Yes, here it is, the epilogue! I'll have another author's note at the end of this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Eidos or Soul Reaver or anything LoK. Damon, Ally, Raevin, Vogel/Kirstunoh, Ectoplasm, and the Aiermunarck-Uyilnarkiah forest tribe are mine. Sareptiah and Wraith (the wolf) belongs to HealerAriel (Erin).
A figure, whose features were hidden by a cloth over the figure's face and a hooded robe about their body, was sitting on the ground in an alley with their back to the wall. In the figure's hands was a bone scroll case, and beside her was a worn haversack.
Raevin carefully opened the scroll case and removed it's contents. As she read the papers, a large black raven perched on her shoulder and began to click it's beak at her. "So…" Raevin murmured, pulling the bandana down from her mouth. "Sareptiah got her hearing back. She was also turned into a fledgling by Raziel, with her permission. She is also with child," She grinned and glanced at the raven. "and Raziel is the father.. Somehow that doesn't surprise me." Raevin chuckled.
Vogel squawked and tugged at a few feathers with his beak. "May not liking blood-suckers, but Razielim best clan in Nosgoth!"
Raevin grinned. "Tell them the Nameless One says congratulations."
"Not say Raevin?"
"No, Raevin isn't here anymore."
Vogel almost seemed to look depressed. His feathers drooped and he hung his head.
"You can call me Raevin if you want. But not too often, okay?" Raevin said quickly, feeling guilty and sad all of a sudden.
"Deal done."
"That's 'done deal', Vogel."
The raven just clicked his beak at her.
Raevin shook her head and continued reading. "Let's see… 'The grave is still being guarded, but no one can see Ectoplasm anymore. Whenever someone approaches the grave with ill intentions, they are thrown back by an unknown force. Sometimes even killed…' I'm going to talk to that horse. What makes him do that?"
Vogel just stared at her accusingly.
"Alright, alright, I know I probably shouldn't have left, but I couldn't stay and remain sane! She's everywhere…" Raevin reached up and clutched the medallion hanging from around her neck. The object had given her some strange powers; she could climb like a spider (sometimes), run faster than a horse, smell blood of any kind for five miles in any direction (and distinguish between animal, vampire, human, or something else), see in the dark, hear the slightest noise, and could lift as much as any vampire. Raevin had come to the conclusion that Ally had passed some of the powers she had once possessed to Raevin. But she could never recall Ally ever climbing walls…
"What else, what else…" Raevin scanned the scrolls quickly, looking for anything interesting. "Here we go! 'Anna and Charles are well and alive. They are living in a guarded city near the Abyss. The city's fortifications protect the people from any and all vampires, and supplies are escorted into the village by a Sarafan army.' It's good to know they are well." Raevin yawned and stretched, revealing the backs of her hands and the dorsal sides of her arms. There were horrible scars there, as if she had extra appendages that had been violently ripped out. "Unlike you, my friend, I need rest. Take the scroll case back with you, and tell ONLY Ectoplasm that I will be around to see him.
"Deal done!"
Raevin shook her head again as Vogel flew off, his feet holding the scroll case tightly. She stood up, stretched a second time, and pulled the bandana up to cover everything from her nose down. Raevin tucked the scrolls into the haversack, then slung it over her shoulder. She took one look around, and walked away.
Balance had not yet been restored, and she knew she wouldn't be the one to bring it about. Until she could help, however, she could only watch and wait, and prepare herself to be ready when she could help again.
This is the end of the first part! These last couple of chapters have a hidden message; they basically tell the story of what happened between my ex and I. Except, she didn't die.
If everything goes right, the next part will be happier! If… and yes, I cried when I wrote that last chapter. I debated a lot between keeping Ally alive or killing her off. Sadly, choice B won. It'll be a while before the second part comes out. I'm going to re-beat LoK:SR1 and base the second part on that. I'll even make a third if I can get a PS2 and LoK:SR2.
See you all next time! I might even use Sareptiah in part 2! (And what would Sareptiah be without Wraith?)
