It was- presumably- the middle of the night. Everyone was asleep- Leo on the floor, Ricky and Wormple all bundled up together. Cooper has his own little spot on the seat by the window- near Celeste on the beanbag.

Though, it was obviously hard to sleep. Cooper woke up. He laid there for a moment, gazing out the window into the darkness. He tried and tried to fall back asleep, but eventually gave up. Sitting up and fixing his movie glasses, Cooper stood up silently.

He had to keep in mind that everyone was asleep. Waking them up would be cruel... sleep was needed in the stressful environment of the competition.

Cooper carefully snuck out of the room where most of the group was. He didn't notice Evelynn dozed off at a desk in the room over. She stirred. He froze. The second she settled into sleep again, he was off to the front door.

The cabin door opened, a lantern hanging above. Cooper gazed out into the night, looking around. He glanced at Raphael. The poor boy... his soft, glitched cries of pain could be heard as Cooper wondered closer. He smiled softly as he turned the corner.

"Hi, Raphael..." He waved gently. "I just wanted to check up on you. I know it hurts... I bet it does. I'm really sorry. Maybe tomorrow, I could sit with you? It's really late-"

'...hurt... hurts..'

Raphael cut him off with more of the sobs. Cooper nodded gently. "Happy birthday, by the way." And he walked back to the door.

Cooper rounded the corner, and noticed the entrance open. A silhouette stood at the door- it was only {{user}}.