A certain vampire seems to have awakened from his slumber, and is plotting something that requires an ancient relic. Sara and co. are called by Rowen to investigate a legend that concerns a vampire and his nefarious deeds. Elize, Rita, Meredy, and Emil tag along to help assist in the investigation. What awaits our heroes, and poor terrified Rita?!

Hero Stones x2 (1 after each part)

Transcript

Rita ...

Quickie Kuweeek! Kuweekee!

Rita Bwah!

Emil G-Geez, Quickie! You scared the heck out of me!

Quickie K-Kwek... Kwekee...

Meredy Quickie seem scary of something...

Elize We can handle monsters, Quickie. You don't need to be afraid.

Teepo It must be a vampire! It's probably about to attack us with its army of monsters and ghosts!

Sara Um, Rita... Are you okay?

Rita Huh? What? Y-Yeah, of course!

Lippy Dear me, Lady Rita. You look dreadful!

Sara What's that, (user)?

You feel it too, huh? There's definitely something weird going on here. Let's be ready for anything.

Emil It looks like we finally found a clearing.

Elize The moon sure is beautiful.

Lippy The moon light really is quite enchanting, is it not? But what is that in the distance—some sort of castle?

Elize That must be where the vampire in the legend hid his secret source of power!

Rita Not a word of that sentence stands up to scientific scrutiny!

Quickie K-Kuweekee!

Sara What's that?! Everyone, look out!

Emil I'm sensing something really strange here. Strange and... powerful.

Lippy I'm performing a smartphon analysis as we spea—

What a delightful coincidence. You've saved me a trip to the Heavens.

Sara Huh?!

L-Lippy?

Elize Is... Is that...

Emil A vampire?!

Meredy That person is flying! Persons don't fly...

Rita This isn't happening! None of this can be happening!

Sara (user)! He's got Lippy! We've gotta catch him!

Emil What's this?!

Rita Some sort of barrier created to deter intruders? Let me see that...

No good. This is astonishingly complex magic. Normal dispelling techniques aren't gonna cut it.

Sara So now what?

Rita I hate to say it, but we should return to town. We're gonna need to learn more before we can get through this.

Emil I think Rita's right. Staying here won't accomplish anything.

Sara Yeah, I guess not...

All right, let's hurry back to town!

Mayor I see... I never imagined that the vampire might actually return...

If it really was the vampire that abducted your friend, then we haven't much time to spare.

According to the legends, those abducted by the vampire never survived the night.

Sara N-No!

Rita But we can't save Lippy until we can figure out how to get past that barrier. Is there anything about that in the legends?

Mayor There is one thing that comes to mind...

Elize What is it?

Teepo Hurry up and spill it!

Mayor Some of the equipment that the previous heroes used when sealing away the demon survives to this day.

Apparently they had artes cast upon them that made them resistant to the vampire's power.

Emil Okay... So if the vampire was the one that created the barrier...

Rita We might be able to break through it with the anti-vampire artes! None of this sounds very scientific, though...

Elize But it might work!

Rita We don't have any other ideas or time to spare, so let's give it a shot. Where's this equipment?

Mayor Please, follow me.