The words of the man would ring throughout his head, but not for long as he really had no other option but to stay, at least if he wanted to survive, that is. But thanks to having lots of free time, Damian would start exploring the makeshift homemade by the middle-aged man; he would also stay clear of anything that seemed important to the man and his daughter.
"Hmm, for a big place, there isn't that much, but I guess that makes sense, as they did just come here in desperation."
As Damian was taking in his surroundings a bit, a glow would catch his eye, almost as if the object was calling his name and his name alone, but as soon as it hit his eyes, Damian would start walking towards it. Even though deep down, he felt a bit anxious and remorseful about snooping around in the place of someone who saved his life.
"Maybe I shouldn't be doing this but it's still an apocalypse specifically a vampire apocalypse so there shouldn't be any problem with me checking my surroundings"
Damian would then begin searching for the shiny object that caught his eye which would have been in a dark corner of the makeshift shelter. As Damian was rummaging through all the random things thrown in the corner, he felt a sharp, stingy pain, which caused him to quickly pull his hand out from the pile.
"FU-"
Damian would then use his other hand to cover his own mouth in hopes of not alerting the middle-aged man and any would-be creatures lurking around. He would then check his left hand and would see a cut, a very clean cut, to be exact, one that could only be caused by a blade of sorts, which would have piqued his interest in Damian even more. Since back in HLA, his main weapon was a katana he got from a mid-tier boss in the game who was surprisingly hard to defeat. But just as quickly as Damian's mind shifted back to HLA his mind would come back to reality as now he would start searching for the object once again. But the only change in this new search was his caution of Damian, as instead of just sticking his hands in the pile and grabbing things he would instead move pieces one by one.
"I better find something good or cool, well a sword is always cool no matter what type it is"
After searching for around 15 seconds, Damian's eyes widened as he found the item he was searching for. Even though it wasn't the full thing and only the handle he saw, he knew it was a blade of some sort. He would then wrap his left hand around it and move up using a decent amount of strength, which would have caused the items on top of it to fall to the side.
"Yes I could feel it the power of this weapon is mine"
Damian would then look at the weapon and see a curved blade with a guard fastened between the blade and the hilt. Such a weapon would have clearly looked strange to Damian but then he would remember something.
"Oh, is this a Scimitar? I remember such a weapon from playing HLA; I heard it was really good. Well it's mine now"
Damian would then go back to his makeshift bed and tuck it underneath it in an attempt to hide such a hall from the middle-aged man. But almost as if Damian summoned him, the middle-aged man would walk inside the makeshift shelter room.
"Hey kid, tomorrow early in the morning we might have to go out and search for some food. Now I'm not forcing you to go but me and my daughter wouldn't mind having another person to come with us."
The middle-aged man would then look at Damian with an almost hopeful look, almost like he was begging Damian to come with them. Damian would then look down, which would have been one of the many nervous tics that he had.
"Ummm sure I don't really have anywhere else to go so going outside couldn't hurt"
The middle-aged man would then smile at Damian after he gave a seemingly positive response to his question. The middle-aged man would then start to walk out but would stop himself right before he did.
"I suggest going to bed now as we plan on going out around late 4AM"
The middle-aged man would then walk off, leaving Damian with his own thoughts, which would have started to become clouded with the current "vampire apocalypse," which would have caused Damian to start thinking about how such a thing happened and if his family was ok. But after 40 minutes of worrying and overthinking, he would finally succumb to his body's and mind's exhaustion, which would have caused him to completely pass out.
"HEY WAKE UP IT'S TIME!"
The voice of the middle-aged man would have caused Damian to jump awake as, for a second, it would have reminded him of home, but just as quickly, he would snap out of that mindset. He would then grab his newly acquired Scimitar and put it in the space between his jacket and shirt, which he would have tucked in to prevent the Scimitar from falling out. As then Damian would respond to the middle-aged man with a simple but effective yell.
"COMING!"
Damian would then come out of his room and quickly put his hood on so the middle-aged man and his daughter wouldn't realize what he had on his back. Then, the daughter of the middle-aged man would give a slight smile towards Damian and would wave at him, to which Damian would quickly respond with his own wave back.
"Are you two ready to go out into the world?"
Damian would then look at the daughter of the man, who seemed to be decently riled up about going out, which would have been a shock to Damian. But he knew he also had to match both of their energies which caused him to get riled up himself as he would then shout
"YEAH!"
This would have signaled that the operation was a go, as the man would put his hand on one of the steps of the built-in ladder and he would look up with a stare of confidence.