[Nexus] Inside 44

[Hattish Thing]

Last Night; A Dark and Stormy Evening

It was terrible weather outside. Absolutely dreadful! The lightning-storm raged and the rain poured heavily. Such storms tended to happen, but then again. You can't really forecast the Nexus weather can you? The wind was howling fiercely too. It was around three 'o' clock in the morning. It was all dark and people were asleep in the cozy houses that dotted this generic Nexus street. A young woman walks on her way back to her newlywed husband. She had just come from working at the bar a few blocks down. She usually got out around this time too. She was tall, beautiful, with long blonde hair and light shimmering blue eyes. She walked fearfully with her umbrella shielding herself from the torrent of rain. She had never liked storms. Her first mistake was not bringing her friend, who also worked at the bar, to come with her home. They both lived a house away from eachother after all.

She walked down the wet cobblestone path and looked around. No one on the streets, nothing...no carriages, automobiles, flying gizmos. None of the usual contraptions that could be found in this odd world of the Nexus. The lack of people around unnerved her, and rightfully so what with the seeming abundance of evil people in the Nexus. Her black umbrella is suddenly thrown back by the wind and she drops it. She bends down to pick up the umbrella. Her first mistake in a series of fatal ones. Then, as if he had just appeared when she was picking up the umbrella was a man! He wore a black trenchcoat, gloves, and clothing that covered his entire body. Seems the man (Or woman, you can't really tell seeing as the clothes are so thick.) liked to keep his identity unknown. The young barmaid continues walking down the street as a faster rate. The man scared her. Was he...following her? Yes. He was walking just behind her. Gazing from under that hood. Staring at her. She could feel his eyes on her.

She comes to a nearby alley before running in and turns to face the stalker-man. Her second mistake. But he's gone! As if he never existed. But why couldn't she get the feeling she was safe. That there was something watching! Something hiding! Something behind her! She turns again and sees the man standing at the end of the alley, blocking her way out. The other end was a dead end. She was stuck. By now she starts crying. This person was following her! Leave my alone! She shrieks, but it is almost lost completely on the wind. That and the only man who could've possibly heard them through the house adjacent's thick walls, was an old deaf man. Thew man in the coat just stared hungrily at the poor woman. He or she(Possibly it!) then walks toward her slowly, softly, menacingly.

The young woman reaches to grab a knife out of her pocket. I will kill you! Leave me alone! Or....Or I'll call the police! I'll scream! The figure says nothing. Then a huge bolt of lightning stretches across the sky. She turns her head for a second away from the man. Her third and final mistake. Then when she turned back to the man! He was gone! But then she felt behind her, a pair of arms encircling her waist, a hand going to her neck. The feel of a sharp knife cutting her throat, exposing the warm blood. She never even screamed. She gurgles and falls to the ground. But the man wasn't finished yet...He saw her body on the floor. He couldn't leave her there! He looked into a bag, obviously magical seeing as he pulls out a sharp hatchet. He then proceeds to chop the body up into small pieces. The hatches rises and falls for about five minutes. His shadow as the lightning bursts rises with the hatchet as he chops down, and down, and down again.

Then he takes about the task of cutting off her finger. Then using it to write a message in wall on the blood:

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He/she/it then disappears into the night. Morning comes. A rotten stench slowly makes its way into the streets of Inside. Smells like rotted flesh. Could be investigated! This sounds like a job for Sherlock Holmes A PC!