Siren’s Cry [A LITRPG Adventure] Interlude: Blood on The Walls

A/N: And here it is folks, the long awaited Siris Lore Chapter(™)! For real though, content warnings for this chapter: Blood, gore, trauma, sorta-cannibalism, and disturbing imagery. Viewer discretion is HEAVILY advised, as this chapter is 18 in an entirely different way from the rest of the story.

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Seven Years Earlier, Earth:

I sigh, double checking my phone for the hundredth ti on my way to her house. There's still no ssage from Arianna, despite my nurous attempts to text her.

: Ey, coming over bb

: Where r u?

: Hello?

: Respond pls

: Srsly reply now

: HELLO???

Shaking my head, I finally give up and just shut off my phone. Pausing, I check both ways before rushing across the street, ignoring the frustrated beeping of the cars at the stoplight. Traffic was just another part of living in a city, and no one would care that I jaywalked.

I'm rapidly disabused of that notion as sirens flare up behind and a cop car appears from a random alleyway nearby. Cursing under my breath, I stop and wait for them to pull up next to . The tinted windows roll down ever-so-slowly, and the officer sticks his head out of the window.

“ ‘Scuse ma'am, but you do realize that you just jaywalked right in front of and my partner here, right?” Putting on my best dumb teenager smile while internally screaming, I make a show of looking back at the traffic light, which is understandably now green with cars zipping past.

“I did? I'm so sorry officer, I thought the thing said I could walk!” He shakes his head, mumbling sothing about stupid teenagers always doing stupid shit.

“Well ma'am, seeing as no one was hurt and frankly I have better things to do today, I'm going to just let you off with a warning this ti. Next ti, make sure the light says you can walk.” Sending a silent thanks to whatever god happened to be watching over right then and a silent ‘fuck you’ to the officer, I give him a brilliant smile and nod along.

“Understood officer! I'll be more careful next ti!” I say, waving at him until he and his partner drive off and return to the alleyway to ruin soone else's day. Flipping a quick middle finger at the back of their car, I start jogging down the sidewalk as my phone buzzes. Checking it shows that Arianna finally responded to my texts - I quickly unlock my phone and read the text.

Ari