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

[sageprincess]

[Zelda shivers at the sudden chill. It's... definitely unnatural, but she cannot sense where or who it's coming from, which puts her on edge.

Silently, she nods at Nina's instruction, and since the older woman is taking the lead, she positions herself in the back so Naminé is in between them.]

[lethechained]

[Naminé notices the fact that Zelda's moved into place behind her, but the Nobody is concentrated on following Nina's instructions and trying to keep an eye out for welcome or unwelcome guests. There are others in their group, and she finds herself wondering how they're faring. Her hands cling more tightly to the objects in them. The situation is unsettling enough, but made even more so by her complete inability to sense what she assumes is the Midnight Man, even as she surreptitiously reaches out with her powers.]

[animusnpcs]

[As soon as Namine reaches out with her power the temperature drops wildly. All candles and other light sources go out.]

[thegirltwin]

[Nina wonders how the others are faring too, and hopes they're all right. She doesn't like the thought that they could be hurt or in trouble. Still, protecting the other women with her is her priority right now.

Then everything goes completely dark. Nina feels her heart drop to her stomach, but she doesn't let her fear show, though she does feel a shiver from cold run up her spine. Still, she speaks in a firm, decisive voice.]

Stay calm. We just need to re-light our candles and we'll be fine. If you have trouble, just tell me and I'll light yours for you.

[No sooner as she started speaking than Nina has gotten out her matches and is striking one of them against the outside of the package to light it.]

[sageprincess]

[Whatever is chasing them, it's found them, and the idea makes Zelda inhale sharply. But seven years in hiding has taught her restraint, and it's that restraint that allows her to retrieve her matches without fumbling. Once more, she nods to Nina.]

Right. This is no time to panic.

[...Matches aren't too different from flint and steel - the concept is largely the same. But still, it might take her a few tries to get it to work.]

[lethechained]

[The reflexive sharp inhale speaks to her shock, and her eyes are wide in the dark once the candles go out. Had she caused that? Did she do something wrong? Immediately, guilt creeps through her, but she can't panic now, she can't take the time to think it over because she has to get that candle lit again. The others have remained calm, and though her mind is a whirlwind of possibilities, she must do the same. Her hands feel weak as she wriggles a match out of the book and clumsily tries to light it, succeeding only barely and quickly moving to transfer the flame to her candle. Her expression as the light comes back is an anxious one.]

[animusnpcs]

[There's a low groaning, and the temperature around Zelda drops increasingly, as she's slow lighting her candle. The darkness reaches out, as if it were a living thing, but as soon as the candle is lit again it retreats.]