*flips the switch back onto the game*
"What are we doing down here?" One of the friends asks you as you wade through the waters in the bowels of the mine, searching around.
"Well, we know that thing is probably weak against fire. But maybe that's not all. Remember, when those other guys were here, they claimed that the thing they encountered was that one guy's sister, and that they were found down here. Maybe we can find a clue as to how that thing is even here." You explain, as you continue wading.
"But what if there's more of them? What if they're waiting right in the water for us to walk right over to them so they can pull us under?" your friend asks, as your foot hits something. "Hold that thought." You say simply, as you reach down and feel around with your hand.
"What is it?" the friend asks, as you wrap your hand around the object. "It feels like a box." you say as you lift up, pulling a small wooden box out of the water.
"What's it doing down here?" the friend asks. "I don't know, but I get the weird feeling that this was placed there on purpose." you explain, as the friend raises an eyebrow. "Why would someone intentionally put a box right there?" they ask. "I don't know, but maybe we should leave it there." You explain as you put the box back.
"Oh no no no. You brought me down here because you had to explore the mines, and I didn't want you charging off alone and getting yourself killed. You found something, and now you're scared to even look inside?" Your friend explains as they reach down and grab the box.
"But what if it's poisonous, or this was some elaborate trap?" You ask, as the friend laughs. "And I thought I was the scared one here for a second." they say as the open up the box. "Oh my god..." they start, getting a look of terror on their face.
"What? What is it?!" You ask, as the friend's look of terror increases. "It's...it's...!" they say as the reach inside. "A pair of binoculars!" they scream out as they pull out a small pair of black binoculars, and then give you a look. "Really? That's what you were scared of? Binoculars?" They say as you reach out to grab them. "Oh no no, you didn't want to open the box, so these are mine, thank you very much."
"Well, we'd better get back before everyone starts worrying." You say, as the friend nods. "Of course." they say in agreement, as you make your way out of the mines.
"Hey, I'll meet back up with you in a second, I accidentally dropped my phone on the way here, and I don't want to lose it to the snow and have my parents hound me about losing ANOTHER phone." the friend sighs, as you hesitantly leave them behind.
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"uhhhh...where am I?" Jin says as he wakes up, finding himself tied to a stretcher.
"Welcome, Jin. We're going to play a little game with you today." A distorted voice calls out on the speakers, as Jin looks around. "A...game?" He asks, as the voice responds. "That's right. One of us will pull a lever which will trigger the ceiling above you to come down. As you may have noticed, the ceiling itself has been lined with spikes. The game for you is to plead for your life, call out as loud as you can and scream for help. If someone hears you and comes through that door--"
The voice explains as one of the cloaked figures gestures to a faraway door. "--and pulls the lever next to it, the ceiling will go back to its original place, and you'll win the game. However, if nobody comes through that door, well...you know." The voice explains, as Jin looks around the room, hoping to find something. "There's no way out Jin. You will play the game by our rules, starting...now." The voice says, as the sound of a lever being pulled appears, and the ceiling beings to descend.
"Oh shi-- Someone help!" Jin calls out, screaming at the top of his lungs. The doors remain closed, the wind mocking his calls as it blows a small breeze his way through the cracks. Jin continues to call out as the figures watch from the other room.
"Time's up. Oh, and we should have given you the heads up; the room you're in is completely sound-proof save for the window we've been watching you from. Had you not listened to us, you would have noticed that we had stuck a key in your pocket that, with some effort, you could have pulled out to undo your bindings. Ah well, maybe next time." The voice says as the ceiling crashes down, impaling Jin with the spikes before he can even reach the key.
A hand pulls back the lever as the now bloodied ceiling rises back up. The figure smirks as they turn to the others.
"Now for the next game." The figure says in a distorted voice, as they reach into their pocket and pull out a small, familiar pair of black binoculars.
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Back at the lodge, everyone is gathered in the living room, doing a quick count.
"Hang on. Where's Jin?" Alfred asks, as Taury looks confused. "Wasn't he supposed to be with you?" She asks, looking directly at Nyx. "Yeah, but we got separated by some fucking herd of deer, or elk, or whatever the fuck those things with horns are out there." Nyx explains, as Taury stands up. "And you didn't bother to look for him?!" She yells out, as Nyx stands up confrontationally. "Look bitch, if you want to be killed by some fucking giant horned monsters looking for your boy in a goddamn storm, be my guest. The only thing I want right now is to get off this fucking rock and be back home in my own bed." She explains.
As they're arguing, Wintros shakes his head. "We'll never get anywhere at this rate." He says, as something drops on his nose. He reaches his hand and touches it, looking at something red, crimson red. More drips onto his face, as he looks up, his face twisting in terror. "Oh shi--!" he screams out, backing away. The friends look up to see, as Taury screams out. Dangling on a rope on the ceiling is Jin's mangled corpse.
"Get him down!" Colby screams out as the friends do so. Colby checks him, but sighs in disappointment realizing that they're already too late.
The friends eventually leave the living room and head for another lit room of the lodge, as they sit together in silence.
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Jin Bestus, aka Aragonn, a Friend was killed.
The Player has made a Bad Choice in his last scenario, and has unknowingly given the binoculars to a bad guy. With these binoculars, the bad guys will be able to scan a role during the next Split Up, giving them a slight advantage in either their next kill choice, or finding their partner, the Wendigo.
Time to get back together for another Team Discussion everyone! So let's try to find who the bad guys are before it's too late! We'll split up once more on Saturday, February 27th at 6PM PST.
