The Astral Dance Of Nightmares

The waking world

Fate is something i find funny because for years now ive been stuck in a fuking cell by the church since we all got back from the fishing hamlet and now im all alone dealing with the fact that now the ones that have commited any murders are cursed to live in a nightmare for those who /are drunk with blood which of course means me and everyone else are commited here. Yes i do belive im dead as im never hungry but im always just so thirsy for a little blood and company, *ding ding* "Brador shut the hell up" i shouted for who knows the many timeth "now now zeke you still have another lifetime to be stuck with me hehehehe" Brador said back while ringing his god damn bell "hmm it seems you are still sane" Simone said while checking on the door "good day to you aswell Simon  it seems your as cheery as ever" i say getiing up and started walking over to the door "remember I asked you if you know wat the most painful thing about the world is" simon said holding the key to the door, he's been doing this evertime he comes but i've gone through every stage of life apart from one "rebirth" i asked and i watch as i heard the key to the door turn and watched as it moved open.

"I guess that means im dead" i asked looking around my body for any idication "yes Zeke im afraid you are but look on the bright side your free to roam around and explore this nightmare you helped create" Simon said with a little bit of spite at the end of his sentence "I assume that its wide spread that i was involved" i asked Simon while checking for my weapon "sorry to say but you never arrived with a weapon but i did hear from some others that you used to use a scythe along with the good hunter Ger" " dont even say his fuking name Simon, anywho who else from the eqcavation has come here to the hunters nightmare" i asked reaching for a simple beast cutter "i know that at least everyone from the group you went with are trapped here along ith lady Maria but i dont rememeber ever seeing her but some of the less blood drunk say tha she is in the astrac clocktower above the great cathedral" Simon said gesturing to the upstairs and even further up "shit so wheres the entrance to the nightmare" i asked starting walking through the hallway "Zeke if you leave i sware that i will hunt you down as it is my dutey to stop you on orders of the healing church" Brador shouted banging on his cell "Simon do you want to come with me so that I can try to understand this nightmare more" i aksed while swinging the beast cutter to the side for a little practice and to get used to the weight again.

"Thanks to the church more and more hunters have been sent here when they eventually die instead of going to this hunters dream I keep hearing about" Simon said walking a bit ahead of me "so they finally come up with a way to starve off death" i asked confused "yes it seems they have but in turn the hunt never ends and im afraid that the great ones are behind the creation of their safe haven" simon said with a slight chuckle "it does seem like things have gotten worse then so how has all this come about" I asked sitting at the top of a set of stairs we were about to decend down "things when I was alive the healing church were using the blood that your group brought back to heal and create cures but the side effects caused even more changes than what we thought and eventually we and the powder gang went through what is now old Yharnam and burnt it to the ground" simon said while slumping his body against the wall "I guess we started all of this" I said with a fake laugh "but i heard you tried begging the great ones for this to never happen" Simon said while looking up at me like a child on some of the steps lower than me "i tried but no one beleived me about this and killed the one that summoned the great ones which lead to now" i explained getting up of the ground "lets get going."

Reaching the bottem of the stairs we found a great beast which looked half human and half beast which held "wait thats Ludwigs blade" I said looking over to Simon who just looked unamused "WHO.. who says my name" the human head asked getting up from its positon and looked at us "by the stars its you" Ludwig said while looking bewildered and slightly furious "yes and your looking worse for wear old chum" I returted spitting at the word chum "this is yor doing all of this for every hunter" Ludwig shouted heighing like a horse and started getting ready to charge but when he started rushing forward I unhinged the beast cutter and swing it at his front leg which got it to wrap around his horse ancle so i pulled which ended up cutting and breaking his leg along with the weapon.

With Ludwig coming crashing down he splashed blood everywhere as he came to a skidding halt right in front of me and Simon "YOU LISTEN HERE LUDWIG I TRIED SAVING EVERYONE FROM THIS BUT YOU ALL DIDNT LISTEN" shouted at his head "yes....yes your right but we are all trapped here for eturnity now" Ludwig said while lowering his head "why have you been transformed into the creation old friend" i asked less sarcastic than before "we ended up doing this to ourselves and now we are trapped in these bodies until the day we are deafated and set free from not just the hunt but the nightmare to" Ludwig said trying to get up and started thrashing about again "hunter Zeke we should leave before he started to have another rampage again" simon gestured to a doorway too small for Ludwig to fir through which it looks like he has tried.

Heading through the doors i was greated with the sight of a broken clock with large fragments missing which acted as a sun of sorts "this is where you must begin your adventure and through the main cathedral you will find the key to getting to the astral clocktower" Simon said while stepping back behind me but left a gift beside the door "im afraid i must stay behind to guide others that are less blood drunk to other safe havens to were they wont be attacked by the others" Simon finished with a face of guilt across his face "do not feel sorry friend you have kept me sane through my time so far and you are a trust worthy ally so I understand you need to leave as this is a task I must face alone" i finished taking the Chikage left for me and inspected the blade "thank you Zeke who knows maybe you hold the key to escaping this nightmare once and for all" Simon said with a smile and closed the door locking it so there will be murders trying to get into the safe haven behind Ludwig or so others that cannot face him alone die in a pointless fight.