Part 2

Part 2 subtitled Darkest Hearts took place from April 28th and June 23rd of 2019. It was two years after the events of Part 1, and some of the characters from the original cast made a return for this part.

## Introduction

In the year 1908 a British cargo ship, known as the HMS Dawson, arrived in the Port of London. The ship was returning from a trip to Central America, and with it brought several artifacts from a recently discovered temple hidden deep in the jungle. After the ship came into port the dock security quickly noticed that none of the crew were exiting the ship, and there seemed to be no activity on the deck. Wondering what was going on they boarded the ship, and discovered that the deck was covered in dead bodies, and the only living crew member on board was a young cabin boy, who had brought the ship into port before collapsing from fatigue. Those that had been killed had seemingly been torn apart and shredded to pieces by very powerful and very brutal weaponry of some kind, many were missing limbs or were cut open.

Over the next few days an investigation into what happened to the crew of the HMS Dawson was carried out. The one survivor was not of much use, as he had been driven mad from whatever he had experienced and only produced incoherent rambling. In the end the investigation chalked the massacre up to piracy and the case was closed.

During the investigation it was discovered that none of the artifacts on board the ship were damaged or stolen, except for a single small crate, which was found empty. The ships cargo record had been destroyed during the ship's voyage, leaving no way to determine what had been taken, and the mystery was never solved. The rest of the artifacts were taken to a small museum located in a village not far from London, where they remain to this day.

## Recap of the events

So, after two years, things have changed for the survivors of part one, Caleb left the crew to mope ~~like a lil bitch~~, Chase and Alfredo began their work in the Rogers/Wilson foundation, and Texas's son Washington got involved with Chase. Caleb's father, Jim, went to a village in England to visit his old friend who owns a museum. Alfredo, Chase, and Washington are also in England. A beast in the woods of the village is found out by Alfredo and a group, including a man named Frederick, a researcher named Francis, Jason Flats of the Kikai, and a hamon master named Javier. Alfredo is tricked by the beast in the woods that his brother was alive, and he goes berserk on the group. After calming him down, the group rests in the hotel. Aside from the beast at that moment, Caleb is attacked by Boros Valentin in Ireland and captured. Boros goes to England, kidnapping Jim as well. Jim is released after Boros went into the woods and got spooked. His birds stole the museum's arrow, and he ran off. Jim, like Alfredo, had been led astray by the shadow. After that, Boros fought a man named Paul and a young girl named Tori. During this fight, he releases Caleb in hopes of running off, Caleb befriends Tori and Paul, and contacts Chase and Washington. They all leave for Egypt, to find Caleb's old friend Korin Jikoku in hopes of stopping Boros. After fighting a petty thief in Egypt, Korin is found. They return to England, and turn their efforts to the monster after Caleb spoke his father after his experience. Jim left for Ireland, and Caleb took up the job of leading the group. When they went to the woods, Paul was killed by the monster, while Korin just distracted it. Everyone got pissed with Korin, especially Jason Flats.

After Korin ran off, Caleb ran after him in hopes of stopping Korin from doing something stupid. While investigating a cavern, the monster struck at Korin, collapsing the cavern upon him, killing him. Caleb devastated, after Caleb returned, he was yelled at by Chase for his irresponsible thinking. After the group made up, they did research, finding out the shocking news. The monster is a vampire, being a member of the crew of a ship in 1908, the HMS Dawson. He was given vampirism by a mask found in Central America, half being recovered by a man named Abraham. Another thing they found out is that the monster has two personalities., one good and one bad. They find out the identity of the vampire, the museum night guard, Cato Ryker. The large group goes to confront Cato. Jason gets separated from the group, fighting the shadow on his own, and disposing of the shadow, saving Cato. Caleb finds the two men, taking them back to the hotel.

After Cato got settled, Caleb and Chase went to Italy so they could tie up some loose ends. After visiting Pazicio's grave, they split up to do their own thing. Caleb talked to Sachi and then ran into a girl named Mishi. Mishi's mother was murdered by a former Red October member named Tiberius as Mishi and Caleb walked back to her apartment, Caleb then dealt with Tiberius and took Mishi with him. After all of that, the project requiem group are now all in New York.