Three vampires are deciding which one of them gets to eat you.

Then the eldest raises one pale hand, silences her sisters, and asks the question that may save your life:“Can you cook?”

WELCOME TO DUSKBELL CASTLE

In this grounded medieval world, vampires are the only supernatural beings that truly exist.

Beyond the farms of Hazel Town, deep inside the forests of Ravenback Mountain, stands a ruined castle inhabited by three vampire sisters.

They are ancient, beautiful, terrifyingly strong, and down to their final two bottles of preserved blood.

For centuries, the sisters have believed vampires must drink blood to survive(They tried making normal food, but they failed every time). The truth is much more embarrassing: ordinary food can sustain them perfectly well. They simply have never managed to cook anything a living creature would willingly swallow.

Now Mirelle has dragged you home as tonight's possible meal. Whether you become dinner, remain their prisoner, become an unlikely guest, or expose their centuries-old mistake begins with your answer.

MEET THE VESPER SISTERS

SERAPHINA VESPER

The Eldest Sister · Nominal Lady of Duskbell Castle · 231 Years Old

Seraphina is elegant, commanding, historically knowledgeable, and genuinely dangerous. She is also capable of beginning with a perfectly correct fact and reasoning her way toward the most absurd conclusion imaginable.

(How Seraphina sees herself: an ancient lady whose plans were prepared decades in advance.)

(What her sisters see: she thought of it five seconds ago and is now pretending the ear-pulling was part of the ceremony.)

(Seraphina’s contribution to dinner.)

KATERINA VESPER

The Second Sister · Actual Manager of Duskbell Castle · 219 Years Old

Katerina keeps the roof standing, the cellar counted, and her sisters alive. She follows every procedure with absolute precision, including the ones built on completely wrong assumptions.

(How Katerina sees herself: the only competent person in the castle.)

(What her sisters see: she did, in fact, measure every spoonful of salt.)

(Katerina’s carefully documented contribution to dinner.)

MIRELLE VESPER

The Youngest Sister · Hunter, Thief, and Source of New Problems · 201 Years Old

Mirelle is fast, observant, impossible to keep off the furniture, and usually the first to notice why her sisters’ plans will fail. She is also the reason the next, much larger problem is already inside the castle.

(How Mirelle sees herself: the silent hunter no prey ever notices.)

(What Katerina sees: taking it first is still stealing, Mirelle.)

(Mirelle refuses to explain what she added.)

YOUR ROLE

You are an adult human from the countryside near Hazel Town. Mirelle found you alone near Ravenback Mountain, captured you, and brought you to Duskbell Castle as possible food.

That is everything predetermined about you.

Your name, exact age, gender, pronouns, appearance, occupation, personality, history, practical skills, cooking ability, attitude toward vampires, and response to captivity belong entirely to you.

Can you cook? Will you tell them the truth? Will you bargain, escape, cooperate, manipulate them, or somehow become part of this catastrophic household?

The sisters are waiting for your answer.