Drained.

Okay, looks like I'm starting with another apology... I didn't post yesterday because my day consisted of me being in bed either sleeping or being ill... I know I could've easily hauled my ass onto the internet to post, but I really did not feel up to it...
Okay, so on to today's post. I've recently been watching an anime, well, two animes, one called Durarara and the other's called Yozakura Quartet. Both focus on elements of the supernatural; Durarara focusses more on stuff like urban legends though, like street gangs and kidnappings too, whereas Yozakura Quartet focusses on the interaction between humans and Youkai (Spirit beings). This has me thinking, and so I'm gonna try and crack out another short story intro thinggy... So here we go folks!

"Faceless Gunman Strikes Again: Family Shot In Home." That was the headline as I passed the news stand... This killer who reportedly had no face, from what witnesses said, had killed eight people in total now, and seriously wounded one other, a police officer who'd tried to arrest them after their second attack. I didn't know what was going to happen next, but somehow I knew it'd involve me...

Let me explain. My name's Declan, Declan Leighton, and I'm what those who know of my kinda call an 'Entwined'. An Entwined is effectively somebody who makes a contract with a spirit and their souls merge into the one body. For some, the process doesn't go too well and the spirit takes over, corrupting and twisting the body and soul of the host into something, well, something not natural... For others, like myself, it results in abilities, powers if you will. It depends on the strength of the spirit and how well the two souls can bond. I suppose it helps that my bonded soul is my brother, Shane's...

Me and Shane weren't bad kids, but when we were younger, we got running with a bad crowd and, long story short, it didn't end so well for Shane. I swore I'd do anything to get him back. I was young, a kid. I didn't know any better... Seems some other-worldly force or something heard me and so here we are. Two souls, one body. Stronger and faster than a normal person, plus he keeps an eye out, which is kinda like a sixth-sense, like you read about in comics... Plus, I heal. I'm not talking cuts sealing before your eyes sorta healing, like in the movies, but about a minute or so, maybe more, depends on the wound. Since then, I've been studying Entwined. It's most internet crap, blog entries, tinfoil hat sorta guys, but after reading about those that go bad, me and Shane knew we had to do something, make up for the idiots we were as kids maybe, I don't know... But something told me that this faceless gunman was one of them, a rogue Entwined...

I was going to write more, but whilst writing this I received some news that kinda shocked me. A friend of mine from high school passed away recently, so, I know it's not much, but here's at least something to honour her.

So many roses, but they soon fade away.
Not like your memory, for that will always stay.
I wish I could say I knew you more,
But we weren't really close in those years before.
My heart goes out to those who mourn,
To friends, to family, those left forlorn.
I wish I could say that we were friends.
If only I could go back to make amends...
But now all I have are apologies and woe,
But I pray strength for those who loved you so.

R.I.P. Suzi...

God bless,
Craig.