Day 5

We're still here... No one died last night. Ian is awake. I think I'm going to die.

When the curfew ended we all stood at the entrance and waited, but nothing happened. Ian had woken up in the night and was there in the morning when we all gathered.

There wasn't any announcement and the rocks didn't seem willing to budge. As our hope slowly drained the others began looking at me and then at Ian as Ian cleared his throat.

Ian: Well, I am willing to admit I was wrong.

Nathaniel: What?

Ian: Obviously The Dying Man is still among us.

Emily: It would seem so.

Ian: And obviously it's Emily.

Emily: Wait, no! I'm not The Dying Man.

Ellie: We already talked about this. You or Isaac are the most likely choices and of the two of you, you are definitely the most likely.

Ian: Agreed. There's quite a lot of evidence.

Emily: What? Because I chose to be the narrator?

Ian: Well there is that, but there's more than that.

Emily: What else?

Ian: Would you go get your computer for us?

Emily: I... Alright.

I left to grab the computer and gave it to Ian.

He opened it up and pulled up the blog. He read through for a bit then stopped and showed us the comments from The Dying Man.

Ian: You knew all along that The Dying Man was still around.

Emily: What?

Ian: The Dying Man's comments imply that it was still alive after the first night. Are you going to claim you didn't realize that?

Emily: I didn't really think of it no... I was a bit more focused on the idea of some random person out there getting to dictate our deaths!

Ian: There doesn't seem to be much more point in arguing. It seems fairly obvious to me. We'll have to kill her.

Emily: Wait. wait! I'm not The Dying Man! I swear! I... It's Ian. How could he have known what was on my computer if he's not! Nobody, but me has access to a computer!

Ellie: Which would make it much easier for The Dying Man to comment on the blog...

Emily: Ellie, shut up! Look, There is obviously another body of The Dying Man out there commenting so the comments don't prove anything, but there's no way he could have seen the blog!

Ian: I didn't. I asked to see the computer to see the posts. I figured you might have incriminated yourself and you did.

Nathaniel: Okay... Everybody calm down. While it is fairly obvious that Emily is probably The Dying Man there's still the possibility that this is all a mistake. As risky as it is we should probably take another day.

Ellie: So, she can kill another of us?!

Ian: No... Nathaniel has a point. It would be risky to get this wrong at this point. If we kill Emily and she's not The Dying Man then tonight The Dying Man will kill another and It's obvious who that other is. Do either of you want to face a day where it might just be Nathaniel, Ellie and Isaac. How would you decide then?

Ellie: But... She'll kill you?

Ian: Probably. I am ready to die to confirm her guilt.

Emily: This is ridiculous I'm not going to kill anyone! Wait... Who has Nina's Gun?

Nathaniel: I do. Everyone was so busy with Ian I snatched it up.

Emily: Alright then. It's between me and Ian right?

Ellie: It's between you and no one.

Emily: Ellie I swear to god... Anyway. It would be silly for me to kill Ian cause you'd all kill me without hesitation tomorrow, despite what Ian said. So, I suggest. Me and Ian stay in our rooms. Meanwhile Nathaniel, Isaac and Ellie can all group in a room together. You'll be safe there.

Ian: Yes... Nina and I thought the same... It didn't work out how we wanted it to.

Emily: Oh right... I didn't even think of that. That story about you and Nin-

The curfew alarm went off.

I'm convinced Ian is The Dying Man now, but he has them all believing him. What can I do?

He must have killed Tanya and Nina then cut off his own arm to make it look good. He's The Dying Man what does he care about losing a limb. A human body is just a suit to him.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow, but at least if they take my advice it's likely no one will die tonight. Ian wouldn't kill me would he? I mean... They'd probably turn on him then... It would be harder for him to convince them to turn on the others right?

I think so?

This might have been a huge mistake.