Karl found the night boring. He would usually play the violin, but that wasn't an option, so he instead paced around his room until he saw the sunrise

He sat on the surprisingly comfortable bed, and he sighed as he started to hear doors open and all kinds of footsteps

He could make out a few of them. The first ones were obvious, they were Climber's, and you could barely hear them, then Annie's, you could hear her heels

Karl couldn't make out the rest, he leaned back, contemplating if he should greet them, I mean, living in a house full of people you tried to kill isn't that easy

He decided to see at least how Climber's doing, better than rotting away in his room, right? Getting up from his bed with a slight creak, he slowly walked towards his door

He sat his hand on the doorknob, and it slightly shook, 'Why am I so nervous? Can statues even get nervous??'

He thought, finally opening the door and trying his best not to make noise, though it was hard with how old the house was

Since Karl was uh... quite heavy, almost every step he took made the house sequel under his weight

Regretting even coming here, he stopped. Maybe he should go back to his room? Yes, that was the only option

But before he could even move, he saw someone climb up the stairs, Climber, no wonder Karl couldn't hear him walk

"Oh Karl, you're awake- er- you don't sleep, do you?" Climber stopped. There was an awkward silence between them

"...Do you want to come down? Maybe meet the others??" Climber said, silently begging him

Karl couldn't refuse even if he wanted to "Fine," Karl sighed as he followed Climber down the stairs

As soon as he stepped into the room, Karl felt that everyone's eyes were on him "Well hello everyone!" Karl put on a smile as he waved

But instead of a response, all he got was silence until someone spoke "Ughh why is he still here?" Chimbley said rolling his eyes

"Chimbley!!! What did I say?" Climber glared at the younger male "I mean, hey- uh- Karl?" Chimbley stuttered out his words

"Anyway, what are you all doing?" Karl asked, Rellik was he first to speak "We're coming up with a plan to try and get back to our homes"

"Oh, is that so?" Karl was thrown off guard by that, and someone noticed that, while everyone else discussed their plans

Chimbley, who had been glaring at Karl, got up from the couch and stood next to Climber "Oh! Hey Chimbley, need anything?"Climber acknowledged the boy

"I- uh- I need to talk with- him..." Chimbley said, still stuttering over his words, Climber raised an eyebrow at that but then smiled

"Hey, Karl?" Climber said putting a hand on his shoulder "Hm?" Karl hummed "Chimbley would like to talk to you" Chimbley scooted closer to the male

Karl was surprised by this, why would Chimbley out of all people like to talk with him? He tried to kill him two times for fucks sake!!

"Well, would you like to go somewhere private or-?" Karl questioned putting on a smile "Private" Chimbley began to walk off, Karl quickly following him

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"So this is your room? It's a bit bare-" "Cut the shit, Karl" Chimbley furrowed his brows "Huh?" Karl said still smiling

"You might have everyone fooled, but I noticed your little facade" Chimbley was staring right into Karl's eyes making him uncomfortable

"I-I have no idea what you're talking about" Karl struggled to keep a smile on his face "Just tell me why the hell you're acting all happy n' shit when you obviously hiding something"

"You really are persistent, huh?" Karl said, the tone of his voice changing while his smile faded, Chimbley backed away

"Okay I'll give you an answer, but I'll try and keep it simple" Karl looked to his side as Arma flew on his shoulder

"When I first heard of a tournament to get a wish for anything you could imagine, I thought- I thought it was fake but-"

Karl paused as he thought about his next words "I threw away my life to get it- I tried to kill people!! And I didn't even win...!"

Karl became quiet, realizing he was ranting "What- What was going to be our wish...?" Chimbley said his voice shakey

"My wish..?"

729 Words, im so sorry this one took so long to come out, i haven't been feeling motivated T-T