#duskwood ep 8 spoilers

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Duskwood - Top 10 Characters (English) Contains Spoilers!

Jake: Wanted hacker who is everyone's (including mine) main love interest. He is a cutie when it comes to us and his development as the conversations went on was perfect.

Dan: The driver of the year has always been the most sensible character in the game in my opinion. I liked him from the beginning for his humor and sarcastic responses. I grew to like him even more after what he did in EP 10 when he shot the faceless man and told me more about his life. (Our horror movie night is guaranteed in my mind)

Jessy: Do I need to say it? She is such a sweetheart! Unfortunately she has suffered a lot all along: Difficult relationship with her brothers, the guilt over Dan's accident, the attack of the Faceless Man, Richy's death, Richy's revelation... She deserves to be protected from all the evil in this world.

Phil: The bartender who was just living his life and ended up getting accused by Cleo, having his bar raided and ended up in jail through no fault of his own. (Plus he is super sexy, hard not to like)

Lilly: I could never feel anger towards her. I always understood her for acting like this to want to find her sister. I was actually super happy when we could finally become friends. (You have to have a good relationship with your sister-in-law)

Alan: The policeman is a bit difficult to deal with, but in the last EP he did more than many people in the whole game.

Richy: I have a love-hate relationship with the mechanic. Until his supposed death, he was a super nice guy, cute and sweet. After he revealed himself as the man without a face I feel a certain disgust. This irresponsible man helped in the concealment of a body and would take this secret to the grave if it were not for Hannah and Amy. He also planned to fake Michael's death to get out of the mine well with Hannah if it wasn't for Dan's shot. He just killed himself to avoid being arrested in my view. (As Olivia Rodrigo says: Like a damn sociopath)

Cleo: She is kind of nice sometimes, but in general I don't really care for her. She is extremely impulsive without even hesitating to break into places and make accusations without much evidence.

Thomas: The emotionally dependent boyfriend only had his moment of usefulness in EP 8 with Jessy, after that he just made me angry. He practically only talked to us when it was convenient, used Hannah's cell phone when we told him NOT to, tried to follow the faceless man and managed to fail. And lastly, when we were offered to be traded for Hannah, he practically handed us over on a platter without even caring if we died or not. To him, we have always been a means to an end.

Hannah: I NEVER liked her. The way everyone put her on a pedestal made me sick, and after finding out that she fell in love with Jake, killed Jennifer and hid the body, my disgust only increased. As if that wasn't enough, she still went to Iris' house several times. Do you understand? She killed her daughter! And she would have afternoon tea as if she were a great friend! At the end of the game she was supposed to be dragged to prison to pay for what she did.

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- MY DUSKWOOD EISODE 10 THOUGHTS -

Okie, so it is May 29th 8:45 am where I'm from as I'm starting with this, I finished my first cup of coffee for the morning and my brain finally started to function enough to start making comprehensible sentences, and I did mention in my earlier post I could write an essay about it, so here we are. 🤭

⚠️ I'll put this under the cut, even though there is not really any specific spoilers in it, but still 😊 So maybe, if you still haven't finished with the ep 10, skip reading it for now. ⚠️

So, episode 10 is done, and all I can say is HOLLY MOTHER OF ALL THAT'S SACRED!!!!

This was an absolute MASTERPIECE!! People of Everbyte, you are AMAZING! AMAZING!!!💚💚

Honestly, I was extremely nervous when we learned that ep 10 will be the last one - I really believed that there were too many unresolved things, too many questions that were left hanging in the air to actually be able to fit them all into one episode and to not make it turn out rushed or leave me with even more questions, but I never expected something like this!

From the moment I started, my heart was beating so hard, and it only intensified as I pogressed more into the episode. Every conversation made me anxious, waiting to lear more about all the "why's" and "how's" that we still had to learn of. Every (video) call gave me such an adrenalin rush, resulting in me screaming at my phone a few times, what to cheer or to repeat a constant 'NO NO NO' thinking haven't they suffered enough already?! Gosh, every minute of my playthrough was accompanied with so much emotions coursing through me, it was an amazing expirience! 💚💚

And for Jake? Well, we might not have gotten a face or voice reveal (which is totally fine with me actually 😉), but at the end, in my eyes, we got something much, MUCH better! 💚💚💚💚

Ok, I do have to say, even though there are few things that did still leave me with a question mark above my head, or that I might have hoped to interact with in some way, but the way Everbyte exectued this whole thing, it absolutely, in no way changes the fact that this episode was, no IS, the spectacular, amazing, extraordinary grand finale I hoped for! 💚💚💚💚

And so we came to the end of Duskwood - we laughed with it, we cried with it (?) ,and it really does feel like an end of an era 🥺 And yes, we all know it is just a game, but that still doesn't change anything. Because, for a little while, at least for me, Duskwood was a bright light in my life, an escape from a sometimes tough reality, and I am so glad that I had a pleasure to be a part of such an amazing game! 💚💚💚💚

Thank you Everbyte for not giving up when times got hard and for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this masterpiece! I'm very much looking forward to see what other 'ace's up your sleeve' you have for us in the future!! 💚💚

Thanks to anyone who read this till the end. Much hugs to you all, have a wonderful day/evening/night 💚

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EPISODE 8 SPOILERS

Jake: Okay, I want you to talk to this person named “Darkness”, he seems a bit closed off and secretive so you’ll have to be careful and earn his interest. This might be tricky.

MC: So I basically have to treat him like an edgier version of you?

Jake: Well yes— I mean... huh?

MC: *flips shades and smirks* This will be easy.

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DUSKWOOD EPISODE 8 SPOILER DOWN BELOW:

Phil on his way to cockblock Jake and MC from jail:

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DUSKWOOD EP.8!

Okay, it's been a long time since I posted here. I wish I had come back sooner, but the school has taken up any time I have, and unfortunately, I also didn't know what exactly to post here (And I had also stayed away from any social media for my own mental health.) But episode 8 of Duskwood gave me some excitement, and maybe I'll write some stuff here. (Or maybe I'll just do this post myself and be gone for a while longer until a new episode of Duskwood comes out ._.)

Needless to say, this post will be FULL of spoilers, but even so, it's good to warn unsuspecting people. Anyway everything will be below the cut, so prevent anyone from seeing it by accident.

(Sorry if it have something confused, or with English mistakes)

BUT LET'S GO WITH IT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT, BUT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS EPISODE.

For me this was one of the episodes with the most stuff, at least in my opinion, or maybe I think that because I've played so much the other eps. that nothing in eps. past surprises me. But anyway, let's start at the beginning. (I just hope I took a screenshot of everything, I'll be very frustrated if I forgot something)

Remembering that this is all from the choices I made during the ep, and maybe some things vary. I'm not sure, as I've only played it once I can't tell you where each question leads, and honestly, even though I really want to redo the game, it becomes more and more tiring, it took me 3 days to reach ep 8 (due to the fact that my game crashed when I was going to start ep 5, I had to uninstall the game and lost the progress of the game. End of story.) So, tell me what you think of the ep. I would love to know :)

(Sorry, I'm stalling again, it's inevitable.)

*Almost whenever I mention us/we, I mean MC.

Richy's death. This is where ep 7 ended.

We texted him, and obviously he didn't respond.

Thomas and Cleo call us saying they went to the pawn shop, they say Phil was the one who left the bracelet there.

We talked in the group about Richy.

Thomas wants to go search the forest, but we stop him.

Lilly calls the police.

Jessy says she's in the junkyard along with three policemen, she says she wants to talk to Richy's father, but she can't contact him.

She tells about the fish prank Richy did, and they made it a ritual/tradition(?)

One of the cops arrives with Richy's bloodied cap.

Jake talks to us.

He says he knows what happened and he's sorry.

We talked to Jake about Richy's death.

Jake tries to comfort us.

Jake confesses that he already thought about giving up, taking us and leaving it all behind, but he knew that sooner or later the consequences of that action would catch up with us.

We continued our investigations, telling Jake that Richy heard screams in the forest and so he went there.

We ask why Richy would be attacked, and Jake replies that the MWAF takes people marked, but they are taken in the new moon, but as he says, Richy wasn't attacked on the first new moon of the year, and we remember that it wasn't even night either when he was attacked.

Duskwood police call us. But Jake hangs up midway through the call. He says that talking to the police would not be a suitable move at the moment, as any information can make us the focus of investigations.

Jake tells us not to answer Alan if he calls again.

We commented to Jake that the killer didn't show himself this time, Jake says maybe we should focus on Richy.

Jake changes the subject and says he thought Phil would be our most important lead, but now that he's in jail, we've been forced to drop that theory.

We say Phil was the one who left the bracelet at the pawnshop, and that should be proof, and play a big part in all of this. And that was because of that fact that Hannah wanted to talk to Phil.

There is still a lot to be done: Ted Madruga, Amy, and now we know the right name for Jennifer (Hanson).

Jake says he's going to see which of these clues is going to be more productive.

If we ask Jake if he's purposely leaving us out, he says yes and says he wants us to rest. If we say that we don't want that, he says that we have a lot to do, and if we have to testify, we just have to ignore it, and that we must face the unknown with a clear head.

We say goodbye.

Lilly asks how we are going to proceed now. Whether or not they should go to the cabin.

We ask if anyone knows where the cabin is, and Cleo replies that she does.

They decide not to go.

Cleo says that we and Jake must reveal everything we know. And that we should add Jake to the group.

We talk to Jake, he accepts with the condition that we remove Richy from the group, because now the kidnapper must have his cell phone, and can see all the messages.

Dan says he was in the bathroom because the hospital food was hurting him.

Before we start talking about everything we have, Dan asks Jake how he knew Hannah was missing. He replies that Hannah had gone to get help from him, and he had a video call with her.

We ask if there's anyone close to Hannah, and Jake says from the angle the cell phone was on he couldn't see very well, but he doesn't think so. So we asked if it was like anyone could have seen Jake, and he said no. We ask how Hannah was attacked, but he doesn't know.

Jessy asks to wait because she wants to go home.

Dan talks to us and says he still doesn't trust Jake.

We tell the group to speak up when they have a question, join the conversation, etc.

We started talking about our MWAF clue and how/why we started to follow that.

We sent Hannah's photo of the crow. We ask about an incident Hannah could be involved in, but no one knows anything.

We talk about Hannah's notes. We said that she suffered from depression, no one believed it, even showing the medical prescription. Nobody knew what she was going through.

We show Hannah's psychiatrist's recording. We said that Hannah thought she was being followed, and that it was linked to her past.

We show the security camera recording.

We talk about the Jennifer incident, Jake asks who was asked about Jennifer, and (in my case) it was Richy. So... ._.

Jake talks about Jennifer's real last name (Hanson)

Jessy says she went to Hannah's car and went to the GPS location.

Thomas is confused by this information and says Hannah's car was not there before.

Dan asks for a break.

Lilly says she went to her parents' house to find out more about Amy, and says she couldn't even look at her father's face.

Lilly decides to send a letter to Ted.

Jake and Lilly finally talk.

We and Jake helped Lilly write the letter.

Lilly talks to Jake. (I found their conversation very cute, I have to admit)

Dan says he took a nap, Cleo said that too.

We resume the conversation.

Jessy says she met Iris. And that Jennifer was supposed to have been hit by a car, and the author of this was never found. Hannah was being followed by Jennifer's alleged killer.

We send the second note.

We talk about the bracelet.

Thomas talks about the bracelet, which he thought was proof that Hannah was cheating on him, so he went to the apartment to get it. Jessy says she saw it at the pawnshop, which led Thomas and Cleo there, where they found out that Phil was the one who left it there.

We said that Hannah should also know about this and that's why she wanted to talk to Phil.

We talked about the phone book. And about each one that was there. Rogers Garage because of Hannah's car in there, Alan because Hannah probably wanted something from the police, Phil because of the bracelet, Thomas and then the unknown number, where we thought it was Jake's, but then he reveals that it wasn't his, and that he had taken his number off the list before. And this is something we have yet to discover.

Jake then shows the stone it had in the place where Amy was found, said Jennifer Hanson. We concluded that it must mean something to the killer in some way that we don't know yet, but that everything is intertwined.

We talked about Ted Madruga in the group.

The group decides that it's better if no one leaves the house from now on.

We ask Jake how he feels, and he says he doesn't know, and asks how we feel.

Jake then finds a post from Amy on a forum. (Dark Mystery Forum)

Jake says we should check it out ourselves, but you can only log in with an account. Jake gives his account, Nymos and an impossible password. (I said it was a great password, that our account would be safe, mainly from me xD )

He asks if he wants to change the password for us, so we can choose the password.

(and damn, I picked cake when it was the perfect opportunity to put Jake as the password, I really wanted to know if anything would happen if we put him as our password, please, did anyone think about that? Could you tell me if something happens or not?)

We entered the forum, and there are 9 posts there, at least the ones accessible to us, some have nothing important, they are just stories that people post there, or interact to make a story, with each user saying a sentence, and so on. One has several pictures of ghosts. And well, on some posts we can interact (well, I know I didn't know, but as I read the posts, I saw that at the end of some posts there were some sentences and a button, but the button was in German, and I was too lazy to look up the translation, so in the post where each one posted a sentence to form a horror story, I clicked this button, and then I realized what that was, in this case, the sentence I accidentally put was that the gravedigger tripped on the phone cord, and fell in the middle of the room xD)

Definitely one topic that caught my attention was predicting the future, and I love it when it comes to games, because as much as I don't believe in real life, in games it always means something. I don't know if anyone else did, or if all the answers are the same, but mine said: LadyLotus "I see your pain Nymos. I share it with you. My prediction is stronger and clearer than ever. In your future, I see a king's golden crown. (I really don't know what that crown might mean.) Sadly, you're about to face tough times. But you won't go through this alone. There is one person in your life that you are very important to (I assume it is Jake) But something unsaid is still with you two. (I wonder what it is, but I have a feeling it's a very bad thing) And if something is offered to you soon, you must refuse. (I think this must be in relation to the Duskwood Police? Can't be sure)

Anyway, I thought it was really cool to be able to interact on the forum and predict our future. I loved the forum mechanics and hope we can use the forum more in the next ep :)

(I saw it Everbyte, and honestly I don't know how I feel about it xP)

We talked to Darkness, and found out Amy's number, which was the unknown number on Hannah's list. (Hello darkness my old friend was a tempting answer, but I didn't click, if someone chose that answer could you tell me what it answers?)

(I know at that time Jake sent a message, and I was scared xD, the scariest thing was in the dialogue I could say I got a fright ._. Everbyte, since when did you guys develop a mind reader in programming?)

We talked to Jake about the number.

I got another fright at Jake's notification, and what can I say, I wasn't really expecting this conversation, but it sure made me very happy. :D

Jake asks us if we like Chinese food. (I said yes, but to be honest, I've never eaten Chinese food, and I can't say whether I like it or not, but I said yes, I didn't want to say no to Jake. If someone said no, what happens? I'm curious.)

He says he has a restaurant in front of the hotel where he is staying. And he says he was thinking about us, and that it would be rude to invite us to a restaurant we don't like. We ask him if he keeps thinking about things like that, and he replies that he thinks a lot. We said that we thought about him too, and that it was good to think. Jake asks if we'd like to talk about it. (And my god Everbyte, I can't believe you turned my thoughts into reality, I mean "reality" as this unfortunately isn't real ._.) We have several answer options, and maybe I'll talk about it in another one post.

Jake says that thought is very good, and that he would like to make it a reality. (Everbyte, why do you do this with my heart? Why do I have to fall so hard for a guy who doesn't even really exist? TT_TT)

Phil calls us in prison, I can't remember his exact words, but he comments about Michael Hanson, that he's in jail because of Phil's connection to him, and that we should prove Phil's innocence.

Jake gets jealous. (I admit it was cute to see him like that xD)

We ask if there's any chance the police know that Phil called us, Jake asks if we were scared of the police, and then reassures us that we don't need to fear the police. We say that we can feel that Jake is hiding something from us, he replies that he still has a card up his sleeve, but that we would understand when the right time came (ah, he hasn't said that for a while, I don't even know why I'm still surprised xD )

Jake discovers an audio of an interrogation of Michael Hanson. We found out that Michael was the former owner of the bar Aurora, and that the day of the Pine Glades Festival was the day Jennifer disappeared/died, and that he didn't notice until the next day when he saw she wasn't in her room. The police suspected Michael was to blame for Jennifer's death.

We show the audio in the group.

Alan sends us one more message.

We found out that Phil took over the bar about a year ago, Phil changed everything there, and before that the bar was geared towards an older group. Thomas said that was where he met the group.

We know that Michael left Duskwood suddenly.

Thomas and Jessy go to the address that belonged to Michael.

We talked to Cleo and Dan in the meantime.

When Thomas and Jessy arrive at the house, (actually the mansion, because that's huge) everything was apparently abandoned. The two begin to explore, and even find a bunker, which was empty.

Lilly says she sent the letter and we say we found out the last number was from Amy.

At some point, Lilly says she remembers walking with her grandfather there a long time ago.

Thomas calls us, they find something inside the house, it was a room with lots of pictures and investigative stuff apparently.

Thomas and Jessy split up to find something. In the meantime the MWAF enters the house, Thomas and Jessy manage to escape in time.

MWAF then calls us asking if killing the mechanic wasn't enough for us? He then says that he's going to kill them all, one by one, that we'll have to watch them all die, and that he's finally going to come after us.

Phew, this took a long time to write, because a lot happened in this ep, I tried to put as much information as possible, but I may have left something out, and I also had no precision about what was said in the calls (and I was with too lazy to research, sorry.) Hope this post might be useful in some way? I kind of just wanted to comment on everything that happened in this ep. Maybe I'll comment on other things about this ep, and I also want to talk about Richy, all his suspicious stuff, and whether or not he's MWAF. (Of course, so far there's no way to know precisely, they're just theories, but I want to talk about it :) )

Oh well, and I also wanted to say, are we reaching the end of Duskwood? It would be ep. 10 the last one? One thing I noticed in the ep trailer was a puzzle, does that mean we're almost at the end of the mystery? Well, we'll have to wait and find out.

See you in the next post. And oh! Tell me what you think of this ep, and your theories :)

(In advance, this was one of the best eps for me, or maybe it is because I've played the other eps so much that I don't see it with the same eyes, but anyway.)

Restarting is tempting, but going through all 8 eps again, I don't think I can do that, especially as I would restart now, play a little bit, drop it, go into duskwood again just in the new ep, and have to spend another 3 whole days playing just to start the new ep. So... better not xD

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I know I'm just posting incorrect quotes but I wrote this on Sunday after more than six months without writing anything and I liked it, so I thought someone out there may like it too. Enjoy! :D

Pairing: Jake x Charlie (my MC)

Word Count: 3.2k

Warnings: angst with a happy ending, spoilers for ep 8

Charlie walked up the steps slowly, her backpack weighing down her shoulders, the take-out bags of Chinese clenched tightly in her left hand. She checked her phone the hundredth time since leaving her house, making sure she had gotten the right address. The restaurant in front of the motel was a pretty compelling evidence that yes, she was in the right place, but she couldn’t help but wonder if she had gotten something wrong; if she did, this was going to be a tad awkward for whoever was on the other side of the door.

Reaching the number 543, Charlie finally put the phone in her pocket, letting out a shaky breath out through her mouth. Pushing her hair out of her face, she closed her eyes and counted to five.

You’re fine. You’re in the right place. He’ll be happy to see you, you know that. Pissed maybe, but certainly happy too. Just knock on the door and everything will be okay

Finally, she knocked twice on the door, quiet enough so others wouldn’t hear but loud enough for him to hear; she only hoped he wouldn’t think she was one of the people that were after him. Time seemed to pass slowly and Charlie started to get restless. She tapped her foot on the floor, her breathing getting shakier with each passing second that she didn’t hear anything on the other side of the door. The bags in her hand were hot enough to warm her hand and she changed them to the her right hand, rasing her left one to knock again when there was finally shuffling in the room. Quietly, she waited for something to happen: for him to ask who it was, for him to start packing all of his things in a rush or for the door to open, she wasn’t sure which one.

Not bearing the silence and the lack of reaction, she finally talked, “You know, it’s kind of rude to leave a friend waiting outside in this weather. Specially when she has brought food.”

That, at last, got a reaction from him. Charlie heard footsteps, a loud noise followed by a curse, and the sound of the lock of the door. It didn’t open but she knew it wouldn’t take long anymore. He may not have known what her voice sounded like but he would know what to ask of her to know he’s safe; and she knew exactly what to answer.

“It’s also rude to just stop by the door when we both know you want to ask something so I’ll prove who I am.” No answer. With a sigh, she continued, “What was the first thing I asked about you when we started talking?”

Silence followed by some shuffling. Then, “You asked what kind of hack programs I use and I listed four of them to you.” Charlie smiled. I knew it was him. “What did you tell was your imagination about meeting me?”

“I imagined you were wearing your black hoodie, like you probably are now. I imagined your eyes looked so familiar because you are so familiar to me already. I imagined you would hold me in your arms and tell me everything would be okay because we were together.”

It took five seconds for the lock to turn and the door to open. Charlie stared at him with a soft expression, looking for his eyes to see the familiarity she knew she would find and learning what he really looked like; Jake was tall—a lot more taller than her—his long hair was as black as a moonless sky, his eyes a clear grey, dark bags from sleepless nights under them, his skin thin and pale from being closed off for so long. He was indeed using a hoodie, but this one was a dark blue instead of black, a Metallica T-shirt badly hidden under it.

Charlie knew he was staring at her just intently, memorizing her face, and she let him. She watched his eyes wander through her face, the lines around them softening and making him look a lot younger than he actually was. Amazement was etched in his face, as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing, and Charlie thought she had never seen someone as beautiful as Jake; she wasn’t sure if it was because she was finally seeing him in front of her, or if it was because of the way he was looking at her, or if it was just the fact that she was so goddam happy for having found him. Whatever it was, Charlie was certain Jake was the most amazing human being she had ever seen.

After a few minutes, Jake finally let out a shaky breath and tentatively raised his hand towards Charlie, hovering it over her left shoulder. She gave one tiny step towards him, placing her own hand on his shoulder and softly pulling him towards her; it was the action Jake needed to pull her hard to his chest and bury his face on her hair, his arms closing tightly around her shoulders. Charlie moved her free hand to Jake’s hair, threading her fingers through it, and pressed her ear against his chest, listening to his heart beat as fast as her own.

She lost count of how long they stood there but, eventually, her bag started to weigh a lot more than it already did and she gently pushed Jake back enough to look at his eyes. “This is all good and great but we should probably get inside. It’s freezing, my bag’s heavy and the food is just getting cold.”

Jake chuckled, his cheeks blushing as he scratched the back of his neck and gave a step back. “Of course, I’m sorry. I guess my surprise overpowered me. Come on in,” he waved his arm towards the room, waiting for Charlie to enter before closing the door and locking it once again.

Placing her bag on the floor, Charlie looked around the room; the curtains were drawn shut, the bed was a mess of pillows and blankets, there were two duffles by the foot of the bed and an array of laptops and wires on the table. Nothing unlike what she had expected from Jake. She turned to him with a smile and offered him the take-out bags. “It won’t be exactly like you wanted but we do get to eat Chinese food.”

“I think the least of our problems are not being at the restaurant.” Jake took the bags from Charlie before placing them on an empty space at the table. He kept his back to her, seeming to be clearing some more space on the table. Charlie frowned, watching as Jake avoided her eyes when he closed the laptops and put them together on the bed.

“Jake? Are you okay?”

Jake’s shoulders tensed before turning back to her, his eyes shielded by a strand of her. “What are you doing here, Charlie? How did you find me?”

Charlie sighed, raising a hand to her shoulder to press on a tense muscle. “It wasn’t easy, I’m gonna give you that. But I knew what to look for and how to do it.”

“How? I mean, I didn’t know you could hack someone if you wanted to.”

“Well,” Charlie smiled, walking to one of the chairs. “I do have a few aces up my sleeve too. And after everything that happened, Richy, Thomas and Jessy finding the kidnapper and being so close they could’ve gotten caught, that last call from the kidnapper, I just…” Charlie sighed, burying her head in her hands. “I just needed not to be alone. And seeming as I promised you I wouldn’t go to Duskwood, I’m here. I’m sorry.”

She heard the other chair scrape the floor before she felt Jake’s hands on hers. He held them on her knees, his eyes staring at her. There were a few streaks of blue in them. “You don’t have to be sorry. I—I know it’s hard to be alone, believe me. And you’ll always be welcome by my side but Charlie… You’re putting yourself in risk by coming here.”

Charlie laughed humourleslly, pulling her hands from Jake’s and standing up. “Putting myself at risk? More than I already am? Have you seen everything that has happened since I joined the group? Richy being marked and then stabbed, Jessy getting attacked, Phil going to prison. Even you, Jake! I mean, they only found you because you were helping me, otherwise, Lilly wouldn’t even know about you and you wouldn’t have been included in the video. Did you listen to that last call the kidnapper made to me? Did you hear him saying he’s going to kill all of them and then me? How much more at risk can I be in after that?”

Jake didn’t say anything but Charlie could feel his eyes on her as she started to pace around the room. She avoided looking at him, breathing deeply to keep her emotions in check; the last thing she needed was to break down now. They still had a lot of work to do and she hadn’t heard anything from the others for hours and it was all starting to get too much. What if Jessy and Thomas were caught in the end? Did the Man Without a Face know where they live? Would he go after them like he said he would? What if the only thing she would find out would be the police calling to tell her all of them were dead? What she would do them? It would all be her fault, she would have let them all get killed and—

“Hey! Charlie! Look at me.” Jake’s hands were on her face, forcing Charlie to look into his eyes. “Breathe with me, okay? Come on. I don’t want you to pass out.”

Charlie took a deep breath, following Jake’s movements, looking into his eyes and trying to count all the different colours in them.When she finally calmed down, Jake helped her sit back on the chair, squeezing her shoulder caringly. Charlie watched as he opened the take-out bags, getting a little of each container on a plate before placing it on her hands. He then did the same with another plate and sat in front of her again, their knees touching as he stared into her eyes.

“I always find it easy to do things if I’m not hungry or even if I’m eating just because. I know it can also help with anxiety if you’re the type of person that eats when anxious, which, and I’m making an educated guess here, you are.”

She chuckled softly, looking down at the plate. “You do know how to make educated guesses. I’m guessing you like to eat while you hack into things?”

Jake shrugged, taking a bite of his food before replying, “I do. Clears my head and makes me less anxious.” Charlie nodded, trying some of the fried rice while ignoring Jake’s gaze. “Charlie, you know you can trust me, right? I know I’ve some mistakes along the way but it was never my intention to put you or any of them in danger. Whatever it is you’re feeling, I want you to know I’m here for you. You can tell me anything.”

“I know, Jake.” Charlie gave him a small smile and shrugged. “It’s just… I have never felt so powerless before, you know? I’m not the kind of person that likes to be controlled, that’s why I know how to fight, why I try to learn a little of everything to have at least some kind of knowledge if I meet someone that wants to talk or do something I’m not familiar with. But now?” Sighing, she looked back down to her food, pushing it around with her fork. “When Jessy was attacked, I couldn’t do anything but watch. The same thing with all the threatening calls and the in-site search and then with Richy—” Charlie’s voice broke and she swallowed back a sob. She felt Jake put a hand on one of her knees, giving it a gentle squeeze. “I had to hear him struggle without being able to do anything. Then I had to watch him choke on his own blood as he tried to tell me something I have no idea what it is. After he dropped the phone, I stared at it for so long, just looking at the sky, waiting, wishing for him to take the phone back, to say it was a joke.” Charlie’s eyes filled with tears and she put the plate on the table. “God, I wish this was all just a bad joke. A really, really bad joke.”

Arms closed around her shoulders and Charlie buried her face on Jake’s stomach, finally feeling the dam break. Jake only rubbed at her back, not saying anything.

“How many of them am I going to have to watch get attacked, Jake? Or killed? Jessy and Thomas barely escaped without any scratches from that house. Dan almost got killed in that accident. Even Cleo’s mom was threatened because of me. How much guilt do you think I can still take it? How much suffering can I put people through because I’m the one who’s a threat to the kidnapper?”

Jake let out a heavy sigh, hugging her tighter before letting go and kneeling in front of her. He took her face in his hands and raised her head so he could look straight into her eyes. “Charlie, I can’t answer that. Not so long ago, you asked me if I thought we had gone too far and I answered how far was too far when it came to someone’s life. You told me it was as soon as someone else was in danger and I see now that you were right. I’ve been so preoccupied with Hannah because she’s my sister and she and Lilly are my only family that I didn’t stop to think that everyone in the group mean something to you; they’re your friends, too.” Charlie nodded, feeling Jake clean a tear form her cheek. “And I should’ve seen that. I know I’m not the best at… understanding other people but I should’ve realized that everything that has happened had to have taken a toll on you just as it did when I saw Hannah getting kidnapped. Even worse because you had to experience things no one ever should have. And I’m so sorry, Charlie, I truly am.”

Charlie smiled sadly, placing a hand on Jake’s cheek. “You remember when I said I thought your eyes would look familiar to me?” He nodded, his expression changing to confusion. “This is what I meant. Even with everything that has happened, I can see everything you’ve shown me through the texts in your eyes. I can see your empathy, I can see how much you care about Hannah and finding her, and I can see your guilt too. Because you also feel it, don’t you? You feel like it’s your fault Hannah was kidnapped; because you weren’t fast enough to call to her.”

“You know,” Jake smiled, turning his head so he could kiss her palm. “You never cease to amaze me. You sometimes understand stuff in a way I can only dream of. Sometimes you know things I’d rather not have anyone know to not let them get too close but I can’t hide anything from you.”

“Well, you actually can hide things from me, for a while. I’ll just end up finding out anyway.”

“That is true. Just like you found out where I was. I’m still amazed by it, to be honest.”

“Okay, it actually wasn’t that hard either.” Jake raised an eyebrow at her and Charlie laughed, gently pushing him away so she could stand up. “I shouldn’t explain just to leave you curious about it and see what it’s like when you keep things from me. But I’m not that mean.”

Jake smiled, following her towards the kitchen. “That you really aren’t. Sarcastic, yes. Stubborn? Don’t even need to answer that. But mean? No, not really. So, how did you do it?”

“Well,” Charlie toyed with the glass in her hands. “Nym-0s is already connected to my phone, that’s why he was able to warm me of the attacks, right?” Jake hummed. “Which means it’s easier for me to actually get into your phone. And considering you weren’t expecting me to hack it, it means there are fewer protections against me. I only needed your location, which is fast to find, and here I am.”

“Who would’ve thought? Tricked by my own program.”

Charlie chuckled, placing the glass back on the sink and stepping towards Jake. “I’m happy you did or I wouldn’t have found you. And I really needed to find you.”

Jake’s expression softened and he opened his arms. Charlie didn’t hesitate before stepping into his embrace. “I think I needed you to find me too. You have no idea how many times I thought about asking where you were or for you to come to me, just so we could meet. Going through all of this alone is incredibly hard.”

She scoffed, shaking her head against his chest. “You can say that again. It’s also, like… I could’ve gone to Duskwood. I know I promised you I wouldn’t, but you wouldn’t be very surprised if I did.” Jake chuckled and hummed. “But I don’t know… I know everyone there is suffering too and would help and comfort me as much as they could, but none of them are you.”

“I know how you feel. I could’ve gone too. I mean, my two half-sisters are there and Lilly is probably suffering a lot more than I am, but it wouldn’t be the same as if I was with you. I felt a lot better talking to you by text than I would’ve if I had gone there. But now that you’re here,” Jake raised her head and Charlie could feel the ghost of his lips on hers. “I feel like I can take on the whole world and win.”

“You do know I don’t make you invincible, right?”

“Certainly feels like it.”

Charlie chuckled, shaking her head. “I feel invincible by your side too. Anyone comes our way, I’ll kick their asses.”

“I know you will.”

They stared at each other, their lips so close it was unnerving, and Charlie wasn’t sure what to do; she wanted nothing more than to just close the damn distance already, but she wasn’t sure if she could. How would Jake react if she did? Did he want it as much as her or would he panic and run away? She sure wouldn’t be able to take it if he did.

In the end, she didn’t have to do anything: Jake bent down and pressed their lips together, so softly Charlie sighed and melted against him, putting one arm around his waist and the other in his hair. Jake’s arms sneaked around her waist, pulling her even closer to him, and Charlie was sure they’d soon become, though she would never complain.

When they let go of each other, Charlie stared up at him with a smile, giddiness bubbling in her chest. Jake mirrored her smile, which only made her heart beat faster. Things weren’t okay yet and they still had a lot to do, but, like she said, as long as they were together, they were invincible and they would find a way to fix everything.

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

Oh what a ride ep 8 was

[hacked-by-jake]

ok so

I just finished playing episode 8 and

>spoiler alert<

now more than ever

I'm really REALLY sure the mwaf knows mc

I mean

why is important to him to make sure we watch every one of our friends die? I think it's bc we meant something, as Jake would say, we are the key, I just can't get out of my head that mwaf stalks mc, for some reason this is stuck in my mind lmao

AND something I imagine but I'm sure it will not happen (but would be really cool for the plot) would be mc getting marked

like I know it will not happen bc technically it's not really convencional since you know we are mc and everything

BUT IT WOULD BE SO COOL IF IT HAPPENS

I mean mwaf did threatens to come after us

but we don't live in duskwood

and we're not going to go to duskwood

so if he does come to us, he would have to come to our house

which implies that he know or at least knows how to find where we live

I bet he's a stalker but anyway

I just think it would be a really cool thing if we get marked

it would be the trigger to make Jake show himself to us

also, WHY THE FUCK DID THOMAS AND JESSY SEPARATE IN THE HOUSE

RULE NUMBER 1 OF HORROR MOVIES, NEVER BE ALONE

LIKE COME ON GUYS, BE SMART

I was the whole call repeating "you're gonna die, RUN"

at least they didn't die lol

Spoiler ep 8!

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You’re right, always stay positive, this time nobody died. Praise the Lord. 😂🥳

But yes, with the rest I agree with you too. Otherwise he wouldn’t be as mad as he is, he’s worried that something might come out that only MC knows (I think)

I would also find it incredibly cool if we were marked.

We can’t be personally marked, but he could do it in Duskwood. Maybe so that everyone can see it to show that something very bad is going to happen, or he could send us a picture or something. Although the call was something like a marker.

I don’t think Jake will show himself to us (at least not personally, logically, but don’t think that way in general)

But he would definitely be so worried and that would be so sweet. And it would drive all the thrill of the game even higher. We would be marked and then have to wait and watch until one by one dies.

And why they went into this house I do not know either! I would have been against it but unfortunately there was no option. Already when Jessy said they was going there, I knew it was gonna escalate again.

Thank God Thomas was so smart to throw this stupid can so they can get away. I mean, they could have found Hannah and Richy, but they could have died, too. Although I probably would have gone there too, if I could have xD

But really being publicly marked by the MWAF would be really cool, that would be so exciting, I hope that will still happen. And since we still need to know what we have to do with all this, a connection between us and the MWAF will certainly come to light.🤭

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I just loved it! <3

[raccoonempire]

Day 13: Melting

Today I got my heart checked and I was in blood test where they took 8 bottles of blood from me what made me feel super sick and got really bad headache

AND ON TOP OF THAT NEW EPISODE CAME OUT BUT I STARTED REPLAYING DUSKWOOD MONTHS AGO BUT BC I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME I'M ON THE 3RD EP!! I feel like I'm being left behind😭😭

Luckily I don't mind spoilers

[benhardygalileo]

[DUSKWOOD EP.8 SPOILER]

Well, the call from MWAF shook me. I won't be sleeping tonight also...

But I must say, the minigames felt easier this time. (Thank god :")

Though everything is worth it cause we get some moments with Jake :")

[xchatblackx]

Duskwood - Top 10 personagens (Português) Contém Spoilers!!!

Jake: Hacker procurado que é o principal interesse amoroso de todos (incluindo o meu). Ele é um fofo quando se trata de nós e o seu desenvolvimento com o decorrer das conversas foi perfeito.

Dan: O motorista do ano sempre foi o personagem mais sensato do jogo na minha opinião. Gosto dele desde o começo pelo humor e respostas sarcásticas. Passei a gostar mais ainda após o que ele fez no EP 10 atirando no homem sem rosto e contando mais sobre sua vida. (Nossa noite de filmes de terror está garantida na minha mente)

Jessy: Eu preciso falar? Ela é um amor de pessoa! Infelizmente sofreu muito durante todo o tempo: Relação difícil com os irmãos, a culpa pelo acidente do Dan, o ataque do Homem sem rosto, a morte de Richy, a revelação de Richy... Ela merece ser protegida de todo mal desse mundo.

Phil: O barman que só tava vivendo sua vida e acabou recebendo acusações da Cleo, tendo o bar invadido e acabou preso sem ter culpa alguma. (Além de que ele é super sexy, difícil não gostar)

Lilly: Nunca consegui sentir raiva dela. Sempre a entendi por agir assim pra querer encontrar a irmã dela. Na verdade fiquei super feliz quando pudemos finalmente virarmos amigos. (É necessário ter uma boa relação com a nossa cunhada)

Alan: O policial é um cara meio difícil de se lidar, mas no último EP fez mais do que muita gente no jogo inteiro.

Richy: Vivo uma relação de amor e ódio com o mecânico. Até a suposta morte, ele era um cara super legal, fofo e querido. Depois de se revelar como o homem sem rosto eu sinto uma certa repulsa. Esse irresponsável ajudou na ocultação de um corpo e levaria esse segredo pro túmulo se não fosse por Hannah e Amy. Além disso também planejava forjar a morte do Michael pra sair bem da mina com a Hannah se não fosse pelo tiro de Dan. Ele apenas se matou para não ser preso na minha visão. (Como diz Olivia Rodrigo: Like a damn sociopath)

Cleo: Ela é até legal algumas vezes, mas em geral não criei muito apego. É extremamente impulsiva sem nem exitar em invadir os lugares e fazer acusações sem muitas provas.

Thomas: O namorado com dependência emocional só teve o momento de utilidade no EP 8 com a Jessy, depois disso só me deu raiva. Praticamente só falava com a gente quando era conveniente, usou o celular da Hannah quando dizemos pra NÃO fazer isso, tentou seguir o homem sem rosto FERIDO e conseguiu falhar. E por último, quando recebemos a proposta de sermos trocados por Hannah ele praticamente nós entrega de bandeja sem nem se importar se vamos morrer ou não. Pra ele, sempre fomos um meio para um fim.

Hannah: NUNCA gostei dela. O jeito que todos a colocavam em um pedestal me enjoava até e depois de descobrir que ela se apaixonou pelo Jake, matou a Jennifer e escondeu o corpo, minha repulsa só aumentou. Como se não bastasse, ela ainda ia na casa da Íris várias vezes. Entendem? Ela matou a filha dela! E ia tomar um cházinho da tarde como se fosse uma grande amiga! Era pra no final do jogo ela está sendo arrastada pra prisão pagar pelo que fez.

[zmayadw]

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CALL OF THE RAVEN ✅ FINISHED ✅ ‼️⚠️ contains adult content, swearing, occasional violence and/or mention of it ⚠️‼️

PART1 PART2 PART3 PART4 PART5 PART6 PART7 PART8 PART8.1(JAKES POV) PART9 PART10 PART11 PART12 PART13 PART14 PART15 PART16 PART17 PART18 PART19 PART20 PART21 PART22 PART23 PART24 PART25 PART26 PART27-EPILOGUE

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'GOODBYE', BUT NOT 'THE END' - ✅finished✅

PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

HIDE WITH ME? Jake x MC ▫️fluff/sweet

JUST YOU AND ME Jake x MC ▫️fluff/sweet▫️ continuance to 'HIDE WITH ME?'

TOGETHER Jake x MC ▫️angst ❗contains episode 8 spoiler ❗

BEAUTIFUL DREAM Jake x MC + Jessy for the need of the story ▫️mix of angst/fluff/humor

DEVIL'S BARGAIN Jake +a made up character and MC appearing towards the end ▫️mostly angst/some fluff

ALWAYS AND FOREVER Jake x MC ▫️fluff/romance/little angst

I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN, MY LOVE Jake ▫️angst/dark ❗not a happy ending❗️

TO SLEEP AT LAST Jake x MC ▫️ mix of angst/fluff/romance

THE END IS NEAR Jake / MC / mention of others ▫️angst/fluff-sweet❗contains episode 9 spoiler❗

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT Phil x Mc ▫️fluff/sweet

'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY...RIGHT? 🎄 Christmas 2021' Special 🎄Jake x MC

PROMISE OF A FOOL IN LOVE Jake / GN!MC / Alan Bloomgate ‼️contains episode 10 spoilers ‼️

SOMEONE HAS TO FEED THE FISHES Oneshot about heartbroken Jessy after the end of ep. 10

FOOLISH FEARS Jake x Fem!Mc ▫️mix of hurt/comfort/fluff/humor

TOTAL RECALL Jake x Fem!Mc ▫️❗️slightly mature content ❗️

UNFORGETTABLE LULLABY Jake x GN!Mc ▫️fluff

IN THE NIGHT OF A NEW MOON ▫️a short ficlet/my interpretation of the story of 'The legend of the MWAF'

A STORY FOR GRANDKID(S) ONE DAY ▫️Just a short '"i'm sad/nervous/excited/scared about Duskwood's last episode being released" nonsence 😉

Jake x Nymos ▫️short imagine on Jake and Nymos's brotherly rivalry ( If you're new here and you are confused now, it was just a fandoms moment of coming up with crazy idea about Nymos being Jake's brother instead of a program 🤭) ▫️Also, check under the reblog section in comments for a continuance to the original post! 😉

Jake x Mc ▫️a short fluffy chat 😊

FUN, GAMES AND...SKULL? ▫️ request by heymisssing ▫️Jake x Mc ▫️Fluff / Humor

INFATUATED CHASE ▫️request by pennyl4n3 ▫️Fem!Mc x Jake ▫️mix of angst/hurt/comfort

SLEEPLESS IN DUSKWOOD ▫️request by Anon(s) ▫️Phil x Jake (aka Jail) ▫️fluff/humor/teasing ▫️

HOME ▫️request by justubi ▫️Jake x Fem!Mc ▫️mix of hurt/comfort/fluff

FOCUS ON MY VOICE ▫️request by dwkfan▫️Jake x Fem!Mc ▫️comfort/fluff

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[duskwoodraven]

EPISODE 8 SPOILERS

Jessy: they only found Richy’s bloody hat...

In game Me: oh no richy noooooo!! 😨😭

Reality Me:

[escapethewonderland]

DUSKWOOD EPISODE 8 SPOILERS BELOW:

LadyLotus said "anything", so could she possibly be talking about Alan's wanting to talk with us? 🤔

[wtfsaidthefox]

Finished Duskwood Ep 8 and my first incoherent thoughts...

~SPOILERS~

I don't think MH is the MWAF. Too easy and too quickly revealed, we conveniently didn't see his face and anyone could be hiding in that house. Looks more like MWAF is trying to frame Michael tbh.

Before I was always defending Richy as "too obvious" but given the missing body I really don't know... the scene looked so staged and that only shortly after the actual attack. Either this were several people attacking Richy or Richy is involved.

Why is everyone so relieved at the end though? I'd be afraid as hell that if Hannah still lived, MWAF would kill her now bcs we got to close. It's not as if we have anything outside of a really creepy evil lair 😆😅

Also, couldn't focus on that group Video call at the start because Jessy, Lilly and Cleo were looking too pretty and stole my attention 😫🤣

[skyeofloxlay]

The secret room

Okay, I decided to log into the Duskwood app, just to find something, whatever.

EP.8 SPOILERS

I was looking at the profiles, and on Thomas's profile was the video call, where they walk into that room full of stuff and etc�� and well, there's a LOT to look at that can give us clues, unfortunately I can't see straight because it's dark. Also, in any print I take, almost everything is unreadable, and a lot of prints get blurry because of the movement, but I did my best. I don't know how to improve a photo, but I know how to brighten one (which is not difficult, anyone can do it) hasn't changed much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So here are some things that I ended up noticing, probably they're not useful, but I don't know, I just wanted to know a little more about what was in that room.

(I don't know if tumblr will allow so many photos, so maybe I'll make several posts with the photos)

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