YOU'RE A VAMPIRE!

[Erana]

Find the nearest church and try to put Devin inside to see his reaction. After all, if you're an unholy, blood-sucking snickerdoodle now, you might as well get a feel for exactly HOW unholy.
He's probably not going to explain anything without putting his own twist on things, so you aught to investigate while things are on your terms.

That, or sneak into someone's basement and hide Devin in the washing machine for safe keeping while you think.

[Staff Deployment]

((OKAY I ACTUALLY DIDN'T WRITE THAT. WHAT.))

What I meant to say was
> Put him down. Let him carry himself.

[nicol-baka]

"Point taken, where should we go?"

"I'll direct you."

"Wow, could you be a little more vague?"

"Turn left here. And if we happen to pass any...snacks please stop and get me something to-go."

You groan in response as you adopt a more leisurely pace. You feel the familiar strain that comes with exercise, albeit only slightly as if you had just done a light warm-up, instead of you know, running for about 10 minutes at super-human speed while carrying a full grown man. That in and of itself doesn't give you much pause, after all the sensation of exercising is the same you just have a lot more strength and stamina, something that's generally expected of vampires. The thing that's weird is that even though you feel that familiar strain, you don't feel the stuff that goes along with it: shortness of breath, quickening pulse, increased body heat, sweat. Again, it's something you would expect from the undead, but it's still a very unsettling sensation and you are forced to reluctantly acknowledge that you're only just beginning to understand what exactly being "undead" means. Before long you run into another fork.



"Which way?"

"Right."

You continue down the street,

"Faster, that dog's right on your heels!"



You take a quick glance behind you, not because you doubt him but out of instinct. This time you do realize how weird it is that you never smelled or heard it, if Devin hadn't been watching your back you probably wouldn't even have noticed it until it was on top of you. You put on a burst of speed to give yourself some distance, it maintains the same speed but keeps up the pursuit.



"You're still paying attention to where we're going, right?" You say as you continue forward at an intersection.

"Of course."



"Faster!"

You don't waste time looking behind you, you can somehow sense the sun rising.



"Stop! Look down!"



You would stop to say something along the lines of "oh, hell no!", but the fact that your energy is starting to drain and your back feels like it's next to a furnace leaves little time for bickering, or other options for that manner. Devin clutches on to you as you pull the cover off, squeeze into the hole, replace it and descend.

"Jesus!" you shout both in response to the smell and the pinpricks of light coming from the teeny holes in the manhole cover that are freaking BURNING you. It feels like a combination of sunburn and regular fire burns and is altogether unpleasant.



Once you're out of the light's path, the sensation passes and your burns heal as though they were never there. Before you can question how being stuck in a stinking sewer helps matters, he fumbles around in his pocket.

"Here's the key to that door."

"You mean we were actually going to the sewer all along and didn't just duck in here to avoid the sun!?"

"That's why I didn't tell you where we were going."

"So you live in a sewer!? When your super nose makes it ten times more nasty!? What are you, a fucking ninja turtle!?"

"First of all what the FUCK is a ninja turtle!? Second of all I don't live IN the sewers, I just get to my house THROUGH the sewers because it's dark and as you astutely noticed, it reeks. So much so that anything tracking me, like a fucking super dog for example, will lose my trail."

You hear the cover being fiddled with, Joanna must have caught up with her dog. As you lock the door behind you, you rejoice in the fact that dogs lack opposable thumbs.



"They can't have gotten far! Let's go, Bask! ....You lost the trail? Haha, I bet they dove into that icky sewer water. Good boy! I don't mind losing them if they were desperate enough to go through that. I guess that makes my first hunt pretty successful, I bet they're even afraid of me now! ...We'll get 'em eventually though, after all, I want my sword back."

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Okay, yes a tad late, but I have no problem filing this one under the "long and complicated update" excuse and the busy one too for that matter, if only because that week seemed to fly by. So is it bad that it only fully hit me how ridiculous Elaina piggy-backing Devin was when I had them CLIMB INTO A SEWER? Lol, it's cool, like I said at the outset I have very few plans for this adventure so I don't mind indulging in silliness now and then.

Oh also important to note that the dog is now named Baskerville, 'Bask' is just the shortened version. (I know not the best name, but I'll adopt a different one if you guys can come up with something better). Oh also wanted to say how excited I am about the colors! I think I decided shortly after starting the adventure that any daytime scenes would be in color and then when they ran into Joanna I had this awesome idea for a chase scene where the colors were creeping up after them.

On that subject the city scape was stolen from here: http://www.officialpsds.com/images/s...pe-stock27.jpg the website said it was free stock, but I believe in giving credit where credit is due. I think it said that city was Dubai and on the subject of cities, suggestions for city names both real and fictional are welcome, though keep in mind that this is supposed to be in America and that I will definitely not spend a bunch of time trying to map out where everything happens in the case of an actual city (not that I don't enjoy that level of detail, I just don't have time for it) though we may certainly visit some well-known hotspots.

[littlebeasti]

> Joanna: Hear some weirdo singing about how he's going to "steal" you.
> Baskerville: Perk up your ears... You hear footsteps.

[Yamtaggler]

>So, how was your first night as a vampire?

[BigBurkhart]

Set the pansy down. He's ridden you like a mule long enough.

[nicol-baka]

[s]> Joanna: Hear some weirdo singing about how he's going to "steal" you.

heck yes! that song may or may not get suck in my head every time I draw her

[Staff Deployment]

heck yes! that song may or may not get suck in my head every time I draw her

Emphasis mine.
See it is the funny because you. Vampire. Thing. Draaawww. Yes.

[nicol-baka]

Lol, in that case I won't fix it then. Typos are interesting sometimes. I may or may not have vigorously checked this message for typos.

[siguard]

>ask Devin who sends a kid who should be in Junior High to hunt vampires with a sword and a dog. still sounds kinda stupid even if the dog was well trained.

[Erana]

>ask Devin who sends a kid who should be in Junior High to hunt vampires with a sword and a dog. still sounds kinda stupid even if the dog was well trained.

ITS THE DOG. THE DOG IS THE SENSEI.

No, wait, the girl's a were-human, and BASKERVILLE IS HER BROTHER
Dun Dun DUH

Still, I kind of expect for this girl to have completed an adventurer's correspondence course gotten a degree online in vampire hunting or something.

But back to the story:
>Be so fed up with Devin that you interpret "What the Hell is a ninja turtle" as a command to talk his ear off by explaining all the details and nuances of TMNT.
That'll show him for sending you through the sewer.

[BigBurkhart]

Still, I kind of expect for this girl to have completed an adventurer's correspondence course gotten a degree online in vampire hunting or something.

She was fighting vampires with A REPLICA OF THE MASTER SWORD FROM ZELDA. Something is slightly off. Just saying.

[nicol-baka]

WARNING: FLASHING IMAGES!

Inside the doorway is a small hallway with a set of stairs. Ever since the sun came up you've felt rather drained, in fact you're pretty sure Devin just passed out...damn you were planning on annoying him with random ninja turtle facts. Also you have no idea where you're going. Once you reach the top of the stairs you find yourself in what looks like an average apartment hallway, numbered doors and everything. You wonder if vampires live in all of them. You remember that the key Devin gave you for the first door had another one on a loop and just as you reach into your pocket to see if it has a number on it anywhere you see someone approach-DEAR GOD he's naked.



"Hello there, I haven't seen you around here before. Wait, is that Devin?" He laughs, "Rough night I take it?"

"Wha-"

"Oh I see, you're new. I'm an incubus. I go by Vinzenz, but you're welcome to call me anything you like."

"Excuse me?"

"Surely you have enough energy for a little fun before bedtime, Devin won't mind."

"No thank you."

"Perhaps you have other tastes. I confess I don't much care for this form, but as I am a gentlemen...



....I am more than happy to oblige a lady's preferences."

"No-"

"No that's not it, I'm sensing something a bit simpler..."



That's the...., "What do you know about that man!"

"Nothing at all, I simply saw his image in your thoughts."

"You can read my mind!?"

"Not really, I can only see brief glances of people who are important to those I choose to scry. I can only see what they look like, nothing more. More than a few maids have been startled to find their father on top of them."




You're beginning to see what Devin meant when he said he didn't know anyone with morals.

"Hahaha, don't be alarmed, I have no intention of forcing you. Please, if I can be of service in any way don't hesitate to ask; I am always happy to help a lady."

As much as you hate to ask this sicko for help you do need to know where Devin's room is, and reluctantly ask him.

"He lives in room 106. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

You'd love to know more about this place and who lives here, but you don't really want to deal with this guy any longer than you have to.

"No thank you."

"In that case, I will take my leave." As he bows he resumes his original form and continues on his way.

You easily find the correct room number and successfully unlock the door. What's his place like anyway?

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Sorry for derailing a bit there, basically I read this Happle Tea comic and I was like "OMG I REALLY WANT AN INCUBUS CHARACTER NOW!" inspiration is weird sometimes and I was at a point where I could kind of do anything, so I did. Also the whole shape-shifting thing came from this one version of the Incubus/Succubus lore wherein they could change sexes to take both male and female victims and I just sort of took that idea and ran with it, though I decided that most of them would generally stick to one sex over the other hence why Vinzenz identifies himself as an incubus. I came up with a lot of ideas about Incubuses, though honestly I don't think we'll be seeing all that much of Vinzenz or his kin unless you guys demand it a lot. The reasons for this are that one, this story is meant to be primarily about vampires and two, you really can't talk about incubuses without talking about rape and I don't really want to talk about rape. I mean, I felt uncomfortable writing his dialogue in this update and that was me trying to reign it in a bit so there ya go. Also if you're wondering about his name it's pronounced like this and means conqueror (it seemed appropriate :3).

[Yamtaggler]

>I'm guessing there aren't many windows.

[BigBurkhart]

Probably not, seeing as they're underground, but who knows, glamours can easily be placed on windows or even a picture frame. In the case of a vampire, though, there really wouldn't be a need for windows at all.

Devin seems like a fairly classy guy, or at least wants to appear like one. Leather couch and armchair, big-screen TV, minibar, a nice dark color scheme... sounds about right.

[Vancho1]

Devin's room would have the pleather couch, armchair, big TV, minibar, etc. of course.

However....

He's a pig. There are clothes strewn about and you think you see some bloodstains on the carpet. The couch has obviously been slept on, and there are more clothes outside the closet than in it. The minibar is stocked with bags of blood, but they're rather haphazardly thrown in there.

[nicol-baka]

Wow, it's actually a pretty nice place. It even has a fireplace, which you thought was pretty rare for apartments.



Would it kill him to clean up a little though? You lay Devin down on the couch, pushing some clothes into a pile on the floor to make room for him. Huh, he doesn't look like such a jerk when he's asleep. He looks so pale, you wonder if he'll be okay..



You put the sword on the coffee table and go to lock the door. Instead of a kitchen, there's just a bar and it's pretty well stocked. The floor is littered with what appears to be empty blood packets. Gross.



You're too tired to investigate the apartment in more detail and head down the hallway to see if you can find a place to sleep. The first door you come to is open and leads to a bedroom with even more clothes on the floor and an unmade bed....yep this must be Devin's room.



This room, however, is nice and clean. You wonder if it's okay to sleep here? Well there's no way you're sleeping in Devin's bed, plus he owes you after tonight. Besides you're much too tired to worry about the consequences and sink into sleep almost as soon as you get into bed. You sleep deeply, without dreaming and wake up suddenly after what seems like an eternity.



What will you do?

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Bluh bluh midterms. Sorry about such a long break between updates, I'll be back on track again...at least until finals...Anyway we'll be exploring the place next update so looking for suggestions on what you guys want to check out as well as what kinds of things we'll find. I'm looking to forward to what kinds of stuff you guys come up with, and I've got some interesting ideas of my own :3.

[Phynicxs]

SLEEP
DREAM
LEARN ABOUT YOUR MID TERM RESULTS

[BigBurkhart]

You should probably find a robe or something for when you wake up.

[Staff Deployment]

School starts at 8:30. You're late.

[Yamtaggler]

>Better go check up on your master new friend, see what the dealio is.

[Vancho1]

Dream of your previous life. Your life as a human.

Wake up just before you realize something important.

[Vanilla-Shaken]

Drink something, you slept with your mouth open and it's dry...

[Erana]

Look up and notice a poster of Akina Minami on the ceiling, and make an incredibly obvious observation about it.

[Andorxor]

>Prepare to be ordered around to clean the appartment