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It's late at night and you arrive at your home in a hurry to get inside and get some sleep. On your way in you notice a few different bats fluttering around outside in a rather unusual way. As you're looking up at them and digging for your keys, a rat runs right in front of you and nearly runs up your leg, you recoil in disgust, only to notice a handful of rats fleeing your presence and hiding frantically.
You shake your head as your wonder WTF these rodents are doing at your front door. As you're about to insert your key into your locked door and enter your house, you hear a tiny whimpering, as if a small animal is in some sort of distress.
Looking about in curiosity, you notice a commotion underneath various objects on your porch. Hesitantly (and primarily driven by curiosity) you move the objects to see a small bat that had been trapped underneath a fair amount of debri. Even after moving the objects, his wings is pinned underneath something far heavier than itself. You move the item and grant the bat it's freedom, but rather than fly off in a panic, it studies you for a moment and even ***** its head to the side as if it's thinking intently. After a moment, it flies away, looking back at you every so often in the most peculiar way.
You enter your home thinking about how strange it is that these small animals decided to gather outside of your home randomly. As you flip the lights on, you notice movement out of the corner of your eye. As you turn to see what it is, you're confronted by this:
He moves forward quicker than humanly possible and grabs you by the throat. As you're lifted from the ground he looks you dead in the eye and studies you for a moment. After it seems like he's about to bite into your neck, the creature places you back on your feet, then begins to speak.
He informs you that he infiltrated your house by random coincidence, he was simply looking for a meal, but he's aware of the fact that you saved one of creatures of the night -- a companion of his. It's rare to witness compassion in this world and he is not without a sense of reciprocation. He is going to spare your life, not only that, but he wishes to reward you for your kindness.
His form changes slowly as he walks away from you. He turns around to face you again and you notice he has taken on a different look. He stretches his wings from his body and says, "I offer you the gift of eternal life"
You ask what will happen if you say yes, so he elaborates.
You will be twice as strong as the strongest human.
You have the ability to slow time by 50% without actually effecting your movements, so you will be insanely fast in comparison to the rest of the world. This requires immense concentration however and drains you. In the beginning you will only be able to do this for a few minutes a night and the process fatigues you terribly. Feeding helps rejuvenate you and so does sleep. But as you mature as a vampire and the years go by, you'll be able to do this for longer periods of time without being drained as severely. You'll also be able to slow time more dramatically as you get older and more powerful.
You will never die of natural causes.
You will never age.
You are immune to disease and illness.
You have the power of mental manipulation. You can plant suggestions in a person's mind and expect them to be receptive to these suggestions. A weak willed person will even cooperate out right. This power also gets stronger as you mature.
You are impervious to nearly all physical damage and the only way for you to die is a wooden stake through the heart. Decapitation would be fatal as well, but you're so durable that it's quite difficult to remove your head from your body. Your bones are as strong as steel and you enjoy rapid healing. The longer you go without feeding the weaker your healing is, but if you have fed recently you heal almost instantaneously.
You will be able to shift into a monstrous bat like creature that is able to fly. You can also control which attributes of the bat form you change into -- so you could appear perfectly human, yet grow giant wings, or any other combination of human/bat form.
You will be able to see in the dark as if it were day, but you're more sensitive to light.
He also tells you that the longer you live the more power will come to you and different vampires end up with different powers. Some will become powerful in the art of telekinesis, while others will learn to read minds. He can't say what your powers will be, only time will tell.
And of course, you get a sweet pair of fangs that you can retract at any time.
"At what price?" you ask.
You'll be a slave to blood. If you go too long without feeding the thirst for blood may drive you into attacking humans, but you'll never go into a mindless frenzy and attack loved ones.
You will be incapable of going out in the sun. Your allergy to the sun is so severe that a couple of seconds of sunlight would destroy you.
Your eyes will glow in the dark, giving away your vampirism to anyone who knows what to look for, but this isn't so much of a weakness because of the fact that no one really knows anything about vampirism any more.
You won't be able to father children.
Other than that, he can't think of any other downsides. As he waits expectedly for your answer, someone else joins the conversation.
She saunters up to you seductively and tells you how he forgot to mention one thing -- you have to die. She then stands in front of you, leans in close, and presses herself against you. "But don't worry" she says, "I'll be the one to murder you and I'll do it in a very enjoyable way. Then, when you awaken as one of us, I'll be waiting to show you around and help you get familiar with this whole thing." She's still very close to you and her lips are nearly touching yours. You smell blood on her breath.
The male vampire laughs manically before changing into plain human form, dipping his hat to you, then saying, "Drink her blood if you wish to become one of us, she'll guide you through the rest."
The gorgeous vampiress before you runs her long finger nails along the sides of your face and says, "So what'll it be?"
So what'll it be?
You shake your head as your wonder WTF these rodents are doing at your front door. As you're about to insert your key into your locked door and enter your house, you hear a tiny whimpering, as if a small animal is in some sort of distress.
Looking about in curiosity, you notice a commotion underneath various objects on your porch. Hesitantly (and primarily driven by curiosity) you move the objects to see a small bat that had been trapped underneath a fair amount of debri. Even after moving the objects, his wings is pinned underneath something far heavier than itself. You move the item and grant the bat it's freedom, but rather than fly off in a panic, it studies you for a moment and even ***** its head to the side as if it's thinking intently. After a moment, it flies away, looking back at you every so often in the most peculiar way.
You enter your home thinking about how strange it is that these small animals decided to gather outside of your home randomly. As you flip the lights on, you notice movement out of the corner of your eye. As you turn to see what it is, you're confronted by this:
He moves forward quicker than humanly possible and grabs you by the throat. As you're lifted from the ground he looks you dead in the eye and studies you for a moment. After it seems like he's about to bite into your neck, the creature places you back on your feet, then begins to speak.
He informs you that he infiltrated your house by random coincidence, he was simply looking for a meal, but he's aware of the fact that you saved one of creatures of the night -- a companion of his. It's rare to witness compassion in this world and he is not without a sense of reciprocation. He is going to spare your life, not only that, but he wishes to reward you for your kindness.
His form changes slowly as he walks away from you. He turns around to face you again and you notice he has taken on a different look. He stretches his wings from his body and says, "I offer you the gift of eternal life"
You ask what will happen if you say yes, so he elaborates.
You will be twice as strong as the strongest human.
You have the ability to slow time by 50% without actually effecting your movements, so you will be insanely fast in comparison to the rest of the world. This requires immense concentration however and drains you. In the beginning you will only be able to do this for a few minutes a night and the process fatigues you terribly. Feeding helps rejuvenate you and so does sleep. But as you mature as a vampire and the years go by, you'll be able to do this for longer periods of time without being drained as severely. You'll also be able to slow time more dramatically as you get older and more powerful.
You will never die of natural causes.
You will never age.
You are immune to disease and illness.
You have the power of mental manipulation. You can plant suggestions in a person's mind and expect them to be receptive to these suggestions. A weak willed person will even cooperate out right. This power also gets stronger as you mature.
You are impervious to nearly all physical damage and the only way for you to die is a wooden stake through the heart. Decapitation would be fatal as well, but you're so durable that it's quite difficult to remove your head from your body. Your bones are as strong as steel and you enjoy rapid healing. The longer you go without feeding the weaker your healing is, but if you have fed recently you heal almost instantaneously.
You will be able to shift into a monstrous bat like creature that is able to fly. You can also control which attributes of the bat form you change into -- so you could appear perfectly human, yet grow giant wings, or any other combination of human/bat form.
You will be able to see in the dark as if it were day, but you're more sensitive to light.
He also tells you that the longer you live the more power will come to you and different vampires end up with different powers. Some will become powerful in the art of telekinesis, while others will learn to read minds. He can't say what your powers will be, only time will tell.
And of course, you get a sweet pair of fangs that you can retract at any time.
"At what price?" you ask.
You'll be a slave to blood. If you go too long without feeding the thirst for blood may drive you into attacking humans, but you'll never go into a mindless frenzy and attack loved ones.
You will be incapable of going out in the sun. Your allergy to the sun is so severe that a couple of seconds of sunlight would destroy you.
Your eyes will glow in the dark, giving away your vampirism to anyone who knows what to look for, but this isn't so much of a weakness because of the fact that no one really knows anything about vampirism any more.
You won't be able to father children.
Other than that, he can't think of any other downsides. As he waits expectedly for your answer, someone else joins the conversation.
She saunters up to you seductively and tells you how he forgot to mention one thing -- you have to die. She then stands in front of you, leans in close, and presses herself against you. "But don't worry" she says, "I'll be the one to murder you and I'll do it in a very enjoyable way. Then, when you awaken as one of us, I'll be waiting to show you around and help you get familiar with this whole thing." She's still very close to you and her lips are nearly touching yours. You smell blood on her breath.
The male vampire laughs manically before changing into plain human form, dipping his hat to you, then saying, "Drink her blood if you wish to become one of us, she'll guide you through the rest."
The gorgeous vampiress before you runs her long finger nails along the sides of your face and says, "So what'll it be?"
So what'll it be?
