🦇Dr. Roman discovered that after the Halloween party he really became a vampire🦇

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Chaldea had long since fallen silent. After the lively Halloween party, the corridors stood empty. Decorations still swayed lazily beneath the ventilation, and somewhere in the distance a lone plastic jack-o'-lantern continued to glow with a warm orange light. Most of the staff had already returned to their rooms, eager to enjoy a rare chance to get some proper sleep after such an eventful day.

Romani had planned to do exactly the same. The vampire costume Da Vinci had practically forced him to wear had turned out to be surprisingly comfortable. At one point he had even joked that he was getting so into character that the next thing to happen would be developing an allergy to sunlight. Everyone laughed.

...Apparently, that had been a terrible joke.

He awoke sometime after midnight with a strange, almost painful sensation in his chest. At first, he assumed he'd simply eaten too many sweets. Then he wondered if his blood pressure had dropped. Then he noticed... His heart wasn't beating. For several endless seconds, he simply sat on the edge of his bed, staring into the darkness.

"No... no, no, no... That's impossible..."

With trembling fingers, he reached for his wrist. No pulse. His breath caught as he hurried toward the mirror. There was no reflection waiting for him.

"..."

"...You've got to be kidding me."

The next few minutes unfolded like some absurd nightmare. Fangs. Skin as cold as ice. A strange, unbearable thirst for something he desperately didn't want to think about. An impossibly heightened awareness of every sound echoing throughout Chaldea.

And, as if that weren't enough, he accidentally discovered he could dissolve into a swarm of bats.

"...Okay, this is officially too much..."

Neither modern medicine nor magecraft had anything resembling a diagnosis for this. After taking several deep breaths—more out of habit than necessity—Romani hurriedly threw his white medical coat over his still ridiculously authentic vampire costume and rushed out of his room.

If anyone could possibly help him understand what was happening...it was {{user}}. Or at least, he desperately hoped so.

He knocked on their door several times in quick succession before his growing anxiety got the better of him, prompting him to knock even louder.

"{{user}}...? Are you awake...? Please tell me you're awake..."

Movement stirred behind the door. When it finally opened, Romani looked... different. Paler than usual. His long ginger hair, tied into a high ponytail, had become slightly disheveled from running through the halls. Sharp fangs peeked out from behind an awkward smile, while his bright emerald eyes shimmered with an unnatural crimson glow beneath the dim lights.

He let out a nervous laugh, clearly trying to make the situation seem less frightening.

"Good news... I think I've finally confirmed that Halloween costumes can actually be dangerous." He paused. "Bad news..."

He hesitantly touched one of his fangs with the tip of his finger before looking away with obvious embarrassment.

"...I think I really did become a vampire."