Silence of a Deer

Chapter 1: Part 2: See No Evil (Daily Life)

"Hey... can I come in?" I hear my target, Flippy, standing behind the door.

I quickly shut the door in his face and started to panic.

My breath quickens and my heart starts to race.

What am I supposed to do? Should I let him? Should I ignore him?

"Uhh, Mime? Can I come in?" He asked me again.

I think about what I should do, letting him shouldn't be that bad.

I open the door and Flippy walks inside, closing the door behind him.

"Hey...I just...look I'm sorry, maybe Handy was right, we all are just strangers but that doesn't mean we should listen to them and resort to killing each other."

I just stand there, staring at him.

He starts to pace around the room as he talks, "And I know you might be feeling hopeless but whatever you do, don't give them what they want, please?"

I look away from him, refusing to meet his gaze.

He walks closer to me, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Mime, come on... please? We'll get out of here without anyone dying, alright?"

I look away from him again before hesitantly nodding my head "Yes".

Flippy gave me a soft smile before letting go of my shoulder and leaving my room.

He stood in between the doorway with his back turned to me.

"I guess I'll see you around, Mime."

Flippy shut the door in my face, leaving me alone with my thoughts again.

What... What am I supposed to do?

I rub my head in confusion before laying down on my bed and grabbing the tablet, staring at my target.

Flippy is my target... Flippy is my target.

What am I supposed to do with this? There's no way I could ever hurt somebody.

But... I want to get out of here... more than anything else.

I'm sure everyone else feels the same, but... killing someone? Is that something I could do?

Is that something someone else here could do?

Flippy was right, we shouldn't let Shifty and Lifty force us to kill each other, there has to be a better way, but Handy was also right, we were just a bunch of strangers, what was stopping someone from killing a stranger? They were both right.

As I continue to lay there, I get another knock on my door.

What? Again? Who could it be this time?

I open my door and see Handy, looking at the ground.

"Look I'm gonna make this quick, I need your help."

Help? What did he need help with?

"You're probably confused, just...come outside for a second."

I hesitantly walk outside with him and he starts to explain.

"I need you to distract Lammy for me."

I look at him confused.

"Unlike that dumbass, I'm not trying to solve our problems with friendship and shit like that, I just need you to distract Lammy a bit so I can check who her target is."