this time.]

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Vriska's standing a little removed from the rest of the crowd, pacing and obviously unable to keep still. From a distance it may look like simple nerves; those who dare to look closer will note that far from nervous, she looks like she's never been more ready for this in her life.

Let the games begin]

Group 3

[champagnedelis]

[Francisca steps into the elevator when her group is called, crossing her arms and tapping her foot nervously while glancing around. She doesn't know what's happening, but knowing the tower... she knows it won't be good.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion stood there teddy bear in one hand, notes in the other. He had no idea what was going on except that he had been told to be here, he looked around at the crowd of people for anyone who he recognised.]

[entropied]

[The Handmaid is standing off to the side, looking pretty scowl-y, as usual. This entire thing is stupid, but here she is, because apparently she's stupid, too. Sigh.]

[sageprincess]

[Well, this is certainly intimidating. It would be a lie to say Zelda isn't at least somewhat frightened, but at the same time she is determined to beat this absurd game set up by their captors.

Attempting to banish the fear from her voice, she addresses the group.]

To those in the fourth group, if you wish for assistance in this trial, I shall lend you my aid to the best of my ability.

[They'll have a better chance if they're working together, right...?]

[fractus_animus]

[ Yyyyeeeeeeaaahhh he's really not pleased with this Tower? 8|

Minato is just chilling here, aware none of his weapons will help here, candle in hand... going to the elevator where he stops, sighing, headphones still in, but he'll take them out when the time comes. Sup, Group 1? ]

... This is a petty experiment.