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A Vampire pulp-story. (very, VERY light LitRPG elements)Written for the Writathon Challenge.The man that now calls himself "Jacob" wanted a good life, no more and no less. A good job. A loving family. A simple man, with simple wants.And to get that, he always followed every rule, no matter how big or small, no matter how boring and dreary it made him. Never skipped a turnstile, paid his taxes and bills, on time, every time. Good old Joe-Schmo-Salaryman.But life doesn''''t work like that.Sometimes, karma rewards you for being a productive and diligent member of society.Other times, you get mauled by a starving vampire in the Subway, and rise as an immortal creature of the night.Jacob got dealt the latter hand.Exiled by his Clan, alone in an entirely different world hidden beneath the veneer of normalcy, the only way for him to survive is to work under the government as a sanctioned Hunter. As long as he doesn''''t get KIA''''d it''''s only 50 years of service to get registered as a Non-Standard National US Citizen, with all the blanket protections, bells and whistles inherent thereof.Except, being a Hunter has a 50% fatality rate.Well, never the matter. At least he''''s getting paid for it.Another day, another dollar.