Normal Guy
15th September 2019
Soera City, Nesa country.
00:30 am
The night sky above the third biggest city of Nesa country are as cloudy as usual the moon and the star can't be seen, illuminated by the artificials light of the street lamps and many other light source. The road are bustling with vehicles and shops crowds which full of the crowds which are busy with their own activity even if the dark veil of the night has long enveloping the town.
The tall skyscrapers spread across the city, the advertisement billboard on few corner of the road keep playing the recent famous idols promoting their new masterpieces or offering the products that they were picked as its ambassador.
In one of random supermarket in the west side of the city, a young man wearing wrinkled suit drink a carbonated liquor and holding on cold cheese burger that he buy from the supermarket. His eyes stare at the billboard while humming calming tone.
His attention then shifted to look at the watch on his left wrist which pointed that its already past midnight. the night wind blow chilling his body as he clutch his suit tightly and bag strap slung on shoulder.
[Time do pass fast]
That thought flash through the young man mind.
Not too long ago his university night worker class finished, with the chubby shoulder length haired professor giving another homework to solve, involving requirement of another hundred pages of reports that he need to research and write.
The young man immediately know that his weekend gonna be full again, leaving him no room for a break.
He isn't some kind of young master that can easily pay others to do the assignment, neither he is a bully that can pressure others. he is just plain hard working normal guy that is being hopeful that he can end his study smoothly and landed full time employment somewhere.
His background is complicated.
His future are uncertain.
His gift apparently a wack.
The black haired young man throw the emptied carbonated drink bottle and the burger wrap on the trash can in perfect aim.
As he walked and wear helmet, straddle his trustable motorbike, while the motorbike engine roar as it come to life.
He has a side job to do.
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Western Palm Regency
Mansion of Widjaja family
The boy whimper as he try to close his eye and keep his ear under his palm. his parents were gone out of town again and the bathroom-
That cursed bathroom under the stair keep making questionable sound. the boy locked himself in his bedroom and sometime he heard knocked sound either from his bedroom door, the window, and sometime from the wall.
Which is practically impossible since the young boy bedroom were in 2nd floor. the sound of water keep spilling and stopping in erratic frequent making the boy even more anxious.
His clammy little hands gripping the blanket in terror. he want to scream to his nanny, but the last one already resign from her job not over a week after she come to the house, probably scarred on the sighting of the creature. leaving the young kid alone again.
The creature- whatever it is scare the nanny away, and his beloved parents. his should have been sweet caring parents never believed him. accusing him on being crazy and send him to near by therapist.
The boy has given up on bringing things up again, he could only pray the thing would never reach him.
The boy whimper as he hear horrifying scratching sound on the floor right outside of his bedroom. the sound of the chairs in dinning room being pulled in and out with clank clank clank sound on the first floor increase the creepyness of the situation.
"Its okay, take deep breath- everythings okay"
a sudden voice echoed in the boy's mind, as the boy feel a light pat on his head. the young kid snapped and look up. right before him stand a corporeal spectre in the form of young man wearing purple hoodie, the darkness of the room and shade of the hood hidden the man's face.
a comfortable feeling exuding from the man eclipsing another ruckus happen outside of his bedroom where the creatures start banging the door.
The boy's sight dimmed and his breath become even as he slowly pass unconcious. persuaded to sleep under the man's energy signature.
"I will eat your nightmares, don't worry. sweet dreams and keep sleeping" The man whisper in knowing tone as he push his energy to calm down the terrified kid which now look peaceful on his dream. the man sighed before stand and facing the door.
The kid's has decent protection from his spirit guardians which make the barrier around the boys room, but the thing trapped in the home is just too strong, the feeling of malice just that much suffocating. the barrier will broke down if it keep being crashed by the hostile entities. the man place his palm on the kid's temple and enforcing his energy to sthrengthen the kid's barrier.
The thing act to keep using its spiritual power to mess with the house, Feeding off negative energy and purposely scaring the boy was one of the entities trick to keep its supply of food intact while slowly driving the boy crazy.
Taking out twin daggers that materialized on his palm, the hooded man's spectre body ran past the door and straightly slash the being which immediately withdraw with a gashing wound that left black blood like on the floor.
The entities sensing that the being in front of it were not the boy who is its prey. its hissed enraged that its feast interrupted and for the wounds inflicted.
"Parasyte- be my dinner tonight! [Devour]!"
The hooded man energy blast out and enrapture the entities which failed to avoid the energy grasp as it being chewed alive as its roar in anguish.
Not even few minutes and the entities disgested by the young man's black magic.
"[Its another toxic being, you should eat less, Bella. even if you have high [Purification] its still bad for your health, you know]"
a refreshing youthful male voice echoed on the room, admonishing the youngman. a wiggle of furred slime fluff which flutter its tiny transluscent wings appear under the man's hoodie. its face showing an ever present smile (^ω^) as its snuggle on the man's neck in concern.
The youngman cringed at the mention of his astral nickname, before choosing to answer.
"Teacher Aires- you know i can't do that with the [penalty] i have-" the man reply. "I'll just ask Big sis Muri's help to cleanse the toxic energies residue"
The fluff slime huffing and let out a tiny growl "[troublesome kid, fast go back to your own body. its gonna collapse again if you push yourself too hard, get ready-]"
the magic circle opened up under the teacher's invocations.
"En" the man nodded before letting his spectre form get transported by the magic circle.
The man's opened his eyes as he see that he is back at his real life one room apartment. the messy room full of dirty laundry and some books scattered on the floor. the man's spectre form nearing his in real life body which is slumped on the bed still in suit. as he touch his real body, his spectre form absorbed back into the man's unconcious body.
Blink.
The unconcious body open his eyes. the man feel his body keep being heavier and heavier, drained with stomachaches after energy consumption and effect of disgesting toxic "food".
As the man groaning at his misfortune. before succumbing to unconciousness.
Sadly, such as the side effect for today's job. not the first and definitely not gonna be the last.
Thats one of the night Arya Nightshade pass as normal guy who is hella stubborn.