camppetoskey | WEEK 5

WEEK 5 - TRIAL

TRIAL

It takes a full day after finding the body, but on Saturday, the counselors call you all to the campfire, the bonfire already roaring away as everyone finds their seats. Stan and Red are seated there, with Stan holding a box saying 'VOTES' written on it.

It looks like you're here to find the killer.

And just like before, you know you'll be forced to vote before the night's over...

And condemn someone to a grisly fate.

VICTIM: Usagi Tsukino
CAMPERS REMAINING: 15

((Remember that Everyone must vote and that Votes are due by 6pm EST!))

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[for the first time, Richie watches.]

[he sees the line, how blurred it is between the stone zombies, and themselves. how quick they all were to jump on Chuuta, their accusations the stones in their own hands. how easily they were manipulated by Boa's lies.

as the first few hits rain down, he doesn't look away. he only flinches and closes his eyes when he sees that rock going for Boa's eye. they'd thrown rocks, before.

he'd been exultant about it.

"ROCK WAR".

his own words ring in his head as Tal brings that other blow down on Boa's collarbone. he's got no reason to hold himself higher than Boa. they could have killed Henry Bowers. they could have killed Belch Huggins, or Victor Criss. they just wanted to defend themselves. they just wanted to survive.

and then Ren turns, and ... and he knows it.

he knows the anomaly.

they aren't turning into monsters.

they already are.]

[After Mitsuru vanishes from his grasp, Eddie stands again. He's shaking and dirty, but he's there.

He slowly walks towards Richie, tears in his eyes.]

Richie...

[He can't handle this. He can't handle any of this anymore. He wants his inhaler, he wants to go HOME. He wants all of this to be a fucking dream... but none of that is going to fucking happen. Right now, though, he can have Richie. And that's enough.]

It's gonna be us.

Eventually.

Whether someone does it to us, or we do it to them.

[Eddie just nods solemnly.

He's not going to argue with him that they're going to make it to the end or any bullshit like that... if Boa could snap and just kill Usagi like that? Any of them could be next.

And with the paranoia and hallucinations? What's to stop either of them from thinking someone else was trying to attack them? Things just went from bad to ABSOLUTELY FUCKED BEYOND ALL BELIEF really fucking fast.]