Refugee All Stars

[John Altfeld]

Perception: 1d100: [90] = 90 / 76%
JIC: 1d20: [4] = 4 / 1d100: [7] = 7

CONDITIONS: John is at +1 foot, See Invisible, Radar, Immune to Possession, can't be touched by undead, can't be mind controlled by vampires, etc.

John ignore Xander, Your friends told me we were going to be undercover, idiot.

Then he opens the door to the rootcellar.

"OH FUCK!"

John reflexively turns into pebbles. After a moment he calms down and says, "Uh, hey little boy. I think Mr. Whiskers may have had an accident. What's your name and what does your mom look like? Maybe we can go find her."

He sends the rest of the team a mental image of what the boy, but the kid looks even freakier through John's mental filter. "There's a vampire child, who is not terrifying at all, down here, with a dead cat. He's looking for his mother. Do you have a mom version of this or a drained corpse mom up there?"

"So, uh, is this the only room down here? As you can see, I do not have any blood. Just so you know."

John takes a moment to tap on the walls, looking for potential secret doors or similar, while keeping a very close eye on the little boy. He's worse than that dragon in New Nashville. Who now lives with us. Why are children so scary?!?

Detect Concealment: 1d100: [95] = 95 / 61%

Assuming he doesn't find anything, John says, "Why don't we go look around for your mom? Remember, I don't have blood. My name is Flint, like the rock. Which is what I am made of."

Then he holds out his hand to see if the child can touch him.

CONTINGENCIES: If the little boy follows him, he leads the child to the top of the stairs. If the light hurts the child, John says, "Maybe you'd better stay here while I get my friends to help us."

If the little boy refuses to follow, he says "That's cool, stay here and I'll get my friends to help."

If the little boy attacks him, he runs the hell outside!

[Jack Killian]

Perception: 67% 82 1d100: [42] = 42
JIC d20: 1d20: [18] = 18
JIC: 1d100: [25] = 25
Conditions:
Sense the Presence of Spirits Amulet
Talisman Invincible 200 MD (OFF)
See aura
Altess Eviscerator Count Bustamante

He sticks his globe of sunlight arrow into the ground. ”Good idea Ash, let’s try Jacks’s suggestion.”. The bodies immediately starts smoking as the skin begins to bubble. However they never ash, their skin begins to blister and burn but doesn’t progress beyond the color and skin texture of roast pork. Xander intrigued, says “Ok. That is interesting. I wish we had one of the Legion’s scientists with us.”.

Jack watches as the sunlight hits the corpses.

Count Bustamante responds, “Bravo Jack, you seem to be on a roll. Maybe a combination, a hybrid or Semi Vampire. I Am impressed, but it does raise more questions and problems. Who and what abilities does this give. How is it transmitted.”

Jack speaks , “So are they destroyed? Or, are they inconvenienced by the sunlight. Will water kill destroy them or is it something else? I would suggest that to be on the safe side we behead them, two separate piles and burn them. The smoke may give others a hint that we are out here and coming for them.”

John
He sends the rest of the team a mental image of what the boy, but the kid looks even freakier through John's mental filter. "There's a vampire child, who is not terrifying at all, down here, with a dead cat. He's looking for his mother. Do you have a mom version of this or a drained corpse mom up there?"

Jack Quickly ask John, "Don't kill him yet, He might have information about what happened."

[Ash, the kid (Theros)]

Perception: 31% (+15% involving vampires or undead) 1d100: [1] = 1
JIC: 1d20: [4] = 4
JIC: 1d100: [89] = 89
Initiative 1d20+1: [3]+1 = 4
Sense vampires/undead always active

The bodies immediately starts smoking as the skin begins to bubble. However they never ash, their skin begins to blister and burn but doesn’t progress beyond the color and skin texture of roast pork. Xander intrigued, says “Ok. That is interesting. I wish we had one of the Legion’s scientists with us.”

Ash looks at what is going on and with weapons in hand waiting for it to move... a moment later he lets out a audible. "Malakas."

"So, not vampires. Or new vampires?" The dragon chimes in, sitting down and bringing up a paw. I might start experimenting with shapechanging a bit more... I had only used it passively before. Ven muses and then will get up and start walking towards the stairs (if there are any) or other unexplored rooms. As she does, she actives her magical ability to sense evil as well as her mental ability to sense psionics. She will specifically filter out the group psionics and rings.

Ash having seen this before is perturbed, this is a state that normally happens between breaths in measurement of time. "Normally one would view them as relatively new, there is a tranisitional period that has been witnessed before" Ash lets moments he has witnessed through the telepathy as he focuses on those incidents, where you can see sunlight, water, and silver effecting the newly turned from before, during, and then after the vampire state in the span of 3-6 seconds. "but it's usually extremely short process, this seems as is they are either stuck in the transitional state, or moving to slow to be perceived to our perspective." Thinking back to the mentioned testing and experiments "I wonder if this is some sort of side effect of them diluting the blood too much in their experiments. I wonder how the Alien intelligence behind this creation is able to control it, if at all if it is this weak."

Jack speaks , “So are they destroyed? Or, are they inconvenienced by the sunlight. Will water kill destroy them or is it something else? I would suggest that to be on the safe side, we behead them, two separate piles and burn them. The smoke may give others a hint that we are out here and coming for them.”

Ash pulls out his canteen, and pours a little bit of water on the corpses for the reaction he is expecting.

"There's a vampire child, who is not terrifying at all, down here, with a dead cat. He's looking for his mother. Do you have a mom version of this or a drained corpse mom up there?"

~oh shit~ "Don't go alone, that is a favorite tactic of the master to use the children that were turned to play on the weakside of parents and caregivers!"

[General Disarray]

"So, not vampires. Or new vampires?"

After a moment of contemplation, Xander, "Maybe yes on both accounts but not necessarily the way you mean the second option. They may be something new all together, but similar to vampires."

"Don't go alone, that is a favorite tactic of the master to use the children that were turned to play on the weakside of parents and caregivers!"

John reflexively turns into pebbles. After a moment he calms down and says, "Uh, hey little boy. I think Mr. Whiskers may have had an accident. What's your name and what does your mom look like? Maybe we can go find her."

The boy drops the cat, and smiles showing his fangs. He claps his hands. "Man turned into pebbles. More tricks!!! More Tricks!!!" he says licking his bloody lips.

"There's a vampire child, who is not terrifying at all, down here, with a dead cat. He's looking for his mother. Do you have a mom version of this or a drained corpse mom up there?"

Jack Quickly ask John, "Don't kill him yet, He might have information about what happened."

Ash pulls out his canteen, and pours a little bit of water on the corpses for the reaction he is expecting.

John inquires about the boy's mother just as Ash is about to try an experiment, pouring his canteens onto the corpses. As the water runs over the corpse they don't just melt as expected, they incinerate like flash paper as if instantly atomized.

"So, uh, is this the only room down here? As you can see, I do not have any blood. Just so you know."
John takes a moment to tap on the walls, looking for potential secret doors or similar, while keeping a very close eye on the little boy.

For the briefest instant he looks to position himself to check for secrets in the chamber. He immediately looks back and the child is gone. A moment of panic sets in and John instinctively turns to the door to leave and nearly stumbles over the child. "More tricks magic man, more tricks. I am sooooo hungry." John cautiously looks down to the boy and says,

"Why don't we go look around for your mom? Remember, I don't have blood. My name is Flint, like the rock. Which is what I am made of." Then he holds out his hand to see if the child can touch him.

The boy reaches out and gently takes his hand. "Ok Flint, we find mommy and I eat, then you show us more tricks."

He leads the child to the top of the stairs.

As soon as the child is hit by sunlight, John for a millisecond sees the boy begin to scream, but faster than sound can leave his tiny body, the boy is vaporized and is no more.

What do you do?

[Ash, the kid (Theros)]

Perception: 31% (+15% involving vampires or undead) 1d100: [75] = 75
JIC: 1d20: [2] = 2
JIC: 1d100: [46] = 46
Initiative 1d20+1: [3]+1 = 4
Sense vampires/undead always active

As John and the boy come up stairs and the ashey scene unfolds rather quickly. Ash blinks a few times, and looks to the others." well that was fast, and whatever these are, they one was stronger than these two, he might have been the ones to do that to these other two." ~That was most satisfying to watch one of them go like that. Whatever this new variant is, seems like it might be easier to take out than regular vampires.~

Ash will begin separating the piles of ash, scattering them about to prevent whatever these things are from reforming eventually.

[Jack Killian]

Perception: 67% 82 1d100: [83] = 83
JIC d20: 1d20: [7] = 7
JIC: 1d100: [31] = 31
Conditions:
Sense the Presence of Spirits Amulet
Talisman Invincible 200 MD (OFF)
See aura
Altess Eviscerator Count Bustamante

As soon as the child is hit by sunlight, John for a millisecond sees the boy begin to scream, but faster than sound can leave his tiny body, the boy is vaporized and is no more.

Jack looks around as the boy vaporizes.

Jack speaks, “Oh, I said question him. Not vaporize him.” Jack smiles then continues, “There might be something down here. It looks weird. But this is so out of my neighborhood.”

Jack scans the area, but nothing catches his eyes.

Count Bustamante replies, "This place is no ordinary basement, I would say 50% Mad Scientist 50% Mad Doctor."

[John Altfeld]

Perception: 1d100: [11] = 11
JIC: 1d20: [10] = 10 / 1d100: [17] = 17

CONDITIONS: John is at +1 foot and Pebbles. See Invisible, Radar, Immune to Possession, can't be touched by undead, can't be mind controlled by vampires, etc.

John collapses into a pile of gravel in the doorway.

"GUYS! IT TOUCHED ME! I'M SUPPOSED TO TOUCH THEM, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!"

He pauses, then, "And it blew up at the touch of sunlight! I don't think these are vampires! I don't like them!"

What if it can mind control me?!?

As people file past him, he says, "I checked for secret doors, but got distracted by the nightmare creature and didn't find anything."

Deep breath. Or... whatever osmosis rocks do. Our original hypothesis was that these were vampires frozen mid-change. If that's somehow, insanely, not true, what else could be happening?

Heh, it was kind of funny when it popped, though. Poor kitty-cat.


Lore: Demons & Monsters: 1d100: [26] = 26 / 86%
Lore: Magic General Knowledge (covers the undead): 1d100: [66] = 66 / 86%
Lore: Faeries & Creatures of Magic: 1d100: [93] = 93 / 66%
Mythology: 1d100: [11] = 11 / 61%

[Venenifer]

Perception: 1d100: [7] = 7 /75% [Enhanced Perception]
JiC: 1d20: [15] = 15 / 1d100: [32] = 32

Conditions:

MDC: 630/630 | Barding MDC: 315/315 (Barding BR: 2d6/melee) | P.P.E.: 136/136 | I.S.P.: 132/152

| HF (when identified as a dragon): 11 (13 w/Frills extended in Dragon Form) | Nightvision: 200ft | See Invisible (at will) | Shadow Meld (at will) | Cold/Fire 1/2 DMG | Impervious to All Forms Of Paralysis | Bio-Regen: 1d4*10 MDC/min | Sense Ley Lines/Nexuses/Dragons 20mi | Visually ID dragons within 4,000ft | Sixth Sense [Inactive, 2ISP] |

Mind's Eye is a sensory power that instills the psychic with radar-like vision. This psionic radar allows the character to see the shape of everything around him. Even people or items concealed through magic (except Invisibility: Superior) can be seen with this radar vision. A psychic using this power suffers no penalties when blinded or in complete darkness. The psychic can sense and interpret the shape, distance, direction, speed, and location of everything around in all directions at an accuracy with several bonuses.

[8m | Cannot be surprised] |

Appear as if mundane, neutral, non-psionic/magical odd looking cat

[4HR] |

This incredible psionic power augments the psychic's physical senses, enhancing his perception. This enhanced state of awareness sharpens all natural senses by 50%, and further enables the psychic to "filter" all of this extra sensory input in order to concentrate on one or a few specific things. While using this ability, the psychic will notice every detail around him down to the slightest motion, sound, scent, and shadow. He will further be likely to notice changes and inconsistencies that might reveal traps, illusions, feints, or tricks (including sleight-of-hand, etc.).

[20min] |Sense Psionics [100ft | 8min] | Sense Evil [90ft | 8min]

Skills
Mind's Eye Radar: 1d100: [19] = 19 /96% (Cat's 360* sight; Enhanced Perception; continue looking around.)
Sense Psionics: 1d100: [74] = 74 /81%
Object Read
Impressions: 1d100: [30] = 30 72%
Images: 1d100: [45] = 45 64%

Post

Ven walks around the room and finds a place to perch in her cat-form as the others talk. After a few moments and a pause, Ven hops down from her perch and approaches the bodies. "Well, let's see what happens if I try to get a read on them. Anyone find something that look like a special item? I can read it and see some more about who these were while they lived." Ven offers, briefly explaining her ability to read objects. Ven will look for a necklace or some such object that stands out besides an article of clothing and attempt to Object Read it to get a sense of who the owner was. Her main goal to determine if these folks were killers or casualties.

"And it blew up at the touch of sunlight! I don't think these are vampires! I don't like them!"

Ven tweks her feline head towards the window sill. Well, this is getting even more interesting! Is it actually gone? Ven asks curiously.

[General Disarray]

Location: Unknown Homestead
Thursday. March 7th 109 P.A. 8:30 AM
Weather: Sunny 68 degrees

Will sits and contemplates what has unfolded so far.

As Ash sifts through ash, he comes to the realization that every time he has felt the presence of one of the creature at camp and this child it hasn't felt the same as Vampires. It has been odd and fuzzy, a bad feeling but not necessarily the feeling he gets with vampires. At camp the feeling was stronger. As the boy emerged he had a similar feeling but not as powerful and the child disintegrated before he could sort out the differences.

"GUYS! IT TOUCHED ME! I'M SUPPOSED TO TOUCH THEM, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!"

Lore: Magic General Knowledge (covers the undead): 1d100: [66] = 66 / 86%

Even in a state of mediated terror after being touched by the child, John realizes his ring protects him from the undead. The fact the boy was able to touch him, only leaves one conclusion.

“There might be something down here. It looks weird. But this is so out of my neighborhood.”

Jack scans the area, but nothing catches his eyes.

Xander accompanies Jack into the bunker. "We have encountered some places like this in Tomorrow Legion exploration missions. I believe this house is a Pre-Rifts structure. Or at least this bunker is. looks like they turned it into a root cellar. Dresden said that before the rifts hit, families in rural areas in something called Tornado Alley used to have structures like this one to shelter for Tornados. Apparently they also used similar structures to shelter for Nuclear attacks. He was with NEMA and said that they rescued many families that sheltered during the Rifts opening."

Object Read
Impressions: 1d100: [30] = 30 72%
Images: 1d100: [45] = 45 64%
"Well, let's see what happens if I try to get a read on them. Anyone find something that look like a special item? I can read it and see some more about who these were while they lived." Ven offers, briefly explaining her ability to read objects. Ven will look for a necklace or some such object that stands out besides an article of clothing and attempt to Object Read it to get a sense of who the owner was. Her main goal to determine if these folks were killers or casualties.

As she is looking at the bodies in the house, Ven finds a little doll under the body of the pre-teen girl. She holds it in her hands.

IMPRESSION: She feels an immense sense, of fear, followed by pain, then insatiable hunger, and then death.

IMAGES: She gets rapidly flashing images, of the doctor from her previous vision, the giant Juicer is with him. It is night time and the home is illuminated with artificial light. The family is tied up. The doctor is injecting something into them. First the Father, then the Mother and lastly the Girl. She sees flashes of each family member writhing then slumping over. Then the Girl is injected and then the images stop. The only one that hadn't been poked or prodded on when the vision stops was her little brother.

(The Girl's name was Cassandra (Cass) Jessup.)

"And it blew up at the touch of sunlight! I don't think these are vampires! I don't like them!"

Well, this is getting even more interesting! Is it actually gone? Ven asks curiously.

Xander having seen the ash, says "Pretty sure, Ash is making sure the ashes are spread out enough just in case."

What do you do?????

[William Summers]

Perception: 1d100: [46] = 46 /51% (+15% regarding machines and/or magic)
JIC: 1d20: [2] = 2 / 1d100: [70] = 70

They don't react to the normal vampire stimuli. At least not in the normal way. The first one had silver needles jammed into it. Must have hurt. Don't care. Do these?

Will stands up from his contemplative sit and heads back into the house. "Oh, you melted them. Damn." Will looks through the piles of incinerated bodies to see if there are any clues/foreign equipment that could shed light on the situation.

"We can rule out wild animals in the refugee attacks. It was either these things or whatever created them. Where to now?"

[Ash, the kid (Theros)]

Perception: 31% (+15% involving vampires or undead) 1d100: [100] = 100
JIC: 1d20: [12] = 12
JIC: 1d100: [61] = 61
Initiative 1d20+1: [18]+1 = 19
Lore: Dimensions 56%(+5%) 1d100: [14] = 14
Lore: Demons and Monsters 70% (+5%) 1d100: [99] = 99
Lore: Faeries & Creatures of Magic 50%(+5%) 1d100: [61] = 61
Sense vampires/undead always active
Rolls for the WAY to many to list under the section of Vampire hunting abilities which applies to many vampires different types as well. Use as needed.
roll 1 1d100: [30] = 30
roll 2 1d100: [20] = 20
roll 3 1d100: [99] = 99
roll 4 1d100: [16] = 16
roll 5 1d100: [71] = 71

Ash looks at all the evidence and items he has witnessed so far, the instant ash of the boy, the physical damage done by the daylight arrow, something is nagging at him on his mind like he is forgetting something, but hasn't remembered yet, or like when you are trying to remember a word you haven't used in a long time, know it's meaning and definition, but yet the word itself escapes you. " This seems familiar, very familiar, but I can not quite place what this is, it's like a reference to a subject we studied but since it was so obscure it was mostly put on the back burner if you will." ~I know this! I know I know This! but what is it, Damn it, what have I forgotten?~ Pulls out his digital pad and goes through his notes he took while training, the same notes he references nightly while self training.
~No, that's not it. No, not Lycanthropes. What the hades, I know it's here somewhere!.!~

[John Altfeld]

Perception: 1d100: [83] = 83 / 76%
JIC: 1d20: [20] = 20 / 1d100: [6] = 6

CONDITIONS: John is at +1 foot. See Invisible, Radar, Immune to Possession, can't be touched by undead, can't be mind controlled by vampires, etc.

As he calms down, John turns back to meat.

"So, to be clear, I shouldn't be able to be touched by the undead. This has been tested many times. The little boy voluntarily touched me. These... garbage vampires... aren't undead. So they're either still alive, arrested mid-transformation like I originally guessed, or they're something else."

He looks around and checks the house, just for kicks. If there's the body of a woman still in there, he says to himself, "This must be your mom, hey bud."

When Will asks about their next destination, John raises one eyebrow, then turns away. You're in charge, Will. You tell us.

"I'll check for other tracks leading away. We don't have much other to go on, unless Xander can track by scent."

Track and Trap Animal: 1d100: [76] = 76 / 76%
Tracking: People: 1d100: [3] = 3 / 61% )

[Jack Killian]

Perception: 67% 82 1d100: [35] = 35
JIC d20: 1d20: [6] = 6
JIC: 1d100: [15] = 15
Conditions:
Sense the Presence of Spirits Amulet
Talisman Invincible 200 MD (OFF)
See aura
Altess Eviscerator Count Bustamante
Well if there is anything left I guess I could try to figure out something to try ,besides burning the whole place to the ground.

Sense Fire:
• The psychic can spend 1 melee round concentrating to sense the location and nature of a nearby fire; Direction, size, arson, duration, and location (inside or outside).
• Also grants the ability to "object read" burnt objects or ashes.
Base Skill: Impressions: 70%. 1d100: [30] = 30 Images: 62%. 1d100: [80] = 80 Present: 52%. 1d100: [14] = 14
10 ISP
He then goes up stairs and looks for some more ashes thinking the one who did this might have started the fire. (fire place, Bunsen burner)
Base Skill: Impressions: 70%. 1d100: [55] = 55 Images: 62%. 1d100: [94] = 94 Present: 52%. 1d100: [67] = 67
10 ISP
he looks at the bodies using the following
See Aura 6ISP • The presence of an unusual human aberration and/or indicates a serious illness, insanity, or that the individual is not-human, could be mutant or supernatural, but does not specify which.
Psychic Diagnosis 4ISP The psychic healer can sense physical pain and damage, external and internal injury, disease and possession with absolute clarity. This pinpoint accuracy enables the character to suggest treatment or to conduct psychic surgery.

He then tries to explain what he saw.
Count Bustamante states, "good college try there."
in case more than one source of ash 1d100 , 1d100, 1d100: [27]+[66]+[93] = 186

[Venenifer]

Perception: 1d100: [72] = 72 /75% [Enhanced Perception]
JiC: 1d20: [13] = 13 / 1d100: [50] = 50

Conditions:

MDC: 630/630 | Barding MDC: 315/315 (Barding BR: 2d6/melee) | P.P.E.: 136/136 | I.S.P.: 132/152

| HF (when identified as a dragon): 11 (13 w/Frills extended in Dragon Form) | Nightvision: 200ft | See Invisible (at will) | Shadow Meld (at will) | Cold/Fire 1/2 DMG | Impervious to All Forms Of Paralysis | Bio-Regen: 1d4*10 MDC/min | Sense Ley Lines/Nexuses/Dragons 20mi | Visually ID dragons within 4,000ft | Sixth Sense [Inactive, 2ISP] |

Mind's Eye is a sensory power that instills the psychic with radar-like vision. This psionic radar allows the character to see the shape of everything around him. Even people or items concealed through magic (except Invisibility: Superior) can be seen with this radar vision. A psychic using this power suffers no penalties when blinded or in complete darkness. The psychic can sense and interpret the shape, distance, direction, speed, and location of everything around in all directions at an accuracy with several bonuses.

[8m | Cannot be surprised] |

Appear as if mundane, neutral, non-psionic/magical odd looking cat

[4HR] |

This incredible psionic power augments the psychic's physical senses, enhancing his perception. This enhanced state of awareness sharpens all natural senses by 50%, and further enables the psychic to "filter" all of this extra sensory input in order to concentrate on one or a few specific things. While using this ability, the psychic will notice every detail around him down to the slightest motion, sound, scent, and shadow. He will further be likely to notice changes and inconsistencies that might reveal traps, illusions, feints, or tricks (including sleight-of-hand, etc.).

[20min] |Sense Psionics [100ft | 8min] | Sense Evil [90ft | 8min]

Skills
Mind's Eye Radar: 1d100: [81] = 81 /96% (Cat's 360* sight; Enhanced Perception; continue looking around.)
Sense Psionics: 1d100: [72] = 72 /81%

Post

As Ven approaches the doll and receives the burst of images and information, her eyes soften though her currently feline face fails to show her discontent at what she sees. These aren't scientists or soldiers, these are monsters preying on those unable to fend for themselves. Ven shakes her head and lets loose a low, hardly audible growl of frustration as she leaps to a table and sits down, her cat-tail whipping softly in different directions. Curious. These poor souls were injected with something. Both parents then the girl, Cassandra, though she never saw her brother get injected. After the injection, they slump and the memory stops. The transition from life to undeath, loss of will? Perhaps they have weaponized the vampire strain into a virus? Or something similar. Ven muses, licking one of her paws before cleaning the feline face. It's ironic that the puritans of the Coalition dive so deeply into perverted science.

[General Disarray]

Location: Jessup Homestead
Thursday. March 7th 109 P.A. 8:35 AM
Weather: Sunny 68 degrees


The Roughnecks are taking a look at the homestead, trying to figure out what these creatures are and what happened here.

"We can rule out wild animals in the refugee attacks. It was either these things or whatever created them. Where to now?"

Xander says “But what are these things? And who are these people that created them. I mean the CS are complete assholes and definitely evil. Torturing and experimenting on folk, is totally something they would do, but kids? Doesn’t that seem a little too evil for them?”

" This seems familiar, very familiar, but I can not quite place what this is, it's like a reference to a subject we studied but since it was so obscure it was mostly put on the back burner if you will." ~I know this! I know I know This! but what is it, Damn it, what have I forgotten?~ Pulls out his digital pad and goes through his notes he took while training, the same notes he references nightly while self training.
~No, that's not it. No, not Lycanthropes. What the hades, I know it's here somewhere!.!~

Ash flips through his digital manuals. Nothing jumps out at him as far as identifying the creature. Other than the laughable historical vampires in Pre-Apocalyslpse literary fiction, there is nothing that matches this creature. The only real vampires are those created by the Vampire Intelli…gence. Ash’s mind has an epiphany he quickly scans to a book that discussed the potential anatomy of an intelligence infested husk.

The text scrolls across his screen. ‘The infective agent introduced by the bite seemingly instills cells that grow like a cancer eventually “bioforming” the body of the host for the inhabitation by the Intelligence. This process is required to extinguish the life of the host because two consciousnesses cannot inhabit the same sentient being. Once bioforming is complete, the new cells have taken control of all vital systems. It produces chemicals enhancing speed, durability, and strength to unimaginable levels. Some of these chemicals are highly reactive with sunlight and silver. The creatures are so ionic that running water can literally break down the cells as it chemically removes bonds holding the new being together. They are so reactive to these circumstances, that without the infrastructure of the alien cells the creature would seemingly disintegrate, in the presence of those substances instead of slowly succumbing to their properties.

Curiously there are incidences that the bio formed body is either unable to connect to the intelligence, or are capable of supplanting the intelligence, leaving the vampire with free will, although these are exceedingly rare instances. . .’ Ash moves on, to contemplate his reading and how it applies here. That is when he realizes what has been off about his feelings with these creatures. He didn’t feel the Vampire Intelligence. Except for the vampire at the camp when he has had the sense of something not quite like the vampire, the intelligence was not there.

"So, to be clear, I shouldn't be able to be touched by the undead. This has been tested many times. The little boy voluntarily touched me. These... garbage vampires... aren't undead. So they're either still alive, arrested mid-transformation like I originally guessed, or they're something else."

John takes a mental victory lap in his deductive acumen, successfully narrowing the field to creatures that are alive, partly transitioned, or some other unidentified thing. Suck it Xander.

"I'll check for other tracks leading away. We don't have much other to go on, unless Xander can track by scent."

Xander laughs, “I’m not that kind of dog. If I didn’t know better I would think you had a thing for me John. Stop obsessing about me. I mean you aren’t my type, but I will try anything once, twice if it’s good.”, he says with a guffaw.


As they trade jabs, Jack is looking around at the scorched part of the building contemplating, its cause. As he touches the ashes he gets the impression it was arson meant to hide what was done here. He then in a moment of thought realizes no one has read anything belonging to the boy. He runs down stairs as Ven is explaining her reading, and runs to where the boy disintegrated. There he touches the ashes. The impression is a mixture of fear, sadness, loneliness, hunger. Then satiation and warmth of a friendship. Then darkness. The images he gets are limited to shadows. One the size of the boy, another gigantic armored figure, a flash of a dog shape, a cat shape, and then another large figure smaller than the first.

Curious. These poor souls were injected with something. Both parents then the girl, Cassandra, though she never saw her brother get injected. After the injection, they slump and the memory stops. The transition from life to undeath, loss of will? Perhaps they have weaponized the vampire strain into a virus? Or something similar. Ven muses, licking one of her paws before cleaning the feline face. It's ironic that the puritans of the Coalition dive so deeply into perverted science.

Ven in spite her newness shows wisdom and strikes a chord with everyone when she says ‘weaponized the vampire strain into the virus.’ It may not be wholly correct but there seems to be a gut feeling there is some truth to it.

As all of this unfolds John's eagle eyes capture what appears to be drops of dried blood heading to the north. they become more sparse as they progress but fortunately about the point they stop the ground softens and a large footprint of a heavy humanoid continues north out of the homestead clearing and into the woods. As he looks he sees whatever it is wasn't covering its tracks, so the trail should be easy to follow.

[Ash, the kid (Theros)]

Perception: 31% (+15% involving vampires or undead) 1d100: [88] = 88
JIC: 1d20: [18] = 18
JIC: 1d100: [75] = 75
Initiative 1d20+1: [2]+1 = 3
Lore: Dimensions 56%(+5%) 1d100: [51] = 51
Lore: Demons and Monsters 70% (+5%) 1d100: [76] = 76
Lore: Faeries & Creatures of Magic 50%(+5%) 1d100: [39] = 39
Sense vampires/undead always active

Ash, puts his pad away, and looks a bit stunned. "~They weren't bitten, they were injected. They're not connected to the Alien intelligence, which is extremely rare. I believe this means it's the saliva that is needed as part of the conversion process to connect them to the controlling intelligence. The process takes three days of feeding on, and three days dead. That boy retained his memories, I doubt he is a master as that would had made him a complete vampire, so the process in which they are manufacturing these things in their labs makes incomplete vampires, or half for lack of a better wording. Something is either dead or undead, at least this is my best estimation as to what we are dealing with. Being half apparently makes globe of daylight more efficent, as well as water, we could test silver on the other body next to the water killed one, but it seems these may be easier to dispose of than true vampires. Maybe it's not being connected to the Intelligence means they don't get it's full power, giving it more resistance, very fascinating." ~
~My instructors and elders would love to get their hands on these things, living humans absorb sunlight and produce vitamin D through it, maybe vitamin D is also something that can cause damage to them, the undead vampires wouldn't be able to make vitamin D, I have to test this if we find another batch. That would be hilarious if milk could be weaponized. It IS mainly water with vitamin D, protein, fat, and calcium added~

Ash will approach the remaining body and simply place a silver cross on it, and watch for a reaction.