Raiders 14

Raiders Chapter 14: the Dark room

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My room is a dark ruin filled with fungus. Anyone who has opened its door has left me.

(all speech bubbles say huk* meaning deep breath)

This dark room swallows any visitors and makes them lose themselves, so those with its keys are like a tiger moth.

Drop the key if you wish not to turn into a handful of ash.

I am a black flame, which swallows everything.

A black sun, which grow bigger by ripping you to shreds.

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Farmer: who is it?

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Wh what happened to you? You are heavily wounded.

Huh?

Hey

Wake up!!

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I’m just a poor farmer so I can’t make any fancy food.

But you have to fill yourself. Hurry and eat.

I was so surprised yesterday. You must be a victim of a war.

It’s good for you to be able to move your body though

Thank you
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It was different from that jail, throwing strange chunks of meat at me.

Did humans have such warm hearts?

Can I slowly mix into one of them?

What’s going on? Why are your wounds rotting?

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It’s alright. I can still work like this.

But…

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Sfx: scream ( ignore other 3 speech bubbles)

My mind was in chaos and my body was in so much pain.

Am I living?

Why

Am I thinking ‘I want to live’?

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Huh?

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The body of the human I have eaten. An instinct for me to live.

Maybe I didn’t want to accept the fact that I cannot be with them because of such a sweet life I’ve had.

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They say the corpse was ripped to shreds. Maybe it’s the work of wild animals.

But I’ve heard there’s a monster that eats people.

Just recently it ate 5 people.

You had best be careful.

They are my food and source of my life

Just like a rabbit and a wolf, it’s just a part of a food chain to live.

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I am not ‘evil’. Just another ‘race’

1565 A.D outskirts of Hungary.

Damn it. Its starting again.

Why is this lord picking new maids so often?

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20 maids have been taken in just this year already.

At this rate all the women will disappear from this village.

I heard he’s not just ‘picking’ new maids.

I believe he makes all the maids sleep with him.

Those sick royalties. What will become of this village?

Is there noone to stop him?

If I was a maid, I’d go to bed with him and stab him from the back.

But you would just get caught by the guards and lose your life. Who would do such a thing.

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You are now maids of our lord.

You will be taught about manners in the castle and serve our lord accordingly

But our lord wishes to see you first so prepare yourselves.

She looks a little too young…. Did she not hear the rumors about the lord?

The body is rotting again.

Like I thought, I must eat a human regularly.

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All speech bubbles say sob

When they started to release their feelings,

They could no longer control themselves.

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Don’t worry.

Nothing will happen.

Sfx: cry

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Maybe… I was made to protect such weak beings.

I wanted to put some kind of meaning for my sick and twisted acts for me to survive.

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Hm

You look a little young. What is your age?

14 sir

Its tragic for such a young girl to work at a place like this.

I think you will need some special care so I want to speak with you later.

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Send her to my room tonight

Ah// I uh……..

I..

My lord. I’m sorry to inform you but this child is very sick today.

I believe she will do you more bad than good to you for now.

And I also wish to speak with you.

Would you give me the honor of visiting you tonight?

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Alright

Come to my bedroom tonight.

Yes my lord

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Ah. Are you ge…

Don’t worry about it.

Huh?

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Come here

Yes

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If I’m an unforgivable criminal….

Then I must punish the evil to receive redemption.

Existing only to punish evil, carrying out the unavoidable judgment.

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Maybe I have the honor of carrying out your will.

Are you alright?

I was so worried that…

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Huh?

There’s blood…

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I told you nothing will happen.

Ah…..

Mo….

Monster

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Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

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I can stand all punishment for my sins.

Don’t let me get shaken

By their fear

And their hate.

And To not seek the flesh of an innocent.

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I fought my sins for hundreds of years.

I never wanted the flesh of an innocent and carried out what I believed to be god’s will.

God wasn’t as cruel as I thought he was. I wasn’t alone when I hid my identity,

And they could never recognize me when I left them soon.

If I give my feelings I want to stay longer, and by doing so put them into a dangerous spot.

A wolf cannot live with a herd of sheep.

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When I reached France after the long journey, 1st World War took place.

And the bodies of soldiers and civilians allowed me to stop seeking new victims,

And preserve my body.

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Kyaaaaaaaaa

It’s dangerous here too…

Help…

Weapons also evolve as the time pass by huh.

Can I die if I’m hit by one of those things?

No…. I’d only lose half of my body.

This cursed body….

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Sfx scream x2

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Sfx scream

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Ooh. How did you do that miss?

I can’t believe it, to beat those with guns with just swords.

It won’t be dangerous if we stay with you.

Well. I think there’s nothing more dangerous than staying with me.

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Aren’t you hungry?

Food is in short supply now. You either die in war by wounds or starvation….// there is death everywhere now.

And to be born in such time, this baby has horrible luck too.

I’m fine. You should hang on to it to feed that baby of yours.

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Ah… well..

I have a request miss. I want to protect this baby but I doubt I can.

At times like this it’s hard enough just to keep yourself alive.// but I think someone like you would be different.

If I have you around him, then maybe

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No….!!

Hey. They are just civilians.

They may seem like one.

But there’s a monster hiding in them. Bloody French.

Fire!!

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The baby…

Please..

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I’m losing…

Consciousness…

Maybe this time…

I can die…

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All bubbles say sfx baby’s cry

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Sfx baby’s cry x2

Sfx scream x2

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The unimaginable pain was holding my body.

Sfx scream x2

The pain was enough to make the sky go blur.

Unlike the feeling of near death pain of normal humans, each cell was screaming in pain…

My body and my mind struggled to the point I couldn’t remember.

All I could remember,

Was that I was crawling with all my might

At the small living organism.

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Please…

The baby…

Sfx: baby cry x2

It was

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The opposite

Of my

Intention

To save a life

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Hat!

Sigh.

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I’m just a monster

With the weak will of humans.

I don’t have to walk with humans.

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I’m a monster that creeps the dark to seek

Death

Haven’t I have prayed to the one I hate the most

To not seek the flesh of an innocent?

Anyone who has opened the door has left me

Now the key to that door is lost forever.