Everything Went Dark

It was settled: Emma would sleep outside first. The group gave her extra blankets so she wouldn't freeze and said goodnight. A few wished Emma luck. Evie muttered something about Siera and Wade, which was weird. Especially considering that Ẹ̴̡͈̈́͒̾̿͋́͗̎̉͘̕v̸̨͈͖̓͐̆̿͒́̈̆̇̍̚̚͝ḯ̵̛̦̰̩̦̥͔̜͓̰͍́͂̑̈́̃̃e̷̢̬̙̰͙̠̖̝͈̼̓̈́̅̈́̈́͆̔̊ ̵̡͚͚̹͛̉͒̆͜͜s̸̨̩̯͐̋̄̊̔͂́̉͠ḩ̵̺̹̟͈̺̓́̓̏̒́̈́̿͌́̾͘ö̶̼͖̺͉̻̬́̽͗̀̉̉͆̈͗̓͌͑͛͝u̷̙͚̼̩̩̼̥̬̟̻̖̥̘̯̓̌̍̿̀̓͝l̵̨̨͇̘̭̞̗͎̲̠͉̭͑͆̄̀̍̏́̍͑̔̈̌̾͌ͅd̶̢̡͍̖͎͕͈̮͚̹͙̳̞̃͆ṋ̵̙̊͛̌̎̒́̾͌̇͊͜͠͝͠'̸͎͇̺̩̗̭̺͓͚̟̠̾̈́̌̏̑̌̈́͒̀̏̓̊̓͑ţ̵̢́̅͒̑̓̂̋̄̆̆ ̸͓̽̀́̐̃̄ḱ̸̟̯̀͋̆̅̐̓̅̒͒̽̚͠͝͠n̸̢͉͚͋̏̈́͊ớ̵̩̩̩͓̙̻̤͈̲̹́́̂̀̎̀̄͐̌̔̈́͐͜w̵̳͇͇͓̥̠̞̱̣̦̅̌͆͊͜͠ ̸̨̟̫̱̹̙̫̮̹̾̔́͗͐͜͜͜t̸̡̪̪̅̍̃͛͑̈̇̓̉͌̃͋͝͠h̷̢͈̬̲̆́́͐́͒̊̋͝͠į̴͔͍̮̹̪̤̥͍͓̠̻̺͐̀͋̾̀͋͊̆̈͝ͅş̸̨̛͕̠͖̮̳͈͓̮̗̣̟͑̉̂̃̔̅̑̓͠.̷̢̖̖̫͙̹͓͍̝̜͕̞̞̰̈͑͋͑̌ ̶̣̲̻̞̥̺̎͒̂̂̔̆͆̓̔̕͘ͅŜ̵̡͍͔̥̩̣͕̪̺͎̦̪̰͔̐̉̐̾̂̿̏̃̉̚h̸̡͖̟͛ų̸̡̙͉̟̪͖̲͚̞̺͚͕̪̭̆̋̈̽͒͑͐̊̾̔͝ẗ̴̛͔́̑͋̇͐̓̓̾̇͝ ̴͉̟̍͌́̒t̷̙͙̜̳͈͙̺̳͔̙̼͗̐͘͜ḩ̸͎̝̻͓͖̹̉̈́́ẹ̸̡̲̫̪͓̘͙̬̙͓̄͒̈͒̔̐͂̏̃̅͜͝͠ ̶̢̡̢͖̲̪̑̉̀̿̑f̵̭̝̻͙̰̜͔̋͒͐́̎͆̈́̏͆̾͠͝͠͝u̵̙̒̋̉̃̏̂̈́͌̃̽͊̚̕͝c̸̢̧͉̳̻̘͈̣̩͈̽̈́̈̓̈̀͊k̷͕͚̖̺͔̅̄̋ ̴̛̰̱̬́̌̾͂̆̈̽̾͒̈́̔͋͜ư̶̧̫͈̞̹̖̜̦̜͂̎̊́̇̆̓͛̍̓̕͠͝p̵̬̏̂̂́̒͝.̶̼̳̭̣̘̗͉̺̱͇̙͓̤̘̿̐̈́́̽̆̆͒̾̅̚͝͠ The group that would sleep inside the tent all went to sleep.

The next morning, the group woke up to find Jordan and Addie gone. The pioneer's assigned cooks cooking a bunch of meat over a really small fire. They also happened to find clothing and blankets that just appeared out of nowhere. Those were divided among the rest of the camp. Jordan and Addie were innocent. Emma was not. They were about to force her to volunteer as the next night's meal, when shouts arose from the camp. There was a snowstorm! Get inside! People frantically cleaned up everything to bring inside their tents. Some fought over materials. Others were generous and passed out food and water rations and otehr materials.

The group were all huddled in the tent, all making sure that once they ran out of food, Emma would be the first to die. She understood. In case you were curious, only Elliana, Emma, Jack, Tatum, and Evie are alive. They split the rations that were probably a mix of some other pioneer, Addie, Jordan. Tatum didn't eat the meat, though. She was vegetarian. There wasn't anything else she could eat, so the others gave her their berry rations. She was happy about that.

Anyways, the storm lasted a week. I'm going to explain what happened during this time. Emma was killed one the food ran out. During one of the calmer parts of the storm, Evie and Elliana made a fire. It didn't last long, but the warmth felt nice. Jack went out one night because he heard an animal or something. He never returned. Those are really the only eventful things that happened. Anyways, the storm was over. It was time to view the damage.

There wasn't anything too bad. Just a ton of snow. What was good was the amount of dead critters, kinda. Only the few that weren't frozen and skinny were good. A bit away from camp, underneath a huge pile of snow, was Jack. He must have gotten lost in the flurry of snow and died from the cold. He was warned not to, whatever animal that he had heard clearly wasn't worth it. But then Evie shouted that she found whatever animal that Jack had heard. It wasn't an animal. It was Wade. And Wade was dead. Then a tree fell on top of Evie, which she may have laughed at if she wasn't freezing and hungry.

So Evie is injured. But by the nighttime, nothing had changed. It was time to pick the next person who would sleep outside. Choose now.

You have 3 choices:

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