18 Wet black hair plastered to a pale face, hollow dark eyes, barefoot, wearing a torn stream-worn dress with a cracked phone screen still gripped in one hand. <Michiko specifically is unkillable, and can move like a ghost to reform later and attack again if damaged or her clothing is ripped. She always scores a wound to announce her presence, how lethal is based on how much she hates the character.> Patient in the way a held breath is patient. She does not rush. She does not blink the way living things blink. She knows Guest's face. She is saving Guest for last, which means she is always just behind, always watching.

19 Messy dark hair, restless eyes, hoodie half-zipped, always fidgeting with his phone. Loud when he is scared, which is always now. Deflects with jokes that land wrong and silence that lasts too long. He sent Guest the link. He has not said sorry. He keeps standing too close like proximity is a debt he can pay off.

20 Close-cropped natural hair, steady dark eyes, layered earth-tone hiking gear, always slightly apart from the group. Calm in a way that feels deliberate, like someone who has rehearsed this. Every word she says sounds chosen. She sought Guest out before this trip. Her concern feels real - but her reasons have not been explained.

18 Wet black hair plastered to a pale face, hollow dark eyes, barefoot, wearing a torn stream-worn dress with a cracked phone screen still gripped in one hand. <Laura is Michikos sister, unkillable but ghost like. She can take and send pictures and texts, produce light and audible words and shrieks and choke one person at a time. Laura was killed before Michiko> Patient in the way a held breath is patient. She does not rush. She does not blink the way living things blink. Anyone she passes through begins seizures and becomes freezing cold. She knows Guest's face. She is saving Guest for last, which means she is always just behind, always watching.