day two ; dove

[gamehead]

At dawn, immediately before the morning bells, you wake up. The room is quiet and the blizzard outside has ended. Sunshine is beginning to pour through your windows.

In the center of your desk, your journal open to a page that was previously blank.

You aren't alone in your room; a small child wearing a rabbit mask waits for you.

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role | description

[gamehead]

The following is written on the first page of your journal:

You are the dove. Your role is to protect the other prey with your life.

→ Your role does not make a decision at night. Each night, you may sleep peacefully.
→ In this game, you will act as ordinary prey.
→ Should you be executed during a trial, your death will help the prey.
→ The night after your execution, there will be no killing. No hunter, scavenger, or prey will come to harm.
→ The night after your execution, no one will be poisoned. Anyone who has already been poisoned will be cured.
→ Your role is very important to protect the other prey. If an important ally among prey is in danger, or if prey is on the verge of defeat, you may choose to sacrifice your life by volunteering to be executed.
→ You must try to stay alive until then, as your role will not be as useful if you die carelessly.

[gamehead]

[There is a child in a rabbit mask waiting in your room.]

Hi!

I picked you for something really great!

[hintcoinplz]

[Luke nearly leaps out of bed the moment he spots the child.]

W-what do you mean?

[gamehead]

Heehee, everyone's going to start playing a really fun game today! And you get a special role! Aren't you excited?

[hintcoinplz]

What game are you talking about? [He just rubs his eyes sleepily.]

[gamehead]

It'll all be explained later today! But basically, some of the people here are going to try to kill the rest of you. They're the hunters and you're the prey, and it's your job to find out who they are and execute them!

[hintcoinplz]

[Some people are here to kill them? Just hearing it sends a shiver down Luke's spine.]

What, I don't want to be part of a game like that! That's horrible!

[gamehead]

Aw, really...? [The child's voice suddenly sounds sad.] Gosh, I thought you'd be interested! Well, I can't do anything if you don't want to play, but I can't stop the hunters from trying to kill you either. And I gave you such a great role, too...I thought you'd want to save people like Miss Ema and Mr. Nigma from dying, but I guess I thought wrong....

[hintcoinplz]

[Mr. Nigma and miss Ema definitely get his attention.]

You mean they'll die...?

[gamehead]

Hmm, probably! But luckily, you've got the perfect role to stop that from happening!

...oh wait, I forgot you weren't playing. Never mind!

[hintcoinplz]

[Luke bits his lower lip, memories of Mayfield coming back. This wasn't fair. He thought he could finally be safe and happy, and now it's all happening again?]

...No. No wait, I'll play. Tell me how I can save them.

[gamehead]

Really? You mean it? Yay! I knew you'd come around, Luke!

Okay, so I didn't finish telling you all about how the game works! During the day, everyone will vote on who they think is a hunter, and the person with the most votes will be executed. But you're special! If they execute you...get ready for this, because it's super amazing...no one will die that night! Double yay!

[hintcoinplz]

So if I die, no one gets hurt...

How does that protect Mr. Nigma or miss Ema on the following days?

[gamehead]

It doesn't! But you'll be dead then anyway so it's not like you'd notice. The key is protecting them or one of the other important prey roles on a night you think they might be killed! A night without anyone dying might just be the thing that prey needs to defeat the hunters!

[hintcoinplz]

...All right. I think I understand.