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

[metawoof]

[Echidna was at least relieved to see Willow, and she vaguely recognized a few other familiar faces. But when the temperature dropped, she very nearly dropped the teddy bear and shivered a little, watching the flame of her candle flicker.]

H-Hunting?! [Oh god oh god oh god--] Then, w-we have to keep moving before it gets us, right...?! We could just maneuver around until we lose it, right?

[Oh who was she kidding was it ever going to be that simple.]

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

Move. Thtick together. Try not to get cornered. [He look grim, but determined.] If we don't play along they can punish uth... but nobody says we have to play fair. We help each other and fuck them.

[entropied]

[The Handmaid decides that humans are even jumpier and overemotional than she thought, but she does follow the Psiioniic's advice and pick up her speed a bit.]

Start worrying if your candle goes out.

[guiltapalooza]

[Willow sidles closer to Echidna, sparing a moment to give her a concerned look. As focused as she was on watching out for enemies, she always spared a thought for if her friends were okay, and she wasn't looking too good.]

What he said, [she agrees, frowning.] Play along for now and keep our eyes out for an opportunity. It'll be okay, Echidna-- you have me on your side, and I'm pretty good at this defending thing by now.

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki paled as the temperature dropped and when Echidna started worrying he drew closer to her and reached out to take her hand.]

We have to be brave... [He blinked up at her] Even... sorry... even if we are scared we have to act brave, the more brave we act the less the demons can hurt us... [He has no idea if this demon is the same as a Shirei, but acting brave is still probably a good idea, even if he wants to run away and hide. He can't let everyone get hurt.]

[idkmybffsakuraiyuuto]

[Wait... There's kids involved in this?

Whatever fear Deneb had been letting fester before, he swallowed it down hard. He couldn't stand idly by while kids were in danger. Folding his free hand into the shape of a gun, he moved around to stand behind Willow, with his back to her.]

We may not know each other, miss, but please, allow me to assist in watching out for the children. I shall cover your back.

[metawoof]

[Echidna was a bit taken aback by Taiki, but she took his hand carefully nevertheless.In retrospect, it was kind of amazing how much better everyone else was at this...

She shook her head, took a deep breath, and nodded.] Right! Even if we are stuck in here, there is still more of us than there are of the Midnight Man! And even if there are multiple of those, th-there are other groups around too!

[She mustered up a smile at Willow and Denebd, and she of course kept moving, carefully but quickly, biting her lip a bit as she looked at the flickering candle flame.]

[animusnpcs]

[The temperature rises and falls haphazardly, as if whatever is causing it is moving, searching. Occasionally the coldness seems to pass close, and there's a vague, black shape just far enough away as to be just out of reach of the candle light.]

[champagnedelis]

[Feeling the thing move around them, she turns to stare into the dark, the flicker of the creature at the corner of her eye.

Trying to keep track of the thing's movement, she stepped over to the children, nudging Deneb aside slightly so that he, Willow and France made a triangle around Echidna, Taiki and his guardians. Her hand keeps cupping protectively around the candle, wary for the weak flame.]

Something tells me that even if there's a lot of us and only one of 'him', I won't want to know what happens if the candles go out.

[guiltapalooza]

No kidding. I can make a light source with my magic, but I feel like it's the candles themselves that are important here. It's all kind of... ritualistic.

[She's frowning and focused again as she verbally works through the situation. Willow watches carefully around them and accepts her impromptu allies without question. She does spare a glance over at Deneb, to answer his earlier statement.]

All of the help is much appreciated, though. We just have to stick together, and be brave like Taiki said, and we'll get out of this.

[idkmybffsakuraiyuuto]

Mmmngh. [Deneb's frustrated, but he nods appreciatively at Francisca and Willow both.]

I dislike this 'Midnight Man' already. He has no sense of honor.

[Wasn't one of the rules to not provoke the Midnight Man...?]

[animusnpcs]

[There's an inhuman groaning. All candles go out.]

[notagiraffe]

[Taiki managed a small smile, glad that everyone was doing their best to stay brave. Though being surrounded by people, even if they were trying to protect him, made the smell of blood stronger. He held onto Echidna's hand though, trying to help her.

Then the candles went out. Taiki quickly let go of her hand. He didn't want to but he had to relight the candle. Reminding himself he couldn't be scared he managed to light it quickly enough.]

Is everyone okay?

ok idk if there's a posting order but, feel free to ignore me if i mess things up ;;;;

[prayerless]

[Someone, it seemed, had taken a bit of time having an internal debate on whether or not to do this. Either that or they went in a completely opposite direction from the rest of the group at the beginning of the game and were only just now finding their way to the entourage of voices.

Aqua had been keeping a steady flame kept alight by magic over the palm of her hand in addition to the candle; by the light of both of them, she catches a glimpse of the other people for just a second.] Hello--?

[But then the candles go out. She tries frantically to light it with the Fire magic she has going, but nothing doing-- she's forced to extinguish it and pull out the matches. Not that she'd ever seen matches before tonight. She had practiced lighting them beforehand.

A little fumbling gets her candle relit in just narrowly under ten seconds, and Aqua stares in amazement at the group of people, some of whom she recognizes. However, she's not entirely sure that they're real. So she remains silent but for her previous hello, watching them warily.]

[metawoof]

[The extinguishing of the candle flame caused Echidna to shriek slightly in surprise, completely not noticing the inhuman groan in her own panic. She abandoned Taiki's hand and the stuffed teddy bear and fumbled for her pack of matches, carefully striking it and watching carefully as the match relit the wick.]

H-Hey! Don't make fun of monster humor, they'll kill the funny guy first!!

[Ooookay no she's breeaath....]

[idkmybffsakuraiyuuto]

[When you have hands like Deneb, they have their advantages. Punching out bad guys, being able to shoot stuff with your fingers, and looking cool when you pose. Unfortunately, this does not include lighting things with matches, especially when startled.

Deneb fumbles the book in his attempt to open it, and it quietly clatters to the floor.]

Oh no...!

[2nd_dii2ciiple]

[Ψiioniic hisses and tries to light the candle with his powers, first - to no avail. He CAN light the match, however, and does so. He also lights the match of anyone else who's got one out and is having difficulty.

Then he shoves his powers outwards in a bubble of force, blue and red electricity crackling in a sphere all around the group. He doesn't know if that will keep the 'monster' at bay, but he figures it can't hurt.]

Anyone need help? Quickly!