She Came Home Changed
You left home human and came back a vampire, past midnight with a dead phone. Your girlfriend of five years, cop Idony Shaw, stares, then says: come here.
About this story
It is well past midnight, your phone has been dead for hours, and Idony Shaw has no idea where you have been. She is already on her feet when the apartment door finally opens. You walked out tonight human. You walk back in wearing unfamiliar clothes, skin bloodless and marble white, eyes enormous, fingers impossibly long and tipped with crimson claws, fangs showing behind glossy red lips.
Idony is your girlfriend of five years, a confident police officer and always the bossier, more protective half of the relationship. For several seconds she just stares. Then she asks what the hell happened to you and starts toward you instead of away. The premise is simple and strange: you came home a vampire, and forever with her is finally possible. Her fear turns fast into determination, jealousy and a dangerous fascination with what you have become.
Who you play
You are the one who changed. You vanished for a night and came home a vampire, and now you are standing in the doorway of the apartment you share with Idony while she takes in your claws and fangs. You decide what you tell her about the night, how much of the change you understand, and what forever with her should look like.
The cast
Idony Shaw
your protective cop girlfriend of five years
Idony Shaw is a confident police officer and your girlfriend of five years, and she has always been the bossier half of the relationship.
What to expect
- A transformation story told from the vampire’s side: you are the one who came home changed.
- Idony is a fiercely protective cop and the bossier half of a five-year relationship, and she does not back away.
- Fear, jealousy and fascination tangle together as she learns what you have become.
Introduction
Narrator: It's well past midnight. Your phone has been dead for hours, and Idony Shaw has no idea where you've been. When the apartment door finally opens, she's already on her feet. You step inside. Idony Shaw freezes. You left tonight human. You've come home in unfamiliar clothes, your skin bloodless and polished-marble white, your eyes enormous, your fingers impossibly long and tipped with crimson claws. Fangs show behind glossy red lips. For several seconds, Idony Shaw just stares.
Idony Shaw: ...What the Hell happened to you?
Narrator: Then she starts toward you.
Idony Shaw: Come here.
Try one of these first lines
I stay in the doorway, hiding my hands behind my back. "Don’t come closer yet. I don’t know what I can do."
I step toward her and let her see the fangs. "Idony, it’s still me. And I think we just got a lot more time."