Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-28718853-20191126175935/@comment-44464716-20191126204742

"Oh, s**t" I think to myself in dread. I've fought vampires before alongside my Dhampir wife, but it was always just the one vampire; not three, and there were no hostages. It's my job to keep the miners from getting hurt, and I told those idiots not to proceed without me. But that doesn't matter now; they're in danger, and I need to help them.

I start by getting a message to my wife immediately; telling her to get to the dig site ASAP. Next, I consider my options. I have a sword, but I'm badly outnumbered. The room they're in doesn't get any direct sunlight, so that's out. Then, I remember that one of the miners brought garlic sauce as part of lunch. He hopefully won't mind me borrowing it if I use it to quite literally save his neck. Very quietly, I go to the benches where we eat lunch, and I find the bottle of dipping sauce.

"Great," I think to myself. Then I realize the obvious problem in my plan, "Now how exactly do I get them to touch any of it?" Just when I think there's no way to save the miners, I see two sandwiches just lying there uneaten. "That's convenient" I think to myself as I grab them, break one of them in half, and pour garlic dipping sauce in them.

I then head back to the site. I look and see that none of the miners have been bitten yet; the three vampires are still getting used to being awake. I yell down to them, "You three must be quite hungry after your long slumber." They all look up. One of them; the one that tricked the miners, looks at me with suspicion, while one of the other two just says, "Famished. We have been sleeping for over 95 years."

"Well," I tell them, "We have a few spare sandwiches if you're interested." I toss down the sandwiches. Two of them each grab one before it even hits the ground. The moment they bite down, they begins wheezing and soon crumple to the ground. However, the one that had tricked the guards wasn't fooled, and while I'm distracted at the sight of the other two passing out, she climbs up to where I am faster than I can react and chains up my arms.

"I knew there was something off about you" She sneers from behind me as she grabs my sword and tosses it aside. "And now that we're up close, I can smell it: you stink of Dhampir. She activates the chains, but I manage to resist its effects. "As I thought; she's taught you some of our tricks; hasn't she?"

I turn my head to face her. "If you want your friends below to wake up, I suggest you release everyone and go back in your coffin." She just laughs.

"They'll recover eventually; I have plenty of time," She tells me, "The real problem is what to do with you? I'd bite, but you stink far too much of Dhampir for my taste. Perhaps I should just put you to sleep."

I then see my wife enter the area; approaching the vampire from behind. To keep the vampire from noticing, I decide to keep talking. "That would be a bad idea. Do you even know what caused your buddies to collapse?"

"You somehow hid pieces of garlic in those sandwiches" she tells me. "A clever trick; I'll give you that. But my sisters are in no permanent danger."

With my wife just a few feet away, I taunt, "Are you sure about that?" while trying to somehow gesture behind the vampire with my eyebrows. Confused, the vampire turns around, and is immediately brought to the ground by my wife, who then breaks the chains on my arms.

"Thank you so much!" I tell her, "How can I repay you?"

"You make the kids' dinner tomorrow" she bluntly tells me before tossing me my sword. We stand over the defeated vampire, and I give her our demands:

"Release the miners from their chains, and go back to sleep." The vampire just nods. We drag her down to the chamber, she frees the guards, and the three vampires are put back to sleep. An hour later, I inform the mine's manager what happened. I suggest the area be sealed up and declared off-limits. I also suggest that the miners and I get the rest of the day off after what's happened. He reluctantly agrees, and I go home to my wife. She and I use this extra time well by spending the next few hours in one another's arms.