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Nocturna was always a bit of a coward. But anyone could see a change in her demeanor since that weird crypt showed up. She'd heard rumors about what goes on down there. The dead coming back to life, some kind of scientist, vampires...
It was definitely the vampires that had Nocturna on edge. She was wary of many a monster, but vampires never failed to make her shudder. She couldn't deny the thought of immortality was interesting, even alluring. But she'd never become a vampire to get it.
To fuel her morbid curiosity, Nocturna had done extensive research on vampires, she knew anything there was to know about them. Their appearance, their behavior.
This might be why she wasn't that scared tonight. She had dropped her cutlass near the crypt, and had come back for it. It was dark, and she was alone and defenseless.
"Just had to drop it here did you?" Nocturna thought to herself.
She then tried to look at the bright side. "Well, if I do die, I'll come back as a vampire." It quelled her fears, but not by much.
Miraculously, she had found the cutlass she was looking for. Nocturna sped up her pace, ready to run off with her weapon, but something stopped her dead in her tracks.
A hand had made it's way to her shoulder. A hand that wasn't hers .
Nocturna didn't know who this hand belonged to or what they were, but she wasn't interested in that right now.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Nocturna's movement became erratic, thrashing violently, trying to escape the hand's grip while grasping for her cutlass. But it was all for nothing as she felt a sharp pain in her neck.
It was a vampire...
Nocturna fell to her knees as the monster had let go and flew away, having done its job. Nocturna stared freaking out, shaking from fear. She could feel her life force, or lack there of, slipping away. The last thing she saw was the back of her hands changing from a light brown to a teal. The whole time, one thought repeated in her mind:
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I'LL DIE BUT I'LL COME BACK. I'LL DIE BUT I'LL COME BACK.
I'll die. But I'll come back
I'll die..
Nocturna then blacked out.