Chap 2: The Funeral Directors

Chap 2:

The elevator keeps going down..... down..... down......

It's scary to think of what awaits me down there, since I barely know these people and they gave me a job already...

Being stuck here with... Raven... makes me seriously nervous.

But suddenly, it stops.

I gulped as the doors of the elevator started to open, and what awaited me was......

Another long corridor.

Me and that girl Raven walked through the dark, and eerie corridor, my legs were shivering, I was so nervous, it felt like I was being kidnapped.

Soon... we reached a black door. Raven opened it and what was inside well...

It looked like a somewhat normal lounge room. The little musky smell from the corridor went away, and a more serene atmosphere was introduced when we went into the room.

The room had an old carpet, but it looked like it was being treated well. The room in all doesn't look very dirty and somewhat looked serene despite being underground.

But it wasn't empty.

There were people inside the room, 3 people. Who were all dressed in formal black outfits.

A tall, slender, seemingly charming woman.

Who was sitting on a chair talking to a person leaning against the wall.

The person leaning against the wall was a tall, muscular man who looked like they were in their 30's..

And I can't forget about the 3rd person.

It looked like he was sleeping on one of the couches, but then when I entered, he yawned and woke up.

"Um.... so..... this is our new member... that Mister Xander approved..." Raven said in a shy tone.

"Oh? Well, come here, little one. I need to take a good look at you, dont be shy now." Said the woman in a lovely tone.

"It's always Xander that manages to find fresh meat." Said the guy leaning on the wall.

"A... newbie..? Huh..." Said the man lazily mumbling, rubbing his right eye but soon goes back to sleeping.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. The name's Freya. One of the funeral directors here, well, we're all funeral directors here, aren't we?" The woman said in a warm charming grin.

"Wait, you're all funeral directors?" I said in a nervous tone.

The man replied, "Yes, but Xander is the main one. Since he gives out all these orders and missions to us."

I had a lot of questions to ask them, but I'm too nervous to even put them into words. After all, I was just suddenly approved for the job and then taken to this place.

Everything is still so confusing..

But soon, something came up from behind me, but I'm sure it wasn't Raven...

It was him again. The one they call "the main leading director" of this place.

I instinctively jumped from my place because of my fear. But he, on the other hand, just waved at me with his so-called "warm" smile.

"He just keeps creeping up on me.... how does he do it? Wait, where did he even show up?.." I thought to myself.

"You look a little lost there. It's alright, though. That's how it starts out at first anyway." He said.

"As you know, we're all funeral directors. But the main thing about us.... is that we can see spirits." He said.

"See... spirits...? Like, ghosts?.... uh.." I said there was no way things like spirits exist.

"Not the superstitious type, I see. That's ok, though. But I can assure you that they are indeed real." Said Xander.

"Our job may be giving the dead rest, but our real main job is actually to eradicate these spirits." Said the man leaning against the wall.

"How... do you eradicate them?" I said nervously

"By fighting them, of course." Said Xander.

I kept clutching my shirt tightly due to my nervousness. "I... I can't believe this... this.. isn't some kind of cult, is it?" I said.

"What? No, of course it isn't." Said Xander as he softly chuckles.

The woman on the chair starts to chuckle as well. "Do they really think this is... funny?.." I thought to myself.

"Look, it may be hard to believe, but we are absolutely speaking the truth. Here, if you don't believe me, I can show you some proof..." Said Xander.

But before he could, I ran away as fast as I could and left the room, and headed towards the elevator. "What is up with this place? What's wrong with all of them!?" Luckily, the elevator arrives just in time, so I quickly hopped on before any of them could catch up to me.

"My... grandpa worked here..? But why?? He wasn't insane..." I thought to myself as I slowly started to catch my breath and sit in the corner of the elevator.

"I know this is in his will... but.. I can't just possibly work with them... maybe it would be better to work in a different funeral parlor.."

After all that, I went back home and hopped onto my bed, laying down, I had so much on my mind, but I was too tired to think.

So I just decided to doze off on my bed for now, and just wait until tomorrow to focus on what I'll do next.

"Huh... she left." Said the man leaning against the wall.

Raven was about to catch up to her, but Xander stopped her in time.

"No need, she'll be back soon. I know it." He said.

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