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Memories of my old life

   As I opened the door lightning flashed revealing a large burly silhouette outside the pouring rain. Are you the one responsible for burning down my past apartments? I ask. 

   The burly figure spoke: Noah Ramirez, male, 5'8, black hair, dark brown eyes... he then went on to list details about myself as I stood there dumbfounded.

   Noah Ramirez the burly figure spoke again, I have been tasked with tormenting your life and eventually ending it as well.

   Listen man I don't know what the hell is going on but whoever tasked you with screwing with my life has the wrong f*****g guy.

   I am not mistaken the figure says.  Slowly the Head Hunters voice became much more distant. And a new voice 

   "Get up kid, we're at the bed and breakfast already."

   A wake up to see that it's night time already. I was asleep for that long huh. Recently, my memories of the past keeps reappearing in my dreams. 

   I was still a bit disoriented from my dream earlier. But after I was able to get my mind straight, Eddie and I checked in the bed and breakfast.

   The bed and breakfast was run by a sweet elderly couple. Apparently they have been running this business for the past thirty years. I liked this bed and breakfast, it had that feeling of a home away from home. And it was relatively cheap so we were definitely getting our bang for our buck.

   We were looking forward to what they were going to offer us for breakfast tomorrow.

   While we were unpacking, we talked about what we planned to do before we hit the hay. Since Eddie was on the road the whole day he was already quite exhausted. 

   Eddie decided to have a quick shower. Once he was done he immediately passed out on his bed. Since I was asleep for the whole day I was not sleepy whatsoever. There really wasn't much to do in the bed and breakfast. I could turn on the tv but that might wake up Eddie and I don't really want to wake him up.

   Apparently we had a bathtub. So I decided to just spend my time in the bath tub. Once I prepped the water and got it soapy enough, I hopped in. The bath felt nice. 

   I was still disoriented from my dream earlier. The memories of witnessing the apartments that I was staying at burning, and first meeting the Head Hunter. It felt so vivid, and it scared me because just remembering the past is enough to get me like this. What more when I actually come face to face with the Head Hunter?

   I don't know how long I was staying in the bath tub but I was there for a very long time. And all I thought about was the past and everything leading up to where I am now.

But now that I think about it, we've already been on the road for two whole days. In those two days I haven't been able to do any sort of training. My sword was stashed in one of my bags that I bring along with me but I couldn't possibly train with my sword or with my wind magic.

   I don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to us. I never know where Head Hunter has his eyes and ears located.

   There was a bit of space by the corridor by the door of our room. I could do a bit of body weight exercises to pass the time. I definitely need to work out to keep my mind off of stressing about the past.

   So I did the regular squats, push-ups, sit-ups, and what not. I just kept repeating each set over and over. Because of my rigorous training, I built up my stamina so I wasn't tired one bit. But even so it felt therapeutic, this was something that I did every day and it helped calm me down. 

   I just had to be mindful of my noise so that I wouldn't wake Eddie up.

   I worked out for about an hour and a half. After I was done cooling down I took a quick shower. I never really liked the feeling of being all sweaty while laying in bed. I still wasn't falling asleep so I grabbed a can of soda and a bag of chips that Eddie bought earlier. We also had takeout so I took a burger as well. 

   I heard a knock on the door. When I opened it, it was the elderly couple that owned the bed and breakfast. 

   "How have you been enjoying your stay?", asked the elderly woman.

   "It's been pretty good, the rooms are very lovely", I reply.

   "So where's the guy you checked in with?"

   "He fell asleep right away", I laugh a bit to show a bit of enthusiasm.

   "Well, I do hope you have a nice stay. Be sure to look forward for the breakfast tomorrow!" the elderly couple said in unison.

   Since I wasn't really familiar with how bed and breakfasts work I just assumed it was normal for the owners to check up on their customers I guess. They were awfully lively for an elderly couple. But I guess they have to have good customer service to run a bed and breakfast for thirty years.

   I really didn't give that a second thought afterwards. I plopped back on the bed and continued with eating my meal. I wasn't really hungry but I still ate so I could do something. I wasn't falling asleep anytime soon.

   While I sat in bed, I remembered that on the way to our room, we passed by a bunch of different photos they have hung up on the walls. Since I didn't have anything better to do and since it was already past midnight I could do a tour of the bed and breakfast by myself.

   While I was walking around, the pictures that caught my eye earlier didn't turn ought to be anything interesting. I thought they had pictures of famous guests that they had over. But I could care less about the people in the photos.

   I was just busy minding my own business when I hear a silent voice that startled me.

   Still awake at this hour young man?

   I turned around and it was the elderly husband.