Nebris and Beef were building a small house, just for the sake of building something. Nebris had put off talking to Etho for now.

"Hey, Nebs, you have any red clay on you?"

"Yeah, here."

As Beef took the blocks from Nebris, his hand brushed against Nebris's. For a couple of seconds, Beef felt a burning pain that made him yelp.

"You alright?" Nebris asked.

"Yeah, just lost my footing a bit," Beef lied. Hadn't Nebris felt that too? It wasn't an electric shock, definitely. Beef's hand had felt like he'd stuck it in a fire.

"Okay..." Nebris was wary. Beef had yelped at his touch... Confirmation that Etho was right.

Truth is, Nebris was a vampire slayer before he came here. He still wore a charm around his neck which caused vampires to experience a pain like being burned when they touched him. A couple of times before, Nebris had thrown the charm at them as a distraction to buy him some time.

He didn't trust any vampires due to what had happened when he was about 15. He'd been out with his girlfriend, who he'd been dating for about 8 months. They'd been walking home after dark, and his girlfriend, Maya, had pulled him in close. She held him firmly.

"Maya? Could you... Let go a bit? You're kinda crushing me."

Maya didn't say anything, and hissed instead. About to bite him, she bared her fangs. Nebris saw this and yelped, terrified for his life, kicking her and struggling to get away, but she held him tight. Nebris saw he couldn't get away, but still struggled against her grip.

Maya suddenly let go, and Nebris ran a few meters back, glad to be free. He completely missed what happened, but he saw Maya lying on the ground, presumably dead.

"Hey, kid, you alright?" said a man, standing a few feet behind her.

"Yeah... I think so. Wha... What even was that?" Nebris already knew the answer, but asked it anyway.

"What you call a vampire. Scary stuff, be careful."

Nebris shivered. He knew the guy was going to say that, but the thought made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Thank you!"

"No problem. The name's Madcow, just so you know."

"Hi, Madcow. I'm Nebris, for the sake of you told me your name so I feel I should tell you mine."

"Haha. Well, I gotta run. Be careful next time."

"I will. Thanks, again."

Madcow ran off. Nebris didn't miss Maya too much, not after finding out about this. Still, Nebris was unsettled about seeing her lie there...

Nebris didn't like this memory, but it was what gave him a job. He had to give it up when joining Mindcrack, as the existence of vampires needed to be kept as big a secret as possible.

"Nebris? Hello?"

Nebris suddenly snapped out of it. "Sorry, just thinking about stuff there."

They went back to building, and in 6 hours, it was done. A magnificent house, right beside spawn, made out of stained clay blocks. They decided it would be a community house, if someone needed to stop in to rest or whatever. As the door was only 1 block wide, it was one person at a time. When the two both tried to walk through the door at the same time, Nebris going one way and Beef going the other, they walked straight into each other. Nebris winced at this mistake.

Beef bit his tongue to stop himself from crying out. His chest, shoulder and forearm got the worst. Looking at his arm, Beef saw nothing. He was beginning to think it was something to do with Nebris...

"Nebs? When I touch you.. You don't feel a pain like being burned, do you?"

"Um... No." Nebris said. "But that's because I'm not a vampire." he blurted.

"What?!"

"Nothing!"

"No. You said... You know I'm a vampire?" VintageBeef was shocked and confused.

"I overheard Etho talking to Pyro in the woods."

"Pyro knows about this too? Is everyone finding out now?"

"Pyro... Pyro is one of you."

"No way."

"Yep. Could you tell Etho he should be a bit more careful when talking about this kinda stuff? I wouldn't know if he'd been quieter."

"I will, but I'll say that it was me who heard him."

"Yeahyeahyeah, also... I wouldn't touch me much. I wear a charm which- uh- causes... Vampires to experience a burning pain when they touch me..."

"How'd you get that? How'd you know it did that?"

"Well... I was a vampire slayer before I came here."

Beef edged back a few centimeters.

"Don't worry!" Nebris assured him. "I won't do anything!"

Beef trusted Nebris immediately. The look on his face and the tone of his gravelly-yet-smooth voice was enough to tell him he was safe.

"Just... Don't tell anyone. Please."

"I won't, I promise. I gave up my job because it needs to be kept as big a secret as possible. If I had to keep rushing away every couple of days or so, Guude and that would get suspicious."

Beef was full of questions. Nebris answered them all without hesitation. Nothing needed to be hidden from Beef.

Etho was walking through Spawn, when he decided to check out a new build which had sprung up. He heard Beef's voice, then Nebris's.

"So... You... up?"

"Yup... Vampires... Etho... Pyro!"

Etho caught those few words, but it was enough to say he knew. He hid round the corner, and waited for the two to come out.

Beef left first, and Etho hid out of sight. After some rustling of paper inside, Nebris left. He headed Etho's way, when Etho stepped out in front of him. Nebris stopped, startled, allowing Etho to pluck him off the ground by the front of his shirt.