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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8198719" data-attributes="member: 30538">Cait Reed<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-xTfkQRB/0/345e9671/S/reed-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Caitlyn Reed (born Rhonda Craig in 1993) went to work for Argus immediately after her high school graduation, in hopes that working for the company would get her out of the United Kingdom. For a few years, it worked, and she lived in countries all over the world, maintaining a cover as a journalist in imitation of the recent success of Gail Astro, which had inspired many imitators within Argus. She was less than thrilled when, in 2014, this job took her back to the United Kingdom on an assignment to become the handler for the recently emerged superhero Prydwen.Just as annoying to her as going back to the country she'd always viewed as a prison was what she was forced to do in order to support her cover -- namely going to work for the tabloid press. Every day, she had to deny and betray everything she valued in order to present the appearance of a heartless, spiteful reporter who only cared about presenting slanted stories to serve the agenda of the paper's owners, who were blatantly in collusion with the worst elements of the nation's leadership. She even had to keep up the act while dealing with Prydwen, whom she admired, by accusing her of already having done things that she wanted the Knight of the Shield to do, knowing that the hero would investigate these situations and act appropriately.It got the job done, on more than one occasion, but it was exhausting. She was almost relieved when she started to detect signs that Prydwen might be on to her deceit, as it would mean that Cait would have to be pulled off of this assignment and given another one. Annoyingly, when she reported this back to her superiors, they decided to play it a little more risky than they usually have, and kept her on the assignment. Frustrated by this, Cait ended up taking more risks on her assignment than she ordinarily would have, and ended up having herself flagged as a potential Argus asset by a certain branch of the Secret Service.Thus, about a year later, Cait Reed died ... and unfortunately, death was not the end. She's still not sure why Dracula himself chose her, out of all the prospective Argus agents he could have picked, as the first of a trio of women to replace the 'brides' that he'd lost in his conflict with Argus in New York, but chosen she was, and turned into one of the Undead. She has, very much against her will, given him everything she knows about Argus and its operations, and then been commanded to remain as a hidden double agent within the organization's structure until her Master commands her to take further action.Cait's existence is a miserable one. She is fully able to go about in the sun, though she usually 'sleeps' during the day instead. Initially, she resisted her impulse to drink blood when not directly ordered to do so by her Master. That lasted until the first time that she suffered a blackout from her bloodthirst and awakened to find that she'd killed a co-worker at the paper. Whatever attempts she might have made to maintain a human morality died then, and she has since committed many murders in the name of feeding her hunger.So far, she has managed to avoid killing any innocents -- however, she restricts that definition to 'children'. She has no hope that this will last, beyond a hope that someone will realize what she's doing and put an end to her. Even that dies when her Master's voice invades her thoughts and gives her orders she dare not disobey. She envies the other two "brides", who are simply used to seduce and assassinate targets for their master, rather than actually betraying everything they once believed. If she'd known that it was going to turn out like this, she never would have bothered to develop any ideals in the first place ...As yet, Argus agents in the United Kingdom, while aware that they are being hunted by vampires, have no idea that one of them has been claimed, rather than killed. Neither does Prydwen yet realize why someone she was starting to view as an ally has been dodging her recently.Cait Reed -- PL 8AbilitiesSTR 6 | STA - | AGL 3 | DEX 2 | FGT 6 | INT 1 | AWE 2 | PRE 3Powers:Blood Drain: Linked Damage 1 and Weaken Stamina 9 (Resisted by Fortitude), Grab-Based, Limited to Draining 1 rank per round, Quirk (only against targets who could be affected by the Damage effect, whether or not they are) - 3 pointsBlood Link: Mental Communication 3, Limited to anyone who drinks her blood; Mind-Reading 6, Sensory Link, Limited to anyone who drinks her blood - 21 pointsGhostly: Permanent Concealment 8 (audio, radio, visual), Limited to machines, Quirk (no reflection in mirrors) - 7 pointsSpider-Climb: Movement 1 (wall-crawling) - 2 pointsUndead Invulnerability: Immortality 6, Limited (not when staked or beheaded); Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects); Impervious Protection 7, Limited, Not against mystical damage; Regeneration 10, Source (coffin lined with soil from Hertfordshire.) - 48 pointsAdvantages:Attractive, Connected, Contacts, Equipment 1, Fascinate (Persuasion), Improved Hold, Language 3 (several), Power Attack, Ranged Attack 3, StartleEquipment:Smartphone and 3 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Close Combat: Unarmed 3 (+9), Deception 5 (+8), Expertise: Current Events 5 (+6), Expertise: Streetwise 5 (+6), Insight 6 (+9), Intimidation 7 (+10), Investigation 6 (+7), Perception 8 (+11), Persuasion 8 (+11), Stealth 7 (+10).Offense:Initiative +3Unarmed +9 (Close Damage 6)Blood Drain +6 (Close Damage 1 and Close Weaken Stamina 9)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 8, Fortitude Immune, Toughness 7, Will 6.Totals:Abilities 36 + Powers 81 + Advantages 14 + Skills 30 + Defense 10 = 171 pointsComplications:Unwilling Loyalty--Motivation. Compulsion (Must be invited into any dwelling the Master does not own). Power Loss (All powers except Undead Invulnerability cannot be used in daylight hours.) Secret (vampiric double agent.) Weakness (Can be held back by a holy symbol in the hands of a believer or by garlic).</blockquote>

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