World of Darkness: Hunter, the Vigil
THE PARTY
an ex-Athelete
a rhythmic gymnast who didn't quite make the US 2012 Olympic team.
Archetype: thief.
Fighting forte: thrown.
Hated: geist
forensic scientist.
Works for Philadelphia Police Department.
Archetype: scholar. Fighting forte: none. Hated: demon
a street racer (ex gang).
Defined by his car, a Skyline GT-R. Has had many brushes with the law over illegal street facing.
Archetype: petty crim.
Fighting forte: pistol.
Hated: vampire
scientist and occultist.
Archetype: Lab technician.
Fighting forte: none.
Hated: created
a P.I.
An ex-detective who left the Philly force over accusations of corruption and wrought. "They ain't proved nothin'," exclaimed Sledge indignantly when asked about them.
Archetype: PI.
Fighting forte: pistol.
Hated: werewolf
a soldier.
An ex-marine and former Corporal.
Archetype: soldier
Fighting forte: sub-machine gun (mp5).
Hated: mage
An ex-soldier.
Archetype: Soldier.
Fighting forte: shotgun.
Hated: mage
DEAD OR RETIRED
Archetype: scholar Fighting forte: pistol. Hated: vampire
Archetype: fighter. Fighting forte: pistol. Hated: mage
an ex monk (ex religious leader).
Formerly a Benedictine monk from St Gregory's Abbey (Three Rivers in Michigan), he fell out over accusations of "indecency and impropriety", and was summarily excommunicated.
Archetype: Warrior priest.
Fighting forte: sword, katana.
Hated: mage
BEGIN
Tuesday Night, June 3
Juan was a recent employee of the Khyber Pass Bar & Grill, a boutique bar in the Old Town district of Philadelphia.
He nodded to his mates as they pushed through the few people in the place, and took seats by the bar. There was Eva, Mort, Vince, Theo and Sledge. Something serious must be up, because they didn't normally meet with him while he was working.
"Two bodies," began Mort, without any intro, in his usual terse style. "Exsanguinated".
"Drained of blood too," added Theo helpfully.
Mort continued, in a hushed tone: "Vamps, I suspect. But I didn't see any puncture marks. No where on the body."
Mort was a mortician, who worked at the city morgue, under the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
"Vampires can seal up the wounds" added Juan quietly.
"The patho told me one was found at the Washington Square park, about half a mile from here, and the other one down by the river" continued Mort.
Sledge, ever watchful, noticed a svelte girl down the bar raise her head at the word "vampires". He thought this was odd for Juan had said it barely above a whisper. Sledge nodded to the others and gestured subtly towards her, then wandered off. Sledge was superb at hiding and tailing, so he slipped into a pool of shadows just outside in the street.
The others, sans Juan, then proceed to leave and walked down the street. Sure enough, the girl stood up and left too. Followed by Sledge. Then Juan.
The girl was following the group. Sledged texted Vince to update him of progress, then kept in hidden pursuit.
They headed down an alley; a blind alley.
The girl paused at the entrance.
Back down the street, the hidden Sledge texted Mort. Mort inched his way to the mouth of the alley. The girl must have noticed, she suddenly scooted up the side of the building, barely touching the walls, so by the time Mort got to the mouth, she was well out of sight.
Keeping a weather-eye on her, the group proceeded down Walnut St to the first of the body locations in the park. It was still under police guard.
Vince managed to sneak past the cops and had his own look at the site of the killing. There was blood spattered about.
He rejoined the group and told them of this. With nothing else to do here, they started to move off to the site of the second killing.
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