TheSluttyBanshee
A Disappointing Eldritch Horror
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2020
- Location
- Lost in The Void
The street was dark and cold, the only light provided is from the streetlamps that towered over her and the occasional headlights of a passing car. This was the only time when the streets were voided of life. The sound of music blasting out of windows, the usual yelling, slamming, objects being thrown, and dogs barking non-stop were replaced with nothing but the sound of her heels as they clacked against the concrete sidewalk. It was too early for people to be up but too late for her to have to worry about any trouble...usually. Her usual routine of walking home every day from work was becoming a concern for her well-meaning co-workers. They've been telling her for weeks now that she should really stop staying at work so late so someone could drive her home, or at least let them pay for an Uber for her or something, but she refused them every time. They had the room to say things like that, she didn't. They weren't the ones struggling to meet ends meet as desperately as she was. She had to work as late as possible just so she could pay her bills and maybe have some food on her table. It wasn't like this was anything new for her. Olivia didn't care about the rumors of a supposed serial killer hunting women in the dead of night, she didn't have the time or money to care. Nor, did she ever think she'd be one of his many victims.
She's seen him on the news, at least, they suspect it was a "him" since the police really have no clue what they're dealing with. She's seen the reports of women going missing and turning up days, sometimes weeks later, dead and in horrific conditions. Some of their bodies were so destroyed that they still couldn't identify who they use to be to this day. Some were still missing bits and pieces that were probably sitting at the bottom of lakes or rivers in weighted-down trashbags. But hey, at least all of the news wasn't so bad. There was a company well underway for finding a cure for cancer or something like that, so hooray for some good news for once. She might be hunted down, tortured, and dismembered, but at least she won't die from cancer! Maybe...assuming the cure wasn't well above what she could pay...which it probably will be.
Honestly, after listening to those reports, she understood why the women at her job were so scared, but Olivia knew there were thousands of women in the city. The chances of his next victim being one of them were pretty low. That didn't seem to stop them from worrying about her, but her pride refused to let them buy her rides since she was so determined to keep her chaotic work schedule. She didn't care if a killer was on the loose, she wasn't going to stoop that low. If anything, seeing the way they looked at her with so much pity made her blood boil and it made part of her resent them even more. Olivia was gonna get herself out of this shitty situation one day, and maybe they'll finally stop looking at her with those damn eyes.
Thankfully, the walk from work to home wasn't so bad. She could walk there and back in heels with only minimal pain in her feet. She'd kill for a car of her own, but cars were expensive, even the old and cheap ones with how many repairs she'd likely have to make just to keep them running. Even if she somehow figured out how to make the repairs herself, the parts weren't cheap. Damn car companies and mechanics knew you'd have no choice but to go with their inflated prices, even in a city like this when transportation wasn't so bad. Buses just creeped her out. The constant coughing and sneezing made her skin crawl, and she figured she'd be more in danger if she took a bus. People had the chance to see and evaluate her during the ride, judging her every move and every aspect of her to see if she was someone worth attacking or robbing. She wasn't, but she didn't want to give a creep the chance to think otherwise. She was better off just walking.
Olivia made it up the steps to her apartment complex and made her way inside. The apartment complex was far from glamourous, likely not even worthy of a two-star rating, but it was what she could afford. The dead lobby alone gave her the creeps as the dim lights flickered as she quickly made her up to and up the stairs. Exhaustion was starting to hit her as she made it down the long line of rooms down the hallway. The wallpaper itself looked like it hadn't been updated or changed since the day this building was first built. The white within its pattern looked more yellow now, but at least the rooms themselves weren't so bad. She pulled out her keys and opened the door to her apartment and quickly stepped inside. She shut the door and instantly locked it. A lock as flimsy as the one she had wasn't going to fare well if a crazed woman killer decided to bang on her door, but knowing it was locked gave her some peace of mind despite that. It was the illusion of safety that helped her sleep at night.
She sighed and dropped her purse by the front door and kicked her heels off before walking deeper into her old apartment. Her furniture was donated to her by the people at work who didn't need them anymore or were getting something nicer instead. It was better than nothing, but Olivia hoped she'd get her own furniture someday. It wasn't like she had a bad job. In fact, it paid rather well, but...Olivia had a lot of past mistakes to make up for. Loans to pay, debts that needed to get paid off before they come to take one of her fingers...those things on top of bills and rent made prospering difficult but compared to who she used to be, it was progress. Maybe one day she could even have something other than cheap takeout as a luxury meal. Maybe she'll get lucky and meet a rich, nice man who'd instantly fall for her and fix all her problems like something straight out of a rom-com. Oh, her life was a comedy alright, but Olivia was the only one who wasn't laughing.
Deciding to skip dinner again, she went straight to her bathroom instead. Her hands held onto the sink as she sighed and looked at herself in the mirror. Olivia was far from unattractive by most standards, but that tired look in her eyes was undeniable. She was a woman with many problems that weren't going away quickly. She used to look a hell of a lot worse too, so in a way, that tired look in her eye being her least attractive trait was a pretty damn big win for her. She started to strip out of her work clothes, groaning as her body ached from sitting at a desk for far too long. She pulled off her jacket first to reveal a plain white shirt underneath. The fabric was just thin enough to faintly show the color of her bra underneath, something she was sure her boss didn't mind seeing, but Olivia didn't have the money for nice shirts to better hide what bra she picked that day, so she just covered herself with a jacket most of the time. That and...one other reason.
The needle-point scars in her arms were finally starting to fade. Now that she hadn't used for about a year, what remained of her past was finally starting to disappear. Another big win for a woman with so little in her life. It gave Olivia a nice feeling that she was strong enough to kick that habit that was gonna kill her someday, but there was always the underlying fear that she was gonna relapse someday. She liked to think that all previous users had that fear, it made her feel less alone.
She pulled her shirt up and off of her, letting it fall on the floor as she turned her attention to getting her bra off next. Her pale skin and womanly curves got her a lot of unwanted attention in the past, but it was her well-developed chest that caused her the most problems. She's had people tell her she could probably make a killing as a stripper, and Olivia will admit that she's thought about doing it in it the past, but her fear of relapsing kept her off the pole and stuck to her desk instead. She let out a relieved groan as her breasts were freed, feeling that ache of a long day trapped behind a restrictive bra that only a fellow woman could understand. She dropped her skirt next, letting it fall down her shapely legs and expose her shapely rear barely hidden by a pair of panties. That's when she decided to turn her attention to her old shower and start the water in hopes that her water heater didn't die on her again and that the water wasn't gonna come out brown or black like the last time. The pipes rattled as water traveled up through them, but luckily for her, the water came out clear. Now, all she had to do was hope and pray it'll warm up soon as she tried to ignore this growing feeling that something was watching her...
She's seen him on the news, at least, they suspect it was a "him" since the police really have no clue what they're dealing with. She's seen the reports of women going missing and turning up days, sometimes weeks later, dead and in horrific conditions. Some of their bodies were so destroyed that they still couldn't identify who they use to be to this day. Some were still missing bits and pieces that were probably sitting at the bottom of lakes or rivers in weighted-down trashbags. But hey, at least all of the news wasn't so bad. There was a company well underway for finding a cure for cancer or something like that, so hooray for some good news for once. She might be hunted down, tortured, and dismembered, but at least she won't die from cancer! Maybe...assuming the cure wasn't well above what she could pay...which it probably will be.
Honestly, after listening to those reports, she understood why the women at her job were so scared, but Olivia knew there were thousands of women in the city. The chances of his next victim being one of them were pretty low. That didn't seem to stop them from worrying about her, but her pride refused to let them buy her rides since she was so determined to keep her chaotic work schedule. She didn't care if a killer was on the loose, she wasn't going to stoop that low. If anything, seeing the way they looked at her with so much pity made her blood boil and it made part of her resent them even more. Olivia was gonna get herself out of this shitty situation one day, and maybe they'll finally stop looking at her with those damn eyes.
Thankfully, the walk from work to home wasn't so bad. She could walk there and back in heels with only minimal pain in her feet. She'd kill for a car of her own, but cars were expensive, even the old and cheap ones with how many repairs she'd likely have to make just to keep them running. Even if she somehow figured out how to make the repairs herself, the parts weren't cheap. Damn car companies and mechanics knew you'd have no choice but to go with their inflated prices, even in a city like this when transportation wasn't so bad. Buses just creeped her out. The constant coughing and sneezing made her skin crawl, and she figured she'd be more in danger if she took a bus. People had the chance to see and evaluate her during the ride, judging her every move and every aspect of her to see if she was someone worth attacking or robbing. She wasn't, but she didn't want to give a creep the chance to think otherwise. She was better off just walking.
Olivia made it up the steps to her apartment complex and made her way inside. The apartment complex was far from glamourous, likely not even worthy of a two-star rating, but it was what she could afford. The dead lobby alone gave her the creeps as the dim lights flickered as she quickly made her up to and up the stairs. Exhaustion was starting to hit her as she made it down the long line of rooms down the hallway. The wallpaper itself looked like it hadn't been updated or changed since the day this building was first built. The white within its pattern looked more yellow now, but at least the rooms themselves weren't so bad. She pulled out her keys and opened the door to her apartment and quickly stepped inside. She shut the door and instantly locked it. A lock as flimsy as the one she had wasn't going to fare well if a crazed woman killer decided to bang on her door, but knowing it was locked gave her some peace of mind despite that. It was the illusion of safety that helped her sleep at night.
She sighed and dropped her purse by the front door and kicked her heels off before walking deeper into her old apartment. Her furniture was donated to her by the people at work who didn't need them anymore or were getting something nicer instead. It was better than nothing, but Olivia hoped she'd get her own furniture someday. It wasn't like she had a bad job. In fact, it paid rather well, but...Olivia had a lot of past mistakes to make up for. Loans to pay, debts that needed to get paid off before they come to take one of her fingers...those things on top of bills and rent made prospering difficult but compared to who she used to be, it was progress. Maybe one day she could even have something other than cheap takeout as a luxury meal. Maybe she'll get lucky and meet a rich, nice man who'd instantly fall for her and fix all her problems like something straight out of a rom-com. Oh, her life was a comedy alright, but Olivia was the only one who wasn't laughing.
Deciding to skip dinner again, she went straight to her bathroom instead. Her hands held onto the sink as she sighed and looked at herself in the mirror. Olivia was far from unattractive by most standards, but that tired look in her eyes was undeniable. She was a woman with many problems that weren't going away quickly. She used to look a hell of a lot worse too, so in a way, that tired look in her eye being her least attractive trait was a pretty damn big win for her. She started to strip out of her work clothes, groaning as her body ached from sitting at a desk for far too long. She pulled off her jacket first to reveal a plain white shirt underneath. The fabric was just thin enough to faintly show the color of her bra underneath, something she was sure her boss didn't mind seeing, but Olivia didn't have the money for nice shirts to better hide what bra she picked that day, so she just covered herself with a jacket most of the time. That and...one other reason.
The needle-point scars in her arms were finally starting to fade. Now that she hadn't used for about a year, what remained of her past was finally starting to disappear. Another big win for a woman with so little in her life. It gave Olivia a nice feeling that she was strong enough to kick that habit that was gonna kill her someday, but there was always the underlying fear that she was gonna relapse someday. She liked to think that all previous users had that fear, it made her feel less alone.
She pulled her shirt up and off of her, letting it fall on the floor as she turned her attention to getting her bra off next. Her pale skin and womanly curves got her a lot of unwanted attention in the past, but it was her well-developed chest that caused her the most problems. She's had people tell her she could probably make a killing as a stripper, and Olivia will admit that she's thought about doing it in it the past, but her fear of relapsing kept her off the pole and stuck to her desk instead. She let out a relieved groan as her breasts were freed, feeling that ache of a long day trapped behind a restrictive bra that only a fellow woman could understand. She dropped her skirt next, letting it fall down her shapely legs and expose her shapely rear barely hidden by a pair of panties. That's when she decided to turn her attention to her old shower and start the water in hopes that her water heater didn't die on her again and that the water wasn't gonna come out brown or black like the last time. The pipes rattled as water traveled up through them, but luckily for her, the water came out clear. Now, all she had to do was hope and pray it'll warm up soon as she tried to ignore this growing feeling that something was watching her...