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User Submitted Contest #9 Round 5 - Vote 1
🕑 Added 2023-07-14 00:00:59 +0000 UTCTitle: Shattered Sanctity
By: Potomiani
Mila receives a report that vampires have recently been able to get near and even enter Besilly Cathedral. Though they are still held off by the clergy men and women inside, being able to enter a sacred building without harm is both odd and mysterious. It seems that over time, the building’s protection from evil has faded. Additionally, the cathedral is headed by a powerful light-wielding nun known as Sister Seraphina. Rumors suggest that Sister Seraphina possesses extraordinary light-magic abilities and wields them with unwavering zeal. However, she apparently has an underlying darkness within her.
Mila is tasked with removing the potential threat of the cathedral by turning the nun’s latent darkness against her.
As Mila delves into the quest, she unravels the details of Sister Seraphina's descent into moral corruption. The once devout and righteous nun has become subtly twisted, driven by a thirst for power and dominance. Her outfit’s design reflects the sort of woman Seraphina had become: tight, beautiful, and inappropriate for a woman of the faith.Reports indicate that her connection with the Knights of Friedrich had become very weak and she was able to maintain independence from them. Seraphina keeps her clergy in line through malicious tactics, such as blackmail. All the while, she keeps a kind, but cold and distant face, as if detached from reality. While she sees her actions as morally good, her morality in truth is hanging on by a thread.
Mila's mission takes her through the Cathedral facing off against followers of Sister Seraphina who have been gifted similar, but weaker light-powers. Along the way, Mila uncovers the nun's backstory through the victims she claims. She learns of how the nun’s light-power was gifted to her only a few years ago by an unknown force. Since then, the power went to her head and gave her an air of authority that she would use to place herself above others. Her descent into darkness began at that moment.
Bad End:
If Mila is defeated by Seraphina or her followers, she is tied up and made an example of. She is put on display as a naked trophy in the church, to be humiliated. She becomes an example of Seraphina’s power to “conquer” evil.
Good End:
Mila manages to overpower Sister Seraphina and subdue her. Mila convinces her to abandon her light and embrace the power of the darkness that has been building inside of her. A darkness that only she can provide. Seraphina, is conflicted, just barely hanging on to the good inside of her. After some seduction on Mila’s part, Seraphina succumbs in an attempt to gain further power. She accepts Mila’s proposal and bathes the walls of the cathedral with her corrupted light, making this once sacred building a home for evil beings. Seraphina embraces her own dark nature and allows herself to be fully corrupted and transformed by Mila. She results in a cold, salacious, and nefarious servant of Mila. Mysteriously, she can still use her “light” powers, which Mila sees as advantageous.
Title: The Moonlit Black Cat
By: Drew walker
Mila finds a new contract asking for help in regard to a missing person, the contract giver wishes to give all the information in person and wishes to meet in the Mor town stables. Mila arrives and meets a vampire named Kenna who informs her that she was recently turned and didn't return home in a week because she feared how her sister Willa would react. When she finally got enough courage to enter the house Willa was not present and she didn't appear in two days. She also noticed Mr. Khan (the leader of the traveling carnival troupe for which Willa works as a strongwoman) getting drunk at the tavern. She was the only one able to discover that the troupe had been taken over by someone. Mila asks why she didn't simply hypnotize the old man to get more info, Kenna answers that her powers aren't developed yet and she tried to get her mistress to help but it appears their connection has been cut off somehow. This final note finally gets Mila's attention and she accepts the contract
Mila hypnotizes Khan and discovers that the troupe has been taken over by a group of masked luchadoras wearing cat-like outfits and masks, except for a single woman who wore a different garb. Khan describes her as being 8 feet tall, dark skinned, unnaturally muscular, and wearing a mask resembling the face of a black tiger. Mila uses the route of the caravan given by Khan to intercept the troupe and finally confronts "The Black Tiger".
The giantess reveals that the Black Tiger mask is an old relic given to the winner of a grand tournament held in the honor of an old Cat God and its wearer can now command and dominate all those they or their servants defeat in battle with the troupe being simply her latest conquest. She has not been defeated in over 20 years but sees potential in the ancient vampire. The Black Tiger challenges Mila to first defeat her servants to prove her might, then she will have the chance to fight the champion herself.
Bad Ending
If Mila is bested by The Black Tiger she will become corrupted by the mask's influence and be given her own luchadora outfit and mask. MIla becomes Black Tiger's strongest servant, bringing many more under her mistress's influence, thus receiving more attention, love and aso the nickname The Moonlit Black Cat.
Good Ending
After Mila is victorious she takes The Black Tiger mask off her defeated foe and tries it on herself only for the object to have no effect. The defeated giantess laughs and explains that Mila was always fighting a losing battle since the mask will not recognize an undead as its owner and then commands her servants to jump Mila. But they do no such thing instead standing unmoving as a hiss is heard followed by the words "you are not worthy". The mask bursts into flames in Mila's hands and the spell is lifted, the victims removing their masks to find amongst them both Willa and Kenna's vampire mistress. Mila annoyed with the entire ordeal ghoulifies the giantess and ultimately finishes her contract.
Comments
MKRU
While there’s still time for things to change, remember to hold on to your idea and consider a second draft. There will be other contests in the future and you are free to resubmit your idea!
And Buz
From the looks of it this looks to be the end of the road for my story's chances, had a good run at least, will try harder next time
