When Death hit the Dark Bride with the arrow in the chest...he split her into several pieces….The hand with the ring, the head, the upper part of the body and the lower part of the body...so it takes a while until you find them...They say the Dark Bride has dark hair and white hair. She resembles a Medusa figure, but she was smart…Also very strong. That is why she and Death kept arguing again and again. That was the reason for spreading the body parts…..While Death, Rudeus, the strongest mage of Grimmhoth, feared her because of her intelligence...she was also afraid of Death. The family of Death are supernatural beings...vampires, banshees, ghosts…..But Death has a wolf form...he actually did not have that according to the legend. He got this form after he supposedly ate 100 werewolves…..And because the wolf often represents Death...it fit…..The Dark Bride however had no interest in power but...family...She is the only member of the Death family who cannot give birth to children...this destroyed her of course…..and she lived in a castle completely alone without anyone...but then….she began to visit lands…..and there she met children without families…..she took them in…..Some called her mother...but some called her father. The reason is: the female children called her mother, the male children called her father or father. She treated the children fairly but differently, but for the children that was the reason why some call her mother and some father or father…..But whoever thinks the Dark Bride is a nice being….she was known for liking to torture people and used her family for many crimes...killing...murder….,curses...and more....Also she got hungry...so you had to give her…..human meat...more exactly blood...
(Splach!)
The Dark Bride may not be as brutal as the other siblings of the Death family, but she was also not a nice girl…..Because she loves money so much, she often even forced her children to do things they did not want: prostitution, robbery, or even murder...Whoever refused…...got a certain punishment depending on the age of the family member. From the age of 15 the punishments become harder and harder...the worst punishment.....is that the family member….must sacrifice an organ while still alive…..and stays a long time without the organ…..until you feel all the pain...
(Splach!)
Dark Bride: "Hehehehe...hahahahahahahahaha…"
If you are a well behaved child nothing happens...but if you refuse…...the anger of the Dark Bride is worse than Death himself...However...…..for some reason...she was never...happy. That is why she asked her children to name a reason for her...but the children did not know how to answer...So the Dark Bride walked around the city...and met an older woman…...by chance...the Dark Bride saw how all her children and grandchildren smiled at her and clung to her, so the Dark Bride asked.
Dark Bride: "How do you manage to make yourself happy….and your children too?"
The older woman laughed lightly.
Older woman: "Is it not obvious?....The best thing is to see children smile...to make them happy….They are children, they are allowed to make more mistakes…"
Dark Bride: "Naughty...what if they are naughty?"
Older woman: "I still do not hit them…...What does naughty mean? If I say I want you to do this and the child cannot do it or does not do it?...So what….only if they hurt another person...then I get angry...You should treat children like children and not make family drama again and again…"
The Dark Bride understood what the woman meant....The Dark Bride only focused on showing her strength as a member of the Death family...to show that she is also a fearless brutal sibling of the Death family...So she changed and stopped forcing children to do naughty things like prostitution, robbing and murder. At least...not if the children do not want it…..There was no punishment anymore unless they hurt another child...But still there were things that did not change: power of the Dark Bride family was still needed, they were strong and had no problem killing others. Being nice was never the point. The Dark Bride only wanted to be nice to her family, meaning children...She freed children in war…..sick children...If they survive they survive, if they die then at least they did not die alone...Another nickname for the Dark Bride was the Dark Fairy…"
(Meanwhile)
Kafka: "(Snores)….(Snores)"
Cossette: "He snores a lot…"
Fiona: "Mmmhhhhh..."
Mr Herold appeared…
Mr Herold: "I have an example...how to make sure he does not snore…"
Fiona: "Aha?"
Mr Herold: "Stick two carrots into his nose…"
Cossette: "We have no carrots…."
Mr Herold: "My little one that is not needed...I am a rabbit…...obviously I have enough carrots....unless Finrow eats them all again…."
Kafka: "(Snores)…."
He stopped snoring…
Cossette: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Oh…"
Mr Herold: "Well not needed…"
Fiona: "Then go…...And can you please stop shaking…"
Cossette: "Oh...I understand...he wants to go to the toilet…"
Fiona: "Do you not have a toilet in your house?"
Mr Herold: "Ichabod kicked me out...ok…"
Fiona: "Ahhhh...left at the corner there is the toilet..."
Mr Herold: "Thank you.."
He went in…
Mr Herold: "….Ughhhhhhh....Freedom…. "
Fiona: "(Schwitz)…"
Cossette: "Oh no…."
(A few hours later)
(Klopf, Klopf)
Naomi: "Hello!"
Fiona: "You are already here…"
Naomi: "Of course….I take care of Cossette-lein.."
Cossette: "I am very sorry Naomi that I worried you…"
Naomi: "Nohhhh...My little one...I am glad you are ok…."
Fiona: "Thank you Naomi...Really...I am glad to see you here."
Naomi: "Hehehe...of course…"
Kafka: "Good...then lets go...Before Gerta and the creepy guy wake up…"
Naomi: "Oh...excuse me...they are here?"
Kafka: "Yes…...They also booked rooms next to us…"
Naomi: "Oh no…"
Fiona: "Do not worry…...They will probably not get the idea to make a deal with us this time…...Close the door…..do not open it if they knock. Because Kafka and I can enter without knocking...There is a key…"
Kafka: "Mhm...if something happens…..call me…..Fiona and I will come as fast as possible…"
Naomi: "Ok…"
Kafka: "Then…"
Fiona: "Goodbye…"
Cossette: "Goodbye…"
Naomi: "Goodbye…."
They left the hotel…
Kafka: "So now that we are here…"
Fiona: "Where should we go first?"
Kafka: "Hmmm….the problem is...we cannot know where it is…."
Fiona: "Hmmm….maybe there are details?...are there none?"
Kafka: "That reminds me…there could be something…There is a riddle…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "The head of the snake lies in the light, the body in the dark….But not in the grave….It cannot walk if it is dead, it cannot walk if it is in prison…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Kafka: "That is a riddle and it is actually for the Dark Bride….But what exactly does it mean?"
Fiona: "Hmmm…..The head of the snake lies in the light…"
Kafka: "Does it mean it is outside?"
Fiona: "No….That makes no sense...why would you hide it so it can be seen outside? I think rather that it lies at a place where light comes and something lights the place…."
Kafka: "Body in the dark…...a grave cannot be…."
Fiona: "Maybe in a museum?"
Kafka: "That could be...but I personally think maybe through a ceiling or something…."
Fiona: "Or she could be outside...but as decoration?…."
Kafka: "Hmmm….Then the last: It cannot walk because it is dead, it cannot walk if it is in prison…"
Fiona: "With walk I think that has to do with legs…."
Kafka: "Mhm…..but what do they mean with if it is in prison…"
Fiona: "Hmm….Is it stuck somewhere?"
Kafka: "Or they are tied…"
Fiona: "Wait these riddles cannot help us...Even if we solve them how do we know if it is in Heidelberger or Bremer or in Weimarer am Main?"
Kafka: "Good question…...I think there is a way to know…."
Fiona: "And how?"
Kafka: "We just ask someone who knows riddles well…..Wait…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Kafka: "It cannot walk because it is dead…...it cannot walk if it is in prison….Fiona that is a hint where it is...Look around…..What exactly is around the city of Heidelberger?"
Fiona looked around…
Fiona: "Ugh...the wall!"
Kafka: "Exactly! This wall was used in the past to keep people inside Heidelberger because there was a war back then...they were stuck in Heidelberger. But instead of giving up…...they built the city! It was an empty place, Heidelberger existed only 300 years ago…"
Fiona: "I understand."
Kafka: "That means it can only be Heidelberger…."
Fiona: "And the light?"
Kafka: "A city...hmmm...a place...hmmm…"
Fiona: "Ugh.."
Kafka: "Ugh…"
They looked at each other…
Kafka: "The tower!"
Fiona: "The tower!"
Kafka: "Exactly the tower in Weimarer Friedheim!"
Fiona: "I remembered because of the light because the tower has two big round holes...one for the clock and the other for the bell…."
Kafka: "Yes…"
Fiona: "And what about the dark place?"
Kafka: "That is exactly the problem…"
Fiona: "…."
Kafka: "Ughhh!"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "The sto...mach…"
Fiona: "The stomach..?"
Kafka: "You surely heard of the legend...The stomach of the giant!"
Fiona: "Yes of course...it is in Bremer…"
Kafka: "Exactly...and how is it inside the stomach?"
Fiona: "Dark….But…..Are you in the stomach of the phoenix?…"
Kafka: "Yes exactly...the phoenix bird....Well it is just a stupid building but still it is a wooden building….And in the place of the stomach it is always dark…"
Fiona: "Then we solved the riddle...I guess…"
Kafka: "Now we just have to go there…."
Fiona: "Hmmmm….."
Kafka: "I still do not understand why this riddle did not speak about the hand…."
Fiona: "Well I guess that is because even if the hand is found it brings nothing...because it has no organ...no important organ. You can live without hands…Just not without head, upper part and lower part..."
Kafka: "True...makes sense…"
Fiona: "You are really smart…"
Kafka: "Hehe...you also helped…"
Fiona: "Well I admit I could not really help…"
Kafka: "You came up with the tower with me...hehehehe…"
Fiona: "Hmm…..ugh…"
Kafka: "What?"
Fiona: "Damn...Look there…"
Kafka: "Hmm?"
They turned around….Gerrard stood on one of the buildings...He waved…
Kafka: "Did he hear us?"
Fiona: "I think so…..We have to assume it…"
Kafka: "Lets hurry…"
(Meanwhile)
Gerta: "(Yawns).....Hahhhhhh….Dante….Dante…..Get up….Dante?"
Dante: "Mmm…"
Gerta: "Get up. We have to go…..Gerrard is waiting for us…."
Dante: "Hmmm…"
Gerta: "Huh?"
Dante: "My bandages are bleeding again…"
Gerta: "Let me see…"
She looked at his hand…
Gerta: "Hmmm….that looks bad…"
Dante: "Its ok…"
Gerta: "No...it has to be treated...wait a moment…"
She stood up and took the bandages…
Dante: "Mmm…"
Gerta: "So…"
She took the bandages off his hand…they looked completely red, like burned…
Dante: "Mmm…"
Gerta: "And your mother did that to you?"
Dante: "Mhm…"
Gerta: "Hmmm…"
She tied it again…
Dante: "Mmm…"
Gerta: "Sorry...did it hurt…?"
Dante: "Yes...a bit…"
Gerta: "Hmmm….Show me your eye…"
Dante: "Mmm…"
Gerta: "Hmm…"
She removed the bandage…
Gerta: "Hmm…"
Dante: "Hmmm…"
Gerta: "Close your eye...so no blood gets in…"
Dante: "Mhm…"
She tied it…
Dante: "Mmm…"
Gerta: "Why did she do it?"
Dante: "Because as a baby I cried too much…"
Gerta: "I understand…"
(Memory)
Unknown woman: "You must stop crying again and again you damn bastard!"
(Splach!)
Dante: "Woaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...woahhhhhhhhhhhh…"
Unknown woman: "Cursed be you...you stupid…..dirt…"
Dante: "Woahhhh….woahhh…"
Unknown woman: "Stop screaming!...stop...stop...stop!!"
Dante: "Mmmm….."
Unknown woman: "…..Good child...so it is good...I have no money even if I did I would not spend it on a naughty child like you...hehehehe…It shall be a lesson for you...Bandages are enough…"
(A few years later)
(Splop!)
Dante: "Hahhh...hahhhh...hahhhhhhahh…"
Unknown woman: "Urk…..ghhh.."
Dante: "Hahhhh...Mama...that...that….I am sorry..."
Unknown woman: "You brat!"
She went at him and then someone slit her…
(Splach!)
Unknown woman: "Oaurhhhhkkkkk…"
Dante: "Huh…"
(Patch!) (Patch)
The Dark Bride…
Dark Bride: "Poor thing.....what a cruel mother..."
Dante: "Hahhh…."
She held his cheeks…
Dante: "Ugh...who are you?"
Dark Bride: "I am the Dark Bride....from now on…..I am your mother….and your father….."
She held his cheek and kissed his forehead…
Dante: "Huh...(So warm…)..."
Dark Bride: "Now my little one…..Cry...it is your right as a child…"
Dante: "Mmmm…..(Tears)...….."
He started to cry…
Dark Bride: "That is good my little one….Cry...cry as much as you want…...and I….do what a mother should…..stretch out hands and hug you with warmth…. "
Dante: "...Hahhhh....."
(End of the memory)
Gerta: "You are one of the few who saw mother right?"
Dante: "Mhm..."
Gerta: "You do not look old at all…"
Dante: "I drank mothers blood...otherwise I would be dead…...But because she sleeps now her blood does not work so well…"
Gerta: "I understand…"
Dante: "Hmmm...you did not see her…"
Gerta: "No…...Only in a dream…"
Dante: "Right…...she can do that too…..after all…...she is the mother of Rapunzel…"
(Meanwhile)
Kafka: "Oh…..I cannot take this anymore…"
Fiona: "He is following us…..We need a way to distract him…"
Kafka: "Damn…..he is right on me…"
Fiona: "Hmmm... "
No matter how much they walked or ran, Gerrard followed them every step. He does not even say hello...but slowly he gets on Kafka and Fiona's nerves…
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Hmmm….."
Kafka: "We need a way so he does not annoy us like this…"
Fiona: "Then go ahead and say what we should do…"
Kafka: "Obviously he does not even try to hide...I mean...he stands at the house right next to us…"
Fiona: "Mhm…. "
Gerrard: "(Schwitz)…..There are not many big houses here…"
Kafka: "Listen...can you stop being on our back?"
Fiona: "Mhm…. "
Gerrard: "Sorry...I have to watch you…."
Fiona: "Hahhhh.....Look...A dancing bear…"
Gerrard: "Where?!"
Fiona: "Right there…"
She kicked him down toward the river…
(Splach!)
Gerrard: "Arghhh!"
Kafka: "(Schwitz)…"
Fiona: "Our chance…"
They ran off…
Kafka: "What if he is dead…"
Fiona: "Do not worry it is not even deep...He only thinks so…...You just walked there…"
Kafka: "Oh right…"
(Splach!)
Gerrard: "Help...help...wait... (Schwitz)...I can stand…"
(A few minutes later)
Gerta: "We are done…"
Dante: "Thanks Gerta…"
Gerta: "You are welcome…"
Dante: "It was not necessary to comb my hair…"
Gerta: "Come on...we should go...Here take the cravat… "
Her face right in front of his….he turned red…
Gerta: "…..Hmm…"
Dante: "Does the smell not bother you?"
Gerta: "The smell of your burned skin?...No…"
Dante: "I understand... "
She stood up…
Gerta: "So…..Looks better like this...now women fall to the floor…"
Dante: "They will not…"
Gerta: "Hehehe...Come on…...Be optimistic…...Come on Gerrard is waiting for us..:"
She opened the door…
Gerta: "Huch...Um…"
Gerrard: "Hey…. "
Dante: "(Schwitz)… "
He was completely wet…
Gerrard: "Tissue...please?"
Gerta: "Gladly... "
(A few minutes later)
Gerrard: "They were there...Only Fiona noticed me and pushed me down the river…"
Gerta: "Hahahahahaha….Fiona is wild….hehehehe….I love her…"
Gerrard: "That is not funny...though I have to say...she could have pushed me into the deeper area but she did not...She probably did not want to kill me…"
Gerta: "No…...she has no grudge against you or anything...That is not her kind…...Just because we are on the other side does not mean she wants to kill us…"
Dante: "Strange…"
Gerta: "Hehehe….I think Gerrard just scared her..."
Dante: "Hmm…"
Gerrard: "I would understand that."
(More hours)
Kafka: "So we found out that the legs and feet of the Dark Bride are here in Heidelberger…"
Fiona: "Exactly….now the question is...where it is…"
Kafka: "In the wall I think…"
Fiona: "Is there even a place in the wall where you can go inside?"
Kafka: "Yes….and not only that…...There are many homes on the walls, apartments I mean…"
Fiona: "Then what are we waiting for...hurry before the weird bird shows up…"
Kafka: "Ok.."
They went toward the wall…
Kafka: "The wall, this wall...was made back then because Weimarer was almost completely conquered by the Slavic empire…then the wall was built…...Well it existed a bit before but it was broken...Because it was in the middle of the sea it was hard to attack it…...That is why it worked…...They say they first built bunkers...and the rest built the wall…."
Fiona: "Very interesting….."
Kafka: "Right?...That is crazy...But the war ended...and still they kept building the wall further...It was not as high as a house...Now it is as high as two 200 meter towers…."
Fiona: "Mhm….."
They went in…
Kafka: "We have to go here…"
Fiona: "An elevator.."
Kafka: "Exactly..hehe.."
They got in…
Kafka: "Then we can look around….Heidelberger is a really great city…"
Fiona: "Mhm….Although I personally still prefer Bremer more…"
Kafka: "You were there?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "You were in Bremer Fiona?"
Fiona: "Yes of course...the city of Bremer…..I had an operation there…"
Kafka: "What?"
Fiona: "I had food poisoning….Mr Eisenhauer worried so much that he sent me there...turns out it really was serious…..But the blood of Holle would not have been needed there because it does not heal diseases…"
Kafka: "Wait...really?"
Fiona: "Mhm...it heals no diseases...no organic ones at least…"
Kafka: "Oh...I did not know that...does that mean you can even catch a cold…"
Fiona: "No there are some diseases that do not work...but some do…...Flu...cold...food poisoning because it has to do with poison...and of course congenital diseases….The blood of Holle only heals wounds or diseases in blood because it cleans the blood…Unless there is poison...Poison works no matter how little it is....That is why I swallowed a lot of poison for years so I have resistance against it...at least to some…"
Kafka: "Wow…"
Fiona: "You have to be careful…"
They looked around…
Kafka: "The question is how deep it is in the wall...The wall is very long it circles all of Heidelberger…"
Fiona: "That means it can take 4 days to search…"
Kafka: "No...8...there is a lower level.."
Fiona: "Great…"
Kafka: "Hehe.."
(Meanwhile)
Gerta: "Hmmm...wall…"
Gerrard: "I am sure that is what prison means…"
Gerta: "But that could be really hard...The wall circles the whole city…that will take a long time…"
Gerrard: "Do we have another choice?"
Gerta: "No…"
They went into the elevator…
Gerrard: "Hmmm…"
Gerta: "Hmm…"
Gerrard: "New outfit?"
Gerta: "Huh?….you noticed that early…"
It was a black jacket, she also wore black pants under it. Under the jacket she wore a white t-shirt…
Gerta: "So...there we are…"
They went on…
Gerta: "So you think mothers legs are here…"
Gerrard: "Mhm…"
Dante: "Hmmm…"
Gerta: "Hahhhh…..Then we need to know what kind of place it is…"
Gerrard: "Hmmm….."
(Meanwhile)
Kafka: "Wow...is it deep…"
Fiona: "Mhm...tell me...down there...is there anything?"
Kafka: "Yes…..there are houses…"
Fiona: "Houses?"
Kafka: "Yes people live there…...About 3000 people...it is also called the undercity or the mine city…"
Fiona: "Have you heard of Borderland?"
Kafka: "You mean the place on the Erlene island?"
Fiona: "Yes I mean the kingdom of Erlene…"
Kafka: "Mhm...yes I heard of it...There are many problems there…"
Fiona: "Well...I think it is because the island lies in a place where the clouds were poisoned...they are green...at least that is what they say…"
Kafka: "Yes I heard that…...Do you want to go there or were you there?"
Fiona: "What?...No I was not...why would I…"
Kafka: "Hehehe….."
Fiona: "What if the body part is down there?"
Kafka: "Very possible...there are mines there…..some at least…"
Fiona: "What do people do down there?"
Kafka: "They are workers who take care of the wall and the mines…...It is a dangerous hard job...but a lot of money...and they earned it…"
Fiona: "Hmmm….Prison…...What if it is not exactly the wall itself but something in the wall…"
Kafka: "Hmmm?…..Ohhh…..there is a place…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "I am not so sure…...there is a bunker that was used for the wars…...The bunker is called Bunker 541 Zero…"
Fiona: "Ok?"
Kafka: "About 20 years ago something happened…...but the bunker had a problem...They closed it because they kept hearing something….."
Fiona: "Namesis?"
Kafka: "No idea I was never there myself….But they said the bunker is cursed…"
Fiona: "Ghosts...I understand….."
Kafka: "Mhm…"
Fiona: "I think that would help…...I can talk with ghosts…If I use my ability card of the mysterious and shoot myself in the head I turn into a banshee and then I can talk with them…"
Kafka: "Oh….ok….."
Fiona: "But it does not have to be...Ghosts you can see I can probably talk without using the card of the mysterious…"
Kafka: "I mean...I am a namesis user I think I could also talk...Even if I do not like talking with ghosts…"
Fiona: "Cool...then bring us to this Bunker 541 Zero…"
Kafka: "Ok..but we have to take the elevator there...By the way it is really deep…...You have to know...I do not know how thick the air can be there…"
Fiona: "Is it deeper than the mines?"
Kafka: "No...I think we can go there...but still we have to be careful…"
Fiona: "Ok…."
They went to the elevator he pressed the 60th floor…
Kafka: "So…"
Fiona: "Wow...how many floors does it have…"
Kafka: "Very many…"
Fiona: "Respect…"
Kafka: "Yes...I think even if Weimarer is attacked...it can be hard for the attackers to destroy Heidelberger…"
Fiona: "Good...then the people here have a safe place from the beginning…"
(1 hour later)
(Krach!)
Kafka: "We should be there soon…"
Fiona: "Mhm…."
(Dong)
Kafka: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Kafka: "It stopped but we are not there?"
Fiona: "Hmmm….."
(Dong!)
Kafka: "Ugh...Oh oh…"
Fiona: "Let me guess…..It will hurt?"
Kafka: "Yes…..Get down!"
They went down the elevator fell..
(Weeee)
Kafka: "There are still 10 floors...it will hurt…"
Fiona: "..Ghhhh…"
Kafka: "Ghhh.."
(Krach!)
Kafka: "(Cough)…...Ghhh…. "
Fiona: "Hhhh…"
Kafka: "Fiona are you ok?"
Fiona: "Ghhhh….I have no idea...My stomach hurts…"
Kafka: "Ughhh…."
A bar went through her stomach…
Kafka: "Ugh...Hold on…"
Fiona: "Ghhhh.."
He went to her…
Kafka: "Damn….wait….Does it heal?"
Fiona: "Not if it is inside…..Hahhhh…. "
Kafka: "Ok...Ok...I get help…"
Fiona: "Pull it out...just do it…"
Kafka: "Are you sure?"
Fiona: "Yes...Pull it out…"
Kafka: "Ok…"
He grabbed it and pulled it out…
(Splach!)
Kafka: "Gh.."
Fiona: "Gh…..Eaaaarghhhhhh….Hhhhh…. "
Kafka: "Are you ok?"
Fiona: "It heals...but for some reason Holles blood does not fully work…"
Kafka: "Hmmm?"
He smelled the metal…
Kafka: "The metal is very old...maybe...it has some poison…"
Fiona: "Ghhhhh...No...I think metal just hurts more....."
Kafka: "...Hh.."
Fiona: "But I can stand up.."
Kafka: "Oh.."
She stood up..
Kafka: "Sure?"
Fiona: "We have no time...hurry up...it will be fine…"
Kafka: "Ok…"
Fiona: "Hahh…"
Kafka: "We are here…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Kafka: "Hmm.."
Bunker 541 Zero…