Two sizeable black travel bags were tossed onto the paved road that had just finished raining. One of the bags rolled twice before stopping right in front of a girl's pair of legs.
The girl in the black knee-length coat standing in the middle of the street looked down and checked the bag in front of her feet.
"This is my bag, you bastard!" she growled. "Who dares to do this to my belongings?" she said, annoyed as she stood up again, staring at the open door of his apartment.
Some books, clothes, and other objects can be seen being thrown into the streets just like that. Swearing and swearing came from the girl's old apartment.
Annoyed that her personal belongings were dumped on the street, the girl immediately ran to check on the culprit. From inside her apartment appeared a fat woman who was angry and cursed while carrying the last thing that belonged to the girl.
"Mrs Puff? What are you doing in my house?" protested the girl annoyed.
"What am I doing, you say? Are your eyes blind? Obviously you saw I was cleaning this apartment to rent out to someone else!" shouted Puff with a pointing hand.
The girl had difficulty speaking because of the shock. "You have violated my privacy. You broke into my house without permission and destroyed my personal belongings!" she protested.
"You stupid girl! You've been in arrears on rent for six months straight and now you're complaining to me?"
"But, Mrs Puff, this is not how it should be! I will definitely pay the rent!" said the girl as she picked up the things back to avoid getting wet.
"Every day for the past month, you've been telling me the same thing! All your promises are fake! I've had enough of you, Little Pig! Better get rid of your disgusting things and get your feet out of here!"
Braak!
Slammed the door to the old apartment before the girl's eyes and locked it from the outside. The fat woman stomped away, leaving the girl alone with tears in her eyes.
"Rain?" scolds one of the girl's neighbours. "You are okay?" The young man who came on a bicycle helped pick up Rain's belongings scattered on the street.
Rain couldn't help but sob. "Yeah, I'm fine, Ben! Just ignore me," Rain said as she picked up her things and put them in her bag.
All the residents of the old apartment looked at Rain with dull eyes. Neither of them felt pity or stepped in to help the girl.
"You can stay at my place tonight," Ben offered.
"No, Ben, thanks. I've troubled you too much. Mrs Puff wouldn't like it if she still saw me hanging around here."
"She has no right to do that!" cried Ben. "I've already rented it. I'm free to take anyone there including you!"
"Yeah, that wouldn't be good for you, Ben. What will your lover say when suddenly she visits and sees me with all my things in your apartment?"
"Gosh, Rain, you know I don't have any girlfriends or women who will come to this dilapidated place! Come on, I'll help carry your things to my place!"
Ben stood up and picked up Rain's bag and belongings strewn across the street. Ben led her into his own apartment. The young man didn't care even though Rain refused and tried to prevent him from transporting the things to his apartment.
Rain just stood still in the middle of the road, staring at Ben, who was walking away. The young man trudged along with two large bags in his hands. In the sky, the clouds still lingered. The wind that contained water vapour blew very hard.
Rain cursed because her knee-length skirt was almost revealed. She held the hem of the dress with both hands. Her long, curly brown hair is also a mess.
"Gosh, if it weren't for Ben, maybe tonight I'd be homeless and have to sleep on the storefront."
Some of the trash was rolled up in the wind. Rain stopped again when Rain tried to run after Ben to the apartment. An old newspaper swept away by the wind wrapped around her feet.
Rain picked up the newspaper and slipped it into her coat pocket. She thought I'll throw it away when I found the trash can.
Rain looked behind Ben's apartment door. The narrow room instantly became increasingly cramped with a pile of Rain's belongings.
"I promise to find a new place soon!" Rain said it with a tone of shyness and shyness to Ben.
"Oh come on, Rain. Are you dealing with strangers? We've been friends for a long time. I understand your predicament. You are free to stay here as long as you want."
Rain immediately raised her hand. "No, Ben, I won't bother you to that extent. If I may, I'll just leave some of my stuff here. If I have got a new place, I will definitely take it."
"Where will you be staying tonight?"
"Oh, that's easy. I can sleep at work. Tomorrow I have work in the morning. So tonight I can go back there and sleep."
"Are you sure?" Ben was distraught.
"Yes. Tomorrow I will definitely find a new place."
"Okay, I respect your decision. You must not have eaten, right? I'm down to buy some ingredients. I'll cook for us. You rest first."
"I borrowed your bathroom."
"Wear as you please."
Rain went into the bathroom and opened the tap. She breathed a sigh of relief until dew formed on the mirror's surface. She really didn't know where to go tonight. She was just small talk about staying over at work.
In fact, today, she had already been fired from work. Rain really had bad luck. Staying at Ben's place was also impossible for her to do. Ben is too kind. Rain didn't want to take advantage of the young man.
Rain emptied the coat pocket before opening it. It was a habit she always had. She took out a lump of paper from her pocket.
"Ah, the old newspaper earlier."
Rain was about to throw it in the trash when her sharp eyes caught something.
"Job vacancy? In the paper? In a year like this?" she frowned as she opened the wad of paper beside the sink.
Rain opened the piece of dull newspaper and read it carefully.
"Not too bad. I've had quite a bit of experience being a waitress."
She read again the address where the job was.
"This is too far. It's out of town. Seriously. I've never even been to that city. It's impossible to find a good, reasonable job through an old newspaper this year."
Rain was about to throw it away again but failed when she saw the row of salary figures offered by the job. Rain reread the old newspaper.
"What? 500 Coll per day? Did they put the numbers wrong here?" Rain laughed. "This is equivalent to my salary for two months. Per day? Maybe they wrote the numbers wrong."
Rain look at her reflection in the mirror in despair.
"But, wait, why don't I call the number here and ask directly? There might still be a chance for me even though the publication date of this paper was several months ago."
Rain grabbed her cell phone and called the job supervisor agency advertised in the newspaper. She also noted down the address. On the fifth ring, someone answered the call.
"Good night. The Dauntess are here. Can I help you?" said a female voice on the phone.
"Oh, sorry. Looks like I dialed the wrong number. Because the one who should answer the call is the supervisory work agent," said Rain, embarrassed by his stupidity.
"You are looking for a job, Miss…?"
"I'm Rain. Yes, is the job you offered still available? For the waitress position?" replied the original Rain.
"Yeah, we haven't found a suitable candidate yet. The job is still open to anyone."
"What about the salary? Didn't you write the numbers in the paper wrong?" Rain frowned.
"We write 500 Coll per day. If it's too low, you can negotiate with us."
Rain gaped in the mirror silently. "When can I do the interview?"
"How about tonight?"
"What? But, the distance…."
"You can come tonight or tomorrow. Let me know when it's ready. I'll send someone to pick you up at Westlake station, Miss Rain."
She was so excited. Rain came out of the bathroom with the phone still to her ear. She forgot the newspaper in the sink.
Rain closed the bathroom door. The newspaper that was open next to the sink containing the job vacancies suddenly faded. Every letter and number written evaporated into black smoke. The old newspaper was blank and turned into a plain sheet of paper.
Rain is very excited. She couldn't even wait until Ben came back from the convenience store. There wasn't much time to catch the last night train to Westlake.In that state, there is a small town called Dark Wood. Referring to the story of the woman he had just contacted, Rain only needed to go there by night train.Before leaving, Rain left a note for Ben and promised to be back next weekend. Rain only brought one travel bag containing two pieces of clothing and personal equipment.Rain's departure for Westlake was like a gamble. She risked the last of his money to buy train tickets to get this job."If I fail the interview, I'm sure I'll be a bum tomorrow," Rain muttered as she pulled her coat tighter up.She walked quickly to warm up the body that was starting to shiver. The street lights started to turn on. She walked a few blocks to reach the city station.Rain reached into her coat pocket. She took out some coll and some of her last coins."One ticket to Westlake," Rain said, ha
In a village in the interior of the Darkwood forest, the residents flocked to close all the doors and windows of their houses as tightly as possible once the night fog fell. They extinguished the oil lamps and candles. No light, no sound. Everyone was silent and closed their eyes.Two little girls of a farmer's daughter lay on the bed terrified. They continue to attach the body to the mother. The little girl's hands gripped the hem of her mother's clothes tightly."I'm afraid of the dark," whispered one of the little girls."Ssshh... don't make a sound," pleaded the mother."Why?" asked the eldest daughter innocently."They can hear us. They can eat us. Light and sound, must be removed if we are to survive!"Boom!Lightning suddenly struck and split the dark night sky. The fog grew thicker and covered every house in the village. The wind was blowing hard, making the trees sway vigorously.From the depths of the untouched forest, a dark and pitch-black passage was suddenly created. The
The sound of a long whistle ended the night train journey. Rain woke up from her sleep. She stretched to stretch the stiff muscles. She was exhausted from sitting on the train for nearly six hours.Rain looked out the carriage window. She saw the atmosphere of the station, which was thickly foggy. The station in Westlake City was very different from the station in the city where she had been living all this time. Feeling the slightly different atmosphere, Rain was excited to go down and see it in person.She stood up and took her travel bag from the upper cabin. After slinging the bag on her shoulder, Rain started walking out of the carriage. As soon as her feet hit the train platform, a thick fog seemed to part and gave him away.The train whistle blew again when Rain was actually standing on the platform. The girl glanced around the venue. No one got off but her at Westlake station.That dark morning the air was so cold. Even though Rain had her coat on, it felt much more chilly in
A pair of flashing lights that Rain thought was a car turned out to be a very luxurious horse-drawn carriage. Rain was speechless. She stood there like a statue and didn't know what to do."Miss," said a voice. "Come on up!" expressed the same voice.Rain didn't know the man was sitting at the front of the carriage. Previously Rain had not seen anyone there."I'm Randall, the driver will take you to your destination."Randall sat in the front with a hooded cloak covering him from head to toe. He didn't look at Rain at all. His gaze is straight ahead.Randall's voice was profound. Suddenly the carriage door opened without anyone touching it.Rain still stood where she was and didn't move at all."This must be a mistake. I'm sure this carriage is waiting for someone else, not me!" she said in her heart."Sorry, Mr. Randall, you seem to have the wrong person," Rain said hesitantly, holding back disappointment."You're Rain Orwell, aren't you?"Rain stuttered when her full name was clearl
Rain sat down with her back against the soft back of the chair. She could see into the distance through the carriage's glass window. There was a very majestic and towering black building in front of her. Moss and vines covered the surface of the black structure almost entirely.The roof of the building consists of a collection of black domes and a pointed tower at the top. Around the top of the tower that soared into the sky, a thick fog continued to shroud. The dense fog slowly cleared as Rain's horse carriage approached the building."Wait, Mr Randall. Is what I see up ahead really our destination?""Yes, Miss Orwell. We'll be there in ten… nine… eight…." Randall continued to count down as the horses hooted."One!" said Randall at the end of the count when the carriage came to a complete stop.Rain looked to the left side of the glass window. Dozens of steps lay before her eyes. At the top of the stairs were many giant gray pillars.Some parts of the pillars looked cracked and chipp
"I can't run," thought Rain as she stood in front of the big black door. "I need this job."Rain's eyes were closed with her hands tightly clenched at her sides. She took a long and deep breath.Erica was still standing beside Rain with a straight and stiff face. Erica urged, "Our time is very tight. You have to do the first test this morning!"Rain's eyes opened. She looked at the black door in front of her again and nodded firmly."I will do it! I have to get this job. Whatever test you will give me, I will do my best!"Erica let out a sigh of relief. Her right-hand moves in a circle beside the body. A thin black smoke floated from the movement of her hand.Rain didn't realize any of that. She was still mesmerized by the maze-like carvings on the surface of the black door. A key that became a pawn among the maze suddenly moved, and the door opened."Wow!" Rain muttered in amazement. "I've never seen anything like this before! Is this the latest security system?"Rain reached out and
Ben had just left the nearest supermarket with two bags of groceries. The tall, blonde-haired youth kept smiling along the way. Just as Ben walked past the cigarette stall, Mrs. Puff greeted him."I feel sorry for you, Benjamin!""Mrs Puff? What are you doing here? Isn't it cold tonight?" Ben tried to make small talk before leaving the woman."Open your eyes, young man!" cried Mrs. Puff after lit a cigarette to her lips. "That little squirrel is just taking advantage of you! Tonight, she may squirm in your arms, but tomorrow she will be curled up under another man's blanket!"Ben's steps suddenly stopped. The smile disappeared entirely from his red lips. Ben squeezed the grocery bag in his hand until his knuckles turned white."Hah! Are you mad at that fact, Benjamin?" Mrs. Puff quipped as she left the cigarette stall.Ben took a deep breath and headed back to his old apartment. He knew Mrs. Puff was trying to make him angry. Ben climbs the spiral staircase while peeking inside his sh
"Mo-monsters!" Rain screamed, stifled.Mr Dauntess, who Rain had previously thought was a frail older man and would not be able to walk upright, suddenly shifted places in a swift motion. The man was tall and well-built. Rain could tell because the man had no clothes on, trousers too low at his hips."You said I was a monster?" whispered Mr Dauntess in a voice that was very frightening to Rain's ears.Rain stammers. Her body suddenly stiffened, and she couldn't move. A pair of eyes widened with an ashen face. Rain's lips parted slightly. She kept staring at the mirror-like and undead."Aaah...." Rain stammered.Rain's face turned blue. She couldn't breathe. Mr Dauntess strangled her neck from behind.Mr Dauntess's face was right next to Rain's head. Their eyes were fixed on the mirror. Rain and the man looked at each other through the reflection in the mirror."Are you afraid to die?" whispered Dauntess once more. "Or are you afraid to die at my hands?"Rain was still glaring from sho