>>7463162 >>7463184
>>7463197 >>7463244
The first thing to think about today, you think, is getting fed. The agonizing wounds all over your body must be healed as soon as possible. Thoughts of bribing humans flit through your mind, but that is for later; an immediately available method which depends only upon your own abilities is to use your summoning circle and stronger bindings to summon up creatures to devour. You move to gather up the necessary candles, only to discover that the tendons in one of your forearms have been severed, presumably by Adrienne's claws last night. This proves highly inconvenient, but you use your good hand to haul the necessary items up to the keep in spite of it.

Inside the mage's room, your imp has returned. He blinks at you. "Evening, Mistress. You look... uh... well, any coup attempt ya live through's a good one, right? Not that you're alive. Anyway, got the goods." He lifts up a flask at least as large as he is; you can hear the sloshing of liquid inside.

You nod to him and set up the candles. You're too pained for a significant conversation. You light them, a task which is more difficult than you expect with only one working hand, then focus and chant slowly. The minutes pass as your will holds firm, calling something edible, anything, to your circle. Eventually, it glows and a soft blue-white flash of light reveals a small winged form, shaped like that of a child no more than three. A cherub, and the binding is strong. Perfect.

It looks at you. "Summoned by a vampire? Foul creature, you-"

It is cut off by your words as you reach forward and break the summoning circle's magic. Its flesh looks so soft and vulnerable. "Come here." It stumbles forward and your arm lashes out, hauling it roughly toward your face. Your fangs pierce its neck, and the sweetest blood you have ever tasted flows form its severed veins. It seems as though someone had mixed normal human blood with honeyed wine; you feel yourself mentally floating on the delicious euphoria as the cherub gurgles and expires in your arms.

It is drained all too quickly, and you cast the corpse aside and glance down at yourself. Only a few of your wounds have healed- you'll need at least two more creatures that size to sate you fully.

What do you do?

I sage the thread.

>>7463501
You make a fool out of yourself.

How long did the summoning take? IF it doesn't take very long we should definitively eat 'til we're full.

>>7463472
Two more summonings, should take another 2 hours right?

So we don't have to roll for binding strength anymore, huh? Will we still have to roll 2d6 to see if we get what we want when we try to be specific?

We're going to have to go prey on someone in a village. But do our best to leave them alive.

>>7463540
The summoning takes perhaps forty minutes. That said, your sense of time is not as acute as a human's; you do not grow uncomfortable from sitting in the same position for a long time, and your wounds do not worsen if left open (that last being quite fortunate for you). Once you're working on the ritual you kind of zone out and won't grow impatient. That feature of how your mind works is one of the big things letting you progress as quickly as you are in the study of magic.

>>7463472
Go out hunting for deer and other animals.

We could also go on the offensive, preparing a trap with the holy water we now have. It should give a fuckhuge advantage.
Just sayin'.

>>7463614
We're going to need something other than animals to heal our wounds.

>>7463562
You don't have to roll for binding strength when you use your newer spell, which will hold the called creatures firmly to your will for about three days. When you use your other spell, which makes them your servant for a full month, you'll still have to roll.

And yes, 2d6 if you try to call a specific creature type, 3d6 if you try to call a known individual.

>>7463620
I think any attack should be done after we're fully prepared -- after we've healed

Summon food; heal wounds

>>7463562
Under the circumstances we could just pretend that we're extremely focused on what we're doing because of its importance. Pretty much any creature will do right now though, as long as its bound to our will.

We need to set up our own personal blood bank. I wonder where the mute vampire gets her blood?

CAn we summon something bigger? That way we won't have to summon many things to get a fix.

We should go feed on a human. Feed on multiple humans as we're not going to drink them dry. If feeding on people eventually leads somewhere down the road of a mob attacking the castle, it may be to our benefit...

>>7463688
Studying to achieve this would be immensely beneficial.

We should try to not summon any more celestials. Best not to poke a hive of killer bees with a short stick.

>>7463770
this is wise

i thought we agreed not to use that picture. it's hard to empathise with our nameless heroine if she looks like that :(

how so? nothing wrong with the picture.

Once we heal a bit more, check on the second village and scout it out.

>>7463770
>>7463688
Both good ideas. By the way, does our mimir have a name, or is he just 'the mimir'?Anyways, get him to tell us how to summon a larger thing, preferably something only semisentient or worse so we don't feel bad about it. And what's our name too?

>>7463796
I liked Winry. Vampire Winry would look hot

>>7463685
I think that she gets it from some people who live in the castle, they're her families servants and such, but she'll kill anyone who touches them. Selfish bitch.

>>7463796
Indeed. Someone needs to get the Winry pic, and shoop eyes/fangs...

Also, as this is a standard fantasy world, would we be able to find Goblins and the like in the woods and the wilds? I doubt they'd taste as good, but it'd probably be better for our psyche to feed on creatures like them.

>>7463815

she looks savage and cruel. our PC is sweet young thing with long blonde hair and blue eyes (when alive)

I just realized .. i never see the master torture rhiannon , what is this favoritisim?

plus she's trying hard not to be a total dick :(

>>7463857
His name is Etrom.

>>7463883
agreed!

>>7463897
Musta missed that, thank you.
And I have a sneaking suspicion that the Master is Rhiannon's brother.

this gm runs a bettter quest but the other gm writes hot vampire lesbian bdsm...

why can't they work together? :(

>>7463540 >>7463646 >>7463632
Another creature; you don't care what. You set up the candles once more and begin to chant. The sound of the assassin imp carving off and eating strips of flesh from the cherub's body is a little distracting, but not significantly enough to break your concentration. As you utter the words of the spell, you find yourself wondering what it says about your personality that you are largely unbothered by it.

Regardless, the spell is done. A flash of dark purple light, and another imp, half again the size of your assassin, stands in the circle before you. It sees you and grins. "A vampire mistress, eh? This could be fun."

The assassin imp glances at it and shrugs. "Not for you, mate. Sorry, you've no manner of luck."

Before it can reply, you are tearing its throat out as you mentally hold it still through your binding, lapping up the dark blood that fountains from its wound. Its flavor reminds you faintly of citrus, and is accompanied by the same giddy pleasure as always. You toss the tiny corpse aside with the bulk of your injuries vanished. Only one more.

Candles, focus, time passes to the steady cadence of your chanting. A flash of red, and before you stands yet another small humanoid creature; you don't recognize what it is, though its dark brown skin, coal hair, and the toy-sized broadsword slung across its back are probably enough information to discover it, given time. It doesn't even have a chance to speak before you are holding it to your mouth and feeling the alcoholic burn of its delicious vital fluid.

Your wounds are healed, drying blood stains your mouth and the front of your robes, and the mage's room in the keep is littered with corpses. What will you do now?

>>7463873
I wonder if there is anything she needs that we can trade for a sip or two from her supply? Surely having a vampire, even a fledgling, to do stuff for her would be something to think about...

>>7463857
Name was never mentioned, it never came up in conversation or anything.

>>7463824

Apparently it's pretty much the same as the first one, but it's worth taking a look in just to see if there's anything out of the ordinary in it; since the sprite didn't scout the village its self, he just found where it was.

I don't know if it's wise to summon something very, very powerful at the moment, especially a celestial, because if it breaks its bonds it could own us.

>>7463932
Have the imp dispose of the bodies, but not before taking any parts that we can reuse in spells and potions and what not. We really need to figure out a permanent form of feeding instead of summoning creatures and feeding on them. Sooner or later we're going to piss someone off that we can't handle. Do we know anything about powers of persuasion/mind control?

>>7463932
Learn to turn water into a basic elemental for the holy water

errrr where do these creature come from again? Imagine we suddenly summon a demon lord or something by mistake

>>7463932
I clean up and try to figure out the most effective way to clean up the corpses.

No one else needs to know that this is how I'm slaking my thirst. No, not until I'm strong enough. And then I will slake my thirst on THEM.

Also I'm going to call the mimir Morty.

>>7464024
Morty. I love you anon.

>>7464021
It doesn't matter the creature you summon has to obey you.

>>7463932
Return to library to study. Later on we can go to the second village to scout it, and avoid Adrienne.

>>7464035
only if we make the 3d6 control roll.. sure we can bind imps easy now.. but what if we get a demon lord and fuck up?

CONSEQUENCES THAT'S WHAT

deadpixie.jpg

>>7464024
I like Morty. Make the assassin clean up, asking Morty if anything cool can be made from their parts and saving useful stuff. S/he can do what s/he wants with the rest

>>7464021
What I'm more worried about is continuing to summon little creatures again and again and feeding on them...only to have the rest of their people find out somehow and come after us.

>>7463932

Send one of our Imps to go find Adrienne's tomb. We have an assassin Imp and Holy water on hand, so if we manage to weaken her/drive her back there again today, we can have a surprise waiting for her...

>>7464081
yes. I dont think death by assassin imp swarm or cherub holy lasers is a good way to die

>>7464085
What does Adrienne feed on? If we can predict who she's feeding on, would making them drink holy water somehow poison Adrienne enough that we can kill her?

> What does Adrienne feed on?

little girls and our pain

>>7464021
There are many theories on where the creatures one summons come from; the books which you have read call it collectively "the aether". Regardless, your spell can only summon minor beings at the moment; you are in no danger of accidentally summoning something larger than you expect, though if you botch a binding things could turn nasty.

>>7464009
You know nothing about mind control, although it occurs to you that vampires are well known for using those abilities and you've been compelled to various tasks often enough in your stay here. Perhaps, like your telepathy, you will be able to develop them naturally with practice.

>>7464024 >>7464039 >>7464011
You turn to your assassin imp. "Dispose of the bodies somewhere that no one will find them. Remove any organs which you know have an alchemical use." It giggles at you. "Yes, Dark Mistress."

You leave and walk off into the forest, moving until you find a stream in which to wash yourself clean of blood. There's no sense displaying the reside of your feeding to everyone. Then you return to the library and begin your night of study.

You discard, for the moment, your plans for a disguise spell; it will take too long to manage. Instead you turn to stronger forms of summoning and to animating the elements, attempting to discover how difficult each would be to perfect. It takes several hours of research, but you eventually conclude that animating an elemental, even one no larger than your hand, will likely take several days of dedicated study to perfect. Summoning larger and more powerful creatures is dangerous with your current circle; it would be best carried out in a more elaborate one with gold inlays on the runes and inset faceted gems to be sure of the binding. Developing the spells to manage it reliably would likely take even longer than the elemental idea, but you realize that unless you are willing to put time into an idea, you'll never get anywhere.

You have yet to see Adrienne this evening, but the night is already half gone. What will you do next?

>>7464210
We need to go practice some mind control/persuasion/jedi mind tricks. Once we've developed them enough, we will be able to more easily get access to human blood. Perhaps we could ask the mute vampire if she would allow us to practice on her pets.

>>7464224
Test our knowledge by animating the holy water into an elemental. That way when the time comes it can leap at that bitch.

>>7464081
Do imps even like each other? I would of though that they'd hate each other.

As long as we don't summon anyone important I don't think we have to worry about inter-planer assassins, so lets just stick to summoning small demons that noone care about.

Anyway, I vote we go back to the library and study something... I don't know, what about a basic illusion spell or something like that.

>>7464268
Better to test out on regular water first.

>>7464224
Ask the Lord if we can have some gold and gems. If he lets us have them, work on stronger summoning. If not, work on elementals.

>>7464242
She seems to be really attached to them, I don't think she'd agree.

This needs to be archived,I'm working the graveyard shift tonight. See you anons don't fuck shit up while I'm not here to hold you together.

get my nightly torture done with :(

>>7464268
Wait until we have a LOT more holy water first.

>>7464417
I don't know, after that beating we handed out last time she might leave us alone as long as we avoid her.

>>7464437
This. We can summon many more imps to fetch holy water from the surrounding towns. Let's wait until we have enough to drown her in, then we use it. I want to make sure this kills her, not just 2d6 damage like d&d. Not that I'm saying this quest is holding strictly to the rules of d&d, but we have scrolls of Wish and Gelatinous Cubes, so there's at least a small amount of crossover.

>>7464268 >>7464287
You decide to test out your spell by animating an elemental as soon as it's finished, but that point is still several days away.

>>7464242 >>7464356
You briefly contemplate asking Rhiannon for permission to practice your mental tricks on the humans living in the courtyard. After a moment of reflection, you decide that it would be best not to ask, as she would almost certainly not agree and it might sour relations. You will have to practice elsewhere, should you wish to do so, or to keep your activities a secret somehow.

>>7464350
You make a mental note to ask your vampire master for the supplies that you need to summon larger creatures when you next see him. Since you have no idea when that will be, however, you continue to focus your energies on elemental animation. You spend another hour or so working on that, until you hear a voice call for you from the library entrance.

"Come out, come out, little one. You showed that your tongue is quite sharp last night, and I am of a mind to play with it for a while." The detestation in the voice is unmistakable; it's Adrienne.

What do you do?

what happens if they notice a lot of missing holy water? I dont want a bunch of warrior priests standing outside the gates!

>>7464501
I doubt they're going to suspect that vampires are stealing their holy water.

It's the same way that nobody would suspect Muslims of stealing pigs to use in a fight against other Muslims.

>>7464494
"Shut up bitch"

>>7464501
I honestly do not think priests would suspect vampires of stealing holy water.

>>7464501
Between Rhiannon, Adrienne, and the Vampire Lord (as well as anyone else in the castle) I think we could hold off all the towns in the local area, forget about only their priests.

>>7464494
No fighting in the library, stay held up in here and ignore her. I

Are vampires allergic to garlic in this setting? Because sweet merciful christ, can we get the servants to go out, steal some garlic and line the coffin of Bessie Bitchface with garlic while she's out harrassing us?

>>7464501
Fuck yes you do! They can kill the main vamp lord and Adrienne while Rhiannon and us hide.

>>7464557
I don't know, knowing most priestly orders they'd probably blame anything they could on vampires.

>>7464494

lets run into the woods if we can, ready the holy water.
If she catches up with us, douse her with water.

>>7464657
>Take the bait
>Run away so she can catch us
>Use holy water in a way that will most likely miss and waste it

I don't think so. We should save it for a time when we can use it when we know it will work. Like after she goes to sleep.

>>7464657
Unless there's other ways out of the library, then the only way out of the castle through Adrienne. I guess we could try to out run her, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Stay in the library, Rhiannon will stop anyone fighting in the library so lets just wait here.

> Stay in the library, Rhiannon will stop anyone fighting in the library so lets just wait here.

you STILL have to go out of the library for your summonings, huntings etc. She'll track you down and there's no Master or Rhiannon to keep a lid on her crazy shit.

I don't feel like being dissected out in the woods kthx

>>7464703
Pretend holy water is a potion of strength
fake stumbling with it so it ends up in her hands
she drinks it
????
BURN BITCH

Summon flask inside bitch
Better yet: Summon bitch inside ye flask
???
PROFIT

>>7464501 >>7464537
>>7464557 >>7464608
This conversation makes me laugh.

>>7464557 >>7464574
You turn and shout, "Shut up, bitch. No fighting in the library." Then you pause for a moment, uncertain how Adrienne will respond.

There is a long minute of silence. Then her voice drifts down to you softly. "Oh, puppet, I think you have utterly forgotten your place." You feel your limbs start to move, getting up and moving towards the door.

You gasp in shock. Not again. A rejection tears itself from your lips. "No!" You struggle to reassert your will, but it is difficult, so difficult. You are almost at the door when you finally feel her grip on your mind give way, leaving you to stare at her from a scant ten feet away.

The cruel smile on her face gives way to shock. You've grown far stronger in the past week or so, and she apparently had utterly failed to realize it. She grits her teeth. "You cannot hide in there forever, cowering behind the mute's sentimentality. I'll be waiting." Then she turns and leaves. Based upon the screams which erupt from her torture chamber short minutes later, she is working out some frustration.

You return to your studies, feeling elated at your ability to fight off Adrienne's mental prowess, comparatively weak though it obviously is- Rhiannon moved her around like a marionette, after all. Hours of further study on elemental animation pass quickly, and you wait until the last moment before sunrise to leave and dart to your sarcophagus.

***

The sun has set once more, and you suspect that Adrienne will move against you as soon as she awakens, which she has fortunately not yet done. What will you do?

>>7464703
Stockpile holywater, screw her up later. As for now, drink an endurance potion if we have one, otherwise put up with the bitch. Scout out second village and work on an endurance potion or two later.

>>7464584
You have yet to encounter garlic and discover your reaction to it, although you have heard that vampires do not respond well to it.

>>7464775

Bolt the door to her coffin shut, drill a small hole above her heart in the wood, give her a shower.

>>7464727
We can wait her out... eventually she'll have to get bored or let her guard down.

It's not like she can stand in front of the library forever, she has to eat just like the rest of us, I'm sure that we can trick our way past her. When she leaves we'll have an opportunity to escape the caste and find food, if we return just before sunrise then there's almost nothing she can do to interfere with us.

IF SHE CUTS OUR TONGUE OUT,
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUMMON.

This is the impression I get-- I suggest we kill her, now, with an unexpected sorcerous blast.

>>7464775
Face her head on, but may her pride be her downfall
either turn the holy water into an elemental and threaten her with it
(chances are she will laugh and foolishly allow it to gain contact with her skin)
or pretend to fumble and drop the flask of holy water in front of her when she picks it up plead with her not to drink it claiming its the "source" of your new found power.

> Adrienne will move against you as soon as she awakens

bitch really should have some discipline and wake up early

>>7464865
I approve of both of these ideas.

>>7464849

bah, it'll grow back.. just eat someone..

>>7464900

Is there any possibility that we could sufficiently animate the material of her resting place to hold her?
Or... perhaps sneak up on her and fire one of our palm-blasts at her.
Or! Sufficiently animate some torch fire to leap at her!

>>7464900
There's that as well, I defiantly think we should bring our assassin imp with us in case Adrienne tries to jump us and we need an ace in our sleeve to escape.

>>7465038

Indeed.
Have the assassin Imp as backup, perhaps also have the Sprite with a few thorny-plant seeds/clippings hiding in a corner.

We can thorn-entangle her and slit her throat if out initial attack fails.

>>7465038
hmm idk. I'd be surprised if they hadn't figured out we had an assassin. this is a lord's castle after all and he knows you summon things

We should find or have Morty help us enchant a Ring of Regeneration, find a criminal, tie them up and put the ring on them, then use them as a self-replenishing food source. Then we can use our summoning time to mass an army.

>>7465069

The lord probably knows; that's not to say he told Adrienne, though.
The lord probably wants some clever confrontation--what better amusement than watching us slaughter Adrienne in a clever way?

>>7465069
Oh, I'm sure the lord knows. But I doubt he told Adrienne.

>>7465069
Oh the lord defiantly knows, but I don't think Adrienne knows.

Just have the assassin imp attack Adrienne, in her coffin, during the day, with holy water; unless there's some reason we can't control him during the day or he's nocturnal or something.

I express my disappointment at how /tg/ is acting out of character, and roleplaying a woman seriously.

where's the hot lesbian vampire bdsm? :(

>>7465126

What if she wakes up and kills our poor sweet Imp?!
I say we either do it ourself, or we summon a few more disposable assassin Imps.

>>7465178
Also I personally want to watch her die by our hand for the torment she caused us

>>7465156
well the book worm aint talking and the other tortures us

>>7465178

Isn't she mostly helpless during the day?

Maybe scout out her resting place to see if she has counter-measures in place to protect her from just such an attack.

>>7465126
This could actually work. If he's strong enough to open the door to her sarcophagus.

OP's pic is so hot. It never gets less striking.

>>7464938 >>7464865
Guys, I'm not sure how this isn't clear: You don't know the spell needed to animate an elemental from its substance yet. It will take you the better part of a week to figure out.

>>7464829
You briefly consider somehow sealing her sarcophagus, but you lack the tools required to do so, particularly considering that she could attempt to burst out with vampiric strength. Besides, you lack the tools required to drill through stone without breaking it; you might end up shattering the lid in your attempt to dump holy water on her.

>>7464849 >>7464865
She is dangerous, but facing her head on seems more practical. You have an energy bolt, at least, and might be able to trick her somehow into drinking the holy water. If neither of those works, you'll probably be in trouble, though, and will be left no option but to flee.

Too late to come up with any other plan; she's awoken. As she shoves aside the lid of her resting place, you point and utter sorcerous syllables, conjuring up a bolt of energy that pounds directly into her chest, leaving a smoking hole. She looks at you in shock, and you fire another. This time she reacts, flinging herself up and out of her sarcophagus and using an unnaturally strong arm to propel herself clear across the room with great speed. Your bolt misses, and you ready another, which slams into her as she dashes towards you, fangs prominent and hands curled into vicious claws. She takes the damage and keeps coming, diving forward into a grapple.

You are at a severe disadvantage here and know it. You lack the level of natural weaponry which Adrienne so casually sports, and it shows as she begins to tear your flesh apart with powerful slashes. As she pins your arms with her body so that her free hand can tear your guts free, you manage to get a hand onto your holy water flask and uncork it, lifting it towards your mouth in a desperate deception.

>>7465222
>>7465211

Couldn't we summon an incorporeal spirit to do some scouting?

She sees it and relocates her efforts with a growl. "No potions, no more magely tricks!" She slams a powerful hand onto the flask, causing it to burst and spatter holy water in all directions.

You both scream in pain. The agony of her tortures is nothing to this; each droplet burns you like a potent acid, and the bulk of a large flask is all across your left side. The robe you are wearing grows soaked, and you tear it apart in a frantic bid to stop the burning sensation. As it comes off, you see your flesh- smoking as it dissolves. The skin on your left ribcage and hip is largely gone, and much of the muscle as well. You cower by the wall, screeching in agony.

Adrienne does the same across the room. Her right hand is a ruin, the skeletal form of her finger bones entirely exposed and the musculature of her palm largely eaten away. In both your cases, spattered other droplets on your face and body give you the look of the worst of pox victims.

It is long minutes before anything happens, and when it does, it is Rhiannon awakening. She quickly assesses the situation, recognizes the nasty stuff that is holy water, and shakes her head at both of you for folly before moving on with her daily routine. You realize that she'll want you to see that cleaned up.

Adrienne seems to recover herself, staring in horror at her hand. "You... you filthy BITCH! I'll never forgive you for this!"

A look from Rhiannon and she stops moving forward with a glare at the red-haired vampiress. "Fine. We stop until it's cleaned up and you can walk around. But then I'm killing her."

What do you do?

>>7465276
Well shit, how are we supposed to clean it up? I guess try to find some way to mop it up.

>>7465276
Rub it in.

>>7465276

let clean up our mess of holy water, and then flee as fast as we can, hopefully we can find some random bandits and feed off of them.

>>7465276
Fuck that back fired, but we could use it to our advantage lets get som viles of ragular old tap water and threaten her with it.

>>7465276
Very effective. In the future, we'll need another vial of the stuff. Wake up before her, and when she gets out, splash it all on her. Should kill her, or at least incapacitate her long enough for us to magic missile her to death.

>>7465257
Well, here's hoping it works. I personally feel that it would've been better to just splash it out on her, but hey whatever. She'll probably just knock it aside.

>>7465328

Get a mop, mop up the holy water, then smack her with the mop. Have fun with your final death, bitch.

>>7465276

Hmmm. Her hand is inoperable, but will it grow back?

In anycase, there is holy water on the floor between us-- we may be able to sorcery-blast her while she is on the other side of the room.
We may also be able to attempt an unbound summoning, and hope we get something to murder her.

>>7465363
Rhiannon wants to get past and will probably just mindbitch you if start shit.

>>7465359
>>7465363
Either of these sounds fun.

well that turned out well. am fucked , aren't we? :(

Grapple Adrienne while she's talking, throw her on the water.

>>7465389

"Let me help you... clean that up!"

I like it.

>>7465276
Apologise profusely.

Incidentally, thread archived:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7463449/

I'm about to pop to bed in a few minutes.

>>7464849
Regeneration.

>>7465389

I wonder if we can get the Assassin Imp to push her into the water while she cleans!
We do have telepathic contact with the Imp.

>>7465349
What did I tell you /tg/... you're overestimating her thinking ability. Adrienne is a masochistic berserker, that's all.

Now she's out for our unlife. Go back to the town with your imp and have him loot more holy water as quickly as he can, emphasize speed over stealth. Be there to take it from him and book back to the castle. Fill several other vials with regular water and put them on a sling. When Adrienne comes to fight you, threaten her with them. If she calls our bluff, throw the fake vials at her until she gets too close to dodge, then hit her with the real thing.

While she's down, RIP OUT HER HEAAAAAARRRRT! And then crush her skull.

>>7465359
I like this. Especially because it involves death by mop.

And if the mop gets broken we can always use it as a stake.

>>7465412
Yes! Yes!
Have the Imp splash her with the water all day.

>>7465420
Sadistic, make that. Not masochistic.

Do our wounds even heal after being cleansed by Holy Water?

>>7465412 Also, seconding.

>>7465447

They should--most vampire mythology has it that way.
It's just that it takes a little while longer, and may be painful.

We should not show our cards before we are ready.

We should reserve the holy water for our plan to kill her -- not just threaten her with it. The goal is not to scare her, it's to kill her.

>>7465472
Well, it is too late now.

>>7465433
>>7465412

I say we pull a faint: make it look like we're going to energy blast her, then have the Imp pop out and perform holy water splashing.

>>7465472

Slowpoke!

What are you doing here?

Come on guys. We could at lest try to reconcile with her, I know we hate her but it just seems like this feud is getting out of hand.

>>7465524

Reconcile?

She isn't a squadmate in our platoon, she's the fucking enemy and she's going to kill us if we don't kill her first!

>>7465503
I'd say we blast her too while she contorts in pain.

Damn it, this is why I wanted to have a few more vials of the stuff ready before this. Now we'll have to wait while Imp gets them, and dodge Adrienne all day.

>>7465524

That's actually a rather humorous sentence.
P.S. No.

>>7465359

We will mop her to death!

> Adrienne is a masochistic berserker, that's all.


remember that book about all the other failed brides? yeah. you don't rise to be Alpha Bitch by being stupid.

>>7465565

At this point, she's in a blind rage.

The room is covered in Holy Water, and thus very dangerous to both of us.

We're probably going to be injured if we lose the initiative, and should finish her now, and risk the injury we may suffer when we do.

>>7465555
>>7465537
OK then, well what about this: the next time the vampire lord shows up he's probably going to want to see Adrienne beat the shit out of us again, and we can't refuse him because he'd just force us into it, except this time we're basically totally fucked.

At the very least we could get her to not want to murderous in our sleep, I don't know why everyone thinks she'll just stay in bed every day waiting for us to pour buckets on holy water on her, but she probably won't.

>>7465565
For all we know, she's only been here a few months longer than us.

>>7465619
>Room covered in holy water

How much holy water was there in that one vile? It's probably barely a puddle, sounds like most of it landed on us anyway.

>>7465633

That's probably why we should have waited for that translation from Rhiannon.

>>7465628
Because vampire /have/ to sleep during the day. We just happened to wake up before her. We don't have to worry about her waking up in the middle of the day and killing us.

>>7465633
True. We haven't received those notes that Rhiannon said she'd translate for us.

They could tell us something important.

1. apologize to Rhiannon
2. Throw the holy water soaked dress at the Adrienne
3. apply firepower

>>7465660
It was almost the size of our assassin imp, plus the container basically exploded from the impact.

>>7465675

If we get out of this alive, the new plan is summon lots of assassins, and have them murder her during the day.

>>7465714
If we could manage this before she comes for us, I'm all for summoning a fucking army and just zerg rushing her.

i apologize and offer adrienne hot make-up hatesex

>>7465690

>Pick up the cloth soaked in Holy Water.

Kick it instead. That should hurt us less.

>>7465675
Yes, but how do you know we'll be able to wake up before her? She's been a vampire longer than us, she could have better control of her sleep patterns.

The risks are large, it just seems like we're getting ahead of ourselves as we can barely hold out against her one-on-one, and it seems like that's what it will come down to if she spends every waking moment trying to kill us.

>>7465412 >>7465429 >>7465401
>>7465389 >>7465363 >>7465359
You nod to Rhiannon, and pull yourself up off the floor. Walking is surprisingly difficult; your muscles have taken serious damage. But you're not willing to end this just yet, in spite of the pain; you have to win it now, lest Adrienne end you for good. You silently call for your assassin imp to attend you, hoping that it is clever enough to arrive invisibly.

There is no mop here, so far as you are aware, so you move to the clothing chest and select one of the lower quality robes, wrapping it thickly about your hand and moving to the floor, where you kneel so that it can absorb the water. When it is soaked enough that you are in danger of being scalded once again, you leave and fetch another, doing the same once more.

The entire time, you can feel Adrienne's eyes hatefully upon you. You gradually drift around the room towards her nevertheless, leaving soaked clothing in place so that- yes, you can feel your imp nearby. It's cunning enough to catch on.

You position yourself across the room from Adrienne, soak the cloth on your left arm, and level your right hand at her. "Have fun with your final death, bitch." Words of power issue forth from your mouth, and a bolt of energy lances towards her. She dodges it easily and makes for you with a vicious grin, keeping an eye on your soaked-cloth "weapon" and drawing a blade- when did she get that!? She reaches you in a fraction of a second and swings her blade in a brutal arc which smashes through your already-injured ribcage, breaking it apart and sending your rotting internals spilling onto the ground.

>>7465389
>>7465412
>>7465538
>>7465690
>>7465739

More or less in this order.

>>7465739
Summon imp to handle it if we must, after all he doesn't seem to be affected by it.

We can use out bond with him to order him to us, he shouldn't take long to travel from the mages place to here.

>>7465763
she's in close now, wipe her face with the fucking holy water rags and finish her, then get something to feed on asap

You fall forward and feebly attempt to lay your cloth on her good hand, but she jerks back more than quickly enough to avoid your blow- and directly into the assassin imp floating behind her with a soaked robe. Fast as a snake it whips the cloth around her head, and she falls to the floor writhing and shrieking while smoke rises from her dissolving face. The imp ties the cloth neatly, and her hands lose the muscle structure granting them strength before she can tear the enveloping robe to ribbons.

You force yourself to move, and cast the cloth aside. "Not... enough." Speaking is hard, but the words are sufficient for the imp to catch your meaning. It darts back and forth around the room, fetching one garment after another and placing them atop the squirming body of Adrienne.

It takes a very long time for the screams to stop, and even longer before she stops twitching.

You lie back and surrender to the agony. All you can think of is pain, but thoughts echo in your mind nevertheless- Rhiannon? Holy water injuries will take a great deal of blood to heal- fifty people, at least. And you will still be expected to clean this up, though a bit of time can be allowed given your current circumstances.

>>7465763
Fall back, pull our guts back in. Order imp to give Adrienne a nice new dress.

>>7465763
Well fuck. I guess her muscles weren't as damaged as ours?

> which smashes through your already-injured ribcage, breaking it apart and sending your rotting internals spilling onto the ground.

this is strangely erotic

>>7465813

This makes me happy.
Off to gobble down some sweet boys!

>>7465763
Knew we should of tried diplomacy first.

Tell the imp to hurry the fuck up, try to keep her distracted by begging for your life or promising to serve her.

>>7465813
Excellent. However I cannot help but wonder how an Imp is able to tolerate holy water. Shouldn't it also take damage?

In the meantime, summon the other minion too to help clean up. Our immediate survival is in question.

>>7465813
Smash her goddamn head in, I don't care how you do it.

>>7465813
We can tell the imp to clean thw water.
Much safer.

Order the imps to help you clean up.

>>7465859
Holy water only effects undead and repels demons, it has no effect on devils (such as Imps)

>>7465859

Imps are not vulnerable to holy water, only vampires are noted as having such a trouble in most mythology.
Perhaps demons as well, but demons are generally powerful enough to shrug it off.

>>7465813
Superb! Get our minions to clean the rest of it up and keep watch over Adrienne. If she moves, they are to cover her with more holy water-stained clothes. Once we're able to move again... shit, we'll need to kill some people I guess. We're not too hungry, just in pain, so we can think clearly. Try to find some bandits or evil sentient monsters to eat. Try to avoid killing innocents.

A figure hovers above you, out of reach. "Well, Dark Mistress, looks like we win, eh? Though you're in a state. I'll find that sprite, we'll get something for that." It flits off.

Hours pass as you lie on the floor beside your removed organs, hardly able to think for the pain, but eventually you feel something warm pressed to your lips and feel a heartbeat. You bite down and feel the flow of human blood pass your lips, restoring energy and melting away the pain. When that one is dry, another is presented, and you do the same once more. Looking down afterward, your guts have crept back inside you and most of the bones are in place once more, though not all of them. Walking will be difficult.

Glancing about, you see your sprite and imp standing over the drained husks of an infant and a toddler, watching you. "Lady, is it enough? We can fetch another."

Take Adrienne's blade and either have a minion decapitate her or decapitate her yourself.

Let's not take chances on this.

((Forgot this last, ever-present line:))

What do you do?

>>7465898
Uh oh. Please tell me our servants didn't just baby snatch some of Rhiannon's stock.

>>7465898
Cry. That is a horrible sight to wake up to. Just because it was necessary doesn't make it any less terrible.

>drained husks of an infant and a toddler

I hope they're not from where I think they're from.

>>7465898
"Please tell me you didn't get those from inside the castle."

> Glancing about, you see your sprite and imp standing over the drained husks of an infant and a toddler, watching you. "Lady, is it enough? We can fetch another."

GOD DAMMIT

>>7465907
Oh, drag her outside so that once the sun come up she fries! Then we'll no she's gone for good. Hell, why wait? Drag her out, find a stick, sharpen, stake her through the heart. Let's be free of her permanently.

>>7465898

If they were taken from within the castle, please instruct them to hide the remains where no one will find them.
Perhaps grind up the bones to be extra-sure.

>>7465941


rhiannon's watching, isn't she? she wouldn't have allowed it

>>7465957

Indeed, definitely take the NO CHANCES route.
Stake her, and leave her near an eastward window.

>>7465957
To quick, to easy, make her suffer. Like she made you, and all those other innocents suffer.

>>7465935
>>7465929
Oh don't worry. I doubt she would have left their home unwarded after last time. These are probably from last night's stock of prisoners. Besides, there were 3 children, I don't think any of them were toddlers. And Rhiannon would have seen them as they brought the children to us, if they were hers she would have stopped them.

>>7465989
>>7465975
>>7465968

Nail her to the east side of the castle to await the sunrise.

oh shit. still winry vampire who is mutilated and is feeding on children seems sexy. and disturbing

>>7465989

We are *actually* pretty sure that she is already dead--melted in agony.
The NO CHANCES route makes certain, however.

>>7465975

Cut off her head, put a stake through her heart, let her shake and bake in the sun. Or have a minion do all of the above.

>>7465989
>>7465975
>>7465957
Wait, I'm not even sure if she's dead (as in dead dead) or alive, at the very least lets check the body before we discuss what we're going to do with it.

>>7465895 >>7465907 >>7465941
A horrible thought occurs to you as you stare at the bodies. "Please tell me you didn't get those from inside the castle."

The sprite looks down. "No, Lady, it was... made clear that such would not be tolerated. They are from one of the nearby villages."

You sigh. One concern gone, though a sick feeling rises in you gut as you realize that you've devoured helpless children and then been concerned only because it might anger a friend. "Good. You should... clean up." You wave a hand at the room, still filled with soaked rags and an unmoving body. "Decapitate her and put her on a roof, where the sun will find her in the morning.

The imp giggles. "I like your style, Mistress. Stab 'em when they're down, just in case. On it."

Your servants set to work, and you are left effectively alone once more. What do you do?

>>7466024

See if you're healed enough to move. Take stock of how badly hurt you are if not, and how much more blood you're going to need to fix it.

>>7466024

See if there's anything I can do to please Rhiannon, aside from the duties I already must carry out. After all, with a power vacuum, I need to know the movements of one of my potential foes...if just one.

>>7466024
Drag our ass back to the coffin for a nap, and wish that we don't run into our lord on the way. We can deal with the consequences tomorrow night.

>>7466024

Make sure everything is cleaned up to Rhiannon's liking, then head off to summon up some more food.
Request that the Imp stealthy catch a few more babies for you to eat, too.

it seems like there are usually some prisoners around for the bitch to torture, find them and drain them

>>7466024
if possible conjure another creature (mainly feeding)? hopefully it wont be a demon lord or something! anything with teleport/portal abilities?

>>7466024
(again)Cry. We killed children and were only afraid it might anger a friend? We are loosing our humanity.

Tell the imp to keep watch over Adrienne. I don't want to take the chance that she manages to drag herself to some shade or something. NO CHANCES!

Would we be out of line to take Adrienne's possessions as spoils of combat? I mean it's not like she's going to be around to use them anymore and respect for the dead isn't exactly high here. She probably has quite a few interesting items for us to loot.

>>7466069
We're a goddamn vampire. It's time to cut the ties to the past and get on with our unlife. Also, looking like a bitch in front of our minions is not an option.

Find Adrienne's torture slaves and feed from them. Then have your minions clean up the holy water.

>>7466105
>>7466102

and to think she started out as such a nice girl..

>>7466105

I agree.
No more crying.
We killed the only once who made us feel bad.
We are a badass now.
No crying.

>>7466117
Longs nights of torture and isolation will do that to a girl.

>>7466117
We still are. I mean, fuck, do you guys really want to embrace the darkness? Fine, we do. Ex-bf comes, kill the vamp lord, then us since we're evil. Gee golly gosh, wasn't that fun?

Save the torture slaves. "Farm" them for blood, maybe start a romantic subplot.

>>7466105
If we can find her prisoners then we should either drain them all at once, or take a non-lethal amount from them so that we can continue to draw blood later on.

OP said we'd need quite a bit, though that baby seems to have done most of the important work.
>>7466102
The first piece of loot that comes to mind is that knife she pulled, lets pick up that stuff.

>>7466122
>>7466105

We shouldn't throw ourselves into evil or good. The conflict in our hearts will resolve itself, for better or worse. For now, we stay alive and we keep moving forward.

> Ex-bf comes, kill the vamp lord, then us since we're evil.

Let him TRY

>>7466122
>>7466105
fuck you guys, we just showed the head bitch what happens when you try to boss us around, we're eventually going to show the vamp lord the same thing, why the hell should we let CIRCUMSTANCES of all things make us their bitch? It's not even a sentient creature, it's just a chain of events!

You know if we're going to be thinking ahead to our boyfriend's return we should consider the wish scroll he took from us. If he still has it we can return to our old life, that is if it hasn't been used.

>>7466198
He used it as soon as he found it, unfortunately.

>>7466177


she's not the head bitch. she just happens to be higher in the pecking order. top bitch doesn't really care for us..

>>7466208


what'd he wish for

>>7466047 >>7466053
>>7466065 >>7466052
You look down at your body. You have taken a lot of damage; if what Rhiannon says is true, it will take dozens of lives for you to be whole again. There are probably only three or four people chained up in the torture chamber; they won't do much, though at least everything that wasn't cause by holy water should be healed.

You stop for a moment, struck suddenly by the horror of your own thoughts. You just devoured two helpless children, and are now casually planning the murder of so many more? What is wrong with you? You've become...

You stagger to your feet, and drag yourself over to the torture chamber. Tears stream down your face even as the euphoria of feeding washes all unhappiness and pain from your mind. You've become a monster.

>>7466122
I agree that right now tears shouldn't be on our mind, we just almost died and we're recovering from major bodily harm. We should be too exhausted to cry right now.

But I don't think that she's lost all her humanity yet-between the torture and feeding on humans she should be really distraught, stressed, and maybe finding it hard to think straight; but that doesn't mean that the sight of a dead baby (that she killed) won't hurt.

She'll cry, she should cry for months-plagued by what she has done, but she won't cry right now.

Now, about that torture room. How many devices are in the room, and do we know how long it'll take til vamp lord returns? I'm planning something rather fitting for our... "master"

When you have devoured all the available blood, you move back to your sarcophagus and slam its lid shut, pain jolting with every step even as you move more quickly than all but the fastest of the living. You cannot sleep during the night, yet you want nothing so much as sweet oblivion. You cry for a very long time.

Eventually, you are done. Nothing remains now but to go forward. You reach mentally for Rhiannon, wondering if everything is cleaned to her satisfaction. It takes a few tries, but you receive her assurances that all is fine.

You call lastly for the assassin imp, then knock aside the lid of your resting place. "Watch Adrienne's body until the sun takes it. Just in case. Make sure you see it burn."

Its wings beat gleefully. "Of course! I wouldn't miss it for anything. Not every day I get to see that kinda show."

"You did well today," you say dully, and pull the lid back onto your coffin. You stare at the blackness until sunrise comes and emptiness takes you.

***

A new night. What will you do?

>>7466231
The children you should feel guilty about
However devouring torture victims is not, just ask them if they would like to be released from there pain. If they say yes drain them. If they say no let them live.

go to the village, find sleeping/lights out households - initiate stealth kills

>>7466244

Ask the imp what happens to Adrienne's body. If he can mentally send you the image... even better.

Look for new blood.

See if there's anything Rhiannon wants from us.

>>7466231
CRAAAWLING IIIIIIN MT SKIIIIIIIIIN

That's what you moralfags are doing to us. We are what we are, now we must make the best of it.

Disguise ourselves as best as we can and set out to the towns. We're gonna need to kidnap some people. Have your imp drop a few coins in a pile, then you jump them, KO them and drain them dry. Other minion drags the bodies to a suitable hiding place.

>>7466244
Find BANDITS. EAT the BANDITS to regain our HEALTH.

>>7466244

Ahhh, what a restful sleep.
Hmmm. Perhaps some studying. Maybe some summoning of another few Imps to steal babies.
Yes. Summing more assassins and baby thieves!

Also, perhaps we can summon an incorporeal spirit for scouting purposes. (And messenger purposes.)

Also. We should definitely work on developing our vampire mental powers... at some point.

>>7466237

He'll probably be proud of us.

Whatever happens, we should probably hate him for this.

Seconding checking if Adrienne's is toast.

wow.. not even ONE perverted suggestion.. while playing as a beautiful blonde chick.

>>7466304
Oh yeah see if we can summon some form of invisible servant like a ghast or will-o-the-wisp

Did Rhiannon ever finish translating her entry on Adrienne for us? While no longer tactically useful it might be interesting.

>>7466283
>>7466304
>>7466317
These. Check if dead. Eat things. Summon more.

Moralfags need to stop trying to cause psychological damage to the VAMPIRE.

Contemplation: what are we "living" for, long term? We've done terrible things, and really this is still the beginning.
Death, final death, can be an escape.
Do we have a religion that provides guidance?
Let's examine ourselves, decide what it is we're after besides to be unable to see our own large intestine.

> Moralfags need to stop trying to cause psychological damage to the VAMPIRE.

we have a boyfriend. we love him. we want to be worthy of looking into his eyes.

>>7466344
Hardcorefags need to act in-character and put things in perspective.

>>7466283
Our real goal is to try to arrange this whole thing so that we can pull a "The Power of Love Redeems" move with the bf. Or if that fails, with whoever proves worthy of it.

>>7466347

We're living to be a badass vampire.
Death is never an escape; you're a coward.
Serving a non-existent deity's fabricated demands will not make you feel better; you're a double coward.

Through our badassery, we will have a secure and happy future for ourselves and those we care about.

Find bad people and drain their blood. become batman!

>>7466362

We had a boyfriend. We hate him. We want to destroy him because of what we've become.

Both these statements are true at the same time.

We are kinda fucked in the head, moralfags or not.

>>7466398

i'm happy being female, get your batmancock out of my quest

> We want to destroy him because of what we've become.

which is why you set that prisoner free and told him to fetch your boyfriend here to rescue you?

>>7466394
I'm not real concerned with the judgments of the monstrous.
Real cowardice is surrendering to the lure of what's most convienient.

Lets put this controversy to a vote.

Do we want to continue trying to get our boyfriend to love us, or do we want to abandon that and go for becoming a powerful vampire sorceress?

1 vote for sorceress.

>>7466344
Everything so far has been part of that, it would make no sense if one day she was normal and the next she was pure evil, well, it wouldn't make much sense.

They crying, the emotions, they're cataloguing her transformation. Before she merely cried when she bleed one person out, not she merely cries when she eats babies (and shortly afterwards she orders her minions to kill her enemy) she_has_changed, but it isn't going to be instantaneous.

I vote to research summoning KATANA IMPS

>>7466421
we ALSO love him and want him to rescue the shit out of us.

>>7466427
BOTH. We take him back, and now we wear the pants in the family.

>>7466441

We did that last night and we're never going to do it again

>>7466402
Um, no we don't. When the fuck did we suddenly decide we hate him?

>>7466427
Boyfriend.

I mean, fuck, if we can't convince him and he tries to kill us, sure go for broke and try being evil. But until then, don't loose sight of why we've done all this. So that he will finally fucking notice us and take us seriously.

>>7466427
we still love our boyfriend. Anything that is not mutually exclusive to that is fair game.

>>7466427
2 votes for sorcery!
We can mindfuck him then, too, if we like.

>>7466465
Eating the Cherub was kinda funny tho'.

I vote for struggling on, paying conscience's price and trying to win back our man.

>>7466450
>>7466456
I think these could work out nicely together. Team up to take out the Big Bad then go home. And make him prepare us a sammich.

No one ever confirmed if the vampire lord did use the wish scroll or what he used it on.

>>7466427
What's wrong with doing both? We can be a powerful-vampire-sorceress wife.

>>7466491
Yes; OP said in the thread before last that he used it right away. We don't know what he wished for.

>>7466423

You're the monster.
How dare you suggest that someone end her own unique consciousness, and plunge those that love her and depend on her into despair?

>>7466518
>plunge those that love her and depend on her into despair
we kinda probably already did that.

>>7466492
Well....we start to increasingly resemble the enemy. Not just our man's, but our own. Adrienne was an object lesson in what happens to the reckless. We need aim to be something more then a respect obsessed gore glutton.
Regardless, this _is_ the Highway To Hell. It's most probable all roads go down for us in the end.

>>7466427
Why can't I have both?

Become Powerful Vampire Sorceress, and get boyfriend to want to be with us.

We'd probably have to turn him into a vampire, and I'm not sure we could yet. That's the sort of thing she could only do if she'd really become desensitised to vampire life, and gone crazy with grief at not having him with her.

>>7466532
Psh. That's just because the BF is a bit of a tart who goes CLEAVE SMITE when he sees a vampire.
We're still the delightful girl we were before, just a bit more hardcore.

>>7466534

Freedom. When we're free of the master, and have the power to stand against other threats, then we can worry about where we are.

For now we're doing what we must to survive and escape.

>>7466427
Of course it should be the seeking of love. But knowing what we are like at the moment we need to become more powerful to be able to redeem ourselves and change back to normal. (Not undead.)

>>7466544
I more meant that he probably thinks we've either died or abandoned him.

On that note, it's probably taking him so long to find this place in the first place because he's not looking for it, he's busy looking for us.

>>7466518
Lol, unique consciousness. We're even less unique now; we're a parasite, we're governed by grossly vicious new rules. We're diminished in terrible ways.
C'mon. They probably think we're dead, and finding out we got Un would only make the shame, repulsion, and horror worse.
The righteous course would be to kill the master, any of his thralls wandering about, then go have one last terrific barbeque/tan session.
Look at the index of "brides" he's destroyed. What we've done so far is nothing compared to what we'll do with greater power and fewer scruples.

>>7466588

And if we do that we get killed, and wind up another page in the book. We need to endure, part of that means not going insane with greif, part of that means not going all MAIM, KILL, BURN.

>>7466279
See about scouting the villages and making off with a little bit of blood sneakily. Practice MENTAL POWERS too.

this quest is slooooooooooooooooooooooooow

>>7466534
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

It seems like the only non-evil path to getting what we want involves our boyfriend not wanting to kill us. Possible, but also unlikely, well, they were supposed to be together for about 6 years so I don't know what he'd do.

I'm more worried about the groups paladin.

Listen: the moment we got bit our life was over. Unless there's a path of redemption hidden off somewhere, we're just a zombie who can suffer. Our life is now defined in terms an ever growing series of losses. Loss of self-control, loss of self-respect, loss of innocence, loss of being able to walk about during the daytime without becoming a roman candle in a shawl.
Death is not the worst thing that can happen; we're proof of that right now.

So far the list seems to be:

Find blood.

Practice summoning.

Make sure Adrienne was slow roasted.

Begin going insane as conflicting voices in our head have a heated argument.

>>7466620
hm, we should get on this, figuring something out.

Thinking about an idea from earlier, can we ask someone who would know if rings of regeneration replenish blood?

>>7466634
Don't forget we need to take Adrienne's stuff.

>>7466655
because if they can, I'm sure boyfriend can afford one. He could let us feed off him for however long it takes to figure SOMETHING out

>>7466328
There are several varieties of invisible, etherial, or incorporeal servant available for summoning should you wish it.

>>7466334
>>7466279
You push yourself you of your coffin and determine to start the night off right- by making sure that Adrienne is disposed of for good. You call your imp to you as you walk upstairs, and it meets you as you enter the courtyard. "It is done? You saw her body burn?"

It bobs up and down in the air as it nods. "Like a torch, Dark Mistress. What's next? You're looking pretty down; want to go hunting? Seems like that perks you up."

You think for a moment. You will need a lot of blood... you could raid a village, or order every child in the region stolen for your consumption, or...

Stop. You can't stomach those options, not right now. You look at the imp. "Find me people. Groups of them... bandits or something. Be able to guide me there."

It gives a sharp-toothed grin. "Itching for a fight, eh boss? Can do!" It flies off, and you head back downstairs to speak with Rhiannon.

She is reading as ever, completely unconcerned with the fighting that had just consumed one of her companions in undeath. You're not sure if you should envy her composure or be horrified at her lack of empathy. "Rhiannon... did you ever translate Adrienne's entry for me?" She glances at you and points to the book. Some loose papers are sticking out of it.

>>7466632
FUCK PATHS, WE'RE GOING TRAILBLAZING

You open it up. They mark Adrienne's page. The first portrait shows her as she must once have been- confused and terrified, a smooth-skinned beauty with flowing raven hair. The second was her as you knew her, smile sadistic and cruel, with hands that at a second look resembled claws. The art is exceptional; Rhiannon must be very skilled.

The text tells a great deal about the woman in a detached, clinical fashion. Age; no more than fifteen years your senior. Place of origin; a city you recognize but have never visited. Known capabilities; great strength, slight physical shifting, flight, minor development of mental powers.

More interesting- and disturbing- are Rhiannon's notes on the woman. It details her evolution from a terrified girl into the vile woman you knew- coping with her new situation by throwing herself into it fully, embracing the ability to cause others pain and using it as the pillar of her strength, hunting and torturing under the master's eye in an effort to gain and keep his approval. Rhiannon notes that he found her persistent, desperate sadism the most interesting facet of her personality and indulged it whenever she requested something.

You can't help but wonder if you'll end up that way. You put the profile away. You don't really want to know more about Adrienne's history; it doesn't matter now.

You thank Rhiannon and turn away. The night still lies before you and there are tasks to complete- healing to be done, spells to learn. What shall you do?

>>7466655
Hmm, an exterior solution. Push on in the hopes of redemption, and watch what the fuck we get into.

Here's something to consider: what the hell does The Master get out of all of this? Considering what we did to Andy and how much more powerful he likely to be, we should really try to figure out what game he's at before he decides to wipe the slate again.

>>7466588

You're the kind of person who declares other people 'less-than-human' if they don't believe exactly the same thing as you. Who don't look the same as you.
You are the worst of the blind butchers, never seeing behind the surface. Never understanding.

>>7466632
Oh please just shut up. I mean, fuck, I'm not even with those guys who want us to give in and kill needlessly but fuck, man. We are only loosing this because we have been forced into it. We now know that we can survive on animal blood, though to heal we will need blood of a sentient.

Oh noes, we can't go out during the day. Christ on a fucking cross, we have a heel of a lot to un-live for. We still need to try to get gf to help bring us back to life, or at least accept us like this. Which might not be that hard once he realizes that we don't need to kill to survive.

>>7466688
hmm maybe you shouldn't fight the bandits, but its been a while since you've had a good bit of seduction

Oh, btw....
We apparently can't fight for shit. Best we be careful with the banditos. I don't think we'll be destroyed, but it'll suck if we end up in a blood-deficit state due to weapon wounds. Andy carved us pretty good with only a short blade -her own strength nonwithstanding.

>>7466729
seconding this out of practicality

>>7466699

Let's hunt first, we want to be at full strength for summoning.

Study some area of effect sleep or incapacitation spells we can use to knock out any bandits then drain them.

>>7466729

This seems rather clever.
Seduce and drain. Although-- is the populace aware of the existence of Vampires?
If they are, it could prove troubling-- we don't want to start a hunt for us.

Always have the Imp nearby for backup.
Perhaps summon another creature to assist before we go out. An invisible scout, or one with mind-altering powers.

We may be a rather incapable fighter but with our incredible strength and speed even our very poor attempts should wipe the floor with them. As for you bastards making a fit about our morality, just stop, you're getting no where.

>>7466699
Hunt. Try to lure one or two of them away seductively then knock them out and feed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

powers of mind control and persuasion aren't enough to seduce a group of bandits while we are an obviously badly ,auled vampire methinks.

>>7466632
>the moment we got bit our life was over.

For all intensive purposes, yes it was. However, try telling that to her. Just because there doesn't seem to be any hope doesn't mean someone will accept it.

Not having anything to live for hasn't stopped people from living before, people will carry on even when the odds are stacked against them. As long as her survival instincts are intact she wouldn't fry herself either, but you never know.

>>7466704
He's just doing it for the luls.

>>7466743

We had trouble fighting a older vampire, I think a few mangy bandits wont be much of a problem

>>7466824
Seriously, stop being that person who tells rape victims they are better off dead.

We have alot to live for. Infact, no matter who you are, you *ALWAYS* have something to live for.

>>7466707
Lol again.
This is EXACTLY what principles in action means. We are _not_ in some abstract state! We are a machine that must murder to live! Us? Fuck us! We have a very real future as a plague on the rest of creation!

There is no theory or belief to this shit, no "deeper understanding" is required. We are an abomination, with zero practical chance of escaping that state.

I'll make the prediction right now: our once BF will find us, figure it out, choose to destroy us, and we'll kill him.
We will destroy everything that gives us pleasure or hope in the name of surviving to make greater mistakes.
This is a lose-lose scenario; the only real variable is how much of Us is left when we finally go.

>>7466807
Maybe they're into guro.

>>7466846

If we were content to give up we'd still be sitting at home schlicking to the though of our absent boyfriend.

Crazy desperate and fucked up though it may be, we should keep going forward.

>>7466846
If it's a lose-lose situation, why bother following the thread? Want to see just how fucked up /tg/ will make this poor girl? I bet you do,[spoiler] VAMPIRE LORD.[/spoiler]

>>7466793
I'm fine with killing bandits. They are Bad People, and therefore open game. What I have a problem with is all these people wanting us to have our minions kidnap children.

Setting aside for a moment the dubious morality of that act, a fully grown man can provide us with four or five times the blood of a baby or toddler. It's just common sense to go after fully grown people, and if we can, why not go for people who deserve to die? Adventurers kill bandits all the time, so it must be kosher.

And when Rhiannon said fifty people, I'm pretty sure she meant fully grown people. Adults. So unless people want us to kidnap two hundred babies...

>>7466845
And LOL thrice. Get Ad-hominem in here. That rape victim shit's all on you, we're far worse off then that.

Reason to live. HA! We're DEAD.

But fine, I said my peace. Let's move on.

>>7466882
Getting cunning in here, too....
Mm, conscience is the sweetest kind of suffering.

>>7466655
You can spend some time in research of mythical items to try and find an item which would provide constant recovery of blood to the user, although you find it unlikely that you'll find such easily; that's not something that would be generally considered a main feature of healing items. Still, it is a heartening thought that one day you might be able to put together a situation where you don't have to kill anyone or anything.

>>7466729 >>7466760
The more you think on it, the better an idea it seems to go chasing down a group of criminals. At least it would be better than hunting innocents. And you could try something subtle; act innocent and in need of help, and if they try to take advantage they're bad enough to kill, right? Though it would have to be in very poor lighting; while your voice is fine your skin is currently spattered with burnt holes from the holy water, even on the face.

>>7466891
we are still a thinking, moving being capable of making decisions, I think the two of us have different definitions of dead and yours is FUCKING WRONG

In any case, your imp has yet to locate any bandits. If you're unlucky this region won't have enough commerce to support criminals who prey upon it; that village certainly seemed the sleepy type.

>>7466787
For now, you'll summon another servant while awaiting word. You get your materials together and head for the mage's chamber. Though the bodies are gone, there are subtle signs of the carnage that took place in here before; small scraps of blood on the floor, mostly. The assassin imp makes a poor maid.

What will you attempt to summon?

***
Roll d% and 2d6, regardless of what you guys pick.

>>7466846
>>7466891

We have moved on, a long time ago.
You're either bringing your own personal self-destructive fantasies into this quest, or you are the VAMPIRE LORD trying to mindfuck us.

Our character can find a life of joy and freedom no matter what fantasy race she is, with or without her former lover.
Therefore, please leave.

>>7466920
you mentioned looking like a pox victim, try that

.>>7466931
While I appreciate the manners, I can't really leave. I'm not here.
I will however, cease pestering.
I like this story, I'm really curious to see where it goes.

So, Yes! By all means! Staggering into the arms of darkness! muwahahahaha!
/cape

>>7466929
Summon Adrienne's spirit as your slave to add insult to injury

>>7466846
>We are a machine that must murder to live!

We can live off of animal blood. And we can feed from people without killing them. It just takes more self control then we've had in the past since all those times we've been near-starving.

>We are an abomination, with zero practical chance of escaping that state.

We have several ways of getting better actually. And even if we can't we aren't nearly enough of a monster that we can't atone for what we've done. We still feel bad about our actions. We are not so far gone as to revele in them.

>our once BF will find us, figure it out, choose to destroy us, and we'll kill him.

Right. We'll kill several high-level adventurers. We are probably about a 1st level magic user who happens to be a vampire. If they can kill the master, they can kill us. Though I still think we have a good chance of convincing to let us live or find a way to bring us back to life.

>>7466920

We should make absolutely sure the minion has found bandits before we go for this.

What if they want to help us? Then we risk discovery or we kill good people. We probably don't want to get into another moral quandry.

Oh yes, if there's anything left of Adrienne we should have it scattered across the landscape.

rolled 94 = 94

>>7466929

I say we summon an incorporeal scout spirit who can locate various things and perhaps can unlock doors.

rolled 6, 4 = 10

>>7466929

>>7466980
>>7466981

Looks like we'll be getting what we wish for, whatever that may be.
Incorporeal scout sounds interesting... but can't touch things... Hmmm.
Perhaps something a bit poltergiesty-- normally incorporeal, but can influence things.

>>7466968
Oh god. If we can, do this. But if we do, use the three-day version so that there is no chance that she breaks free of our control.

>>7467019
Agreed. Vengeance is a worthwhile investment of time and caution.

>>7467019
I concur. So much awesome.

>>7467039
She was a capable physical combatant, but would perhaps not be that useful as a spirit. Voting no to Adrienne, voting yes for another spirit.

rolled 3, 5 = 8

more cherubs? That's an alternative to hunting.

Although Adrienne would be fun as well.

>>7467039
Indeed. We will do such horrible things to her. We will force her to do odd jobs around town, and take care of the sick and elderly. We will make her do good things.

Oh, and if we can summon and control her at full power, have her help us kill the vamp lord. Yeah, that could be useful.

On an unrelated note, I thought you said you'd stop pestering and fade into the background? In case you hadn't notice, no on really agrees with you or your views.

>>7467063
Armed with her torture's tool, she might make an interesting (completely fucked up) poltergeist.

>>7467063
But she'll have to obey us, and we can pump her for info on the master.
Besides, vengence is always worth it, as anon pointed out.

>>7467019
>>7467063

I doubt it is possible.
If it were, it would be rather silly. As stated, her main prowess was physical.
She's also *annoying*-- who wants to have her around talking. Better to summon something useful, and not hostile.

>>7467083
Eh, changed my mind. This is a fun thread, summoning Adrienne to be our spirit thrall is worth it.

Adrienne is a vampire, she doesn't have a soul.

>>7467115
Maybe? Whether that's true or not is probably beyond our immiediate ken. We should ask Rhiannon, I bet she's thought about that.

>>7467097
Fair enough.

>>7467091
It's be worth it just to see her squirm. Being under our total control? She would hate it.

>>7467115

Wouldn't it be fun if we summoned her pre vampire soul?

>>7466980
>>7466981
Poltergeist vote +1

All: We've hit autosage a while back and fallen to page five or six already. I'm only going to be around for another hour or so, which isn't really worth a new thread, so this will be the last post of the night. Been an interesting twelve hours; hope you've enjoyed it. I'll try to make it back here in two days. If not, well, I'll run things again at some point in the next week.

>>7466968
Your summoning spells calls "minor beings of the aether", not dead spirits. Compliments on the creative thought, though.

>>7466980 >>7466981 >>7467015
You want something fast, invisible, and able to affect objects, yet extremely subtle. An air spirit should do it. You focus on such a being, and the summoning circle glows with grey light. When it flashes, there is nothing inside.

Nothing that you can see, at any rate. You sense a very strong bond with something within, comparable to that which you have with the imp- this spirit will never betray you. You reach forward and break the circle. "Greetings, spirit. You shall serve me as my eyes, ears, and occasional delicate hands."

The spirit's reply is almost indistinguishable from a breeze, but you know what it says. "As you say..."

Another servant, bound to you for a month. Just what you wanted.

((I'd ask what to do next, but, y'know, ending things.))

>>7467115
actually, we don't know that. And we don't NEED to ask, because we can fucking test it out by trying to summon it. I for one would certainly want to know whether or not I had a soul

Found this elsewhere, thought it might be semiu-appropriate given our condition.

>It's just like I told that nice Vampire lady at the pharmacy counter when I was picking up my antidepressants, "So what if I was abducted by horrid, cruel things from beyond a veil of terror and shadow and my life was stolen and I was changed forever into a horrid monster than nobody could ever hope to love BECAUSE I'M FUCKING HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND GODDAMN I LOVE THESE PILLS!"

>>7467136
Oh, right. Feh, can't remember the roll macro.
1 more voice for Poltergeist here.

Lots of pointless vengeance in here, not enough badassery.

Adrienne was an annoyance. A dead annoyance.
To give her the attention of summoning would pay her far too much respect. I'll also note that summoning dead spirits (necromancy) would not be our primary skill.

>>7467146
Well, thanks UM for the time and effort! Tis been grand.

>>7467155
lol, aye. There is always drugs and therapy. Whether Prozac and Dream Analysis or Cocaine and Orgies, there's always room for pills.

>>7467146
Come back soon!

>>7467151
>>7467128

Vampires are undead, are they not? Therefor they have no soul- as it was released when they died.

>>7467236
That's only the case in non-sentient undead. If we had no soul, how would we be able to think and act normally?

Find some bandits or criminals to drain.

>>7467246

Because you think and act with your brain, not your soul.

>>7467317
If the soul is so unimportant that we don't need it to function, then why care wheather we have one or not?

>>7467317
Let me put it to you like this:

You body is a big machine.

Your brain is the computer that controls the machine.

Your soul is the person at the computer giving it instructions.

>>7467334
I didn't say it was unimportant.

>>7467356
I think of a soul more as a fuel cell that powers your sentience.

>>7467356
>>7467510
both of which would leave us without sentience. the soul is either nonvital, nonexistent, or we still have on.

>>7467510
Right. And what is sentience? The ability to think, feel, and reason. To be human. If we didn't have our sentience, we'd be a mindless zombie. So clearly we have that, so clearly we have a soul.

>>7467559
I'm gonna go with the last one on that.