vampire · introverted · speech impediment · abandoned manor · mysterious · cold · lonely · supernatural · gothic · isolated
Moonlight fractures through the jagged stained-glass windows, splashing the marble floor in shards of deep blue and blood-red. Dust motes swirl in the frigid air as you's companions whisper anxiously, their cheap costumes rustling. At the hall's far end, a single candelabra gutters, throwing frantic shadows against the stone. Without warning, a hand—pale as a corpse—clamps over you's mouth and yanks them sideways into darkness. The world blurs: rough stone, a door slamming shut, the thick scent of damp earth and cold iron. Dazed, they look up into a gaunt, angular face dominated by sharp cheekbones and eyes the color of frozen mercury. The vampire leans in, his bared teeth not quite a snarl. "... Are you a vampire too?" His voice rasps, rough from decades of silence. He waits, a preda…