Feng sat down on the large, dark brown log, staring down at the campfire that was still well lit. Feng let out a quiet sigh as she looked up at the other survivors that were around her. Feng stood at the end of one of the logs, deciding to be by herself for the time being. She just needed to think about what was going on after what seemed like years being in this different world. Feng hasn't really thought about the past in a long time, so she decided that now would be good. Feng did like being around the other people. She really did like speaking to them and sometimes even giving them prep talks before another trials, but Feng had to be alone before another hellhole happens. Plus, this is the longest time she's went without being picked by the Entity to go one another damn trial. Feng needed that time.
There wasn't that much survivors that were around now. The ones that were still around were Laurie, Claudette, Quentin, Ace, Bill, and Tapp. Laurie and Claudette both spoke to each other, giggling and smiling at what they told each other. Claudette came back from a trial that recently ended, and it looked as if she needed something to do to get her mind off of things. Laurie was there, only getting back from a trial an hour before Claudette did. Laurie always being the nice one around the other survivors, she was quickly able to strike a conversation up, mostly about plants and how annoying the killers can be. It seemed to help Claudette's stress away, so Feng didn't judge. Ace, Bill, and Tapp all sat with each other. Ace seemed as if he was doing all of the talking. He had the same toothy grin he always had on his face as he laughed, telling stories of what happened before he got here. The stories were always of things that happened during his career or when gambling. Bill didn't give a shit about what Ace said, only looking down at the campfire, ignoring him. Tapp did seem slightly interested in what Ace told, even though he always retell his stories over again or tell some ones that weren't that interested. As Ace told him and Bill whatever stories he still had, Tapp looked at him, listening and sometimes commenting in.
Feng stared at the survivors for a while before looking down back at the campfire. As she looked down at the large flame, Feng was able to slightly hear what Laurie and Claudette were saying to each other. Since Feng wasn't so keen on listening to Ace's stories, she decided to overhear what the two other survivors were telling each other, since it seemed like now the topic was changing over to something else. With the tones of their voices, Feng could tell that it was moving into something that wasn't a light-hearted at all. Feng wondered what the two could possibly be talking about now.
"Laurie, can I ask you something if you don't mind?" Claudette questioned.
"Sure thing, Claudette. Ask away," she responded back.
"Well, I know you haven't been here as long as I have been since I've been here in the beginning, but I just wanted to ask this even if it may seem kind of silly," she started off with.
"Oh, don't be shy. If you need to ask it, then go ahead," Laurie told her.
"Do you think that it'll be possibly that we'll ever got out? It seems like years we've all been here, being taken away from everyone we knew just to be tormented by this Entity. It never seems like it's going to end, but will there ever be hope? Is there ever going to be a chance were we can leave this place and just go back to our normal lives?"
"Claudette, I-" Laurie tried to answer, but was cut off.
"There is no way of leaving! This damn place is where we'll live until the Entity decides to kill us off. Fuck hope at this point. There's gonna be none of that while you're here. Escaping also will never be a possibility ever. Just admit it, Claudette, we're all helpless here. All we can do is survive during trials, but that's it," Bill suddenly said, hearing what she asked.
"Oh, don't be a such a downer, Bill! There has to be a chance for us to get back to our normal lives one day. The Entity hasn't killed or starved us here. If he was really that cruel, then he would have us all murdered straight away by those killers, but he never let us fully die here. Once he gets bored of us, he'll have to let us go," Laurie replied.
"Oh come on, there's always going to be a lucky chance!" Ace commented.
"I hate to agree with Bill somewhat, but I don't think hoping when it comes to the Entity letting us go will do us any good. The Entity would just kill us off once he's gets bored of us, but maybe there's a hope for escaping. We just need to look around once in a while, seeing if there's anything to help us with that," Tapp pointed out.
"We can't just try escaping! We'll anger the Entity, then he'll never let us go. We have to just play along and make sure that we'll please him. The Entity will be more friendly towards us and let us go one day," Laurie said, defending what she said.
"The Entity isn't some caring mother to us, Laurie! We're never going to get out," Bill yelled.
"I wouldn't say that, Bill. We just need to wait and see if there's any way to escape," Tapp told Bill.
Feng finally looked up from the fire to see what the hell was going on. She looked to see Laurie, Bill, and Tapp all standing up, now shouting at each other. The three all yelled, talking over each other. Feng could tell that they were trying to defend what they said strongly, not listening to each other to see another point of view. Ace stood to the right of them, standing. He kept his smile on his face, but seemed a little nervous at what was going on. Even though he looked nervous, Ace still managed to make some witty comment to the whole argument. Claudette was only one seated, staring at the three. She looked worried as she sighed.
While Feng could stay where she was and just continue to rethink about her life before the trials all happened, she knew that she had to do something. Feng couldn't stand by when she could easily do something. After all, Feng was the one who always held the survivors together when something like this happened. Feng always treated everything as if it was a competitive game. She had plans to deal with every possibility that may happen between them, focusing on the main points of them. With a situation like this, Feng knew what to do. She needed to get her shit together and stop moping about the past. Feng stood up, walking over to Laurie, Bill, and Tapp.
"Come on, you guys! If we all want to do leave this place, then we have to clearly think something out. Laurie, I agree that hope is needed, but that isn't the main thing we need. We can't all just wait around here. Bill, I agree that we shouldn't just wait around, but we can't just say that we'll never get out here. We have to stay positive if we ever want to say actual daylight. Tapp, escaping and looking for clues that is good, but doing something like that can anger the Entity can get all of us basically killed. There has to be a way for clues to get out of here though. We just really need to think it out," Feng explained. "I say the best bet to get out of here is to wait like Laurie said, but only when we can. Waiting will let us be able to examine what's around us, but we have to understand that we have to do something else than waiting. After we examine our surroundings, we should start noticing somethings we can look at, which we can look at to see if there's any clues for leaving this place. Since there's a way for us to get in here, there has to be a way to get out, eh?'
"And if there isn't a way out?" Bill questioned.
"What did I just say? Positive! This is basic knowledge. We got in here somehow. If there's an open way to get in here, then the idea of getting out isn't so far away," Feng answered.
"Feng has a point about this," Tapp muttered.
"She does. That idea is a pretty good one. I mean, I would have thought that waiting around was a good enough option, but I guess also looking around is also a good one," Laurie said.
Bill grunted, "I guess so."
Feng smirked. "And this is why I'm around, so stop screeching at each other, will you?"
"I mean, we have other good people, and we're all just stuck with you, but yeah, I guess you're right," Ace joked, laughing.
"But I can give off some good wisdom I learned from my years of playing completive. Just saying," she giggled.
"Why are so good at what you do?" she heard Claudette whisper to herself, wanting to say it louder, but not for her own reasons that she might have.
Bill looked over in the distance, his head tilting. "Well shit, enough with the talking, it looks like the Entity wants us to go on another fucking trial."
"Oh great," sighed Tapp.
"Well, if we don't want to piss him off, then let's just to see who he wants to take on this trial," Feng told everyone.
Everyone huddled together, looking off where Bill was staring. In the distance, black sharp tendrils started to emerge from the tall trees. Feng could tell that those were the tendrils of the Entity. They always came out since the Entity never wanted to fully show himself, but still wanted to select the survivors he wanted for a certain trial. It was always its thing that Feng grew comfortable with. At first, she was scared of the tendrils when she saw them come, but now, she could care less about them at this point. Four of the tendrils extended closer to them. The tendrils were risen to be at least up to the her neck before slamming down on the ground. The first tendril shot itself to be around Bill's feet. Another one then approached the feet of Tapp to his annoyance. The third one lunged forward to wrap around Laurie. Then there was the final tendril. It stayed on the ground for some time, seeming to think about who to pick now that the Entity was left with three survivors: Ace, Claudette, and Feng herself. They all waited for the Entity to pick the final one to go. After a couple of seconds of staying still, the tendril moved forward, making the majority of survivors flinch at the sudden movement. Feng watched as the tendril made itself circle around her, making her his final pick.
I guess that ends my streak of never being chosen, Feng thought.
While she was mad at the fact that her streak ended, she was also glad that she would finally be getting into some action. She always liked surviving against the killers that the Entity had. She learned something new about each one she saw. Once she learned something about a killer, Feng could use it to her advantage if she ever got into another trial for them. When on a trial, Feng would quickly learn who the killer was. She would then use what she learnt to see how she could avoid and survive a trial. For example, when she saw that Leatherface had to stop when he rammed his chainsaw into a wall. Feng then had some time to run off, making an easy escape from him.
As the tendrils slowly back into the forest, the four survivors stepped forward. Feng stood by everyone else's side as they walked to where the tendrils were going back into. They didn't waste any of their time to get over to where the Entity stood, waiting to drag them to the next trail they would face. The Entity would get strongly annoyed if they waited around like some of the survivors did in the beginning. When they did that, the Entity didn't take it very lightly. The trial that they went one, which was against the Huntress, was made harder than they could have ever imagined. The four of them were sacrificed very quickly. The four soon entered where the tendrils stood. Feng braced herself for the trial as her vision faded to black, showing that the Entity was transporting them to where the trial would take place.