In the dark hallway, Fabian was walking towards the basement. In the basement, there was a room which is supposed to be his office while there was also a bunk bedroom for the staff. There is a rule that a few members of the staff should always be present in the inn 24 hours a day. So that bunk bedroom is used by the staff to rest. And if Fabian wanted to know what happened that night, he needed to go there.
Fabian's enhanced senses were tingling as he was walking in the hallway. He could sense that there were many people currently staying in the inn. And that was very weird considering that the winter is upon them. Usually, during the winters there are not many customers. So it was very weird that were several people staying in the inn currently.
The hallway was very dark with no source of light. But somehow Fabian was able to see clearly through the hallways. As he was walking Fabian was having this craving to drink something. He didn't know what he was craving. What he did know was the fact that he could literally kill to have his craving satisfied.
As he was slowly towards the basement, Fabian abruptly turned around. He smelled something that he liked. Fabian didn't know till what he was craving. But as soon as he smelled that delicious smell, he knew instantly that this was the thing that he was craving for.
Like a hungry beast who had spotted a treat, Fabian started drolling. And Fabian didn't realize it, but his face started changing as he started drolling. His brown skin tone started changing into a grey color. His brown eyes started their color. His eyes turned reddish. While his iris changed his shape from circular to cylindrical.
He didn't know what took over him, but he started running towards that delicious smell. Fabian didn't notice it but his canines had started growing at an abnormal speed as he was getting close to that smell. As well the nails of his hand had also started growing at an abnormal speed.
He had locked down to the smell and he was following the smell. He could tell that the thing that was smelling was on a move. And it was moving towards the reception of the inn. So he was also running towards the reception of the inn. And soon he was able to reach the reception…
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Jory was hiding behind the reception table. He was sure that no one would suspect that he was hiding here. As Jory was sitting there, he suddenly started hearing footsteps. As he heard the footsteps he thought the seeker was here.
He started praying that the seeker wouldn't find him. But then he heard the footsteps had to an abrupt stop in front of the reception table. And all this person had to do was to lean over and he would be able to see Jory sitting behind the reception desk.
Jory started looking up as he was expecting that someone would lean over and find him. But surprisingly no one leaned over. Jory felt very happy that he was able to get out of this situation scot-free. But then out of nowhere a hand with very big nails came out of the wood behind Jory and grabbed his neck. Then that hand-pulled Jory from behind the table while breaking the wood.
As Jory was pulled, he was thrown to the ground. Jory was a small kid and he was not able to make sense of what had happened. He could feel pain when he was slammed on the ground but he did not know what or why was this happening?
But it was then he spotted it. He saw that a man was standing in front of him. And the most terrifying thing about that man was his glowing red eyes. Those eyes were enough for Jory to lose his calm. He straight away screamed as soon as he saw those eyes. As Jory screamed, the man lunged over him to grab him. But Jory was faster, he rolled sideways and the man jumped on the ground.
As Fabian jumped on the ground, his nails made some impression on the ground. But he didn't notice it as his whole concentration was on the boy that was smelling so delicious…
As Jory rolled over sideways he straight away started running. But the man got up lunged at the running boy again. And this time he was able to grab him. And then instinctively he opened his mouth and bit Jory on his neck.
Fabian didn't know what he was doing. He was acting as if there was another personality that is living with him inside his body. And that personality had taken over him. But as he was drinking blood, he sensed that people of the inn had woken up and they all were coming towards his location. But he wanted to drink in peace. So Fabian turned around and slammed into the front door of the inn.
Then he ran away from the inn while destroying the front door…
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When people a loud banging noise in the middle of the night, many of them ignored it. It sounded as if someone had broken some table or something. But they ignored it as they assumed that children must have knocked over a table or something similar. But what really gathered their attention was the scream.
When Jory screamed for the first time, everyone woke up. From the way that the scream sounded, they knew instantly that something was wrong. They all started coming out of their rooms to check on the kids. And it was soon that there was yet another banging noise that resounded through the whole inn.
Every then started running towards the reception of the inn, from where this loud sound originated from. And as these people got there, they instantly knew that something horrible happened here. The reception table was broken. There were some claws marks on the floor. And the worst of all there was traces of blood in the vicinity.
As soon as people saw blood, they started checking on their neighbors and close ones. They wanted to see whether this blood belonged to one of their own. And it didn't take those people too long to realize that Jory was missing…
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As Fabian got out of the inn, he straight away went to his house that was on the outskirts of the village. As he got there he saw that the house itself was nearly destroyed. There was only a wall that stood tall while the whole structure was collapsed. Just above the wall, there was some part of the roof that was intact. So Fabian went and sat under that little piece of roof.
Then like a hungry child eating his food, he started sucking the blood from that kid. And after Fabian was done, the body of Jory got turned into a brownish-black colored mummy. Fabian also felt satisfied now. But it was then Fabian realized what he had done…
As soon as Fabian realized what he had done, he suddenly threw away the body of Jorry. He then looked at his hands and clothes. He realized what he had done was not a dream. Fabian started panicking. He didn't know what he had become. He was able to use his hands and legs normally now. But that didn't change the fact that he had just killed a small boy.
And even after killing that small boy, all he could think is how tasty the boy was. The thought that he had to drink blood could have made him sick earlier, but now the thought of drinking more blood was making him hungrier. And that was wrong.
As Fabian was thinking about what he had become, he started remembering that womanizer man. He started remembering that during his stay in the inn, that man didn't give any amount of money for their services. He would just suggest to him that he had given him money while snapping his fingers. And Fabian would just agree with his nonsense.
He then also remembered clearly the events that happened that night. That man started transforming in front of Fabian into a monster. And he bit Fabian. This was very similar to how Fabian killed the boy just now.
This led Fabian to question what he had become. There was no denying the fact that he was no longer human. But what he had become now? Has he become the same monster as that womanizer? And the most important question of all, is there any way to change what he had become?
#Blood Borne