Moonlight Over a Court of Vampires

For tonight’s tale, we join two young people who together chose to commit the greatest act of defiance in the very face of the ruin at the heart of this world.  They met each other, talked things over, and reached the agreement that they had fallen in love with each other. They overcame multiple obstacles to do this. The greatest of which was determining which one of them fell in love first. Since this was a mystery ill-suited to their youthful spirits, they agreed that they fell in love at first sight. But the question lingered.             Their love was not allowed to bloom unopposed, as they were surrounded by hostile onlookers. Most of the hostility was from their classmates who were sick of them going on about who fell in love with who first. That conversation was insufferable and annoyed everyone who happened to overhear it. However, a small portion of it was a product of their elevated status. For these two lovers were self-proclaimed vampires. They were pilgrims on the path to the netherworld, and other people thought that was ridiculous and pretentious.             But when their teacher, who was late to class that day, tells them to investigate the recent vampire attacks in the nearby village, the undead students find themselves at a crossroads. The village, which is full of drunkards and the types of weirdos who walk around with their pants unzipped, is ruined and they’d just as soon not deal with it. However, there may be a real vampire stalking the darkened River Road. This could be their chance to meet an actual vampire. Or rather, another actual vampire.             This tale contains references to vampirism, which should be obvious from the title. It also contains mentions of violent assaults, the consumption of blood, antisocial behavior, mistrust in authority figures, creative writing classes, and public intoxication. Furthermore, it contains profanity and occult themes. Listener discretion is advised.