The Journey with a Vampire Hunter (V. H. D)

time to live (3)

Month: August

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August 6th~12090 AD.

I am in dire straits currently. I think today is the 6th but in the darkness there isn't a sun to determine days. The everyday quandary of going to the 'bathroom' has proven to get me into Nobility trouble. With no sign of letting up, the sandstorm continued and so feeling myself around the large black stone, I somehow activated a door to the inside.

With a rude sensation of falling, I landed on a platform I couldn't see and was lowered to the floor like a wall-less elevator. I am 'fortunate ' I suppose as the bodies of others litter the floor. They are in twisted body positions and as if in a state of frozen decay. It makes my skin crawl.

I know it sounds really strange but I have taken my pack when having to venture out of the small sanctuary carved in odd black stone. I can't see in the dark like D so I must bring the electronic lamp out for me to see. There are grotesque images carved into the pitch black walls. It shows scenes of faces twisted in pain and horror. These faces are distorted.

I try not to touch any surfaces but this is like a maze of darkness. I catch myself reaching to touch the wall and have to stop. My ring is turned to be palm side in. When first getting my bearings, hidden scanners began trying to activate. It's definitely the ring, meant to unlock doors and such in this 'abandoned' Noble castle.

Should have I stayed where I fell?

No. There is a certain feeling of urgency that I must stay moving. The clangs of metal and banging sounds on stone. For all I know Noble monsters lurk in sections of the castle. Besides my pack bag, I do have my weapons. The desert storm has me paranoid of an ambush. Yet it seems my paranoia served me well.

I am as prepared as possible for hidden impossibilities.

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August 8th~12090 AD.

I have finally found a spot to 'hunker' down in this massive complex. This is not a castle but an elaborate Noble research and experimental laboratory. So far the location I am at was used for human containment so well preserved food is available along with a bathroom and shower. I am to the point of just not worrying about traps. You can only live in fear of this Noble place so long and then it will incapicitate you or you would take your chances to having your life at the moment, as best you can.

Once more, perhaps it is my Noble given ring but traps and doors to dangerous beings stay locked.Why did Voslak give me this ring? It is as if the Noble had something planned far ahead of me being captured by him.

I gotta get out of here!

I don't know why D has not found me? Or did he think.I was killed in the storm and my body is buried in the sand? He has probably moved on. The Vampire Hunter owed me nothing and I owe him everything. I am here and D isn't.

What would he do in my place?

Tomorrow I will keep exploring and try to find a way out but with no horse. Maybe it would be better, if this place is safe enough, I will have to settle for this. I would be alone in the Capitol as a scholar in a huge library and I doubt it would be this well stocked with books, as a Noble fortification.

So I guess this is my new home now. Maybe I can find a small, nice monster for company...

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August 9th~12090 AD.

I have discovered a Noble bedroom with a small library. This seems to be a safe location for now. I am lucky. I have acquired a new friend. It's a strange, black as a moonless night puppy I found in cryofreeze. It was simple enough to figure out how to release him.