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The Beast Within Meme

It's that time of year again - the time for ghouls and ghosts, horrors and hauntings, and things that go bump in the night.
But what do you do if you're one of them?

By some misfortune, your character has been... turned. The night is dark and full of terrors. Congratulations. You're one of them.

Threads can have one human and one monster, or two monsters - it's up to you!Use the prompts below, or come up with your own, and terrorise the comments page.

MONSTER

Werewolf - The moon is full, and there's a strange hunger that seems to reach down to your bones. Shed your skin, and become the beast.
Vampire - Your thirst is unbearable, and deep down, you know there's only one way to satisfy it. But be careful... don't stay out too late. The sun will come up soon.
Ghost - Death is not the end...
Zombie - ...Nor, to some people's immense discomfort, is decomposition.
Fae/Changeling - One foot in this world, and one foot in another. The power of the faerie realm can be intoxicating, but it will leech the humanity out of you.
Mermaid - No pretty Disney mermaids here. With the cold blood and the fish tail comes the end of your humanity, and a terrible hunger for flesh.
Or make up your own!

SITUATION

It bit me! - Perhaps this is a literal bite, or perhaps you've been infected by some other, more subtle means. But one (or both) of you has been infected, and you can feel the poison seeping through you... feel the transformation starting.
The night calls... - You were recently turned, and you're still finding your feet (or fins, or paws...) in this whole monster business. You have to hunt, have to feed your unnatural instincts. But do you really have it in you to kill?
What have I done? - The morning after. When there's blood and guts all over the place, or a murder victim in your front room, who do you turn to for clean-up? Who can you trust? And what do you do about people who might wander in on the evidence?
I imagine you have questions. - You've been found out. Maybe it was by a stranger, maybe by the closest of your friends, but either way, you've got some 'splaining to do.
I have something to tell you. - The other side of 4. It's time to come clean. Hopefully they won't scream. Or faint. Or try to stake you through the heart.
The hunter becomes the hunted. - Someone is after you. Someone who knows what you truly are. Can you talk them down, or kill them first? Or will the dawn see you no longer in this world?
We're in this together! - Maybe you've both been changed, and you're learning the ropes together. Maybe one of you is still human, but willing to try and work around this... little issue. Either way, it's good to know someone has your back, even when you're an unholy abomination.
Join me in darkness... - The cycle doesn't end with you, and this kind of (un)life can be lonely. Something deep in the black hole that was once your soul tells you it's time - time to bring another acolyte into the circle. Time to change someone else.
Ze seduction of ze night. - What's a Bakerstreet meme without a gratuitous shipping/smut option? Let's be honest, we all know that's what some of you are here for.
Make up your own!