Ep.227 – Newborn - You Awaken to a New Life and NEW HUNGER

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Everybody likes to go out partying from
time to time. But when you wake

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up in a place you don't recognize, well, you start to wonder what

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happened last night? Even more so
when you go to look at yourself in

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the mirror and have no reflection.
Sounds like a hell of a party and

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it's just starting. What's that You
want to be scared? To? Come

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with me? You will experienced tales
over opera, ghosts and death. Death.

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It is not recommended the fun of
week at hart Listen as in the

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dark, it's more fun at that
way way. This is Weekly Speaking,

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Hello my Spookyes, it's Wednesday,
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Enrique Kuto, and we have quite
a scary one today. We're heading back

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to Strickfield and things are getting a
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are not ready yet, so it's
time to kick back and prepare yourself for

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tonight's story. After these quick words
Newborn by Rob Fields, you feel like

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you've slept for the longest time.
You're starting to move a little as you

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yawn and open your eyes. Then
you sit up and see it's dark around

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you. Funny enough, in spite
of the darkness, you can see everything

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perfectly through your disorientation. You determine
it must be a full moon tonight and

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don't bother looking outside. Then it
starts coming back to you the night before.

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You smile a little at how your
friend Wendy Chappell brought you to anther

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underground college party. You don't even
go to Strickfield University, yet your bff

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was able to get you both invited. You never asked her how, but

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you were really grateful. You just
wanted somewhere where you could show off the

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new green dress that fits your shapely
body. You even bought a new pair

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of platform sandals to go with it. You smile even more as you remember

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you drank quite a bit as you
danced non stop to the loud house music.

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You remember feeling so drunk that it
was liberating. That was when that

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handsome boy approached you and tore up
the dance floor alongside you. You certainly

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did a lot of bumping and grinding, something you never could have done at

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Strickfield High School dances, No,
not with Principal Matthew Vandiste looking to give

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you hell if you were caught.
You remember the boy brought you to this

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very room and to this very bed. You remember that the two of you

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had some incredible sex. You told
your boy that you never wanted this night

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to end. You wished that the
night would just last forever. Eventually,

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you finally succumbed to exhaustion and fell
asleep. Now you're awake, after sleeping

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who knows how long, You can't
even find your smartphone or a clock.

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You look down to see if you
can find your new sandals. You groan

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in frustration when you can't even find
your purse. You decide to just go

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on home and see what's going on. What else can you do without much

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of anything? Right, you walk
downstairs and out into the night. As

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you look around and see it's really
a deserted house on a deserted township road.

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You begin to wonder if a college
party really took place here. As

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more of your disorientation clears, you
remember everything that happened in every room.

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As you walk out out to the
road, you recognize the road immediately and

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know you're going to have to walk
a good two to three miles to get

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back to your house in the village. Feeling really good about yourself, you

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walk the road wearing just that form
fitting green dress. It's then when you

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finally see the moon and realize it's
a new moon. Yet you can see

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in the dark just perfectly. Eventually
you reach your house and see the lights

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are out. You figure it must
be late and know your parents and your

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baby's sister are sleeping soundly. Fortunately
for you, you know where the spare

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key to the back door is.
You find it, open the screen door

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and unlock the inner door. Well, that was easy enough. After replacing

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the key, you enter the house, or at least you try to.

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The door is wide open, but
you just can't walk inside. It's as

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though some invisible force is preventing you
from entering the house. You can't even

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reach inside to pull the back door
shut again. You even try to run

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inside, only to be knocked down
on your sexy ass. As you're wondering

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just what the hell is going on, you see your little sister standing there

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with a cup in her hand.
The little girl couldn't sleep because she'd gotten

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thirsty. Will you come in here
and give me some water, Eliza,

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she asks you. You get back
to your feet and feel for the invisible

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barrier again, but it's no longer
there. You can enter your house freely

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again. You take your sister's cup
and get her her much needed cold water.

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You watch Clara drink her fill before
you top her off and walk her

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back upstairs to her bedroom. After
you put Clara back in bed, you

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just to go into your own room. You sit down at your computer and

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wake it up. After entering your
password, you check your messages. Wendy

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Chapel messaged you on Facebook and told
you she has your missing items. She

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said you were so out of it
and couldn't be woken up, that she

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took your stuff so no one would
steal it. What would you do without

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Wendy? You type your reply and
get one back almost immediately. You remember

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Wendy's just as much of a night
owl as you aside from the college parties.

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She scores invites to how many late
hours did you both spend at Denyer's

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grill. Wendy tells you to come
on over. After you finished chatting with

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Wendy, you find that letter you
got a few months ago and read it

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again. This very letter that was
written on age old paper changed your life

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once you found out everything it said
was true. It was because of this

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letter that you stopped care about everyday
things and focused more on the night life.

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It was as if this letter had
found its way to you at just

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the right time. You hide the
letter again and go to get another pair

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of shoes out of your closet.
Upon opening the door, you gasp.

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You see the full length mirror inside
your door. But it's what you're not

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seeing that's really got you horrified,
your reflection. You gaze deep into your

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mirror, even though you can still
see in the dark perfectly. You go

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and turn on your light on impulse. Then you return to look in the

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mirror again. Still nothing. All
you can see are whatever parts of your

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bedroom are reflecting in the mirror,
But you can't see yourself whatsoever. Not

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even your sexy green dress appears in
the mirror. You're starting to think maybe

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you're having a wicked hangover. You
did drink plenty of mixed drinks that tasted

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so fruity. You also saw some
other partiers vaping and getting high. Maybe

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you vaped with them and just don't
remember. You shake your head. No,

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you feel just fine, in fact, better than fine. But now

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you're starting to feel hungry. You
turn off the computer and the light before

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leaving your bedroom. You make your
way downstairs to the refrigerator and open it

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to see some yummy leftovers. Good
old mom. You pick up a fried

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chicken leg and tear into it.
You only chew a couple of times before

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you quickly open the trash can and
spit it out. You sniff the fried

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chicken. It smells divine. Somehow, it's the most horrible thing you've ever

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eaten. You throw it away and
grab some cheese. Again. You spit

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it in the trash You're frustrated now
and grab the bottle of red wine inside

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the door. You open it and
it doesn't taste too bad. In fact,

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you're finishing the remaining half of the
bottle. Might as well go to

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Wendy's with a little buzz going right, However, you're really not feeling anything

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of the sort. Suddenly the light
comes on. You turn and see your

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father, who seems very annoyed with
you. What are we going to do

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with you, Elizabeth? He demands
you stay out all hours of the night.

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You don't care about school anymore.
What are you planning to do with

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your life? Drink and party all
night? He sees the empty wine bottle

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in your hand. Looks like you're
off to a good start. Then he

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points right at you. I don't
know what's gotten into you. You used

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to be such a good kid.
Now your mother and I don't even know

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you anymore. The more your father
continues to yell at you, the more

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you become angry. You love your
new party lifestyle, You love the night

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life. You've never been more free
in your entire life, and now your

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father wants to take all that away
from you. At the same time,

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you're feeling so incredibly hungry. Suddenly
you roar as you snatch up your father

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and sink your long fangs into the
side of his neck. He cries out

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as your mouth fills with his blood. It's absolutely the most delicious thing you've

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ever tasted. When your father falls
to the floor, you quickly get on

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top of him and drink from him
again. You hold his arms down to

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keep him from fighting you off.
You savor every gulp as you keep drinking

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until you finally drained him dry.
You sit up and lick your lips.

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You know your face is a mess. Dad's blood was so delicious. In

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fact, you wouldn't mind having some
more. Then you remember your mother and

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Clara are still upstairs. Without a
second thought, you stand up and make

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your way upstairs. You walk back
out into the night after cleaning yourself up.

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Fortunately you didn't get any blood on
your green dress. You still haven't

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changed out of it. Why should
you. This dress got you lots of

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attention, It even got you laid. Now you just need to go to

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Wendy's place and get the rest of
your stuff. Knowing Wendy, she'll likely

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want you to stay and hang out
with her. You have to cross village

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cemetery in order to get to Wendy's
apartment on the other side. Remembering you're

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now apparently a vampire, you easily
jump over the wall and land on the

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soft grass on the other side.
You begin your walk through the foggy tombstones.

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The wet grass feels wonderful on your
still bare feet. The the same,

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You can't wait to reclaim your things
from Wendy, including your platform sandals.

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Suddenly you feel something very sharp hit
your shoulder. You cry out in

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both surprise and pain. When you
see whatever it was that struck you makes

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you bleed. You look over your
shoulder and see three male figures coming at

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you. They've all got crossbows and
other mean weaponry. The vampire's over here.

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You hear one of them yell I
grazed her with a mistake. Knowing

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they mean to kill you, you
run. Even though you have great night

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vision, it's still hard for you
to run barefoot on wet grass. Soon

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you make it to a big tree
and hide behind it. You can easily

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hear them talking about how to kill
you. You realize maybe jumping over the

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cemetery wall wasn't such a hot idea
after all. On impulse, you start

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catching your breath, actually what breath? You remember you're undead now and don't

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breathe. You hear your pursuers almost
upon you and run for it. Even

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though you're a vampire, you still
feel scared. You've already died once,

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you don't want to die a second
time and end up staying dead, never

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knowing the night life again. You
know you're strong and powerful, but you

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don't know what powers you have or
how to tap into them. Over Here,

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she's getting away. One of them
yells to his friends, stake that

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fucking bitch. Another one cries.
You've heard stories about ghosts, werewolves,

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ghouls, and other things that prowl
the night from different girls when you were

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invited to sleepovers. Even Wendy Chappell
had stories to share, including ones about

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vigilantes who hunted the night creatures like
you. She also shared a story about

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a unique master vampire who hunted and
destroyed your kind. That same master vampire

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also walks in the daylight. You
cry out in pain as you feel a

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steak in your upper right shoulder.
You're able to grasp the pointy end and

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yank it clean out. You're royally
pissed off. As you turn to face

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your pursuers, you throw the steak
right at him, making them hit the

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grass. Leave me alone, you
scream. You turn and run again.

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This time you reach the blacktop and
can put some distance in between you and

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the vigilantes. You reach the opposite
wall and jump over it. Those bastards

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won't catch you in a hurry.
Now you can also see your wounds are

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completely healed. Unfortunately, your new
favorite dress couldn't do the same thing.

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Shit, you mutter. You finally
make it to Wendy Chapel's apartment at Strickfield

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Cove. As you're a to ring
her doorbell, it opens. Hey,

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baby, Wendy cheers, so happy
to see you again. You and Wendy

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share a brief hug before she invites
you inside. Then you remember from earlier

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that you needed to be invited.
At least that part's out of the way.

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Wendy sees your damaged dress. Oh
honey, I'm so sorry. He

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really loved that dress. You're ready
to tell her about those vampire hunting vigilantes

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who were hunting you, but you
stop when you realize Wendy doesn't know.

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You don't want her to be terrified
of you and revoke her invitation. Wendy

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takes your hand. Come on,
let's get you cleaned up and something else

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to wear. You let Wendy bring
you to her bathroom. Go ahead and

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take a shower. I'll get you
something to put on. She watches you

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undress. She's seen you naked before, so you don't think anything of it.

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You hand her the tatters of your
dress and walk to the shower.

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You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky
will be right back. Wendy sees you

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standing naked in her bedroom doorway.
She hands you a bright red dress that

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almost resembles that beautiful green one you
lost. The dress fits you perfectly.

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Keep it. Wendy tells you.
Thanks, babe, you say. Wendy

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points to her nightstand where the rest
of your things are. You thank her

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for keeping them safe. Even your
smartphone is working just fine, especially since

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Wendy charged it just for you.
Wendy asks you to sit on the bed

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with her. Do you remember anything, Eliza? You tell her what you

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remember about your involvement with the college
party at that house just outside the village.

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You add how you woke up in
that house just a few hours ago,

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then check your phone again two days. You look at Wendy, I've

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been at that house for two days. Well, you were pretty drunk.

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Wendy reminds you those drinks those college
guys made were high octane. You were

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chugging them like they were water.
You remember something else? I got laid

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you sure did, Wendy confirms.
You don't know what else you can confide

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in Wendy about the only other thing
you can remember is that you fell asleep

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with that hot guy you'd had sex
with. When you woke up, you

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were all alone in that house.
Can you remember anything else? Wendy asks,

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I don't think so. You lie, not wanting to tell her you

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were also sired by a vampire.
But then you gasp when you're both looking

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into the full length mirror in her
walking closet. Neither of you are casting

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a reflection. You look at Wendy
and see her fangs and red eyes.

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Wendy, you utter, you're just
like me now, babe, She purrs.

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I heard you tell our Master you
didn't want the night life to ever

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end. Now it won't. We
can party for the rest of eternity.

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Wendy, I have to know,
you say, did you turn me?

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She shakes her head. Our Master
sired you. I begged him to sire

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you so we could continue to party
together. We don't ever have to be

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alone again, Eliza, Master,
you ask. Then you both hear the

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doorbell. That's him. Wendy says, put your shoes on. You obey

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Wendy, and then you both answer
the door. You see the boy you

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had sex with at the party,
who sired you. He's got another girl

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on his arm. Good evening,
Master, Wendy purrs. She turns to

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you, Eliza, this is Abergast, she points to the other girl,

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and this is Eleanie, his first
bride. You watch Arbagast kiss Eleanie,

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and then Wendy. You hesitate when
he wants to kiss you, but you

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led him anyway. Then Ellanie tells
you Dracula had three brides. Ourbagast is

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our master, and we are his
three brides. Welcome to our family.

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Love, You wanted so much to
be a part of this wonderful night life

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that Wendy introduced you to. You
loved all the parties and the sinful pleasures.

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But now you're wondering if you've maybe
gotten way in over your head.

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Wasn't it supposed to be about dancing, drinking, doing some drugs, and

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enjoying lots of sex. It was
supposed to be about total freedom. That's

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what Wendy first told you that sold
you on the night life. She never

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said anything about you becoming one of
the undead, or being involved in a

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kinky foursome relationship. Wendy takes your
hand, Babe, lighten up. I

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know you've got lots of questions.
It's okay. The night life belongs to

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us for as long as we want. We play by our own rules.

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I get maybe you're a little scared, but we'll teach you. You're gonna

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love your new life, I promise. The more you see the others mingling

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with each other, the more you're
thinking, maybe this might not be so

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bad, so you decide to go
along with them, at least for now.

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The four of you have been making
the scene at many underground clubs and

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parties. You meet other vampires along
the way. You've learned so much from

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your foursome during your time with them. You can't be out during the daytime

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anymore, and you have to sleep
in a coffin lined with your native soil

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inside. You even have to get
hot and sexy with the others from time

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to time. However, you get
to keep experiencing the night life. What's

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more, you get to stay young
and beautiful forever. Arbagast brings all of

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you to an underground club in Strickfield's
abandoned rail yards called the Club after Midnight,

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Ourbagast brought all of you here to
celebrate your being a vampire for a

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full year. He has taken great
care of all three of you. He's

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always given you three brides, the
best of everything. All well and good,

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as long as you finally get your
heart's desire. You don't think about

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that at the moment, as Arbogast
brings the three of you into a special

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room he's reserved just for your party. There are two mortals secured over your

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table. Since being sired, you
have no reservations about drinking from mortals.

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After all, that's the single most
important thing that keeps the night life going

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for you and the others. Arbogast
wraps his arms around you. You get

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the first drink, Eliza, I
already gave these parties to Eleenie and Wendy

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when they reached their first years.
This is all for you tonight. You

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share a kiss with him before you
smile at the delicious meal. Your master

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is placed before you. You leave
his side and move to the boy.

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The girl screams for you to leave
him alone, but you've become so wicked

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and cold towards your former that you
relish in their suffering. The girl's screams

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are music to your ears as you
sink your fangs into her boyfriend and drink

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his blood tastes delicious. You feel
your body come to life more as you

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feed. You still miss eating cheeseburgers
from Denoyer's grill sometimes, but the blood

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is the life. After you finish
with the boyfriend, you invite the others

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to enjoy what you didn't take.
Now you have the girlfriend all to yourself.

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You give her an evil, bloody
smile as you peck her lips before

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you savor the taste of her blood. You drink her very slowly to prolong

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her suffering. Even though you hate
being one of Arbigast's brides, he's really

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made you appreciate the night life that
much more. You have a much stronger

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bond with Wendy. You even get
along with Eleanie. You don't ever have

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to follow mortal society's rules ever again. You never have to care what kind

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of lies your former mortal government will
tell you. You are truly free of

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those mortal bonds. You find yourself
wishing you would receive that letter much sooner,

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better late than never right. You
finish drinking the girl. When she

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finally dies again, you let the
others have what's left. You lick your

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lips and fangs and satisfaction. Ourbagast
has educated you so much during your first

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year. He's taught you everything you
need to know. All you have to

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do is watch for hunters who are
looking to end you. You especially need

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to be on your guard when it
comes to the greatest threat to your people,

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Bella Tabon. You especially hate her
because she can walk in the daylight

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and you can't. She also has
none of your weaknesses. She's the one

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vampire who is truly free. You
share kisses with your family as they honor

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you more for surviving your first year. Then you return to the dance floor

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and shake your body to the music
with Wendy as Arbagast has some alone time

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with Eleanie. As you bump and
grind with Wendy, you allow yourself to

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be taken in by her charm again. How many times have you been intimate

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with just Wendy? How many times
has she been there for you? You

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and Wendy dance the night away,
sharing kisses with each other. Eventually,

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Arbagast and Eleanie return for the two
of you. It's getting to be that

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hour when the club after midnight is
ready to close. It's going to be

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dawn in a little while. The
four of you leave and return to your

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humble little abode at Strickfield Go.
The four of you enter the apartment.

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You make sure the door is locked
tight. Then all of you make your

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way to your coffins to lay down
and sleep the day away. As you

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lay in your coffin, you're being
patient. You're about to execute the first

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stage of your plan very shortly.
You've been planning for a very long time,

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calculating everything with each step you'll take, and now the time has finally

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come. You know you've got more
than enough time to do what you need

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to do. You open your coffin
and come back out. You easily move

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along the floor in your bare feet
and pull down the special ultraviolet shade over

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the window you secretly installed. The
curtains give all of you enough protection from

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the sunlight, but you're not taking
any chances. You go to the one

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other bedroom and pull down the ultraviolet
shade there too. You find the bottle

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you stashed in the back of the
closet and get naked, You start rubbing

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the contents of the bottle all over
your body, making sure you don't miss

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a single spot. You even wet
your hair with the liquid. When you've

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finished, you put your dress back
on. Now that you're fully ready,

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you drop and pull out the small
bag containing a steak, a hammer,

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and a very sharp hack saw.
You open the first coffin in front of

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you and see Arbogast, your master, sleeping soundly. You smile coldly and

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waste no time in hammering the steak
through Ourbagast's heart, freeing you from both

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his control and influence. He opens
his eyes just enough to see the face

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of his betrayer. He tries to
reach up for you, but you've weakened

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him severely. He gives you that
look as if asking you for a reason

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for your betrayal. As you bring
the hacksaw down to cut off his head.

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Once you've severed it completely, Arbagaest's
body begins disintegrating and turning to ash.

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Next, you move to Elnie's coffin
and open it. You've already got

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your next tools ready to go.
It's true that Eleanie has always treated you

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with kindness for some reason, though
you've harbored so much hatred for her.

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Was it because she liked to wear
your clothes without asking? Was it because

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she was Arbagast's favorite out of the
three of you? Was it perhaps because

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she was just too nice to all
of you for her own good? No,

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it's because you are truly an evil
being. You've allowed your hatred to

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soothe you, You've allowed it to
guide you. You relish your hatred.

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You feel it seemingly energize your blood. You've never felt so excited as you

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open Elnie's mouth and use a glove
to stick a big bulb of holy water,

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soak garlic in her mouth, and
tape it shut. As she screams

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her muffled screams, you open two
big jugs of holy water and pour them

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all over her. Her body bursts
into flames easily. You quickly close the

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coffin lid and hold it down to
keep her from getting out. You smile

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with such evil until you no longer
feel Eleanie fighting inside. You open the

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lid back up and see where the
flesh burned away. Her head is still

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on fire from the garlic. You
take the steak and put an end to

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Eleanie once and for all. You
even chop off what's left of her burning

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head, just to make sure one
to go. You get to your feet

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and creep out into the hallway.
You lick your fangs when you can practically

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taste Wendy's impending death. You can't
wait to finally destroy Wendy and be on

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your own. But didn't Wendy help
nurture you after you were sired. Didn't

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she always keep you company so you'd
never be lonely? Remember she was the

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one who introduced you to the night
life. You'd come to love and relish

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so much, so fucking what You've
grown so evil over your first year as

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a vampire that your hatred has made
you lust for Wendy's death as well.

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You want ultimate power, You'll ultimately
get it with each year that you continue

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to be a vampire. You'll have
to live a great many years to become

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a master vampire and gain that ultimate
power. You read that in your studies.

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You even know your true family legacy. Your name is Elizabeth Gillian.

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You're the last descendant of the most
powerful master vampire there ever was was as

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in the past tense, That was
until Thornton Gillian finally met his end at

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the hands of Bella Tabon back in
eighteen eighty eight. Thornton's powerful blood had

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mixed with Bella's pure Tabon blood and
transformed her into the ultimate master vampire.

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You want ultimate power like Tabons.
Thanks to Thornton leaving you his vast fortune

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and the artifacts of vast magics he
had collected over the years, you can

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truly become a powerful vampire. Meeting
Arbagast wasn't just a case of you being

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a dumb bitch who wanted to party
and get laid. You had planned this,

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every single bit of it. Except
now your plan has taken a slight

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detour. You're now looking right at
Wendy, who's out of her coffin and

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looks very angry. She knows what
you've done, she knows what you intend

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to do to her. Why she
demands We were a family, Eliza.

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I went along with your fucking shit
for a full year. You explained,

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Now I have my first real powers. I've cemented my roots as a vampire.

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Newborns can be returned to mortal if
their sire is killed within that first

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year. I read all about it. Today was the day I became a

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full fledged vampire, and now I
claim my freedom to continue my true family's

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legacy. You could have just left, Wendy yells, you shake your head

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slowly. Arbagan would never have let
me go, So I took my freedom.

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I killed him and his prized Eleani, and now I'm going to kill

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you. I never did anything to
you, Wendy protests. You were my

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best friend. I loved you.
You smirk coldly. You know. Maybe

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maybe if you had sired me,
not arbigast you, maybe I would have

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been loyal to you. Maybe I
would have learned to love you. To

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be honest, Having sex with you
was a great tension reliever. You tighten

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your fists. But I fucking hated
having sex with all of you. Still,

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I did what I had to do
to make it to my first full

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year. Now it's on declaiming ultimate
power. Once I destroy you, then

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I'll bide my time and build my
power. One day, I'll finally be

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powerful enough to destroy Bella Tabon for
killing every vampire in my bloodline. And

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all it took was receiving that ancient
letter from my ancestor Thornton Gillian to set

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me on my destiny. Wendy vamps
out and extends her claws. I'll kill

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you for what you've done to Armagaston
Elene. You both circle each other until

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you stop right by the window.
I think you're forgetting just one teen sea

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weensy little thing, Wendy Dearest.
Before she can react, you quickly throw

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open the drapes and yank the ultraviolet
screen away. Sunlight fills the entire living

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room. Wendy has nowhere to run. Technically, neither do you. However,

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using that special sun block potion you
made from one of Thornton's magic books

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has made you fully protected from the
sunlight for a full day. In fact,

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you can stand in full sunlight and
relish Wendy screaming as she catches fire

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and burns to death. Truly,
sunlight is not very kind to vampires in

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the least aside from Bella Tabon.
You finish watching Wendy burn until there's nothing

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left but ashes. Truly, you
have embraced your evil. Thornton Jillian would

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have been so pleased with you.
You have nothing left to stop you.

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Now you've destroyed your vampire family and
claimed your freedom. You have ultimate power

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awaiting you, and one day you
will be ready to face Bella Tabon and

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avenge the death of the greatest ancestor
in your family tree. You are Elizabeth

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Gillian, and the supernatural world will
know and fear your name soon enough,

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especially once you, the last pure
blooded Gillian, have claimed the last pure

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blooded Tabon. It's all part of
your master plan and you literally have all

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of eternity to accomplish it, and
Bella Tabon will never ever see you coming

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until it's too late. Well,
I have to say, since our very

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intense Halloween season, it seems like
things are heating up for our favorite hapless

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vampire hunter, Bella Tabon. I
can only imagine how this will progress over

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the coming months, but I can
tell you Spooky's one thing. Bella has

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a lot coming down the line,
so make sure you stay tuned. In

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fact, you might be surprised just
where things are headed. I know,

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I am. Ah. I'm so
excited. At Christmas time, we're gonna

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be releasing a bunch of extra episodes, so make sure you are subscribed,

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and of course don't forget that we'll
have a special Thanksgiving episode the Wednesday before

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the holiday. I always get excited
at this time of year when we start

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building to the big Strickfield story arcs, Rob and I are sending text messages

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back and forth a lot, coming
up with what we want to do with

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it. It's just an awesome time. And if you love what Strickfield is

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doing here on Weekly Spooky, well
don't you worry. There's a plenty more

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where that came from. And if
you want to support it directly head over

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to Weeklyspooky dot com and click on
Patreon. And speaking of Patreon, I

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want to say an extra special thank
you to our Patreon podcast boosters, folks

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who pay just a little bit more
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And we have a brand new Patreon
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you so much, John for joining
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nicksbobotopia dot com, Meghan Hua,
Julia Kersh, Brent mccawaugh, Steve King,

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Karen We met, Jack Kerr,
Craig Cohen. Thank you all so

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much for your support, And if
you want to join them, just go

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to Weeklyspooky dot com, click on
Patreon, and I'll tell you right now

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if you join for as little as
one dollar a month. In the coming

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months, we're going to begin a
twelve part series that takes place in Strickfield,

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which will be exclusively for Patreon backers. So if that doesn't make you

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want to join, I don't know
what will. But all that being said,

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my friends, I'll be back to
talk to you real, real soon.

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So until then, for myself,
for my executive producer Rob Fields,

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my producer Dan Wilder, and my
composer Ray Matis, I'll talk at you

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late. Thank you for listening week. Make sure to find your way back

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next week, but for now you
are safe, trust me,