You wake up on a desert island. You must have been in a shipwreck. You can't remember who you are. It's night but the moon is bright.
You stand up and look around. You see a pirate coming towards you.
[[You greet the pirate.]]
[[You run away.]]As you greet the pirate he calls out, "I've been looking all over for you. I have the map, now let's get the treasure!"
You still don't know who you are, but you wouldn't mind some treasure.
[[You follow the pirate.]]You run as fast as you can and the pirate gives chase!
Running on sand is really difficult.
You're fast, but the pirate is faster. As you run you notice that the tips of your fingers are scarred, and dry blood is caked under your fingernails.
Flashes of memory burst into your mind.
You're a vampire, and the pirate chasing you is the one that turned you!
He's gaining on you!
[[You keep running|You scream and run away.]]You follow the pirate, and you're about to ask him how you know each other when you notice that the tips of your fingers are scarred. There's dry blood under your fingernails.
You run your hand through your hair, wishing that you could remember what happened and who you are.
[[Your hand is so rough.]]The pirate turns to talk to you, and sees you staring at your hands. He places his hand on your shoulder.
[[Suddenly you remember everything!]]You are a vampire!
The pirate recently turned you. He wanted your helped to find the treasure. It is said to be guarded by a Kraken!
You remember that a Kraken destroyed your ship. You must be on the right track.
You can't believe that you're a vampire!
[[You scream and run away.]]
[[You smile and continue to follow the pirate.]]The pirate chases you down.
He's so much faster and stronger than you.
He tears the branch from a tree.
"I knew that turning you was a mistake," he snarls. Then he holds the branch aloft and plunges it into your heart!
[[You turn to dust.]]The pirate sees you smile and nods.
"I knew I was right to turn you," he says, "this way."
You come to a mysterious and scary cave.
[[You enter the cave together.]]You have died.
Never mind, why not have another go?
[[Start again|Wake Up]]Being a vampire has its perks, you can see perfectly well in the near pitch-black of the cave.
The map leads you to the the fabled treasure. There's just one catch, there are two tresure chests and a warning carved into the wall:
//Choose one only!//
What can that mean?
You notice the image of a Kraken etched into one of the chests and a golden goblet on the other.
You remember a story of a baby Kraken being stolen and hidden with a precious treasure. Maybe that's why the mother Kraken attacked your ship?
[[You choose the chest with the Kraken.]]
[[You choose the chest with the golden goblet.]]The pirate snarls when you open the chest with the Kraken.
He shouts, "That's the wrong chest!"
The cave begins to (text-style: "rumble") [shake] and you grab the baby Kraken from the chest. You run as fast as you can out of the cave, the pirate hot on your heels.
You make it to the beach and hurl the baby Kraken into the water!
The pirate grabs you and holds a wooden stake aloft.
"Time to die," he snarls.
Just then the sea seems to boil and a huge Kraken appears. She grabs the pirate and drags him into the ocean. Before she dissappears, she spits out a magnificent golden goblet. It lands by your feet.
The baby Kraken swims away with its mother - reunited at last.
You pick up the golden goblet. [[You're rich!]]You open the chest ready to grab the treasure, but it isn't there!
The cave starts to (text-style: "rumble") [shake] and you and the pirate barely make it out before the whole thing collapses.
You make it to the safety of the beach. The sea seems to boil and, suddenly, the mother Kraken emerges.
She is furious that her baby was taken and she grabs both you and the pirate and drags you into the ocean.
[[She destroys you both, and you turn to dust.|You turn to dust.]]Congratulations! You did the right thing in saving the baby Kraken and now you get to live out the rest of your life in luxury.
And since you're a vampire, it'll be a pretty long life!
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