Journal Entry - April 1884

I will kill him. The truth has now been revealed - the circumstances of my birth which have plunged me into the vagaries of the shadow is no mere coincidence. Perhaps it is fate, the hand of Kalesta, moving across my life which has placed the Monster a...

The words rolled around his mind like some living serpent as he slipped, silently, back into the streets. He needed the mask. He needed to feel the world racing under him as he flew from rooftop to rooftop. He needed to feel the now comfortable weight ...

[i]It's feeding time in the jungle, jungle The cold streets, ya, they come alive Ain't a time to be humble, humble 'Cause only the strong survive The nights, out here I'm starving just to feel inspired The fights, my fears Tonight I won't be deni...

CW: Implied thoughts of Suicide The plan had been simple. Vodacce and the people there had set him on the path with the skills he would need to hunt from the shadows. The monster that laid the curse on him was out there in the shadows somewhere and...

[i]It's easier to run Replacing this pain with something numb It's so much easier to go Than face all this pain here all alone[/i] Dona was charming, skilled, and social. Of course she would find him. The words, themselves, were benign - [i]the l...

"I hope whoever she is is proud of you, that person you lost." In an instant he was not the wild vagabond, leaping from roof to roof and swinging down into danger at a single moment's notice. He was a small boy in a mask, doing as all small boys do - ...

The city was quiet as he moved from rooftop to rooftop. It was a peaceful quiet in the hours before dawn would rise and for the moment, he was thankful for that silence that would allow his mind to try and sort through the strange conflicting feelings tha...

Something told him he belonged here. Around and around the dancers turned in graceful and elegant movements. Around and around the dancers moved with that inhuman grace of which he could only borrow a mere thimbleful - or else risk drowning in the endl...

[i]“Why do you do it?” The Woman had asked.[/i] Nevermore regarded the training dummy as he stepped into it, the posts sticking out at odd angles to indicate lines of attack in a hand to hand fight. The manuals were clear on the process for arm pos...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAUHTchi8lY The gym equipment was almost absurdly easy to acquire, and since he’d given it a space of time since having the underground of the mansion hollowed out by some perhaps less than reputable earth-workers, the...

“Under the Mask” The metal of the mask was heavy in his hands. Nevermore wasn’t sure why it was heavy - it was a thin set of metallic plates that Batian had specifically made for him. The lens would let him go out in the daytime or be exposed ...

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