Everyone who had survived gathered around a blazing fire. Every person here had rightfully earned their spot, even if for some, it was by the skin of their teeth. I stared at the smoke of the fire, and the heat scorched my skin as I fought my boredom. Next to me, an overexcited child was wiggling her feet near the flames. 'Kids shouldn't play with fire.'
The others were sitting quietly, awaiting a message from the system that had completely ghosted us. Among the silence, you heard the occasional cry for those who fear this place, and the laughter of the sociopaths who think they will survive no matter what. It was like the sides of a coin.
As I was about to give in and let myself falter into the world of dreams, the system appeared.