After days of nothing but waiting and hoping (and rotting), something changed for Catherine. She heard voices.

  …

  No not like that, someone was nearby!

  Oh my god! Another person! They can help me, HELP! I can’t speak, I can’t yell, FUCK!

  But with this new system thing, they’ll be able to tell that I’m still alive… -ish, won’t they?

  Oh here he is! Damn, he’s buff. Okay, big guy, help me, please.

  …

  Oh hey there’s two of you, so what’s-

  “The poor bastard didn’t even make it to class selection I’d bet.”

  “He… or she… must have gotten crushed during the earthquake in the beginning. Not a bad way to go all considered.”

  “She? Hah! Good one, Mark! See that gaming headset there? Definitely a guy.”

  Yaaaaaaaaaaay stereotypes. Shut up and help me.

  Wait what did he say? Fuck I wasn’t paying attention. Something about baths and movement builds?

  Okay he’s carrying me, sorry for the.. Grossness. Oh gods, those were inside me???

  Catherine was sure that if she could, she would have vomited at the sight of the various creepy crawlies that fell out of and off of her as she was lifted onto the man’s shoulder.

  Okay so maybe he’s taking me to where someone can help.

  Oh its an empty lot, a meeting place?

  …

  Oh no.

  From her upside down vantage point, catherine could finally see where she was being taken. She was going to be put in a mass grave, already occupied by a great number of corpses in varying states of decay.

  Wait, they’re saying something, please notice that I’m not dead.

  PLEASE!!!

  “So many died that first day, and so many die each day since…”

  “I know, big guy, but we’ll remember them. We have to.”

  No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no.

  And Catherine fell into the ditch with the other rotting human carcasses.

  No! Don’t Leave me here! Please!

  Catherine watched as the two men walked away from the pit and out of her view.

  C’mon Cat, it’ll be okay. Someone will come by, or something will happen, or… something… please…

  Time passed without help, but just as she was losing hope, she heard voices once more, growing louder.

  “Got another one for the pile, Jimmy”

  “I can see that. Toss ‘em in on the left side, gettin’ a bit full on the others.”

  “Gotcha Jimmy.”

  Please, please, please notice me. Help me. Anything. Anyone…

  And Catherine saw a face, peeking over the edge of the pit.

  And then it’s cold, dead eyes plummeted directly towards her.

  Oh god what-

  And the newly arrived body, fell right onto Catherine, with a wet smack.

  Ugh No! Ugh! EWWWWWWWWW!

  OH GOD IT’S DRIPPING! IT’S GETTING IN MY MOUTH!

  UGH IT TASTES SO FUCKING AWFUL I THINK I’M GONNA -

  Wait.

  I can’t taste anything.

  It took Catherine a moment to realize that, while her circumstance was revolting even so, she couldn’t actually taste the gore that had made its way into her mouth and nose.

  Ugh, oh god. Don’t think about it Cat, everything will be okay.

  But everything was not okay. And as the hours passed by and more voices, and wet, sickening thumps, were heard. Catherine was slowly buried deeper and deeper into the pile of corpses in the mass grave.

  And then, finally, she got a notification.

  Oh my god!!! YES!

  That… sounds unpromising...

  Immobile? Yeah so basically it’s exactly where I’m at now. Maybe if I had some spells but I don’t.

  Wait. “Feed From the living or a corpse”? EWWWW!

  Ugh, that’s probably what gave me all of these, I guess that explains it at least. That gunk got far enough to count as eating…

  I hope that doesn’t mean all of my classes are undead…

  What’s with all the undead?

  Okay, I think I’d prefer to avoid that if I can… ugh. It sounds… less than ideal.

  Okay, at least it’s not undead… I still don’t like it though…

  Undead again…

  Ew. I think I’d pick ghoul over that, honestly. It has better attributes.

  !!! THAT’S!!! Nope. same class, just some modifier. Cool.

  Hmmm.

  Honestly, Ghoul seems the best. This is difficult though. What does this actually do? Does it replace my class? Add a new one?

  Damn. That means I can’t get multiple if I choose the undead ones… except Husherwitch, but I’m not willing to be immobile forever.

  The rest were mostly similar. Except:

  So I can grab that and still be able to get the non-undead version of ghoul spawn, but then I’d be a “Revenant” isn’t that just a type of undead?

  Hmm. That actually seems fine. “Never left” fits me. Fuck it, I like that better than being a ghoul, even if not undead, so let’s try it first.

  Well, it didn’t seem to do anything. I still can’t move. Guess I’m becoming a ghoul. Ugh. I hope I don’t regret this.

  Talk about a no brainer. Well, Here. We. GO!