Disclaimer:
I do not own Dark Souls, nor the rest of the Soulsborne series. FromSoftware and its respective president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, are the only ones that lay claim to such a lofty franchise.

Without further ado, here is the second chapter to my fanfic. I do hope you enoy.

Speech: "Hey."
Thoughts: 'And here I fall off another cliff. How lovely.'
Memories: 'Oooo… That gold armor looks-'

With the main room that lay ahead locked, and I was certain I did not recollect passing through there, the only other path that was left was to return to the stairs where I found Oscar wounded. And retracing our steps was simplistic enough.

Scaling the steps, I found a rather irritating fact that now plagued me. Right beside the cadaver I had slain before was another Hollow. Where in bloody Izalith did these Undead come from, thin air?

'And would you look at that, it fires arrows too.' I thought idly, and rather grateful that the knight beside me intercepted its path with his shield. And judging from its make, it looks quite sturdy.

Once he silently lowered his shield, I rushed forward and grasped the skull of the former human with both my hands. Without any hesitation, I then proceeded to bash madman's head against the wall. Again, and again. I did not stop until my companion cleared his throat, his face concealed by that well-crafted helmet of his. Although, given the tone in his voice, it was easy to see that he was both disappointed and somewhat unnerved by my brutality.

"Must you be so… Brazen? I did not utter a word before out of respect, however…" Hearing the hesitation to continue his line of speech, and that he had turned his gaze away from me, I realized just what made him nervous. And it wasn't my act of violence.

I was almost in the nude. And back in human form.

While I was grateful that this man had offered me Humanity to revert my body's decayed state to the form it was meant to have, it did not change one fundamental thing. A man almost saw me in all my glory.

Feeling my cheeks light up, I jumped off the current set of stairs we currently occupied for the other right below us.

"D-Don't look! Please, can you find me some clothing I may wear? And a good weapon too if you can." I practically screeched, leaning my back against the wall behind me. Wrapping one arm over my chest and the other grabbing my lower garment tightly to prevent it from slipping off me any further, I found that I was well out of sight. Unless he were to peek from above…

"Do not worry, I'll find you something." Oscar stated plainly before his footfalls dimmed the further away he went on his venture.

Hours must have passed by, most like. I practically dozed off more than once here. 'Although, I do think that taking a brief nap would be a good idea.'

Closing my eyes, I drifted off into sleep.

Suddenly having my shoulder shaken, I awoke with a jolt. "Eep!"

"Shhh! Do you wish for the demon to find us? Get dressed and let's go. Quickly." The hushed voice of the knight of Astora froze me in place for a moment.

'A demon? That explains the rumbling of stone from time to time. But, why here?'

Whatever the case, I pushed my thoughts aside. I could always ponder on life's mysteries another day. I need survive; I refuse to lose my human body.

Watching him go back up the stairs before heading up the second set, I hurried until I had donned what he had left at my feet. Quickly looking over the article of clothing granted to me, I found the black steel's level of adhesion to be rather alarming. Especially with how it stuck to my flesh and fit my form almost perfectly.

Finishing up the task at record time, I picked up the simple straight sword nearby and promptly followed where my companion was heading.

'I must say, the sight isn't that bad.' I mused as I pushed onward past the man, taking only a moment to absorb the stunning scenery and each snowy mountain.

After slaying a few more lost fools who had lost their sanity, we were soon greeted by a wall of thick, condensed fog.

"Hm… Do you believe our ghastly warden is through here?"

He nodded his affirmative. "Indeed. Once we go through here, we will finish our battle to escape this place. Do you have a plan?"

'Do I have any plans? And why would he follow my command? Well, if there's a chance of it working…'

"We will make both demons fight amongst each other! If not, we can at least get them to harm one another enough to commit a killing blow."

Kneeling upon the balcony which looked over the large room and the single demon below, I heard Oscar mutter something about having to deal with another insane woman under his breath. How rude.

Filing his words for another day, a better occasion for our interrogation, I promptly leapt from the ledge of the balcony and plummeted to the demon below. With the height of the fall increasing my speed and the blade plunging into its skull, the demon collapsed onto the ground. And, as expected, the ground gave way to the combined weight of the demon and the hammer it held. However, I was still on top of the monster. And, as I froze up in fright, I did not leap to safety on time.

Holding to my weapon as if my life depended on it, I screamed my lungs off until the impact came.

Being abruptly thrown off the fat bastard was rather unsavory. Still having my weapon intact, and in my hands, was a wonderful thing. But standing on my two feet and witnessing two very pissed off creatures of nightmares glaring my way hatefully, I couldn't help but wish I was back in my cell.
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Well, before going to sleep, my muse hit me. Hard. And being smacked around by my muse for a while got me to write this sooner. If there's any confusion as to why I skipped the Asylum Demon in the beginning, well…

There will be moments when memories lapse. How she breezed by without dying may be surprising, even with her mind being occupied, but I will be noting down the reason later. And for a person who has been alive for countless decades, you can be certain that she won't always be a reliable narrative. Especially since her thoughts will be flawed on some subjects.

With this out of the way, I'll now go to sleep. I must be ready for work in a few hours as well.

If there's any questions, suggestions or criticism, don't hesitate to let me know. Take care!