text: you to keep control of your own emotions at this point. You don't like the fact that you're so powerless to help Lisa directly.
  
  Lisa doesn't say anything, but just continues to look on at you in fear and just sobs quietly. You can't tell if she wants to tell you to do it, to save her own life, or not to do it because of the consequences. Your only thought right now however, is to save Lisa.
  
  "Alright! Alright! I'll do it. Just don't kill Lisa!" you shout.
  
  Isabella smiles when you say that while Lisa just weeps.
  
  "Are you sure? I need your full cooperation on this. I can't just go transforming you while you're under a geas unless I have your complete submission. Do I have your complete dedication to me?"
  "Yes, whatever you want!"
  
  Isabella suddenly picks Lisa up by the hair and tosses her hard into the wall. You instinctively go to help, but are stopped by Isabella who has already grabbed and stopped you.
  
  "Feel free to grab my ass again if it makes you feel better about all this." Isabella says and then bites down on your neck.
  
  It's the same as last time. First pain, then discomfort and then just a weird dizzy feeling. Soon light headiness follows and then you're starting to lose consciousness altogether.
  
  Just before you do though, Isabella stops feeding on you and then quickly bites herself on the wrist. Using the open wound, she pours some of her blood into your own mouth and a metallic taste hits your tongue and eventually slides down your throat.
  
  "Haven't done this in a while, but I think I'm actually wet with anticipation. Mmmm... " Isabella remarks and then kisses you on the mouth before finishing you off.
  
  Everything goes dark.
  
  You don't know how much time passes, but when you wake up, you're feeling quite different. You're not breathing, you're cold and you're hungry.
  
  And that's when you see you're in a room with Lisa who is in shackles on one of the walls. She's been stripped naked and her head hangs down.
  
  "Lisa... ?" you utter as you start to stand up.
  "Don't worry my little cryptmate, she's not dead. I keep my promises, however I obviously still can't let her leave." You hear Isabella say causing you to turn your head to your left.
  
  Isabella leans in the doorway of the room you're currently in with her arms folded as if she's studying what you're going to do next.
  
  "She can't just stay prisoner here." You say.
  "Well that's about the only choice available to her." Isabella replies.
  "Couldn't you have just erased her memory or something? I thought vampires could control minds."
  "We can hypnotize and charm if we're up close to a mortal, but that's really more for short periods of time and just long enough for us to get someone and finish them off. Of course if we bite and release, we need to keep visiting that person to keep them docile. However, I'm not really keen on travelling back and forth to Dert everyday. I prefer to keep my blood slaves in my home so I know exactly where they are. Nothing worse than your dinner suddenly regaining their free will or getting themselves killed in something unrelated."
  "Wait, is THAT what Lisa is for? Your blood slave?"
  "No. She's YOUR blood slave. Think of this as my gift to you, along with this being your first steps in learning what it truly means to be a vampire."
  
  You don't even know how to feel. You're absolutely speechless. Isabella has played a cruel trick on you. As you're still in shock, Isabella continues.
  
  "Now, I can tell by your face, that you probably believe me to be the worst sort of monster, but let me tell you, this is me in a merciful mood. Your little... human is currently in a trance that I put her in. Now YOU can keep her that way yourself with my guidance and in doing so, you should be able to feed on her for quite some time without having to get a new person. This should get you used to the idea of what you need to do in order to survive now, not to mention this girl was someone you had feelings for. If you can get over feeding on her then you won't have any lingering pangs of conscious in the future which will make this all much easier in the long run. Trust me, I know."
  "I can't... I can't just drink Lisa's blood and watch her waste away as I slowly kill her!
  "Well she's going to waste away eventually even if you don't feed on her. In fact it'll just take longer and since I have no intention on keeping her in a trance, you can decide if you want to hear her cries and screams as she eventually gets to the point where she's begging for death as a release from this horrible situation. Or you can decide to keep her docile until she eventually just dies quietly. Up to you, she's your responsibility."
  
  Isabella talks about Lisa being in a horrible situation, which it is, but at least she's completely unaware of it, unlike you. Lisa wanted to leave her village and now it's looking like she's never going to leave this room thanks to you.
  
  You're wishing you never came here. You feel a mixture of negative emotions right now, and maybe it's due to your new state of unlife they feel worse than you ever remember. The worst you've ever felt was during the time you killed Klint after he stabbed Annah.
  
  Right now, your feel like that multiplied by ten, but you're desperately trying to maintain something of rational thought. Then rage takes over, rage like you never had before. You abandon all caution and attack Isabella.
  
  Isabella doesn't even look surprised. She rolls her eyes and even with your new quick vampire reflexes, Isabella easily takes you down and pins you. You snarl, and struggle and try to get up, but she's just too strong for you.
  
  You don't even know how long you do this for, but eventually Isabella tires of your resistance and takes your head and smashes it into the hard stone floor. Would have definitely killed you had you still been human, but instead you're just left temporarily dazed.
  
  Isabella follows up with a few punches and then a display of dominance with her face transforming into something much harsher and monstrous than you've seen before (even whenever she bit you) you briefly wonder if your own face has transformed as well since you didn't give much thought to such things at the time.
  
  With the fight taken out of you, you finally relent. Isabella's appearance also changes back, but she still maintains her hold on you.
  
  "You're lucky I don't stay mad for long, but attack me again and you'll see how mad I can really get." she says.
  "You might as well just kill me now and be done with it then." You say.
  "Oh no, you don't seem to understand, you're MINE. I didn't transform you into a vampire just to kill you. You'll soon learn that there are things much worse than death... MUCH worse."
  "Oh like what you are forcing me into?"
  "Hey I didn't force you to do anything. You could have declined my offer and walked away. You gave yourself willingly to me."
  "Yeah, to save Lisa! Not this! If I knew you were going to twist shit around... "
  "You probably STILL would have made the same choice. Face it. You wanted to be free of Ral and you were tempted by my offer anyway. Saving your human was just an added bonus."
  "Stop calling her my human! Her name's Lisa and she's my girlfriend!"
  "That's cute, but I'm your girlfriend now. Congratulations on trading up."
  
  Isabella is now just mocking you. Now that you've calmed down a bit, you start trying to think of an unconventional way to still save Lisa.
  
  "Okay. I get it. You're in charge. But maybe we can make a deal." You say.
  "Again with the deals. If I hadn't already drained all your blood, I'd swear you were part infernal. Very well, this should be entertaining... " Isabella remarks.
  "What if you make her a vampire?"
  "I'm not turning her into a vampire; I'm obviously already going to have my hands full with you learning about your new vampire life. I've got other things to do with my time."
  "I'll do it then!"
  "Hah! Nice idea, but you aren't nearly powerful enough to do that yet. You're not even powerful enough to turn her into a ghoul. In any case I do not wish to have another vampire here anyway. Call me old fashioned, but I believe three is a crowd and I don't see much benefit for me. I'm not into women or orgies, despite all the myths about vampires being decadent sex fiends. I'm also not trying to make a fucking nest. Been part of one of those before and it's worse than living around mortals. So let's stop all this nonsense about turning this... Lisa into a vampire."
  "I... just... I can't kill her."
  "(Sigh) Very well I can see that perhaps this was too upsetting of a lesson. I will do it to spare you the anguish, but I really hoped you were going to be stronger than this."
  "Wait! You said she's mine."
  "Yes, I did."
  "Then I can do what I want with her correct?"
  "If you're suggesting that because she's yours that that means you can release her, you're sorely mistaken. This isn't some contract that you've found a loophole in. My word is still final on this matter."
  "No, but she's my responsibility you said. That means I can take care of her if I wish right? Couldn't I just keep her hypnotized and make sure she gets food and water?"
  
  Isabella smirks at your question.
  
  "So you wish to keep her as you would a pet then? How long did you intend on doing this for?"
  "Until I can transform her into another vampire."
  
  Now Isabella laughs and completely releases you, allowing you to sit up.
  
  "She won't live long enough for that to happen. You'll abandon that idea as your feelings for her fade or give in to your own hunger first. If by some miracle you some how manage it, she certainly won't be young like you are anymore. You'll be transforming her in her later years... unless you transform her into a ghoul before then, but that has its own set of problems. No, I don't see this working, but if this is REALLY what you want, then sure."
  "You're saying yes?"
  "I am. It will be interesting just to see how long you last. I imagine you'll last at least a few years even. One of your attractive traits is you obviously have a sense of loyalty and even a little nobility despite your lowly origins. However, the care for your pet will be your responsibility along with your other ones for me and if your pet becomes a problem then I'm going to step in and I think we both know what that means correct?"
  "Yes, I understand."
  "Very well then, I suppose I should teach you how to maximize some of your new powers, particularly the whole hypnosis thing. Afterwards, I'll give you the tour of my home proper, then you can get to work on what duties I require of you. While I'm sure you won't find most of those fun, I can guarantee one of them will be despite however you may feel for Lisa. That being said, let's get started."
  
  Isabella takes you over to Lisa who is still in a trance. She even releases her from her shackles for this lesson. As you're listening to her instructions, your gaze briefly passes over your wrist and you realize the little symbol that Ral put on you is gone.
  
  You aren't sure if the cost was worth it.
  > time passes...
  Year 25
  
  How the hell do you keep a vast underground crypt clean?
  
  Answer: You don't.
  
  One thing you never knew about vampires is how they can become obsessed with the smallest details. Probably has to do with the enhanced senses. Isabella apparently is a neat freak and due to this quirk she spent most of her time rearranging, cleaning, and generally tidying up her home. An impossible task of course, but that didn't stop her from trying.
  
  Even the room where she keeps the blood "donors" is clean. Doesn't look like the slaughterhouse that one would expect it to be.
  
  Unfortunately due to being at her beck and call that means you get to help her or at least do most of it now. As one would expect, it takes up most of your time. You think between her and Ral, you've done more housework than thievery.
  
  About the only thing you don't have to take care of is her underground garden, which is her own personal project that she spends a lot of time on. In fact, with you around now she doesn't even have to leave it to get food much anymore. She just has you do it.
  
  She also has you doing her. You can't be sure if it's true affection she has for you or just her basic needs that she wants satisfied. It feels like the latter most of the time, but there are moments where it seems to be more. It's just a weird situation altogether and while you'd hate to admit it, its one of the better things about being in servitude to Isabella rather than Ral.
  
  Meanwhile you've got a project of your own in the form of Lisa. You spend whatever free time you have with her. Making sure she's provided with nourishment and drink. Usually you just steal food from the farms in Dert along with drawing water from their well, but occasionally you get something different from Holgard and try to mix things up. (You never thought your thievery would ever be used primarily for food!)
  
  Lisa's reactions to everything are very "neutral." That's of course mainly due to the perpetual trance she's in. She is always polite and docile, and never really doing too much on her own, not that she would have much to do anyway considering she's mostly relegated to her single room. (That you've also taken time to furnish)
  
  Isabella says that in time, you'll be able to get her to behave more like a "normal" person, but the fact is, she'll always be acting according to how you want her to act. Much like a puppet. It's all pretty frustrating.
  
  There's also a part of you that is starting to wonder about what you're doing. Are you doing this because you love Lisa? Are you doing this out of some sense of guilt? Or are you doing this just to pass the time?
  
  At this point you don't know anymore. It can't be out of a sense of "humanity" because other than Lisa, you've adjusted fairly well to the whole snatching up people and drinking their blood until they die thing.
  
  You wonder if maybe you should turn Lisa into a ghoul, since apparently she'd have a lot more free will, while still remaining dedicated to you.
  
  You stare at Lisa who sits quietly in her chair staring in such a way that it almost makes you think that somewhere within her head, there's a part of her that's still the free willed Lisa and she's screaming to get out. Would transforming her really be any worse than she is now? It wouldn't be perfect, but at least she'd be able to do more things on her own without you needing to tend to her constantly.
  
  "I figured you'd be in here." Isabella remarks upon entering the room.
  "I finished cleaning for today... or did you need something else?" you answer.
  "Not right now and surprisingly my garden doesn't need tending to at this moment. I'm just checking up on you I suppose. Did I interrupt a potential moment of bliss between you and your pet?"
  "What?"
  "Oh come on, you don't need to deny anything. It's not like I care. I'm hardly jealous of that."
  "... no! No! I don't do that with her!"
  "What seriously? I figured you were just really quiet about it. Or maybe on the occasions you took her deeper into the catacombs, you were fucking her in one of the more secluded spots there. Guess that explains why you keep her clothed."
  "I sometimes take her for walks because I believe she needs a change of scenery every once in awhile. And I'm not having sex with her, because I'm not a rapist. She's under a trance."
  "So are all the folks we keep here to take blood from, except we're ultimately killing them. You don't seem to have a problem with that."
  "It's... it's just different."
  "I suppose it is... but not really. I have to admit, I didn't think you'd last this long with her, but I guess your feelings were stronger for her than I thought... or maybe you're just doing this to prove some point to yourself. Either way, I can already tell that you're starting to realize the futility of your plan."
  "I want to make her into a ghoul."
  
  Isabella looks at you and just shakes her head.
  
  "I knew it would come to this. Look, if you really do have any lingering feelings for Lisa, you'll just kill her now and be done with it." Isabella remarks.
  "What's wrong with making her a ghoul? You mentioned before that it would stop her from aging any more and she'd still be under my influence. Are you just afraid that if I take this step, it will just bring her closer to me and further from you?"
  "Oh you, and your assumptions. Trust me, if I really felt remotely intimidated by either of you in any way, you'd both be dead. However, if you really want my thoughts on this, you turn her into a ghoul and I guarantee it will only make you appreciate me all the more."
  "Well what exactly is so bad about turning her into a ghoul? You've never gone into detail."
  "First of all, you're probably still not powerful enough to do it even with my magnificent blood in your body, though I suppose you could try anyway. Second of all, I've made a ghoul before and while it's true they make good servants who are completely dedicated to you, there's enough drawbacks that I don't understand why any vampire would bother... unless they're really desperate for ego stroking I suppose."
  "Okay, so what then... she'll fawn all over me?"
  "Yes, and while that might sound enticing at first, I promise that you'll get sick of it. At least YOU would at any rate. You've never struck me as the time that needs constant reassurance of how amazing you are."
  "I dunno, it might still be nice to hear once in awhile."
  "Well, if you want to hear how amazing you are, I guess we can go back to my room. I promise, I'll make it sound authentic."
  
  You don't want to, but you actually actual laugh at Isabella's remark causing her to smile.
  
  "Okay, see that right there is a good example of why you shouldn't even bother with this plan. You know you like it here with me." Isabella remarks.
  "Maybe I'm trying the best out of my bad situation. We're not exactly equals in this relationship you know." You say.
  "Oh and you and Lisa would be? You and I are a much closer if we're going to go that route. You're so far above her right now it's comparing a rot grub to a human. Speaking of rot grubs, that's the third thing you might want to know about when creating a ghoul."
  "What?"
  "For whatever reason and nobody I know has ever figured this out. Ghouls develop disgusting habit and quirks."
  "Drinking blood doesn't already qualify?"
  "I'm sure to some it would, but how about eating bugs, dead bodies or even shit? You really want Lisa to kiss you with that mouth after she's been chowing down on a rotting corpse?"
  "Well can't I tell her not to do that?"
  "You can try, but short of keeping her confined, that's just doomed to failure. As obedient as they are, some urges are just too powerful. And that's just the eating habits. I haven't even gotten to the weird social habits because if allowed to go out and interact with the rest of the world, ghouls tend to lack the subtlety that vampires do... well most vampires anyway. You turn her into a ghoul and you better keep a CLOSE eye on her. Otherwise she's going to go wandering into Dert and probably expose herself to all the little peasant children. I'm sure that won't attract attention at all."
  
  Isabella's made a real good case against the whole ghoulification process. Though you're still wondering if she isn't just exaggerating so you won't try it. You spend time hovering over Lisa anyway; you think you could manage to keep her from doing anything weird.
  
  Part of you wants to do it just to prove Isabella wrong, but then is that a good excuse for doing it at all? Your original intent is so you could stop Lisa from getting any older and giving her a bit of free will.
  > make Lisa into a ghoul
  Maybe your feelings have faded. Hell, maybe you didn't even ever truly love her to begin with, but you still feel responsible enough for her situation that you're not giving up on Lisa.
  
  "I'm doing it. I can make this work." You say.
  "Very well." Isabella remarks with a bit of a sigh.
  "I have to say, I'm still sort of surprised that you're so permissive in all this."
  "Contrary to what YOU may think of me. I do have a sense of kindness... or maybe I'm just fond of you enough that I don't just kill the pair of you to be done with this failed attempt of courtship."
  "Courtship... " you scoff.
  "Yes, that what this was, at least to me. What would you have me do? Wait around for you to give me flowers or some other meaningless gesture? Go out to... I dunno the local festival? I'm a fucking vampire. I take what I want and at the time I wanted you. But I can see now that method wasn't the way to go about it. Personally, I don't even think you have any feelings of love for this girl, just a sense of guilt. However, if THIS is what is going to make you happy, then fine. I'll show you how. Either you're going to come to become so disgusted with what Lisa has become that you'll finally do away with her yourself and we can try again. Or you'll stay with her and maintain your delusions. Either way the pair of you will be free because I'm not going to have you both living here if that's the case."
  "That's... pretty generous of you, but... " you start to say and then stop yourself.
  "But what?"
  "Um, nothing... "
  "Pfft, I already know what you were going to ask before you realized it would be stupid to do so, though again it isn't going to bother me."
  "And what did you think I was going to ask?"
  "That what if you just fake it for your freedom and how will I know? To the former, go ahead. If you're REALLY willing to put yourself through all this, just to be released from me, then you deserve your freedom. At least it will give me a bit of pride that I will have released a very patient one of my kind into the world. Lot of young vampires fuck up due to being impulsive. But then, I suppose you've already had a lot of experience at being patient haven't you? In any case, we should get started."
  
  Isabella tells you that the process is fairly simple, however due to you being on the younger side, she isn't sure how long it will take, if at all. The best you can do is just keep feeding her blood on a regular basis until she starts to show signs of change.
  
  "Now of course she's already a bit on the paler side due being stuck down here with no sun all the time. So the thing you're probably going to notice immediately is her starting to show signs of free will. She'll probably start by addressing you without needing to be addressed first. She'll of course also start being very affectionate, wanting to please you in every way." Isabella explains.
  "But it's different from the trance correct?"
  "Oh yes. Much different. In fact, she'll be immune to that to some degree. Her loyalty towards you will be unquestionable due to sharing of blood, but she's still going to do things on her own and it might not matter how much you tell her not to. As I said, ghouls tend to have disgusting habits and urges. In fact if you've ever heard the tales of how vampires are a bunch of decadent sex fiends, well THAT'S the reason. Ghouls that somehow manage to get elevated to vampirehood, never fully shed those more vile traits. Always best to go from mortal straight to vampire with no transition in between, like I did with you." Isabella says and strokes your face.
  
  Isabella observes you bite yourself and then feed your blood to Lisa. It actually isn't as easy as all that. Despite being in a trance, Lisa still doesn't react well to the whole blood drinking thing, especially that of a vampire's. She starts gagging and coughing even though she's also trying to follow your command of doing it.
  
  Even reluctantly forcing her head to you doesn't work and she ends up vomiting.
  
  "Lisa doesn't have much of a gag reflex eh?" Isabella jokes, which you try to ignore and just refocus your efforts.
  "How long do I have to do this?" you ask.
  "Well until she at least manages to keep some of it down at least. As I said, it isn't going to happen instantly either. You're probably going to have to do this every day for months. Possibly even more than once a day since you're still a young vampire. All I can suggest is you better make sure you keep YOUR strength up, but you better not go using up all the humans chained up in the larder. Also you're still obligated to your duties to me. Anyway, I'll leave you to it."
  
  You continue to force Lisa to suck on you and eventually she keeps some of it down. You start to feel a little weird yourself so you tell her to stop and you go replenish yourself with someone in the larder, despite Isabella's warnings. You'll just have to go nab humans for her more frequently.
  
  If she thinks all this is going to deter you, it isn't. Now that Isabella has hinted at freedom, your motivation for doing all this is doubled.
  
  You spend months slaving away more than you had under Ral or even Isabella before all this mainly because you have to increase capturing the amount of blood "donors" not just for Isabella, but for yourself. It's really tempting to just grab someone from Dert, but Isabella has alway