• Article Excerpt (Intro): Shadow sat alone in the coffee shop, the caramel latte untouched before her. Midnight draped the streets outside in fog, and the hum of the neon sign barely cut through the silence. She had been waiting for Jaq for two hours—long enough for patience to curdle into hunger, both for bourbon and answers. Her eyes flicked to the empty street again. Nothing. No Cadillac, no sign of him. Only the soft glow of SQL code hovering around her table, lines of logic bending in the air like whispered instructions from some unseen programmer. Something was wrong, and Shadow’s instincts told her it wasn’t just the coffee getting cold.

 

Experimental SQL Vampire Fiction

 

Chapter 1: Shadow's Bar Adventure

-- Shadow Conn enters the coffee shop
INSERT INTO CoffeeShop (Customer, Time, Mood)
VALUES ('Shadow Conn', '00:05', 'Hungry and Angry');

-- Jaq is late, check the parking lot
SELECT * FROM Vehicles
WHERE Owner = 'Jaq'
AND Status = 'Present';

-- Vampire notices empty café
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Customers WHERE Time >= '00:00') = 1
BEGIN
PRINT 'The coffee shop is eerily empty... just me and the bitter barista.'
END

-- Attempt to order a drink
INSERT INTO Orders (Customer, Drink, Extras)
VALUES ('Shadow Conn', 'Caramel Latte', 'Untouched');

-- Check if Jaq arrived
SELECT CASE
WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * FROM Vehicles WHERE Owner = 'Jaq' AND Status = 'Present')
THEN 'Jaq is late'
ELSE 'Still no Jaq, must find bourbon'
END AS StatusCheck;

-- Shadow decides to leave for the bar
UPDATE CustomerLocation
SET Location = 'Bar'
WHERE Customer = 'Shadow Conn';

-- Mood adjustment after leaving café
UPDATE CoffeeShop
SET Mood = 'Determined'
WHERE Customer = 'Shadow Conn';

-- Subplot tracking
INSERT INTO PlotLines (Character, Objective, Status)
VALUES ('Shadow Conn', 'Find Jaq and survive midnight hunger', 'In Progress');

-- Optional vampire drama
SELECT TOP 1 BloodLevel, EnergyLevel
FROM ShadowConn
ORDER BY Time DESC;

-- Shadow enters the bar, check if any patrons are interesting
SELECT Name, Drink, SuspiciousLevel
FROM Patrons
WHERE Location = 'Bar'
ORDER BY SuspiciousLevel DESC;

-- Shadow scopes out bourbon options
INSERT INTO InventoryCheck (Item, Location, Status)
VALUES ('Bourbon', 'Bar', 'Available');

-- Determine best strategy for finding Jaq
DECLARE @Plan NVARCHAR(MAX);
SET @Plan = 'Check alley, question patrons, prepare for unexpected drama';

-- Execute plan: check alley
SELECT *
FROM Alleys
WHERE NearbyBar = 'Bar'
AND Time BETWEEN '00:10' AND '00:30';

-- Shadow considers using vampiric powers for intel
UPDATE ShadowConn
SET PowerUse = 'DetectPresence'
WHERE Objective = 'Find Jaq';

-- Mystery twist: Jaq left a note?
INSERT INTO NotesFound (Character, Content, Location)
VALUES ('Shadow Conn', 'Meet me behind the warehouse, midnight', 'Bar');

-- Update plotline based on clue
UPDATE PlotLines
SET Status = 'ClueFound'
WHERE Character = 'Shadow Conn' AND Objective = 'Find Jaq';

-- Check for enemies nearby (optional tension)
SELECT EnemyName, ThreatLevel
FROM Enemies
WHERE Location = 'Bar'
AND Time >= '00:00'
ORDER BY ThreatLevel DESC;

-- Shadow drinks bourbon and gains +5 energy
UPDATE ShadowConn
SET EnergyLevel = EnergyLevel + 5
WHERE Location = 'Bar';

-- Prepare to move to next location
INSERT INTO TravelPlans (Character, Destination, Mode)
VALUES ('Shadow Conn', 'Warehouse', 'Stealth');

 

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