Back outside

The mid day sun feels so good on your face that, for a second, you forget about the monsters. It did not take you too long to find a door to go back to the public sections of the ship. You emerged in an empty corridor and at the other end of the corridor you found a door leading to the outside.

On the deck below half a dozen passengers are sunbathing. You envy their ignorance and frivolity, you would like to lounge in the sun too, just enjoying the cruise, having drinks. A waiter steps out of the boat carrying a tray. You dive into cover behind the guardrail. He is clearly one of them, his pale skin gave it away. You shiver. You sneak a peak between planks. He has left a drink by each sun lounger and he is now standing behind a small bar wiping glasses. Everything seems normal. He finishes putting some flutes back on a shelf and goes back in, disappearing from your view. What did just happen? What the fuck was that? Did you just spend half a day in the entrails of this fucking ship because of a **** induced hallucination?

On the deck below the waiter comes out again. A girl seems to have called him. She seems pale as well, as do a couple more people on the deckchairs. Are they vampires too or is just that the cruise started last night and they did not get a chance to get a decent tan?

You look at your own arms. You are quite pale yourself. The girl and the waiter have finished talking. The girl is now back on her belly enjoying the sun... tanning.

You feel dumb, hiding like this, naked wrapped in a dirty towel.