Post by Linz on Jun 10, 2010 12:00:00 GMT -5
The Nightmare
For you, the word nightmare probably brings back memories of being a kid and running to mommy and daddy’s room because of the downright terrifying experience you can’t even remember. I mean sure, we all have nightmares even when we’re older but those are so much less significant because by then we’re old enough to comprehend that it’s just a dream. To the citizens of Coldvale, nightmare has taken on a whole new meaning.
It’s a word used to refer to the creatures that have supposedly been prowling the streets and consuming victims carelessly. I say supposedly because not everyone believes in the existence on these supernatural beings. These skeptics would prefer to believe that there is some bloodthirsty and crazed cannibal running around. Then again, does it matter? Either way it’s a hellish event to be living through.
The Research
The believers banded together, forming an organization that worked to discover more about the mysterious creatures as well as attempt to protect those falling victim. It’s claimed by the organization that the nightmares take an animal form by day so they can prowl and stalk their prey freely but by night they spring into action, possessing a human body and using it to kill. Of course, their prey are not the only victims. The bodies they possess are equally, if not more so, damaged by the experience. A person couldn’t be so lucky as to forget painfully changing appearance and then eating another human like a crazed animal. They remember every second of it and the emotional scars the experience creates can never be erased.
The End?
So what happens now, in a world where no can be trusted and lives are in danger every second of each day? The citizens can go about living their normal lives, all the while knowing that at any moment they could die in a most gruesome fashion. Some will choose to live in denial up until the night that their throats are ripped open by the heartless creatures. Then there are some that will fight. Somehow, someday, they believe that an end can be brought to this chaos... maybe.
