The elder

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The mother examined her body to find an explanation to her death. She was a healthy person according to what her friends said, no medical problems, didn't smoke or drink, so what happened? Her friends were crying about her loss, so they weren't able to answer the questions made to them. The long-haired boy watched the body from above. He wasn't crying, but he was definitely not happy. The man stayed with the little girl, covering her eyes, even though she didn't look bothered at all. After some time of shock, everyone tried to calm down and meditate, which was easy as the wagon was already in silence.

At the end, it was concluded her death didn't have any explanation. After a long time of silence, someone finally talked.

- Maybe we are in a sort of weird game? -It seemed stupid, but it was the only clue they had of what could have happened.

- So, they implanted mini bombs inside of us? -It seemed really stupid- Sure...

After the short brainstorm they all quietly agreed to cooperate, but first the introductions. To work with someone you have to know them. They decided to have the oldest person introduce themselves first and the youngest last, it was a simple and logical system.

- I got married years ago but I had to go to war. When I came back I found my family was now dead. They didn't have money for food. I've been the rest of my life waiting to die. Right now I was going to change the flowers on my wife's grave. That's why I'm wearing a suit and carrying flowers -It was obvious the elder had seen a lot, but no one expected his story to be so tragic. They also didn't expect him to randomly "vent" during the introductions and agreed to not do that for future occasions. That could be the main plot of a future movie. But his character profile was missing something.

- What 's your name?

- Gareth Coslett

Just when the next person was about to start talking, Gareth started to have the same symptoms as the first, which resulted in his death. Gareth "The elder" Coslett, age: 88, time of death: 8:16 a.m.

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