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Thanks a lot! I'm also happy to see someone mention addiction, as that theme was one of the main inspirations for the story.

Lmao

Thanks a bunch! Also, good point about the paragraph breaks, I tend to have difficulties with that somehow (I remember someone commenting about it during the previous jam as well).

Thank you ^-^

I particularly liked the way the daemon in the shop is depicted — this notion of the brain somehow subconsciously noticing that there's something not quite matching up between reality and perception gives the scene a fittingly uncanny atmosphere.

Tbf, I don't really feel like the narrator's species or affiliation is particularly relevant.

Lmao all good

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it! As for the connection to the theme, I wanted to explore the idea of agreeing to a devil's bargain and underestimating the consequences. Though, as the story focuses more on the way the protagonist is living with the consequences, the circumstances that led there are admittedly only brought up briefly. With more time and more space, going into more detail regarding Alenzio's decision to seek help from a vampire might actually have been interesting, though.

Very cool idea! I will remember this one.

Thanks!

Oh, I see! Is the entity she calls out to meant to be a specific Havoc God?

Yep it is! Glad that you like it ^-^

I also found this one to be a very engaging read; the gravity of the situation is portrayed quite convincingly. Great work!

Could you elaborate a bit on how the story is meant to fit into the OPR setting? I only read a small part of the faction lore pages so far, so some references may be eluding me.

Thank you :D

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it anyway ^-^

Thanks! And yeah, I have realized by now that the title was not the best choice XD

That's fair

I think I get where you're coming from, but imo this story satisfied the theme just fine. It may not be a typical "members of two different factions team up" kind of story, but I think the concept of the protagonist being saved through an unexpected encounter with someone who's there for an entirely different reason (looting the ship) should place the story well within the confines of the prompt.

Thank you! That the vampires take blood from their populace on a regular basis is canon (see e.g. the sippy straw collars on the Drained models), and since prisoners would be close at hand and the vampires wouldn't need to worry about them getting too weak to work/fight, it felt natural to me that they'd be the first choice for a vampire desiring a snack.

Thanks ^-^

Thank you!

Thank you! Good call about the paragraph breaks; I realize I've been using those very sparingly. Concerning the ending though, I'm honestly not sure if I would've gone further into it even if I'd had the space. Like, the development that the story focuses on is complete at that point, and I don't know if following that up with an explicit description of a vampire getting his head bitten off would've added much to the narrative as a whole. Still, I appreciate the feedback :D

Yay, vampire gang :D

Considering the word limit, I decided against narrating the full course of events in favor of spotlighting those parts that seemed the most interesting. I hope the implication of what is going to happen immediately after the story's conclusion is somewhat clear, but anything after that had to be left to the reader's imagination.

Woah, thanks a lot! And yeah… I realize at this point that the title may have been a mistake XD

Aww, thanks!

Thanks a bunch! ^-^

Thank you! As tempting as it was to go for something that would allow me to design some matching custom units in AFS or something, I felt like the writing jam was also a good opportunity to tell the kind of story that a battle report or custom scenario couldn't. So I'm glad you enjoyed that part

Thanks, and I apologize again for the misleading title. I don't think I'll be expanding this story in the future, but if it got your imagination going that's great to hear :D

Thanks! ^-^

I do admit that the title may be a little clickbait-y. Sorry about that. I just kinda… came up with it, found it funny so I kept it as a working title, and then couldn't be bothered to think of something else. I swear there is a connection to the story, but yeah, it's a bit obscure.