text: least. You soon hear the sounds revelry and then in a large opening you see a group of mortals of varying races. Mostly the savage type like hobgoblin, orc and even an ogre. The human bunch doesn't surprise you. There are even a couple elves in the mix and at least one race you don't recognize.
  What does surprise you is the equal amount of female members in the group. There are a couple that are obviously bandits as well, but a lot of them just look like they're there for either "fun" or they have a large amount of children around them.
  
  You didn't expect to find a community of sorts here. Makes sense that they're raiding the other villages for food and basic supplies rather than just valuables.
  
  In any case, it hardly matters since you've got a task to do...
  
  You kill three bandits before they even know what's going on, you then kill several of their fun women and the ogre before they all decide to stop trying to defend themselves and start running and hiding. The yelling, screaming and crying fills your ears and you realize with all the tunnels and crevices, it might take awhile to hunt everyone down, so you're going to make this easier.
  
  "Listen up to all those that value their miserable lives! The village of Maldito is under my protection and I am their bloody tyrant. Your actions against it have come to an end! Turn over Green Eye, and I'll allow the rest of you to slink out of here. Choice is yours." You shout.
  
  You voice echoes throughout the mine a bit and then silence.
  
  A moment passes and just when you think you're going to have to hunt them all down anyway, you hear a thumping noise. Soon, you see a single short figure coming out from down a mine corridor; he carries some sort of rifle and is walking with a limp and a faint green glow is coming from the top of him
  
  You then get a better look and he's a dwarf, which you didn't quite expect to be leading this rabble. He's dressed in heavy leather armor, though it might be just regular dwarven miner clothing for all you know. He's got an obvious metal leg replacing his missing one. His rifle isn't one of the usual designs you've seen in Holgard. Has a wider barrel for one thing and looks of much better workmanship. Shiny even.
  
  His face is that of a usual Dwarf, bearded, long hair and grizzled. Of course the main thing that sticks out about him is his green "eye" which you don't think is even an eye. It looks more like a glowing gem of some sort. If it has any magic properties, they aren't affecting you (yet). His other eye is non-existent and covered with a patch, so maybe the green one just helps him see.
  
  In any case, the man obviously has no fear and has come out to meet you alone, which means he's either stupid or he's got something to say and hoping you might be in a mood to listen.
  
  It's going to be one of those nights you see...
  
  "I take it you're Green Eye." You say.
  "And I take it you're the one that's been fucking up my people. Edgrin said that he didn't think it was mercs and might be something worse like a vampire for example, but...bah what's done is done now. I assume if you're going on about that shithole village that means you just killed him and all my people that I sent there to make an example of the place." Green Eye responds.
  "That's right, and now I'm here to kill you and everyone else here."
  "Hmm, and I don't doubt that you couldn't, though I would at least like to propose a different offer. One that you might find advantageous."
  "Okay, I'll bite."
  "As you can see, much like Maldito, we are just a community trying to get by in this life. We are just happen to be predators rather than prey. I'm sure you can identify."
  "Understand, yes. Identify. No. Because if we're using food chain comparisons, then I would the top predator and you lot are in my way..."
  "Very well, I get it. How about this? We completely leave Maldito alone forever. There are more than enough villages in the area that we can shakedown. And to be quite honest, we probably don't need as much from them anyway now that you've killed about half of us."
  "As far as I'm concerned, those villages are also mine."
  "Come on be reasonable. You just said that you have direct control over Maldito who apparently are filled with pleading peasants willing to do whatever you want. I mean unless you're planning on carving out an empire you really don't need all those villages. I might add, that it's beneficial to have us around."
  "I don't see how, you're just another competitor."
  "True, but you've already made your point to us. I certainly have no plans on tangling with you ever again. Do you really believe that if you kill all of us, that there won't be another group of assholes to just take our place? Then what? You have to do this all over again and while you probably don't have any particular problems with that, you might not arrive to save your village like you did this time. These fucking mongrels and greenskins are stupid as shit and never learn lessons most of the time. I'm probably the only thing keeping them all from idiotically just razing the entire area."
  "So what your saying, is I should leave you alive so the status quo can stay relatively intact and give myself less hassle in the long run."
  "And to save my own ass, and the sorry asses of my community...such as they are."
  
  It's intriguing enough for you to consider since it might be nice to just rule over the town without actually ever having to defend it again or wondering if you're going to stumble across a burnt husk of a village.
  
  Still, this can't be a negotiation that you feel comfortable with, without some sort of capitulation on Green Eye's part.
  
  "This sounds very nice and all, but at its core, this deal benefits you far more than me. I have no assurance that you'll keep your word. For all I know you're going to just bide your time and regroup. Perhaps even attempt to attack me." You say.
  "You're joking right? What the hell are we going to do to you? We have no weapons to even hurt you with, I mean this rifle is mainly just to give me a sense of false security. You think we have any way to contact hunters even if we were so inclined? In fact I'd argue that the villages you've been feeding on would be more likely to do that than us."
  
  Green Eye strokes his beard a bit and sees that you're not moved by his assurances.
  
  "Okay, I think I know what you're getting at. You want tribute from us. Well how about this? We occasionally take women from the villages for...recreation. Sometimes they go back, sometimes they realize that they like it here better. How about we take maybe one or two for you as a gesture of our goodwill?" Green Eye asks.
  "That's a good offer, but a child would be better. The blood of the youth always is." You say.
  "A...child? You want a kid?"
  "Is that a problem? The people that you sent to Maldito didn't seem to think so when they were planning to execute everyone there."
  "That was different and it's just that...we don't normally...I mean...shit. Okay fine, we'll start taking children I guess. Um, how many did you need?"
  "Oh not many. I mean just one every month is fine. Don't want to depopulate the area after all. And I'd say it's more than fair to you."
  "I suppose it is. I accept your generous proposal."
  "Of course you will, because it's the only option for you. Now then, I'll be expecting my tribute by the end of this month, have it waiting for me by the entrance, because if I actually have to set foot in this place again, it'll be the end of this community."
  
  Green Eye nods and you turn to leave, though you're curious about one thing.
  
  "Oh, just wondering...how does a dwarf become the leader of a bandit community full of savages anyway?" you ask.
  "The mine dried up and I was too stupid to leave obviously." Green Eye answers.
  
  Satisfied with this answer you leave the mine.
  
  You return home, nearly at dawn. Isabella doesn't ask what you've been doing since she knows you've been doing your usual routine of hunting in the wilderness or preying upon the villages.
  
  You imagine she'll start asking questions eventually, she's probably going to nag you about your actions possibly attracting attention, but for now you're going to just enjoy your new hobby.
  
  > Time passes...
  Year 31
  
  You finish drinking your fill of the girl and release her though she still clings to you tightly like you're her entire world despite the fact that she's already married to some young man in this village.. As usual you have left this one alive since the less outright deaths the better. Besides, the more you feed on these peasants and don't kill them, the more they seem to be enamored with you. The fools believe your "mercy" is some sort of blessing.
  
  "Is there anything else you require of me, m'lord?" she asks in a mild daze.
  "Actually now that you mention it, yeah. Now that I'm done sucking on you, I'll give you the honor of sucking on me. You know what to do." You say.
  
  The girl nods and slowly lowers herself before you.
  
  Now THIS is what being a vampire is all about, or at least what it should be. Lording it over the lessers and reaping the benefits. Not hiding on the outskirts of civilization.
  
  Ever since this arrangement you've actually been enjoying yourself again. Even more than when you used to go hunting in Holgard, which you haven't been going to at all anymore.
  
  As for Isabella, she spends all her time in her precious garden and you're starting to wonder if she even cares what you do anymore as long as it doesn't involve messing with Dert or calling attention to your home. The only time she has asked you a question is she started wondering where you were getting all the children from since she was concerned you might be "over farming" Dert, but she seemed satisfied with your answer. She's benefiting so why should she care?
  
  The girl finishes servicing you and then you send her home in a better status for her husband than before.
  
  Tiring of your own time here tonight, you prepare to leave and exit the "home" that you use when visiting.
  
  Before you leave however, you're met by Vic. Usually he knows better than to crowd you like this so it makes you a little wary.
  
  "That's close enough! Encroach on my personal space any further and it'll be the last! Now what is it that you feel the need to waste my time with?"
  "Well I was just wondering, since I've been so loyal to you lord and helpful in in convincing the others to stay loyal...I was just wondering if there would ever come a time that you might bless me with the same gift that you have. Not that I would be nearly as powerful as you of course m'lord. I live to serve after all."
  
  This again...
  
  Vic has brought this up before, and this topic has come up with more than a few of the ladies you've been dining on.
  
  You of course always give the same answer, that it isn't a "gift" that can be given so lightly and will only ever go to the worthy. Telling them that you can't make them vampires because you're not old enough to do it yet, wouldn't actually make you look like the "all powerful" dark lord that you've set yourself up as.
  
  Still, as far as you know you ARE able to make them into ghouls. Isabella explained all this to you in your first weeks as a vampire. She always said making a ghoul wasn't worth it since they are some of the most pathetic creatures she's ever had the displeasure of knowing. She made one once and killed it soon after because she found its habits too disgusting and its fawning far too annoying.
  
  Of course Isabella's personality is a little different than yours. You would probably be fine with more fawning. In fact absolute loyalty might be a plus. As for disgusting habits, well you wouldn't have to live with them on a regular basis and so what if they eat a few bugs?
  
  However, it still isn't something you're going to just do right away and would need to think on. After all, you turn one person or multiple people into a ghoul or ghouls, how are they going to act towards the rest of the normal people? Not like you can watch them constantly.
  
  "I'll think about it, now get out of my way!" you say and knock Vic aside.
  
  You head home pondering the possible ramifications of taking that extra step.
  
  When you finally do get home, you find that your night hasn't gotten less complicated.
  
  "Have fun with your human whores?" Isabella asks.
  "Thought you'd be in your garden. That's where you like to spend all your time isn't it?" you say, not even answering her question.
  "True, but perhaps I've been sticking my head in the flowers for far too long and ignoring the situation that's going on."
  "What situation?"
  "The situation where you've apparently dominated an entire village to your will. Maybe even more."
  "No, just the one. What difference does it make? I'm not attracting any attention and I've been bringing children home to you on monthly basis."
  "Yes, which is why I haven't said anything, however I've been noticing a change in your behavior with me."
  "You have? Surprised, considering all the time you spend in your garden."
  "Okay, if you're bitching about us not spending enough time together, all you had to do is say something and I would have obliged. Since when have I not helped you out in any way I can? It's why you're here in the first place."
  "And THAT right there is the problem!"
  "What?"
  "You treating me like a second class citizen around here!"
  "Are you kidding me? I gave you fucking complete freedom!"
  "You know that doesn't matter. Not really in the scheme of things. You're more powerful than me. You always will be and you will always see me as your lesser. Sometimes it feels like you scold me as if I was some child."
  "Well when you act like one at times, that's what happens. And if I really saw you as my lesser, I wouldn't have even bothered with you in the first place. I saw something special in you, but obviously I was mistaken. Besides all that, don't give me that I never let you have fun business because it's not even true in the first place. If anything I've been TOO permissive. You're on a fucking power trip right now and while I get it because you feel like you're getting the attention you feel you deserve, I'm telling you right now that if you continue like this, it's going end badly."
  "I don't understand WHY you're giving me shit for this. You do the same thing with Dert, you're just less hands on."
  "Exactly. I'm not rolling around in the pigpen with the pork chops! You're in there, not only rolling around with them, you're also fucking the pigs. AND don't even tell me that you don't do that, because you stink of humans most nights when you come back. Though I'm not so much mad about that bit as I am severely disappointed."
  "So what are you saying exactly?"
  'What I'm saying is YOU are heading down a path that I've seen play out several times with others I was close to in the past. Not really willing to go through it again."
  "So, what then? You're going to forbid me to do this then?"
  "No, actually I'm not. You're a free willed vampire, go play with your mortals and lord it over them. That seems to be what is making you happy. What I am saying however is if you insist on doing this though, you'll be doing it elsewhere because I'm not going to sit by and watch the inevitable, let alone get caught up in it. Obviously you feel stifled here, so maybe you need to go do this anyway."
  
  Well that's done it for you. You're not going to get threatened by an ultimatum. You and Isabella haven't been getting along for a while now anyway. If she's giving you the option for a clean break now, you probably should take it while you can.
  
  "I'll be gone tomorrow night. I trust that will be okay." You answer.
  "Fine by me. You can sleep elsewhere in the crypt though, because you certainly won't be sleeping in my bed." Isabella says.
  "Yeah, probably for the best."
  "Well then, it was fun while lasted and I hope you succeed in whatever it is that you're trying to achieve. Goodbye."
  
  And with those cold last words, Isabella turns and leaves you.
  
  While maybe you sort of knew this was coming for some time, there is a part of you that's going to miss Isabella. She did do so much for you, but ultimately you needed your freedom the most.
  
  And now you have it.
  
  The next night, you leave the crypt with what little belongings you still have attachment to as quick as you can. You don't bump into Isabella; you assume she's in her garden as usual.
  
  You make your way to Maldito, where you are met with the usual praise and submissive behavior.
  
  "Vic, get all your best builders and tradespeople together, I want a meeting with them." You order.
  "Um, okay m'lord." Vic answers.
  
  You meet with them to let them know that you're going to be around a lot more often, so you want a proper home, rather than the simple empty one room house they just let you use when you are here.
  
  Your news is met with an overjoyed reaction for the most part, though you get the impression some are just reacting more out of fear of defying you. In any case, you aren't asking for much in the short term. Just a small underground area underneath the house you stay at.
  
  "Oh! So like a root cellar!" one of them beams.
  "Yeah...just like a root cellar." You answer rolling your eyes a bit.
  
  In any case it's a simple enough task for them that you figure they won't take long in doing it. In the meantime, you have the unpleasant task of digging a hole in the forest and sleeping there. The first night is a real wake up call of how much better it was sleeping in a nice soft bed next to Isabella, but you need to get over that.
  
  A month passes and it's still not finished mainly because one of the more skilled carpenters had a heart attack on the job. You're pissed about this inconvenience, but it is what it is. In the meantime, when you make your usual meeting with Green Eye's community, you tell the guard at the entrance that you won't require a child every month anymore. Instead, they can just bring a girl like Green Eye originally suggested.
  
  By the middle of the second month it's still not finished. You have no idea what the hell is holding these idiots up. Vic says something about the structural integrity is shaky and there being a danger over everything caving in. You're getting irritated to the point that you almost lash out and kill one of them, but then you realize you need these fools right now.
  
  So you kill the tavern owner instead. Not like serving drinks is a job that requires special skills that you need. Besides, his wife can take over and she's more compliant to you anyway.
  
  You start wondering if this would go faster if you made them ghouls. The main problem that you can see is that they're all weak humans that aren't even in the best of shape in the first place and require sleep and regular food. If you made them ghouls they'd work for you tirelessly night and day. (They'd be able to see in the dark as well) And they could eat...well anything really.
  
  There isn't really much stopping you now, since you now ARE here constantly to monitor their behavior.
  
  Though there is a real desire to still not do it too, since you'd essentially be "rewarding" them all for shit work so far. If you were going to do it, you'd rather do for those that deserve it at least.
  
  > make some of them ghouls
  You might as well start making ghouls if you're going to be using this place as your new home now. You'll feel safer if with absolutely loyal day guards around anyway.
  
  You call everyone to the village square the following night. It's a little surprising for everyone, but of course they don't want to disobey you.
  
  "Okay, I've gathered you all here because it's come up many times that some of you desire the same gift I have. This makes sense since you would indeed be better in every way and you would also be closer to your god. However, none of you are yet worthy of such a thing. In fact some of you never will be! Yet, I am a merciful master and as such I will bestow a minor bit of my power so that you may get a taste of it. Who knows, maybe in time you will impress me to the point that I will eventually complete your transformation."
  
  At this point your words are met with signs of hope and excitement. You expected that, so that's one less thing to worry about. You're still wondering which people exactly to choose and how many. You probably want to pick the key members in the community though, so you figure you might as well give Vic what he's always wanted first.
  
  "Okay Vic, come on over here and we'll get started." You say and cut your arm to drain some of your blood in a cup.
  
  "Um, me m'lord?" Vic asks.
  "Yeah you! Who the hell else's name is Vic in this village? Now come on."
  "Uh, that's okay I don't think I'm quite worthy yet. I believe that there are many others here deserving of your gift more."
  "You're joking right? You've been begging me to turn you since I took control of this place. You're just nervous, come on."
  "No, I really realize now that I shouldn't have annoyed with my petty request as I did. I thank you for your generous offer, but perhaps one of the many lovely young women that..."
  "Vic, stop being a bitch and get over here!" you say raising your voice.
  
  At this point the crowd is getting agitated with Vic's stalling and begin pushing him forward, telling him that he's a "chosen one" and he should be embracing this moment.
  
  Vic slowly moves towards your position and then suddenly his eyes roll in the back of his head and he wobbles a bit before falling over.
  
  "Oh for fuck's sake..." you say shaking your head.
  
  One of the other villagers goes over to help Vic, but after some inspection...
  
  "He's dead m'lord!" the village "doctor" exclaims.
  "He's fucking dead?!" you say.
  "Heart attack it seems. I believe all the excitement of being a benefactor of your glory was too much for him."
  "Maybe..."
  
  Something about this doesn't seem right.
  
  "Kick his body. In fact I want several of you to stomp on it." You say.
  "M'lord?" someone asks.
  "You heard me."
  
  Not wishing to anger you, several of the villagers comply. Vic's body just absorbs the kicks and doesn't move.
  
  "Okay, I guess he's really dead, set his body on fire, no need to waste anymore time burying it. Actually never mind, there's a torch right here, I'll do it."
  
  You take a nearby torch and go over to Vic's body. As you slowly lower the flaming piece of wood closer to Vic's body, you watch his eyes.
  
  You watch...
  
  Then just as you touch Vic's body with the actual flame, his eyes open and his entire form changes into a thin smooth gray skinned creature. Its face isn't anything like you've seen before, having only slits for a nose, a simple line like mouth and its eyes are just white orbs.
  
  "SHIT!" it shouts in different voice than before and immediately rolls away and attempts to scramble for safety.
  
  While the villagers are confused and scared by all this, you of course keep your cool and easily catch this creature and drag it into the empty house you reside at in the village to interrogate it.
  
  "Okay, what the hell are you?" you demand.
  "Please! I'm a doppelganger and I'm only doing my job!" it pleads pathetically.
  "By job, you mean spying and infiltration! I only know ONE person that rules over a ragtag group of multi-racial misfits that might have the balls to do such a thing. How long have you been working for Green Eye?"
  
  The doppelganger wastes no time in selling out Green Eye. It says it's been with Green Eye for quite some time, but only was infiltrating Maldito shortly after you threatened Green Eye. It says it was originally masquerading as the head carpenter, but soon changed into Vic (and in both cases obviously secretly killed) when it realized you were serious about making the village your permanent home. It of course has been in contact with Green Eye off and on the whole time.
  
  "So what the hell is Green Eye exactly planning?"
  "Well originally he just wanted to keep a check on you, but when you made Maldito your permanent home, he got more concerned. I think he's planning on attacking you directly and most likely destroying the village."
  "Because that worked out so well last time. So what then has he hired hunters or something? Should have known he wasn't going to be above doing that."
  "No, actually he's been crafting silver weapons for everyone. Mostly daggers, but I know for a fact he's been focusing on silver shot for the few firearms we have."
  "Where's he getting all this silver from?"
  "The mine I guess. Green Eye said it used to be a silver mine before it ran out."
  "Well apparently it didn't completely run dry if he's got enough to scrap weapons together. Gotta hand it to Green Eye, though. He's been busy and I underestimated his fear of me. Smart of him to not tell me that it used to be a silver mine too. I didn't even think of that."
  "So...what are you going to do?"
  "Kill my enemy of course, might as well start with you. Wonder what doppelganger tastes like..." you say and prepare to bite.
  "No! Wait! Please! I could help even more! If you attack now, you'd never get Green Eye. He's got a whole system of hidden tunnels, traps and shit. You might wipe out everyone under his leadership, but I doubt if you'd find him. He knows those mines like nobody else."
  "Oh, I'm sure I'd find him eventually."
  "Well, maybe, but as I said, he's probably trapped the entire place too and considering he's been preparing for you, some of those might even be dangerous to you. Let me go back and..."
  "You think I'm stupid? You sold out Green Eye so quick and you were supposed to be on his side. How quick would you sell me out?"
  "But this is different, I can see you're the more powerful force in this instance and I always side with the winning team. It's what my kind does. Green Eye doesn't know that you know that you know anything. In fact I can probably get him to meet with you. You're supposed to pick up your new tribute soon aren't you?"
  "Yeah, so?"
  "Well let ME go and pick it up. Except I wouldn't go as me, I'll go as YOU."
  "Wait, you're going to copy me?"
  "Yes. And I'm going to arrive at Green Eye's place during the day to do it. I will pretend that I'm such a powerful and old vampire that I have the capacity to walk around in the daytime! This will throw them all off so much that they'll scramble to appease you quickly. When they drag out the girl, I will then claim it isn't good enough and that I will be back at night to renegotiate the deal with Green Eye personally. He'll be concerned enough that he'll meet with you, probably seeing if you have any other weaknesses, since thinking you can walk around in the daytime is going to cause him to discard his original plans. Of course it'll actually be you who'll meet him at night, at which point you'll easily be able to over power him and whoever else is with him. Trust me, it'll work!"
  
  An intriguing plan you suppose, you just aren't convinced though.
  
  "Sounds like a shit plan, and I still don't trust you. I don't think you can convincingly copy me anyway." You say.
  "The hell you say! I'll have you know that I am one the most skilled of my kind! I can easily copy you, right down to your quirky mannerisms. Especially since I've been observing you for awhile now." The doppelganger says a little insulted.
  "Is that so? Well prove it, and maybe I'll make a decision based on how good your performance is."
  
  You let the doppelganger go and it has prepared itself to display its powers to you. It takes a bit longer to transform into looking like you than when it transformed back to its real form.
  
  The first thing you realize is you haven't seen yourself in years. The dop looks like you, or at least what you looked like before you became a vampire, then again you haven't aged since then so that's presumably what you still look like.
  
  The dop then begins to talk like you and act like you. It's very arrogant, condescending and just an all around dick.
  
  Which means it's copying you exactly.
  
  "See? I can pull this off! Just give me a chance and hey, when Green Eye is dead, I could help you in other ways as well!" the dop exclaims as it transforms back.
  
  It certainly is an eager creature. You just aren't sure if you can trust it. And if you can't trust it, then why take chances?
  
  > trust the doppelganger
  You're not so much trusting the dop, so much as you're going to take a chance that it fears you enough that it's being honest. Since if it IS telling the truth and willing to work for you, he would come in pretty handy.
  
  Still, you're going to be careful as you can about this.
  
  "Okay, first of all, are you absolutely SURE this plan is going convince Green Eye to meet with me?" you ask.
  "Yes, I am. If he thinks something is wrong, but fixable he'll more often than not take a personal approach to it even if it might risk his life, just like when he first spoke with you. If I know him, he'll probably want to appease you so he can give himself more time to re-think a new strategy of how to deal with you if he believes you can walk around in the day time." The dop says.
  
  You can't really tell due to its nearly featureless expression, but it sounds confident in its words. You suppose that will have to do.
  
  "Alright then, we'll try the plan." You say.
  "Y...you will? Oh thank the gods! I swear I will be loyal to you!" the dop exclaims.
  "We'll see, but first I need to prepare you a bit." You say and move towards it.
  "Prepare?"
  "Yeah, just relax a bit, don't move and... brace yourself!"
  
  You suddenly lunge on the dop who is taken by surprise by your speed. You bite the dop in the arm and drink a little of its blood. It actually tastes pretty terrible and you nearly spit it out.
  
  In the meantime the dop is making a horrible screaming noise and doesn't stop until you smack it upside the head.
  
  "Stop that, it's annoying." You say and release it.
  "Y...you bit me!" the dop says rubbing its arm.
  "Sure did. Call it an extra precaution in case you get the bright idea to try to betray me. I can always sense where you are now. So if any of this goes south, I'm going to know where to find YOU immediately."
  
  The doppelganger might have those empty white orbs for eyes, but you can still see the fear in them. Honestly, while you will be able to sense it if it's close by, you aren't going to be able to instantly track it from anywhere. Still, it doesn't know that.
  
  "I wasn't going to betray you." The dop whines.
  "Well, now I know you won't. Now you stay here, I'm going to go get one of the villagers so you can blend in again. I'll drain them and you can walk out like nothing happened. The body can be disposed of later." you answer.
  "Wait which one?"
  "What difference does it make? I dunno the tavern keeper's wife I guess. Might as well considering I already killed her husband. Plus it's an easy enough task even for you and you'll hear all the village gossip at lot easier, not that it matters I suppose."
  "Mm, okay. I don't have to worry about you suddenly picking on me to bite now and I prefer female forms anyway, it's always easier when the gender matches."
  
  You pause for a moment.
  
  "Wait...you're female?" you ask.
  "Well we doppelgangers are pretty flexible about it all for obvious reasons, but yes, I personally identify as female. Can't you tell?" she says.
  "Um, no not really. I mean you're just a smooth gray nearly featureless being. It's not like I can see tits or anything. I mean...I can't even see a hole down there...or anywhere for that matter; then again I haven't really been exploring. I guess if you were a guy it would have been more obvious I suppose."
  "Oh you solids with your constant exposed reproductive organs. We doppelgangers transcend such concerns since we only display them when necessary such as for sex or expelling waste. Until that time they remain hidden and protected."
  "Okay, well however works...don't really want to know, but if that's the case how the fuck was I supposed to be able to tell that you're female or not?"
  "By my eyes of course! Those of my kind that identify as female tend to change our eye color to white while those that identify as males tend to change them to black."
  "What color are they normally?"
  "Oh gray."
  "Great. Very illuminating. Next time I run into one of you doppys, I'll try to remember all that."
  "Erm, could you please not call me a doppy? It is considered offensive to my..."
  
  You glare at the doppelganger as your patience wears thin.
  
  "Um...nevermind. Just happy to serve and being included, sir." She says submissively.
  
  You leave the house and find that a minor crowd has gathered from a safe distance. They're probably wondering what exactly happened, time to make up a story.
  
  "Is that...thing gone m'lord?" someone asks.
  "Yes, of course it is. Didn't you hear its death scream? I interrogated it first though. Apparently those bandits I thought I took care of have regrouped and will be trying to attack again. However, we know the truth now and can prepare. I'm going to track them down and finish them off for good, however I'm still going to bless some of you and when I do, you will be charged with helping the defense of this village. I trust you all will be up for the challenge should it come to that." You say.
  "Of course m'lord! We all will!"
  "Then we will start tomorrow night, for now though I wish to spend time with you. The rest of you go home and worry no longer about any of this." You say and point to the tavern owner's wife. She goes over to you immediately.
  
  As the crowd disperses and obeys your command, you head into your home with your victim.
  
  You don't bother with the foreplay and get straight to the feeding. You've done this with her several times already, but this time will be different for her. As usual she puts up no resistance and even as you're obviously killing her she still whispers "I love you" in your ear and holds you tightly.
  
  You finish her of