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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 4843650" data-attributes="member: 360"><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/257622/" target="_blank">OOC Thread</a></p><p><a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/258092/" target="_blank">RG Thread</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Fall, 2009</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Riley/Gavin</strong></p><p><strong>Scripps Hospital</strong></p><p><strong>La Jolla, CA</strong> (northwest of San Diego, largely the most upscale part of town, also a major tourist area)</p><p></p><p>"That's the fourth one this month." The nurse said, looking at the body Gavin had brought in. "Healthy young male, Navy sailor, dead by two puncture wounds in the neck. And you'd think a dead sailor would turn up a lot closer to one of the bases in town."</p><p></p><p>A few minutes later law enforcement showed up.</p><p></p><p>Riley was getting to know his counterpart from NCIS quite well, as they listened to the medical report. Neither of them had any leads worth mentioning. Kelly Sanchez-Marks was competent, professional... and she didn't seem to realize this case was going all X-Files on them. The last three had all last been seen leaving a Navy bar with women with very similar descriptions -- descriptions that might well have been quite at home in La Jolla -- that no one seemed to have a name for.</p><p></p><p><strong>Taylor/Gale</strong></p><p><strong>University of California-San Diego</strong></p><p><strong>La Jolla, CA</strong></p><p></p><p>Taylor's schedule said 8am Introduction to European History, with Professor Nagy. She was pretty sure she hadn't signed up for the 8am section, but that's what her schedule ended up with. </p><p></p><p>As was quite common at large universities, it looked like his TA was handling the actual lecture. Normally, this would have bothered her -- Robin and James didn't have her bust her butt at academics and a couple years of community college to tranfer into a top-rate scool only to be lectured at by a grad student, but when the TA introduced herself as Dawn Summers, she realized what was going on. When she pulled Taylor aside at the end of class, she was sure of it.</p><p></p><p>Gale flitted in the classroom, paying little attention to the other students beyond the slayer, who hardly noticed her. Though she noticed something was 'off' about the TA right away. Not 'wrong', but 'off' just by the slightest degree. As if she were a normal human because she had been made that way, not because that was how she had been originally created.</p><p></p><p>"Please don't tell me some great evil is rising here, and Buffy sent you to help me out." She told the TA.</p><p></p><p>"No, I really am working on my doctorate here. Historian's a good academic background for a watcher, and Giles said I needed some credentials normal people would recognize before he could put me on the staff back at the college. But if you and James need a hand, or you just want someone other than your watcher who you can talk to, drop by my office or send me an email."</p><p></p><p><strong>James' apartment</strong></p><p><strong>San Diego, CA</strong></p><p></p><p>"Vampire Killer Strikes Again" scrolled across the screen as he watched the news. When the story had appeared the first time, James had thought nothing of it. A lot of odd deaths had nothing to do with the supernatural. But this made four. And neither the San Diego PD nor NCIS were getting anywhere. Beyond that, this was the first time they had shown the pictures of the bodies. If they weren't real vampire bites, someone went through a lot of effort to make them look like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 4843650, member: 360"] [URL="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/257622/"]OOC Thread[/URL] [URL="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/258092/"]RG Thread[/URL] [B]Fall, 2009[/B] [B]Riley/Gavin Scripps Hospital La Jolla, CA[/B] (northwest of San Diego, largely the most upscale part of town, also a major tourist area) "That's the fourth one this month." The nurse said, looking at the body Gavin had brought in. "Healthy young male, Navy sailor, dead by two puncture wounds in the neck. And you'd think a dead sailor would turn up a lot closer to one of the bases in town." A few minutes later law enforcement showed up. Riley was getting to know his counterpart from NCIS quite well, as they listened to the medical report. Neither of them had any leads worth mentioning. Kelly Sanchez-Marks was competent, professional... and she didn't seem to realize this case was going all X-Files on them. The last three had all last been seen leaving a Navy bar with women with very similar descriptions -- descriptions that might well have been quite at home in La Jolla -- that no one seemed to have a name for. [B]Taylor/Gale University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA[/B] Taylor's schedule said 8am Introduction to European History, with Professor Nagy. She was pretty sure she hadn't signed up for the 8am section, but that's what her schedule ended up with. As was quite common at large universities, it looked like his TA was handling the actual lecture. Normally, this would have bothered her -- Robin and James didn't have her bust her butt at academics and a couple years of community college to tranfer into a top-rate scool only to be lectured at by a grad student, but when the TA introduced herself as Dawn Summers, she realized what was going on. When she pulled Taylor aside at the end of class, she was sure of it. Gale flitted in the classroom, paying little attention to the other students beyond the slayer, who hardly noticed her. Though she noticed something was 'off' about the TA right away. Not 'wrong', but 'off' just by the slightest degree. As if she were a normal human because she had been made that way, not because that was how she had been originally created. "Please don't tell me some great evil is rising here, and Buffy sent you to help me out." She told the TA. "No, I really am working on my doctorate here. Historian's a good academic background for a watcher, and Giles said I needed some credentials normal people would recognize before he could put me on the staff back at the college. But if you and James need a hand, or you just want someone other than your watcher who you can talk to, drop by my office or send me an email." [B]James' apartment San Diego, CA[/B] "Vampire Killer Strikes Again" scrolled across the screen as he watched the news. When the story had appeared the first time, James had thought nothing of it. A lot of odd deaths had nothing to do with the supernatural. But this made four. And neither the San Diego PD nor NCIS were getting anywhere. Beyond that, this was the first time they had shown the pictures of the bodies. If they weren't real vampire bites, someone went through a lot of effort to make them look like it. [/QUOTE]
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