Locked

Well we're locked in and everyone else is locked out. Because more fears have arrived that are better deaths than the one awaiting me. So death is certain and our defense is metal shutters.

Brightside... With no ins or outs the record work should be easier. I'll probably still have stuff to do with people dying but otherwise no work. I just get to stay here and lament my existence and watch him as he watches me. I hope we still have alcohol cause with nothing to do I'm intent on getting as drunk as possible.

Fun Fact

I'm still alive. I know how worried you all must have been.

I'm pretty sure I wasn't infected either.

By the sex or the operation I mean. I've been bed ridden for a while though... Good thing my hiding place is within arms reach from the bed. Still I'm worried one of the guests might have spotted the card before I woke and hid it... I recovered a bit ago actually but when I tried to leave my room I ended up opening the door to see The Black Dog standing right outside my door. I'm pretty sure it was on it's way to go mess with one of Sheryl's group and it was just a coincidence but still seeing it standing there I decided to just go back to bed for another few days.

Anyways more important topics. My time out has severely messed with my job. I have no idea who's arrived or left anymore and the records are a mess. In fact I'm pretty sure I've missed out on quite a bit. Apparently Ruby's back and I have no clue how I wasn't aware of that... Guess I've been preoccupied with my own problems.

So anyways the only important aspect of this post is there are going to be no accurate records kept of the time between this post and my last post.

Blood donation.

So I'm gonna be donating some of my blood to help Sheryl and her buddies.

Yes Sheryl the bitch I was just complaining about in my last post and all my previous posts since she showed up. So why am I helping her out?

Well  a number of reasons.

No one regardless of how much of a bitch they are deserves to be the plaything of one of the creatur- Ahahahahaha... I couldn't finish that statement...

Nah the real reasons.

One: Hopefully if I do this thing her and the others will leave sooner.

Two: Nothing I do could actually make life worse for me so why not just do whatever.

Three: I was paid in advance for services rendered. Regardless of how much of a dick I might seem I'm honorable and if I've already been paid I can't change my mind.

What kind of payment you may ask... Well if you've been paying attention you can probably guess.

No not money.

I'll give your simple minds a few seconds to work it out.

I'm sure you're all reading this with stunned faces now so let me explain why I'd be willing to accept such a payment even though I hate her.

She's a bitch but she's an attractive bitch.

I... Am not exactly handsome. Especially now a days. I don't sleep much or pay much attention to hygiene issues. So I'm not ashamed to say that if I get that kind of an offer from an attractive woman I don't care much who she is.

Like I said can't get worse.

You know what I love?

Ingratitude.

Of course I'm being sarcastic.

I'm sure all my adoring fans out there in The blogosphere (What can I say Record Keepers are like Rock Stars to these people) saw my little conversation with Sheryl shortly after the death?

Well I'm not normally one to air my grievances in public but she is really getting on my nerves now.

After her outburst got slapped down by my obviously superior argument me and her didn't really talk. Which was all good with me and now she's bedridden and I haven't even had to see her around. Seems perfect.

Get this though! Apparently after we were nice enough to take her and her buddies in and try, obviously not hard enough but still, to save her friend she's repaying us by not paying us. That's right she has not paid any of the rent for her or her friend's stay since the whole reappearance of Ruby, Sal was talking about earlier. If I was in charge I'd of kicked them out after the first failure to pay but I guess Sal is a better but less financially minded man than I and he hasn't kicked them out yet. She probably thinks that with her friend's death and her problems she can get away with things like this.

Well listen here. This is not a charity. It's a business. We run because people are willing to pay. It's not like we charge much. I mean all our clientele are penniless runners and they all manage to pay. There is no excuse at all for you to not pay what you owe.

You're preying on Sal's good nature and it sickens me.

Another dead person and how the hell does one put a horse on a record?

So a bunch of new people showed up.

Normal occurrence...

Except we don't know what they're running from so have to makr them all down as unknown which means special precautions.

One of them was like incredibly injured and died shortly afterward so had to add them set up the precautions and then remove them which as I've mentioned in the past is a huge pain in the ass...

and lastly one of them is a fucking demonic horse.

I don't even know.

Probably secretly a fear gonna murder us all but for some reason Sal is totally fine letting it in here.

Whatever again as said before increases in danger really hold no worries for someone constantly on the edge of death.

Oh I should probably say something for the dead guy... girl? Whatever... Oh yeah that was another little record keeping problem. The dead one was some androgynous freak and it's name was of course equally androgynous. So for gender I had to put it as who fucking knows. Course now I can put it as dead so it doesn't matter anymore.

Right I'm not really hurting the opinion of me as a heartless bastard am I?

Um... It's always sad when someone dies to these monstrosities...

I'm sure this thing could have led a happy and long life otherwise or whatever...

There you go I'm covered.

I'm obviously still here but you already knew that.

In fact not only am I still here but I spent the downtime updating the records.

Course the record update consisted entirely of everyone is gone but still.

I'm not happy about that Sal. Did you really have to shut this place down? I mean yeah I get it but there's no where safer than here even without the protection. Closing this place down just sent a bunch of people back out into the cold unforgiving world.

Most importantly me. Luckily I foresaw this event and stayed in the area.

Actually even more importantly you let a whole bunch of them get away without paying.

Horrible way to run a business.

But yeah back now. Few people coming back which means my job and stress are back as well. The bureau by my bed is again filled with... Rosters.

Anyways the point is I'm back.

Another change to the records.

Screw that Matthias guy.

Such little work when he arrived so of course he makes up for it with his departure. One dead, 2 injured, 2 departed and a whole bunch of special notes in the margins.

Oh right he also sort of doomed us all by removing our protection and he you know killed someone and hurt a couple of people.

On the bright side with the dying man gone this place is now no less dangerous and no more dangerous than anywhere else in the world so visitors might start coming again.

"You're just as likely to die out there as in here but at least in here there's free rooms and board and a chance to make friends."

We should put that on a sign somewhere.

Anyways as per usual no matter what changes I'm not leaving.

No point in going somewhere else to die when I can die in comfort right here.

Oh and best wishes to Sal with the broken arm and all.

Get better soon.

A little free time.

I've been extremely busy since Sal let loose his little secret.

Tons of people pouring out of here in fear and disgust over this revelation. Which of course left me having to account for all of their exits.

Plus a few of the crazier runners who had been avoiding us before now find us interesting enough to grace us with their presence so yeah I've been a little overworked.

Yeah more than usual even...

As for my thoughts on the whole thing?

Well like Sal said I'm not really bothered but not for the reason he says. In fact quite the opposite.

He thinks it's cause I know that's all that's protecting me.

Wrong. I don't mind because I'm not safe no matter what so one more huge risk isn't much of an upset for me.

I've been working here under the shadow of death since day one and I'm not going to flee just because the shadow got a bit darker.

Doomed is doomed no matter how doomed you are.

So yeah.

At least the new stranger was easy to add to the record.

Just had to add one name no record of what he's running from no extra information or addendums to add just a name and a room number. Easiest record I've had to keep so far.

Actually with the dry up of new people once I get the records straightened my job should be a lot easier.

That's kind of a depressing thought actually.

Like Herding Cats.

So yeah if I'm going to be part of this I might as well actually write some stuff. Well record keeping for a group of runners is, as one would probably expect, not easy and in some cases downright frustrating. For instance someone disappeared recently from their room. They were labeled as missing and it was assumed something had taken them or they had wandered through the wrong Door. An hour or two after they were removed from the records they show up again and reveal they had actually just gone out to a local club to make some money. So, then I had to alter the records to show they were in fact still here and then the next day the same person actually did walk through a Door but the record was left unchanged just in case they somehow showed up again down the line. So, yes the records are not exactly one hundred percent accurate.

However I must admit this is actually a good thing in multiple ways. For one it makes what is normally a ridiculously dull and boring job... Not quite exciting but not as dull as usual. Also if someone were to say take The Records it wouldn't be a big loss since the information they get would be mostly inaccurate without proper contextual understanding of the situations occurring within.

So the most recent record related problem. This fight that was mentioned earlier and the large influx of runners lately. Larger numbers means larger amounts of strange occurrences and record abnormalities and the record will remain up in the air regarding those involved in the fight until Sal comes to a decision regarding how he wants to deal with them.

There you go I've contributed.

Hello.

Hi... I'm John Wintrip. I was a runner who found his way to the hostel and elected to stay for a few days.

The place was comfortable and safe so a few days became a few weeks and then months and now I'm pretty much staying here permanently.

As such I've been volunteering to pay for my stay.

I worked in human resources before I went on the run so I mainly work keeping track of the people here.

Who arrives how long they plan to stay what if any special amenities they need.

Who leaves and unfortunately who dies.

Basic stuff like that.