Monday, September 3, 2012

Chapter 1.1 - The Sands of Setra


“It is a nice house,” Blake said. “And the ad was right; it’s not near any major roads or anything.”


 
“Plus we were told we would have neighbors. I admit I didn’t realize they would be quite so close, but I’m sure it will be fine.

“Uh-huh,” said Shane. He didn’t sound entirely convinced.

Blake and Shane had followed through with their plan of leaving Bridgeport after graduation. Both had agreed that the more distance they could put between them and their families, the better. Setra had thus seemed perfect, and they made the arrangements to move there as quickly as they could. 


 
Besides arranging to buy a house he had never seen, Blake had also managed to get arrange an interview with the local school. By the end of the day, he had landed the oh-so-glamorous position of playground monitor. 

 
Shane was a little bit vague about his plans. All Blake could get out of him is that he was ‘looking into something.’


 
Shane was vague about a lot of things, really. The vampire thing for instance. Blake hadn’t really got much more explanation than ‘vampires have rules to follow.’ It hadn’t bothered him as a teen, but now that they were married he thought Shane might tell him more.


 
“I guess it doesn’t really matter,” he thought as he made dinner. “He isn’t even a vampire anymore.”

Indeed, Shane had taking some sort of cure before they left, saying it would make things easier for them. Again, Blake hadn’t thought to question him. He supposed Shane would talk about it if he wanted to.


“Hey, we forgot to get napkins.”


 “Eh, doesn’t matter,” Shane replied. “We’ll put it on our list of things to get for the house.”


 
After dinner they watched a movie. “This isn’t going to turn in to something where she gets eaten alive?” Blake asked.


 
“No, she’s dead when it gets her. See? I don’t think anyone could survive that.”


 
That night Blake dreams.


He’s floating above the house. Beneath him are skeletons.


 
“Soon,” one says, “Soon will be our time. You will have your part to play young one. Resist it or die.”

9 comments:

  1. I'm intrigued to find out why Shane's being evasive and what kind of cure he took. Of course the talking skeletons under the house are awesome too!

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    1. Shane was originally going to be much more open, but as I've gotten a better feel for Setra, it's made sense to make him more secretive. It will all work out though.

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  2. O_O

    Aaaaand the creepiness has just hit level 11!

    Probably one of the quickest ways to hook people into a story... dead skeletons under the house. Yep. Didn't see that one coming.

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    1. I didn't really see it coming either! But then, there they were.

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  3. Well... that's certainly disconcerting. I guess Shane and Blake have some unwelcome "guests" planning their demise - or something.

    Dun dun duuuuuunnnnn... ;)

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    1. Between this and their neighbors being so close, I think they're really going to regret not looking at the house before they bought it.

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  4. SOON.

    Lol lol lol xD

    Anyway yay! A Setra legacy! I seriously considered using Setra, but I wanted to play Hidden Springs this time instead.

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    1. Our sims could have been alternate reality neighbors! I actually nearly used Anju Falls, but I was feeling too lazy to populate it.

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  5. Eek, skeletons under the house! Quite a scary start there especially with Shane's secretiveness

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