The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #1)

by Drew Hayes

“As all of you should know, my name is Neil, and I will be your Game Master this evening. Now, since all of you registered your characters beforehand, my assistant—Albert, over there— will be working the table near the front. We do ask that you check in, take your badge, and keep it somewhere visible all night long. Your badge identifies your character name, race, and what faction, if any, you belong to. I’ll remind those of you who are new to our LARP that any information in black is considered general knowledge, and information in red is known only to those of you in the same race. Gaining the red information will have to happen through interaction, so please, no metagaming. Albert will also hand you our general rules sheet, so check in as soon as possible. Once everyone is accounted for, we can get this game started!” He threw his fist in the air at that last line, and then took a deep bow. He left his soapbox of a stage (yes, it was actually a soapbox; no, I have no idea where he found such a thing) to the sound of scattered clapping. (If you’re wondering, I was most certainly not one of those clapping.) “Please explain to me how this is an errand,” I asked Krystal, with as much unfriendliness as I was able to conjure. Which is to say, not much.