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Terror of the Seas By: Rosen King

Mila learns that a group of all-female pirates led by Captain Redbeard (actually named Gloria, and she hates that lewd nickname coined by drunk sailors who can only imagine what her "beard" looks like) has been causing trouble for the vampire hunters in particular, and has recently docked nearby.  Seeing the potential of having allies - or slaves - who roam the sea, Mila decides to sneak on board the pirates' ship.  Since the ship sails at dawn, she hides herself in a crate of smuggled goods as a makeshift coffin, and is brought belowdecks - although a mysterious shadow in the water also follows the ship when it takes off.  That night, a pirate sneaks into the cargo hold for some rum, but is ambushed by Mila.  She incapacitates the pirate, and after checking that her smuggled stash of holy water is intact, infects her with slow-acting vampirism.  Whether the crew remain human will depend on Gloria's response to Mila's offer.  She skulks about the ship, picking off the pirates one by one (not always through combat), until only the captain remains.  Mila confronts Gloria and offers the choice to be her ally or her slave.  Gloria rejects the offer, choosing freedom or death, and fights Mila.  When she's defeated, she reveals that she's steered the ship towards some rocks, and was only distracting Mila.  She intends to kill herself along with her crew, who she thinks have already been turned.  Mila explains that they can still be saved, but it's too late to change the ship's direction.

After the ship crashes, Mila emerges from the sea on some rocky shoals.  She spies on Gloria speaking to a mermaid named Anne who claims to be a guardian of the seas that pulled her from the water - though she usually rescues the people who Gloria makes walk the plank.  Gloria asks why Anne is nearby often enough for this to become a habit, and realizes that Anne has a crush on her.  When they spot Mila, Anne tells Gloria to head to a nearby grotto where she brought the unconscious crew.  Anne stays behind to face Mila, who's surprised to learn that the innocent mermaid's control over water extends to holy water as well, making her a dangerous opponent.

"Bad" Ending:

If Mila is defeated by Gloria, she's knocked overboard, and if she's defeated by Anne, she's dragged into the water.  In both cases, Anne pulls her into the depths, though she's lucky enough to not need to breathe.  Anne apologizes for not having a way to restore Mila's humanity, but she can still save her soul.  She enchants the water around them and kisses Mila, transforming her into a mermaid. Mila joins Anne as a guardian of the sea, and encourages her new sister to tell Gloria how she feels.

"Good" Ending:

After defeating Anne, Mila has a choice to either corrupt the mermaid or let her go.  If she chooses to let her go, Mila heads to the grotto where the crew are lying in a small pool of water, which Anne enchants into holy water.  Gloria is relieved to see that her crew is safe, and reluctantly agrees to an alliance with Mila.  Anne then promises to watch over Gloria, no matter what the future holds for them.  If Mila chooses to corrupt Anne instead, she bites her and then moves to the grotto.  Gloria is horrified to see her crew rise as the undead, and Mila reminds her that death wasn't one of the options she offered.  The furious Gloria turns and raises her sword against Mila, but the vampiric mermaid rises from the water behind her…

The Good? Doctor by: hereofnone

Background

As a vampire, Mila hears about a large reward for curing a young noblewoman, Ezmerelda, who has fallen ill with a terminal disease. She doesn't care about the reward until she finds out this family has purchased a lot of the equipment and gear from the vampire hunters. On top of this, Ezmerelda's family has been funding a lot of the new hunters that have been roaming the countryside. Mila decides to try and take Ezmerelda hostage or turn her, posing as a human doctor. This won't be an easy job though, as Ezmerelda's mansion has protective wards on the building, vampire detectors that alert guards, and various other traps. Losing fights will lead to a bad ending and raising the alert level will require Mila to flee and come back another night (and restart the level).

Bad ending

Mila would be imprisoned in the basements as Ezmerelda is fed the half-purified vampire blood, chained up, and possibly hypnotized to be docile as well. Since her half-purified blood might also prolong life, Mila might end up milked for decades before anyone comes to discover her fate.

Good ending

Ezmerelda is either cured or turned by Mila, who can make a moral choice of draining her to be turned or curing her. Both will result in a reduction in hunters in certain areas to help the player.

If the player chooses to cure Ezmerelda, her parents will kick Mila out and refuse her entry, but keep her word on returning some of Mila's keepsakes and reducing the vampire hunter forces in the town. This is the "easier" method as it can be done in one night by exploring the mansion for prior research notes and finding out the cure is fully purified vampire blood.

If players go down the turning route, Mila turns Ezmerelda who will then corrupt her own parents. Mila will get her keepsakes back and the hunter population will decline naturally. As a bonus, the player can visit the mansion to see the decor change and the servants turned into vampires or thralls over time. This route is more difficult since it requires multiple visits to the mansion to deliver "Treatment". Ezmerelda's blood carries a similar trait to the royal line that makes her resistant to vampiric corruption, so multiple drainings would be necessary. Mila will need to hypnotize  Ezmerelda, feed on her, and slowly corrupt them over time so that her older parents wouldn't be aware.