I Asked for Answers, I Got Sophisticated Instead

Drip... drip... drip

The faint echo of water droplets hitting a puddle tugged Flora out of her daze. Slowly, her consciousness clawed its way back, like a grumpy cat forced out of its nap. Her mind, still foggy, took a moment to piece together her surroundings— or rather, the utter lack of them. Pitch darkness enveloped her like a bad metaphor, and that could mean only one thing: Vampire territory.

The realization jolted her brain awake faster than someone accidentally gulping a scalding cup of tea. Vampire territory. Of all the places to end up after getting knocked out, it had to be Vampire territory.

She cursed her luck and whoever had decided that "darkness = spooky, spooky = Vampires." Couldn't it have been a nice kind of darkness for once? Like the comforting dimness of a cozy bedroom? No? Fine.