night; caretaker

[gamehead]

With night's fall, you are once again locked in your cabin for the evening. Outside, a blizzard rages. The howl of the wind blocks out the sound of anything happening outside of your small room, and outside your window you can see only the white of frost covering your window and darkness beyond.

At 11 PM exactly, the candle on your desk lights, filling your cabin with a warm, yellow glow. If you are asleep, the light will wake you. You are drawn to your desk.

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

Caretaker, who will you choose?

Ada Vessalius
Akane Kurashiki
America
Aoi Asahina
Arya Stark
Babydoll
Beat
Bonnie Hood
Bruce Wayne
Bucky Barnes
Byakuya Togami
Charles Fei-Ong
Ciel
Clara Oswald
Damian Wayne
Edward Nigma
Eleventh Doctor
Elliot Nightray
Ema Skye
England
Gendry
Gundam Tanaka
Hermione Granger
Hiyoko Saionji
Holden Caulfield
James Sunderland
Joshua Kiryu
Kanaya Maryam
Kyouko Kirigiri
Lithuania
Luke Triton
Madoka Kaname
Makoto Naegi
Mayu
Mondo Oowada
Peggy Carter
Poland
Prussia
Rapunzel
Rikku
Robin
Sam Winchester
Sanae Hanekoma
Sansa Stark
Sayaka Miki
Sharon Carter
Spain
Stephanie Brown
Steve Rogers
Tony Stark
Touko Fukawa
Ukraine
Ukyo Kuonji
Xion

No one

You will have until midnight to make your choice, before the ink on the page vanishes and the candle flickers out.

Comments

America

[asapplepie]

[He lies awake until the candle flickers on, too distracted and distraught to fall asleep. The dark is frightening for him as always, but finally there's a light in the room. The first thing he does is take out England's letter and read it again, especially the very end:

Watch out for the hunters. They'll be going after you now that I'm not around. Live. Be happy. Don't forget me, but don't be afraid of moving on either. You were never one made to wallow in grief. You're young yet, you still have so many experiences ahead of you; I want you to live them all to the fullest, with nothing holding you back. As long as I know you're at peace, I will be as well.

All my best,

England

PS: If I'm right about us meeting again once this game is over...

He has to believe this is all really true, and that means believing that last line, believing that this doesn't have to really be the end. He doesn't understand how to stop Critter or to bring England back, but he knows he has to fight harder than he's ever fought if he wants a chance at any of this, and that means not becoming angry or bitter. He has to live.

After what he said, after what he told everyone earlier...if the hunters really want to kill him like England warned, they'll know this is their best and possibly only chance. If he did this wrong, tomorrow someone will be dead and everyone will hate him, but their opinions of him matter much less than they normally do. It's fine if they hate him, but if he did this right, the hunters will target him tonight.

Which is why he strikes off his own name decisively. If he did this right, no one has to die.]

[gamehead]

[ The night passes without disturbance. ]

[asapplepie]

[He failed. Someone's going to die tonight anyway.

He tries to collect his breath, feeling like maybe Spain and the others are right, he's useless. But he has to keep trying.]