Starring

Faith Kiggundu as Skylar

Jahliss Harper as Kaylee

Gavin Sabornido as Mason

Jeffrey Fernandes as Eric

Charmaine McCann as Sophie

Scene One: Skylar

Scene opens up on Skylar’s closed eyes. She is covered in dirt and a little bit of blood. Her eyes open and she slowly stands up and looks around her. The sound of some running and gasping is heard. A branch snapping brings her back and she looks around in fear.

Skylar

Who’s there?

Skylar

Just stop playing games!

Scene Two: The Campfire

Scene one cuts into scene two where the dialogue ironically continues. A group of five young adults are seen sitting in a circle around a fire. The title ’12 hours ago’ dissolves on screen.

Eric

what else am I meant to do? I’m bored

Sophie

Can you stop being a child?

Eric

It’s just a game of truth or dare

Sophie

It’s stupid and pointless……

Kaylee

How long do we have?

Mason

We have an hour before we start.

Eric

You guys need to chill, how hard it can be to find 5 flags.

Flash forward to montage of events, and a finding a flag with a writing on it.

Skylar

We still need to solve the riddle first.

Mason

Riddle?

Kaylee

We have to solve the riddle they gave us first; it will lead us to the first flag.

Sophie

We find that and we get the second riddle to find the second flag.

Eric

That’ll be a piece of cake.

Eric grabs the paper and reads the riddle.

1."I die one time, every year, but time strengthens me."

2.“What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?”

Mason

A depressed human?

Kaylee

Hey! Don’t joke about mental health.

Mason

I wasn’t, I was just giving an answer and helping, something none of you are doing.

Sophie

Well, it wasn’t the right answer now was it?

Mason

Sorry; I’m not some expert in riddles, hell I don’t even want to do this.

Kaylee

None of us want to, but we have no choice

Eric

You guys are being lame.

Sophie

Forgive us for trying to continue this stupid flag chase tradition.

Kaylee

Some of us want to continue our lives normally.

Mason

Normal!? You think popularity is the main aspect of higher education?

Eric

Then again it’s not something you’d understand now is it?

Sophie

Oh please Eric, you are only popular because of who you hang out with.

Eric

What’s that supposed to mean!?

Skylar

Faith all this time was looking at the paper and trying to solve it.

It’s a tree by a river.

Kaylee

What?

Skylar

A tree by a river, that’s the answer to the riddle.

Mason

How do you know?

Skylar

*Shrugs*

Kaylee

Then what are we waiting for, let’s go.

Sophie

You guys ready?

Eric

What’s the worst that could happen?