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

[ceruleanspid8r]

My memories are just fine.

[There's a low growl in her throat. If this is part of the game, it's not very entertaining; if not, it's just wasting time]

I'd have thought the lack of wings or bright orange would have given it away.

[myblueskies]

[Romeo blinks] Oh why don't you have wings? [He finally notices the differences]

I am Romeo, we need to keep moving before the midnight man gets us, don't worry though I'll protect you. [Because even if she is a different Vriska he is sure she is a good person as well]

[ceruleanspid8r]

How the fuck should I know? The better question is why she does.

[At least her wariness is ensuring the "keep moving" part works out, at least to some degree. At his offer of protection, however, she lets out a derisive snort]

I don't need protecting. Do I look helpless to you?

[And in spite of the robotic arm and the eye patch and the cut from the initial ritual, her tone suggests he'd best be careful how he answers that one]

[myblueskies]

I don't know, I thought she was a fairy troll, so I guess you are just a normal troll. [He is following her, keeping the candle steady. He shrugged at the question]

Everyone needs protecting sometimes, we need to work together to stop the bad guys!

[ceruleanspid8r]

[And another snort of derision]

There's no such thing as a fairy troll.

[She stops for the briefest of seconds to glare at him before she starts walking again]

Bullshit. Some of us are quite capable of looking after ourselves.

[myblueskies]

Well there might be, they might just be hidden, or secret fairy trolls. [Nothing surprised Romeo anymore, since he had seen so many things that he thought didn't exist]

But you still need help sometimes, what if we just promise to look after each other!

[ceruleanspid8r]

Sure. And there might be a goldblood that doesn't have their head so far up their own nook but that's just as likely. Or I should say unlikely.

[She sighs, a touch of her frustration bleeding through]

I'm not promising anything. But if you want to trail around after me, knock yourself out.

[myblueskies]

[Romeo had no idea what that first bit meant but he nodded, falling in behind her.]

We should try and find the others, so we can help them as well!

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Another, heavier sigh. So much for doing this solo]

Ugh, fine, if it'll keep your whining in check.

[Don't mind her. She's just not good at this working with others thing]

[myblueskies]

I'm not whining, whining's not very useful, we got to keep our spirits up! [Romeo is all about teamwork and enthusiasm, so hopefully they will balance out]

[ceruleanspid8r]

My spirit is just fine.

[She can't even bring herself to argue the first point. She has a game to win]

[myblueskies]

Good, everyone should keep their spirits up! [He smiled at her as walked along] Where do you think the others are?

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Why is he so cheerful and why won't he stop talking?!]

I don't know but if you could hold up on the constant chatter we might have a shot at hearing them.

[myblueskies]

[He nods and goes quiet for a few moments, he doesn't hear anything though so speaks again] Do you think this tower is as big as the tower with all the people in it?

[ceruleanspid8r]

[She'd been enjoying the peace and it shows in how she tenses as he speaks again.]

How should I know? I've been here just as long as you have, I've seen probably about as much of it as you have. When was I supposed to find out something like that, exactly?

[animusnpcs]

[The temperature begins to drop.]

[myblueskies]

Well so far it looks the same! Even though the bed rooms are different... [He goes quiet as it begins to get colder and shivers, wrapping his coat around him tighter]

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Vriska doesn't reply, cut off from anything she was about to say as the drop in temperature becomes noticable. She picks up pace a little, her grip on both her candle and the hilt of Mindfang tightening]

[myblueskies]

[Romeo shivered and followed Vriska, holding his candle tightly, the teddy bear in the other hand.]

Do you think the Midnight man is near? [His voice had dropped to a whisper, the cold was a little bit scary]

[ceruleanspid8r]

Well if he is, he's going to have to catch us before he can do anything.

[Her tone is curt, even more so than before, as she continues at her quickened pace. She's not sure who's behind this but there'll be a gut full of metal for them when she finds out]

[myblueskies]

He will never catch us! [Romeo nodded and punched the air once, keeping his spirits up before hurrying to keep up with Vriska's quickened pace.]

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Vriska's not even paying much attention to where she's going; all she knows is to keep moving. So that's what she'll do.]

[myblueskies]

[Romeo is following her looking around fearfully in the dark.] Do you think he is still close?

[ceruleanspid8r]

If you want to stop and find out, be my guest.

[As far as she's concerned, he may well never have been close in the first place. This was to mess with their heads after all, right?]

[myblueskies]

No because it says we have to keep moving! [He looks around again but keeps following her] How long have we been here? Do we have to be here a long time? [Guess who can't tell the time...]