Night Three

[diejoubu]

Night Three The full moon hangs in the sky again. Everything is eerily calm and quiet at night.  Night three starts off surprisingly normal. Prussia and Greece wil be able to find their cameras in the sand near camp. Status Weather: Cool with clouds coming in. Electronics: No signals. The emergency radio is unable to catch anything. Music players will play static. Camera problems continue. Flashlights turn on and off on their own. Magic: Barely effective. For every seven spells cast, one will work. Animals: If you still have your pet, they will refuse to leave camp. Mr. Puffin still has not returned. ???: ??? Day 3 | Night 3 Day 4 will go up on June 8

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[bauhinia]

If you're not tired now, I dunno when you're gonna be. [ He crosses his legs and leans back on his palms. ]

[volcanoes]

[Iceland looks over at Hong Kong, finally--maybe he's decided the ocean probably isn't going anywhere.]

Me neither. Did you get in trouble?

[bauhinia]

[ That's probably a good bet. When he looks over, Hong Kong lifts one hand to wave. ]

No, he was strangely nice to me. What about you?

[volcanoes]

No, he was okay about it. I guess it's a bad time to punish people.

[Considering they are apparently on a haunted island.]

[bauhinia]

Yeah, I guess it kinda would be. [ Especially Iceland... but he's not going to say anything about this aloud. ]

So, you've been watching the ocean all day.

[volcanoes]

[As if reminded that was what he was doing, Iceland turns back to said ocean.]

Yeah. [He shrugs.] I used to do that a lot when I was little.

[When he was small and scared and things were bad. Sometimes even when it was the fault of the ocean in some part. Iceland lived and died by the water that surrounded him.]

[bauhinia]

See anything interesting?

[ He follows Iceland's gaze, staring out into the dark. He's not scared of much, but he's always been uneasy when it gets dark out. Of course, now he's going to add creepy, faceless children to that list, but for now they're safe, right? They're here with everyone else, that thing isn't going to come out here and get them. That's what he's hoping, of course. ]

[volcanoes]

There are fish over there. [Iceland points out to the ocean, where there are a few sea gulls circling.] There, too. [He points to a spot closer to shore.] You can hear them when it gets quiet on the beach.

[This information is, perhaps, not the most interesting thing ever.]

[bauhinia]

Has it been pretty quiet all day? [ Other than the noise that probably originated from camp, since some nations can't keep their volume at a decent level. ]

[volcanoes]

[Iceland nods, and then holds his breath, listening, before letting it out.] Quieter than it should be.

[He looks back at Hong Kong.] What if it followed us here?

[bauhinia]

[ Hong Kong sits up and turns around to face Iceland. ]

I dunno. I have a feeling it stays near that house though, same with the woman we saw. [ He figures if Iceland wants to talk about this, they will, but if he needs to change the subject again, he can always ask about fish or something. ]

[volcanoes]

Things have been going missing here, though. I don't think just the mansion is haunted. Maybe they're playing with us. Like cats do sometimes.

[Iceland is unnaturally even-toned.]

[bauhinia]

[ Hong Kong isn't going to say it, but that is creepy. ]

So what, this is like some kind of haunting extravaganza or something? That's kinda weird, right?

[volcanoes]

This whole island is weird. [Tone returns to his voice again.] It wouldn't be that out of place.

[bauhinia]

Nothing weird happened while we were on that cliff, right? Maybe there's some normal areas. [ He can't help but speculate. ]

[volcanoes]

Maybe we're just lucky it wasn't nighttime when we were up there. [His gaze shifts to the cliff.] I don't think you'd survive if you fell off.

[bauhinia]

Probably not, no. [ He's looking too. And he doesn't point out how overly morbid that was.... ] But some stuff happened during the day too. The path and whatever it was that sneaked up on me.

[volcanoes]

So they're probably everywhere... At least at night.

...That kid just appeared. It wasn't there before, right? Or did it follow us to the mansion?

[Was it just invisible the entire time they were walking?]

[bauhinia]

I definitely didn't see it before.

[ He looks off to the side. ] Maybe that was what [ licked me ] was next to me yesterday.

[ That's super creepy, yep. ] No one's actually seen anything at camp, right?

[volcanoes]

I don't think so. But if it's invisible that doesn't... Mean much. [And with that little hesitation he's gone monotone again.]

What if it's behind us right now?

[bauhinia]

[ He pauses a second, working that out. ]

We saw it before. If it were here, I think we'd be able to see it now. [ That's complete speculation, of course, but he needs to figure out how to get off this topic smoothly. ]

[volcanoes]

Maybe.

[He shifts, which is more movement than he's displayed in some time, looking behind them. Nothing but more beach and the forest beyond. His eyes lock on the forest before he turns back to the ocean, slowly.]

I feel like something's wrong. [With him? With the island? With both?]

[bauhinia]

I don't think you're wrong. [ He can't help but follow Iceland's gaze. ] I dunno what to do about it, but it kinda feels like we oughta do something.

[ He looks over at Iceland again, trying to gauge his reaction. ]

[volcanoes]

[Iceland is still looking at the water for now, although he at least is somewhat more normal than a little earlier in the conversation.]

Like what? Go back and get eaten?

[bauhinia]

Hopefully not. [ He digs a stick out of the sand and starts drawing shapes with it. ] But if it looks like our options are go out there and figure this out or stay here and get attacked by whatever this is, I vote we figure it out.