User Submitted Contest #8 Round 1 - Vote 1

Countess in Crimson by: Alias72

A maid approaches Mila asking her to meet with her lady. Her mistress has been disinherited in favor of her brutish step-brother and scheming step-mother. Now that her father has passed she has nowhere to live. Instead she spends her days lounging around (plotting her revenge). This has left the maid exhausted as she worries her lady will become complacent. The former countess wears a red and black frilly gothic dress and exudes overconfidence. She dismisses the idea that she has been wasting her time and boldly claims that she has a plan to reclaim her rightful inheritance. All she needs to do is plant evidence linking her step-brother to vampires and the vampire hunters will imprison and strip him of his titles. In exchange, the countess offers a family heirloom that is said to grant the users the ability to control the undead. The countess goes on to explain that the incriminating evidence they need can be easily acquired within the family mansion, all she needs is an escort. Mila is to escort her and her maid into and around the mansion, ensuring that they go undetected. Fortunately the staff should mostly be asleep and so they only need to worry about a few guards patrolling the premises.

Mila and her companions must deftly make their way through the mansion, dodging guards along the way. Mila is forced to wait outside of each room as a lookout until they finally reach the lady’s bedroom. There she is invited inside to discuss their next steps. The countess opens a hidden drawer and retrieves some letters alongside a strange red amulet which she says belonged to her mother. The amulet allows its wearer to appear human when given the blood of a member of the countess’s family. Mila notices that the maid has been standing by unfazed this whole time. The countess responds that she has served alongside her since her mother passed and has known about her secret ambitions for years. The maid would never betray her. Mila is then presented with a choice to convert the countess to a vampire as she wishes or to leave her human. Choosing to leave her human causes the bad end.

An alert rings out as the mansion guards are attacked by undead. Most of them flee to call the vampire hunters. Realizing they don’t have much time, Mila and the others set out to plant the evidence and leave before the vampire hunters arrive. Once they arrive at the great hall they find the count who has discovered the artifact and learned to use it to control undead. The count periodically uses the artifact to charm one of the vampires in the party. The maid has a few of the dagger skills with a buffed chance of stunning vampires.

Option 1:  (Bad Ending)

The count uses the artifact to stun Mila. He then attempts to stab his step-sister only for the maid to intervene. The sword pierces the maid’s heart, killing her but knocking the artifact out of the counts hands. Mila rips out the count’s throat ending the fight. Mila walks over to the lady and tells her that they must leave. The lady says she won’t leave her friend, all the enthusiasm and confidence have drained from her. Mila leaves as the vampire hunters arrive. She hears sobbing in the background.

Option 2:  (Good Ending)

The count uses the artifact to stun Mila. He then attempts to stab his step-sister but she vanishes in shadow. He orders Mila to capture the countess which she is compelled to do. The arrogant count begins to gloat about how he will turn his despised step-sister into his vampiric slave. He is then attacked by the maid who throws knives hitting his hand causing him to drop the artifact. Mila releases the countess who grabs the counts sword and runs him through from behind. Mila quickly plants the incriminating evidence and leaves as the vampire hunters arrive.

Eosinophilia by: Chuj Chujowski

Mila is informed by one of her thralls of a Hunter outpost overseeing and guarding a nearby town. This gives Mila a delicious idea. She must infiltrate the Hunter compound, reach the Head Hunter's room and turn them. This will allow her to silently spread the taint across the compound.

(Bad end)

Mila is discovered by the hunters and must fight her way out of the compound (hard battle). As the Hunters are now alert to a Vampire intrusion she must now keep her distance from the place. Defeat = Game Over.

(Good end)

Mila turns the Head Hunter and with the help of her new thrall the disease can now spread across the compound. (this can be shown by a cutscene showing the unsuspecting hunters being turned one by one by more and more of their corrupted comrades, until the compound is fully overrun by the undead).

With the compound in her grasp Mila can now enjoy the fruits of her tainted labor. The reborn Hunters shall not report anything out of ordinary no matter what happens in the town.