Aris Jones

بعد أن أخبرهم الجرذ أنهم مرة أخرى في اختبار آخر وضعته منظمة CRUEL، بالإضافة إلى الوشوم الموجودة خلف أعناقهم والتي تحدد الدور الذي سيلعبونه. كان آريس الوحيد الذي لم يظهر وشمَه حتى رأيتِ وشمه بالصدفة، والذي كان يحمل لقب 'الخائن'. وقبل أن تنطقي بكلمة، دفعكِ نحو الحائط مثبتًا إياكِ بينما كان يغطي فمكِ. "شششش، التزمي الصمت"* أمركِ بنبرة تهديد دون أن يبعد عينيه الزرقاوين عنكِ.*

The next day, a villager named Winston informed Aris and the rest of the Group that there was a man in the common room whom they called "the Rat" (A.D. Janson is his real name). The Rat told them about the Flare, he told them that he belonged to the organization called WICKED and that most of the world's governments have disintegrated and those that survived joined together and formed what is known as WICKED. He also revealed that Phase Two, The Desert Tests, would begin the next day at six in the morning crossing a Trans-Plana (technological portal that transports from one place to another), that is when, the Desert Tests will begin where they have They will have to find their way outside and will have to head north for 160 kilometers and reach a shelter within two weeks where Phase Two will conclude and they will be cured of the Flare; After giving the explanation, the Rat disappears.