Apartments For RentVACANT. Whenever he gets close to people, prophetic dreams torment the Woodcutter, and because of them he's never let anyone past that gruff exterior, but lately he's been having these nightmares about The Big Bad Wolf and Red Riding Hood which he just can't ignore. His old friend, Van Helsing, has invited him to Bellum Letale, but Snow White, who seems to be the only one who can help with the nightmares, is the reason he's decided to stay. Scheherazade, his new confidant in the building, is always there to give advice.
VACANT. In all of his life, The Boy Who Learned Fear has never been scared. It worried his parents to no end, and they took him to countless psychiatrists and specialists in his childhood. When he finally left home, they were glad to see him go, because others feared him, even though he feared nothing. He's a low-level member of the Giancomo Family, though not related through blood, and he's been sent to Bellum to keep an eye on Red Riding Hood. He hasn't caught on to The Big Bad Wolf yet, but he knows there are treasures to be found in the building, including Djinn and Dracula.
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Premise: There is an apartment building in New York called 'Bellum Letale.' Most people ignore its auspicious name, though they would be advised to pay more attention to its meaning.
It is a strange building.
Every man, woman and child in the building is a reincarnated fable, the stories told to human children for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. Once very real, the fables began to fade as science and reason dispelled the probability of their existence. They have all been reborn in human forms, though their essence remains, waiting to be awakened at the right time, in the right place.
Now is the time - Bellum Letale is the place. As their lives connect and weave together, as they follow their petty desires and long-held grudges, they are, all of them, on the brink of disaster. Their Landlord knows their every move, and the building they live in seems to have an agenda of its own. People are tortured, people die, people plot behind each other's backs and sneak around and cheat. They love, they fight, they draw blood. This is not the fairy tale you remember being told. |