...Am I a bad person?

“What the hell was that sound?”

I was walking back from the bathroom so I could meet up with Doc. On my way I heard a ghostly wail, there’s no way the cave is haunted right. Ever the curious cucumber, you know I had to go investigate. I started walking in the direction of that wail I heard, as I got closer something strange hit me. It was the smell, to be specific it smelled like rotting bodies. I should know, I’m one of the hunters of our crew. The closer I got the stronger the smell became, it smelled like a bobcat’s ass. What the hell happened?

“...Eh?”

I soon found the answer to my question, there was a corpse on the ground. It was one of my friends, but his face was smashed in so badly I couldn’t tell who. Why is his shirt torn like that, and he’s covered in so many splinters? I moved in to get a closer look, and that’s when I saw something I’d been dreading.

“Wait, that scar on his stomach. I know that scar anywhere!”

This body belonged to my best friend Todd. He had a small scar right above his belly button, I know it well, he got that very scar saving my life. No way, my best bud is dead, how could this happen? I wanted to cry, but something stopped me from developing tears. I heard another wail, it was extremely close. I turned my head to see a barbarian woman holding a bloody knife, gods I was right. This place is haunted! I started backing away, and accidentally stepped on a twig. Immediately the apparition turned its head towards me, I started to panic. I had to get out of there, this woman could kill me for sure. The tension was so high I blinked, the moment I did the apparition disappeared. I breathed a sigh of relief, until I noticed something. Where she was standing before was a huge corpse, and I knew those muscles anywhere.

“....No way, Cletus?”

Cletus, the strongest fighter on base, that apparition managed to kill Cletus. That settles it. If that thing found me I’m-

“Peekaboo…”

“...Eh?’

I turned around and there she was, the blood soaked devil. She stared at me with a fiendish look, and at that moment my bladder released contents I didn’t know I still had. Soon I found myself screaming as I ran away like my life depended on it. I gotta warn Doc, we need to get out of here. Even if we don’t make it, the least we can do is protect them. I eventually reached the room Doc and they were in. I immediately burst into the room and slammed the door closed, those two looked at me like I was crazy.

“Gregory, what the hell are you-”

“We need to get out of here, there’s some crazy ghost woman and she killed everyone!”

Doc was startled by my words, so was our guest as she tended to her sleeping friends. He looked like he was gonna tell me I was crazy, until we heard banging at the door. Everyone looked as terrified as I was, while the devil began assaulting the door. Doc armed himself with a crossbow and I picked up a frying pan. We told our patient to take her friends and leave, but she didn’t want to. She said it wasn’t fair, listen girl we’re about to die. If you care about your friends, let alone yourself, you need to run. I was about to shout at her, but our hope ran out. The door got kicked down and in came the apparition. I tried to stun her, but I got nailed in the eye with her knife instead. Only my eyelid was damaged so at least I wasn’t blinded, but I still had a lot to worry about. The apparition pulled out a wooden stake and started hobbling towards me. Doc stepped in front of me and fired his crossbow. The tranquilizer hit its mark, but the apparition still kept moving towards us. That’s when it happened, instead of running away our guest tried to play hero.

“That’s enough, why are you trying to hurt them!”

“Whitney, get out the way. The spirit will try to kill you too!”

Doc tried to get her to listen, but Whitney wouldn’t budge. Wearing the clothes we knit for her, she stood in front to protect us. Me and Doc feared for her safety, but upon seeing Whitney something strange happened. The apparition stopped moving.

“...Wait, you’re a human.”

“Of course I am!”

“Eh?”

****

What the hell is going on? I admit I was a bit bloodlusty after dealing with Cletus, so when I saw a goblin I chased it down. These bastards had put me through so many near death experiences so of course I was ready to finish off the remaining two. The one I chased led me here, where I ended up finding that teal colored one in the doctor's get up. I think his name was Doc? I slashed his friend's left eye and he returned the favor by tranqing me. The plan was to kill them before I fell unconscious, but then this happened. Some chick around my age stepped in front of them, telling me to leave them. She was wearing broken glasses, along with a shirt and pants that looked a little big on her. Wait, that doesn’t matter right now.

“Why are you defending these goblins, don’t you know they're trying to eat you!”

“Eat me? What are you talking about? My precious saviors would never do that!”

Saviors? Their saviors? No that can’t be right, goblins are monsters. One of the first monsters you face in a JRPG, their heartless savages. They steal, pillage, and destroy. There’s no way the monsters who tried to kill me are-

“Huh?”

I noticed something in the back, there were two beds. In them were two other girls who were asleep, they looked a little malnourished. That doesn’t make sense, they should be plump and juicy for the goblins to eat them. I don’t know why, but I started feeling sick. I checked my status to see if I had any ailments, and that’s when it hit me. All this time I was trying to gain experience, but now all the points I had thus far were gone. My experience bar was half full at first, now it was back to square one. That’s not all, for some reason my level was flashing. It was almost like a warning sign, for what I have no idea. None of this is making any sense, just what the hell is going on!

“W-What’s happening…?”

“Hmmm, are you alright?”

I dropped my stake and fell to my knees, the tranquilizer is probably taking effect. I started to fall unconscious, as I did those three came running over to check on me. What’s going on here? Don’t tell me, was I wrong?