I heard Haneen getting up.
"I will be right back, I'm going to the bathroom."
"Be careful!" - I warned her.
"What can even happen?" - asked Evelyn. Does she not realise? I replied to her'
"The Murderer is out there!"
"The bathroom is locked! I'm going to one of the ones upstairs." - the woman informed us.
Oh, no, no, no. What if something happens to her? If she doesn't return anytime sooner, I will go check on her.
- Timeskip -
It's been a while and Haneen is still not back. What's taking her so long?
We talked for a while, next to the still burning fireplace, when, unexpectedly, the TV turned on by itself. The man was there again.
"I'm sure you are seeing this now. I can see you too. Now, I don't know why the lights went out earlier than they were supposed to, but yeah, that definitely shouldn't have happened. They will turn on again in the morning automatically, it doesn't let me do it manually. So, uh, apologies for that."
I- What? I have questions.
"What do you mean they turn on automatically in the morning" - I dared to question.
"They are programmed that way. You know, microchips or something like that. I don't have the best understanding of that. Now, anything else?"
The man took a sip from the mug next to him.
"What happened to the people voted out?" - I continued. I'm going to use this opportunity to learn more about this. He was taken aback by my sudden question.
"Well, it depends... In most cases, they die, but in one case, they live, which is- Oh well..."
Wait. People die either way? Voted out or not? That's horrible! I- I can't believe this. Either way, we are doomed to die, so we need to act fast to change our fate.
"Uhhh! Wait! What's your name?"
"Jackson. I can't say more than that."
And then I asked him:
"Jackson, are you the one behind this all?"
He leaned in closer and said:
"You think I'm the one behind this?" He chuckled. "I'm just a pawn in his plan! He put me here to pretend I am the villain behind your suffering! No! Of course I am not evil! I would never do that! He is the bad guy! Don't tell anyone I ever told you this- Oh wait! It's all being recorded! Fucking great."
My mind was racing.
"It's all being recorded?! What do you mean?!"
"Recorded and being streamed online! You are on an online stream. The people, messaging here, are fucking evil! God! So violent, so murderous... What I mean is that, around a few thousand or more, people are wishing for your deaths! They even give requests to what to send here in the House. Most items were surprisingly normal, but at some point they requested something that can definitely kill someone!"
A small pause.
"I am forced to sit here, in this room, with the camera monitors and the live stream opened constantly, I don't have any other choice! He is the one behind this all." His accent started to slip in.
"Who is he!"
"The CEO!"
What CEO?! CEO of what?!
"I have no other choice, but to follow orders! I'm sure he is not seeing this right now, but in the morning, I'm fucked up!"
I quickly asked:
"Well, uh! To use the moment, what else do you know about this game?"
"You were not picked on random. It was all planned and studied for months. It was going according to his plan, until one of the picked people died before 'Flicker'. It was a girl, she died in an accident, from what I've heard. I don't remember her name! But then something else was plotted - to compensate for the loss. The Boss and his team didn't want to organize this with one play short. Then, they hatched the perfect plan - they would bring a celebrity in here! The rest is up to you to figure out..."
He took another sip from his drink and continued.
"You need to survive. You need to beat this game. I speak from experience - don't lose the game. And don't think the Murderer is a psychopathic asshole who kills people for fun! Trust me, with me, it wasn't like that, nor is it now. They are forced to kill. They are forced to participate in this all, like you all!"
"You know from experience?"
Jackson paused.
"This is not the first time this thing has happened - it's the second. I was in the first game. It was horrifying - seeing the dead people that you have talked with just a few minutes ago! To add fuel to the fire, I was forced to sit here afterwards! It was all seven years ago, I think... I'm just going to tell you that all of the people from my game are still put up as 'missing'! No one suspects anything! I can't reveal a lot more. Just survive and bring justice to this."
This was a lot to take in.
"I have to now act like a menace in front of you all. I don't think I will live tomorrow. I will get punished for everything I just revealed. I was going insane here! Oh, now the people are messaging and saying they want more deaths, like the one that happened no- Holy shit. They are requesting to send more murder weapons. I mean, why would someone use acid for killing?! That's insane. And now they want to send a hammer. A hammer! These people are crazy and insane!"
Killing with acid. A hammer. That's... I have no words.
The girls were left speechless too.
"Nothing, in this world, is an accident. He has money, he has power, he has connections. He can do anything. No threats are empty threats. Now, take care. I can't be on here for any longer. Good luck! Auf Wiedersehen!"
The TV turned off. I didn't find the words to describe how I was feeling. The man, Jackson, was now going to die because of me. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!
We all stood mortified. Prasiddhi spoke up.
"So it's not an accident! Everything was planned! The fact someone kidnapped me in the middle of New York, is planned! And Amethyst doesn't even suspect or expect this!"
She is going to have a breakdown. We decided to calm her down, until the lights on period.
- Another timeskip for my favourite meme, 'Good morning, successful young people!' (literal translation) -
A few hours went by and a few more people came in living room. I believe we are half of the people in total now.
The lights barely started to flicker on and I already heard a scream. It was a male one and it was coming up from the upper floors.
Someone has died. Shit.
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i made a flicker headcanons thing here on wattpad, i dont think i will post it on ao3, for now
i don't know how to play go fish in english, so kudos to wikipedia
i started learning german at school, now gute nacht
i <3 giving out small easter eggs (more like major spoilers like now) in these types of after-chapter author notes
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