Escape the Night

~ The Children ~

Leon and Roan are sitting at the table on the lower deck. "I can't believe it..." Roan says. "There's no way Esmay could have lost!" He says. "Esmay won." Leon says. "What?" Roan asks. "Espen told us that Esmay arrived at the end point of the island first and that her 'prize' was death." Leon explains. "But that's unfair!" Roan says. "I know..." Leon says. "Gosh, Esmay... I just can't believe it." Roan says, he sighs. "We just need to keep voting Rose." Leon says. "When she dies, we can make sure Espen and Roi and us will stay alive." Roan continues. "What about Meghan..." Leon asks. "Isn't it clear that she's all on Rose's side?" Roan asks. "They're like hopelessly devoted to eachother." He says. "If it turned out Rose was here to kill all of us, Meghan would happily join her." He explains. "But Meghan seemed so good." Leon says. "Listen to yourself, you said 'seemed'." Roan says. Leon nods. "I guess you're right." He says. "Should we ask them if they're ready to roll the dice...?" Leon asks. "Sure." Roan asks, and he stands up. "Let's see what other weird being this nightmare has will offer us." The others are already heading down the stairs. "Are you ready to roll the dice?" Espen asks. Leon nods. "Whose turn is it?" Roan asks. "Mine." Espen says

They walk over to the boardgame and Espen takes the dice. "This feels so bad." He says, and he rolls them. Everyone is quiet for a moment to wait and see what is going to happen. "There's nothing." Roi says. All of a sudden, they hear Jeremiah scream from the captain's office. "Oh my god!" Espen says. "Do we help him?" He asks. "We have no choice." Meghan says. They walk upstairs and head to the captain's office. "Jeremiah?" Leon asks. Jeremiah is sitting in a corner, in front of him sits a baby. "I hate children!" Jeremiah says. "Get it away from me!" He orders. Espen walks to the baby and picks it up, then the baby starts crying. Jeremiah stands up. "It came out of nowhere!" He says. Espen tries to stop the kid from crying by cradling. "It must be something from the boardgame." Roan says. "Shhh..." Espen tries to shush the baby, and it works. The baby starts smiling. "Look how precious!" Espen says. "Aww.." Rose says. "But what's the deal with the baby?" Leon asks. "I would have no idea." Rose says. "So far, it's the only one I've seen." Jeremiah says. "Do you think the task is to take care of it?" Roi asks. "Or maybe find it's mother." Roan suggests. "What if it's an evil baby." Roi says. "I once watched a movie called Zominic the cannibal baby. What if we need to do a challenge and the loser becomes baby food?" He says. "I don't think that's the case..." Leon says. Espen is still comforting the baby. "Hush little baby..." He says. "You'd be a great father." Rose says. "Thank you." Espen says. "Let's look around the ship, see if we can find things." Rose suggests. "Great idea." Roan says. "I hate it." He looks at her, angered. "Leon, Espen, if you stay here and take care of this baby, I'll help them find whatever they're looking for... I do NOT want to take care of a kid." Jeremiah says. "Ugh, fine." Leon says. Jeremiah, Meghan, Rose, Roan and Roi leave the captain's office on their way to search for clues.

"Jeremiah, what made you want to organise this cruise?" Rose asks. "I wanted to host a social event." He responds. "I won a boat, so I decided to send letters to random addresses in nearby towns telling them they had won a cruise." Jeremiah says. "Did you have any idea which people would be with you on the ship?" Meghan asks. "No." Jeremiah says. "Did you know that people would die?" Roan asks. "No." Jeremiah says. Then, a faint cry can be heard throughout the lower deck. "There's another baby here!" Rose says. "Are we sure there isn't a mother nearby?" Roi asks. "I don't know where she would be then." Jeremiah answers. Meghan slowly turns around to try and listen where the cries are coming from. She notices the cries coming from a stack of boxes. "She must be in there!" Meghan says. She points at the boxes. "How do you know it's a she?" Jeremiah asks. "Gut feeling." Meghan says. She walks to the boxes and hears that the cries are coming from the box in the middle of the stack. She takes the top box off and opens the one in the middle.