Dec 13, 2021 6:26 am
[ +- ] Aden
Aden, you peek your head around the door to see who is making all that noise. Two campers wielding kitchen implements as weapons exit the room next to yours and their eyes train on you. Before anyone can react you feel the silent shockwave roll through the camp and your body. The campers tilt their heads sideways like curious dogs and then turn around and head out the door leaving Aden alone in the dark.
[ +- ] Jessica
Jessica, something doesn't add up. How hard could it be to plug a wound? Even a first-year medical student could treat a simple arrow wound! Just pack the whole and cover it! Maybe Dacey wants you to bleed out. Weakened. What kind of cult shit was going on here anyway? Remember what Lucas said about the kids being intentionally fed the mushrooms? Who else would know the effects of poisonous mushrooms than a medical student? Maybe they were all setting you up. Or planning to offer you as some kind of sacrifice.
[ +- ] Patty
Patty, after feeling the shockwave, a voice crackles over the walkie-talkie. "Is anyone there? It's Declan! I sprained my ankle when landing from the zip line. I can't walk too good. I need some help. The kids aren't too far behind. I'm next to Salvation at Snake Hill. Please help me, Patty." The voice cuts out to static.
[ +- ] Susan
Susan, you want a drink. No, you need a drink. Your eyes fall on the red gas can Lucas is holding. Gas is alcohol right? The strong stuff would work fast. Just one little sip and you'd be right as rain! Actually are you even sure there is gasoline in there? You seem to remember Patty telling you she had filled up the chainsaw with the gas and poured some whisky in the gas can to hide it from everybody. Actually you're quite sure that's what's in there. Lucas sets the gas can down to check the chainsaw. While it's unattended you snatch it up and uncap it. It smells like Crown Royal. Bingo!
[ +- ] Dacey
Dacey, as you try to clean the wound, you notice something wiggling inside the hole. Some kind of worm? You rack your brain for any kind of parasite that would be in flesh. Screwworms. You see two more of the maggot-like creatures emerge from the tissue around the arrow wound. Jessica has a screwworm infection.
[ +- ] Lucas
Lucas, Susan and Kristin don't answer your question. But you take their silence for assent. You set the gas can down to check the chainsaw. You give it a shake and hear gas sloshing around in it. You give the starter cord a few experimental yanks and it roars to life. You look over to the two counselors with you. Kristin is looking around the gym with a worried expression, but Susan had snached the gas can and has put it to her lips, about to drink.
[ +- ] Kristin
Kristin, you feel the shockwave and feel odd for a second. Like some phantom fingers brushing across your mind. But you shake your head and the fingers fail to find purchase in your mind. You feel sudden anger from somewhere outside you, like someone staring daggers in your back. You look around and no one is there except Lucas and Susan. Then suddenly it's gone.