Family Business
"hunting things;
Saving people,
The family busi-
ness." Monsters..
demons… black eyes, behind normal ones easily hidden,
smell of rotten eggs –
sulfur. black smoke Manifests as, in this world
until by one some-
one possessed is. Most make deals: get whatever you
desire most (money, power, love, anything), price?
Exchange is one soul: yours, collected in 10 years
(usually) by…
hellhounds… only seen by the damned
monstrous dogs: red eyes, body's al-
most smoky, dripping fangs and razor claws.
victims Torn apart and Shredded like kibble
before payment is collected and returned to Hell;
souls shrieking all the way be-
cause eternity has just begun.
ghosts… Unfinished business or violent death That's
what keeps them here, tethered by their bones
or object of significance to them as long as it has
their DNA on it. Appear almost normal, but long-
er they stay, the more inhuman they become: Pale,
misshapen, deformed as time goes on.
Vengeful, Lost, in Agony
until someone can salt and burn their bones
to set them free.
…so many creatures more
all. They've fought
hunting. It's called
Hunters they are,
Best the, very, best
at what they do; thanks required no.
innocents and even the guilty Protecting
from goes bump what in the night, of-
ten too hardly anyone Knows they do
the good. deserve more They
what they're given
than. luxury A
requirement is; for in
this profession
Mercy is Death.
Painless, If your
lucky that.
A/N: Hoping the spacing holds up and looks alright, but all well, as long as the words are there...
Some of these lines I notice re-reading remind me of Yoda-speech, but I still like how it flows, haha.
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