Vampire terrorizes New Haven as election period nears!
"SUNSET BRIDGE, New Haven - A vampire has reportedly attacked a couple passing through Sunset Bridge around 11:58 in the evening. Witnesses reported a black mass suddenly descending down on the couple while they were walking along a sidewalk. The black mass then supposedly swirled around in place for a few seconds before flying off, leaving a couple of dead bodies on the ground.
The couple was immediately rushed to the hospital by nearby respondents but were immediately proclaimed dead on arrival from massive blood loss. Their bodies did not have any visible wounds save for some puncture wounds on the nape. Locals speculate it to be the spot where the alleged vampire bit and siphoned their blood.
It has long been rumored that the vampire's hut was found somewhere close to the bridge but so far, investigations have come up with nothing."
"SUNSET BRIDGE, New Haven - A vampire has reportedly attacked a couple passing through Sunset Bridge around 11:58 in the evening. Witnesses reported a black mass suddenly descending down on the couple while they were walking along a sidewalk. The black mass then supposedly swirled around in place for a few seconds before flying off, leaving a couple of dead bodies on the ground.
The couple was immediately rushed to the hospital by nearby respondents but were immediately proclaimed dead on arrival from massive blood loss. Their bodies did not have any visible wounds save for some puncture wounds on the nape. Locals speculate it to be the spot where the alleged vampire bit and siphoned their blood.
It has long been rumored that the vampire's hut was found somewhere close to the bridge but so far, investigations have come up with nothing."
"Even I can come up with a better story..." Haruto sighed as she finished the article, taking another sip of her coffee. Sometimes, she wondered how well the newspaper pays their writers. In the event she doesn't make it big as a novelist, would it be a good profession to fall back on? She's got the experience working for her old school's paper but she didn't exactly get paid during those times. She was gunning for broadcast journalism at first but, seeing as how her speech mannerisms need a lot of work, written seems to be the most viable option for her.
Turning the page, she immediately felt something was amiss. That nagging feeling one gets when she boards an overcrowded train dressed in her typical uniform. It's another reason why she's taken to wearing slacks underneath. People staring at her make her uncomfortable. As with the case with most people. Lifting her eyes a bit, she caught sight of another student sitting on another table, gazing into her direction. She wore a hoodie and she also has a cup of coffee in her hand. What blend she ordered, Haruto didn't know. Their red visages contrasts with their stonewashed surroundings.
So as with any man...or woman, for that matter, does when confronted with that kind of situation, she stared back. Not in a "Would you stop bothering me?" kind of way but more of a "Hope you don't mind if I stare back at you." kind of way. A little barbaric but, this is a correctional school. Gazes could mean anything ranging, from "Boss, Ex?" to "I've found our target." "For all I know, she might be trying to shove something on me and I'll turn up in an alley sooner or later with a cardboard placard plastered on my head."
The girl eventually looked away, much to the latter's relief. Somehow, she remembers seeing her before. Must've bumped into her a couple of times in the corridor. Course, she doesn't really remember them talking. Then again, Haruto wasn't the kind of girl you'd count on to remember anything. Half of the time, she can't even recall if she ordered pens with blue ink or black. Nevertheless, she kept watching. Hell, they were the only ones around save for the cafe lady. The girl immediately took a sip of her coffee. Probably didn't account for the beverage's heat as Haruto saw her visibly startled by the sudden influx of hot drink in her system. She immediately pulled up her hood but if it was because she was embarrassed or cold, Haruto didn't know.
"A blizzard at 2,080 feet, who are we kidding?" Haruto noted to herself as she caught glimpse of the advisory distributed by the school board. Mostly a list of things to do and not to do during the snow. The illusion of safety. Enforcing rules on a school populated by rule-breakers. Sometimes she wondered if the management actually knows what kind of people they let in the school. "Must be pretty monstrous themselves if they want to enforce these on us..."
"So, what did they lock you up here for?" Haruto finally asked the girl in the hoodie ahead, taking care not to come off as aggressive. They were gonna suffer being locked up in the school anyway, fated to spend the rest of their meals in the cold watering hole that is the cafeteria. Might as well get acquainted with a couple of faces. Besides, they might be let out sooner or later for good behavior...no matter how far-fetched that may sound right now. "Not living up to the standards of a model citizen, I take it?"