>>3935480Mel quickly turns back to the screen and utters a few quick sentences.
"O-oh wow, everybody! I wonder which one of you Polka is paying a visit to! It could be any one of you, probably! If I was that guy, I'd definitely get ready with all the stuff that works on vampires in movies so I could stay safe. If he can last until morning, she should go back to normal. I'll go see if I can buy that special someone a bit more time, but thirsty vampires are a lot stronger than vegetarian ones like me. Um, goodnight!"
And with no outro, the stream goes dead. Mel did her best to keep up appearances, but you know she was talking directly to you. Maybe if you weren't around she'd go door to door draining her beloved fans, but she knows exactly where her number one fan is right now. With the situation suddenly dire, you frantically try and scape together memories about vampire lore as you run around your house collecting the necessary ingredients to (hopefully) keep you alive.
The sun is currently setting, so whatever effect daylight is having on Mel and Polka as they race across the city is outside of your control. You'll need to rely on some other weaknesses. You quickly realize that most of the items you need can be found in the kitchen, so you double time it over there. You grab the salt shaker and make a large circle in the center of the living room. You're pretty sure that works to keep out demons, and vampires are pretty demonic, right? You're hoping to end this without any conflict, so sitting in a circle until sunrise sounds great. Then you grab some diced garlic and lay it by the windowsill. Polka likely jumped out of a window at the end of the collab, so making sure she can't get *in* from a window will come in handy. You have a full clove of the stuff too, which you toss into your pocket as a last line of defence. As you rummage through the cabinets, something catches your eye. A set of especially bulky looking chopsticks sit in the back of the cutlery drawer. Taking them in your hand for a moment, you contemplate if they would make a good wooden stake, a known vampire weakness. But stakes are known for killing vampires, and no matter what you're committed to keeping your girlfriend safe tonight. You toss the chopsticks on the ground and run off to another room.
You have no clue if it's possible to make holy water, but you're willing to give it a try. Grabbing a spray bottle, you fill it with water and start to brainstorm. Holy water is a Christian thing, so you ask God (with a capital G) to bless this water. When no burst of lightning erupts from the bottle or something similar, you sigh and try plan B. If you're not qualified enough to make Christian holy water, maybe you can use the ingredients laying around the house to make holy water from another religion. Running to Polka's office, you grab a talisman off of the wall. She got it during your visit to a shrine on New Years together, and it was supposed to be some kind of protective amulet. You unscrew the top of the spray bottle and jam the amulet inside. You have half assed Christian holy water mixed with half assed Shinto holy water now. Hopefully that means you have something magical and not a colossal waste of time. The sun has nearly set, so you dash to the center of the circle and steady your breathing. The night is just beginning.
The silence is broken by a heavy thud at the windowsill, followed by a short hiss that sounds distinctly unlike the normal affectionate noises Polka typically makes upon arriving home. It seems the garlic worked, and you hear Polka scamper down the building's edge without ever seeing her face. It occurs to you that she could look scary and ghoulish due to her transformation, and you shudder at the thought. But soon you hear a steady thudding indicating Polka has arrived at the front door.
