Rein tried to follow the others. He really did. Unfortunately, he made a bad step somewhere, and when he looked up, they—including his best friend, who he'd never thought he'd see again—were gone. The wise thing would have been to wait, to hope they came back, but Rein was not patient enough. Beside...

The blade slashed along Omar's throat. Compared to everything else, it didn't hurt so much. It cut off his speech, though. Left him without much to do except listen to Julian and watch. He almost wanted to lunge at the boy, but it wasn't worth it, not now. There was no way he had the strength left t...

The cold metal of the sword, still slightly damp with blood (his blood, his blood) touched Omar's neck, and he stopped talking. It was instinct, pure animal fear, not any sort of rational thought. No, rationally, he knew it didn't really matter if Julian stabbed him again now or left him to wait. Th...

Avery started to answer the question, and in a surprisingly frank manner, at that. He hadn't thought things out, so he was... Omar caught his movements a split second after they began, a split second too late to stop the boy. Omar grabbed for his gun, but his opponent struck first, slashing him acro...

It seemed, just for a second, like Julian was going to do the smart thing. But no, that would have been too easy. Omar had judged him correctly, had caught his ploy just in time. Julian wanted to know what had happened with Warren. That meant that his whole "Tom" routine was a total sham. ...

The shout surprised Omar. Tom? Who the hell was Tom? The guy couldn't mean Tom Guthrie, right? He was, after all, dead. Sure, he was around Omar's height, same color hair, but... No. Now was not the time to be getting confused. The guy was running towards him, waving like a total idiot, being loud a...

((Omar Burton continued from instinct•algorithm )) ((Omar's story is being handled by James' request, and with the approval of all involved)) Omar was standing near the northernmost point of the island now, amidst a field of toppled trees. The sun was setting, casting the last rays of light over the...

Area: The Wards Description: Located on the second floor of the asylum, the wards once housed all of the patients under care. As appropriate for a facility meant to cater to those ranging from calm to highly unstable, there's a large variety of rooms contained within the building. Signs of its form...

((Carla Conners continued from The Various Downsides of Becoming "Paranoid as Balls" )) Carla had been laying low since the fun fair, laying low and trying to avoid getting into any unnecessary altercations. She knew what was going on, of course. It was hard to miss the implications of tho...

((Frankie Fiametta continued from Make/Break )) Frankie was in the tunnels again, back where she had began the game. It had been days since she'd been down here, since she'd tried to use her cell phone to call her siblings. So much had changed since then. Ily was a killer. She'd heard his name on th...

The girls left. Ricky wasn't quite sure what to make of it. They'd still seemed unconvinced, but, hey, at least their talk and warnings and shit had all just been fuckin' bluster. There wasn't really anything to worry about after all. Now all he had to do was go back to the party and just make sure ...

These chicks kept it up, just insisting that Ricky should split, like he wasn't trying to do them a favor and shit. They kept on saying that, like, they just wanted him to leave them alone. They were saying this wasn't a party, saying something about disrespecting James' memory. Ricky didn't have th...

They were trying to get Ricky to leave, to just, like, fuckin' roll over and shit, and for no good reason. They didn't seem to get what was goin' on here. They were acting like everything was dangerous or something. That wasn't right, though. They just had to come on back to the party, before all th...

It shouldn't have been a big deal. There, in the dark, Kayla had been trying to find Celeste, Celeste and the other person. It should have been easy, hook up with them, find her way out of the tunnel. Something was spooky about the other girl, though. She was... well, she was weird. Wasn't she one o...

The others left. Left Daisuke alone, in the darkness, waiting and wondering. There was something wrong with the girl. No way around it. It made no sense for her to be down here with a weapon, alone, lacking a good explanation. He hadn't been able to stop her, though. Hadn't been able to force himsel...