'It's just one thing after another'
The streets of district 12 were bustling, almost making me forget how dangerous they also were, you could be in a peaceful street 1 second and on the next you could be being attacked by one of those monsters, well that's just the city for you.
I opened my wallet, 10000 Ahn left huh, barely enough for a sandwich, Am I going to end up dead a no-name? I really need a job...
Suddenly I heard banging coming from an alleway adjacent to me
Skrsh! Skrsh! Skrsh! Skrsh.. Skrsh!... Sob...
What the hell...
I turned to look at the figure, the man was punching the wall of an alleway while crying, or well to be concrete the man had no fists just 2 stumps, severely bloodied ones, brittle yellow bone showed through the cracks in his skin but he seemed to keep going at it.
The commotion seemed to alert people and passerbys started to avoid the alleway, not quite running but walking away in a cold sweat, leaving me face to face with the figure
It suddenly turned its head, I couldnt tell if it frowned or smiled, his face was disfigured beyond measure.
Then he said, or well tried to utter something
"Cursh Is Ity"
He started crawling towards me and I got creeped out, I was by no means powerful, wouldn't even be able to match the level of a grade 9 fixer, I dont want to deal with this!
I backstepped but the man kept going towards me, revealing his body, he had no limbs and he had the logo of a... maybe a syndicate? carved on his shoulder/
"I Yush wann tt-t"
I was in a cold sweat, if it came down to it I could kill the man but i didnt know if I would be alive by the end of it, he seemed strong but severely crippled, and mad.
"bl-bl... BLOOD!" The man screamed and seemed to start coughing
What do I do, What do I do?! The man was reaching for me so my instincts just took control
The man's bony stump was reaching out to me, threatening to stab me, but I soccer kicked his head he was thrown into the alleway, and started madly crawling back towards me
"JST A TASHTE.."
His speed was frightening now, I wouldnt be able to run away, and I surely dont want one of his bones in my back, so I continued.
I was scared beyond belief, So I just waited for him to make a move, and make a move he did, he somehow leaped towards me with his bony stumps acting as spears, I barely dodged the attack but this thing ripped my suit's pants, then it somehow turned in the air and aimed for my knees, due to the short length of his stumps I managed to dodge, it seemed me shedding blood invigorated him, but I wasn't letting him destroy my perfectly good suit anymore!
While this thing was in an awkward position I took my opportunity and bashed its head with my foot again and again and again and again, it started squirming, yelling mad insults and at last pleading, not for forgiveness but for blood... So I stomped it one last time for good measure
'Great now my shoes AND my pants are ruined'
In reality I was in a cold sweat, I almost thought it was over for me.
I ran away from the alleway but before I could exit it I could hear the sound of flesh tearing and smushing together.
The figure was back up again, grabbing my arm. But it seemed so much more monstrous, It's appearance made me utter a yelp...
And It Lunged at my forearm with its teeth.