Whilst Valerie had retreated to her bedroom to eat, and also study the forums for more information on her surrounding area and the basics of the city, the hallway outside of her apartment was silent and still.
It was a silence that remained completely undisturbed, even with the presence of a hooded figure slowly stalking down its length. His footsteps made no sound and a dark aura clung to his body, as if he had peeled the shadows from the wall and stitched them onto his clothes.
This figure approached Valerie's door, glancing over his shoulder a few times, before pressing his hand gently against the doors surface and bowing his head for a moment. He remained like that, seemingly doing nothing as he just leaned against the door, before he suddenly flinched away as if something had bit him.
