BOBBY SINGER
Hunter
Posts: 108
Played by:
ANGE
Last seen Mar 7, 2024 20:16:43 GMT
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Post by BOBBY SINGER on Apr 30, 2023 19:34:53 GMT
Smoothing his hand down, missing the cover of his cap, Bobby stepped out of his car in the back lot of the hospital. He narrowed his eyes up at the building, pinpointing the cameras that had apparently failed to capture any sign of what had happened in the hospital over the last couple of years. The less evidence there was, the more the whole thing reeked of some sort of an inside job. Blood stolen, staff attacked, one almost dying before she’d vanished, if the Sheriff honestly couldn’t see what was causing it, then she was blinder than he thought. Chances were, the woman and her ‘Founder’s Council’ were fully aware, if not complicit in it all. Keep the Feds at bay, downplay how many bodies you had stacked up in the morgue and you didn’t have mass panic in town. You did have suspicious sons of bitches nosing around the place, though, handling the problem for you.
Bobby shot a flicker of a smile at a pair of doctors who spilled out the rear door, one immediately digging in his pocket for a pack of cigarettes. Real poster boys for clean living and keeping your cholesterol down. He strolled past them, straightening up the trench coat he had on, the badge fold at his waist a touch that hadn’t caught the doctors’ eye. Maybe they’d spot it when he held it up in their faces and asked if they had heard anything about the thefts from the blood bank, or the nurse who’d gone missing last year. In this town it was far too easy to vanish without a trace, maybe she’d taken advantage of that, but he doubted it.
The front of the hospital was just as quiet. Another shock in a town that seemed to be constantly on the move. An ambulance bay curved up to the ER front door, the signs to warn you against parking pointing out the cameras that were monitoring the space, but if they were anything like the ones inside the hospital he’d get nothing but empty hallways and static. He took two steps out into the bay, moving far enough to study the building. Only a couple of ways in and out, but that hadn’t stopped someone from walking out with dozens of bags of blood.
Spotting the doors sliding open in front of him, Bobby moved back in. He’d have stepped past the woman that emerged, but he caught the uniform. A paramedic. Someone one stepped removed from the hospital staff but constantly in and out anyway. Maybe she’d seen something, maybe she’d talk up if she had, not cowering away from what was really going on like the rest of the hospital staff seemed to be – as though they might not be next.
Smiling wasn’t his natural expression, but the usually granite like lines of his face cracked slowly into one. He tipped his head, his hand already going to his belt. ”Excuse me, ma’am. You mind if I ask a few questions?” The badge fold was flipped open to show the Virginia Bureau of Criminal Investigation ID contained beneath the cracked black leather. ”Sergeant Knopfler. We’re lookin’ into some thefts in the state, thefts from hospitals. You heard anythin’ ‘bout any from here?” His chin tipped up towards the hospital that he hadn’t even set foot into yet.
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TALIA BORELLI
Angel
Possessed by Asariel
Posts: 41
Age:
31
Occupation:
Paramedic
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Raven
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Mar 31, 2024 19:00:20 GMT
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Post by TALIA BORELLI on Jul 30, 2023 15:27:56 GMT
Talia had thought that Mystic Falls would prove to be somewhere she could start over away from the horrors of her past and to an extent Talia had been right but at the same time her life had changed so much during the time that she had been there. She had learned about angels the day she had agreed to become Asariel’s host but since then she had learned more than she had ever thought possible. She was pretty sure that she had fallen for a demon despite the angel’s protests that she keep her distance and through watching when Asariel took over she had seen some of the other supernaturals that called the town their home as well. Truth be told Talia was pretty sure that Asariel was happy to take a backseat most of the time, Talia had seen the way the other angels didn’t exactly trust her and Asariel had filled her in on what had happened. It sounded like she’d made an honest mistake but sometimes those were the hardest to come back from. Either way they had an understanding and it worked for them so right now things were going well and Talia was definitely glad about that. Work had a habit of keeping her busy but that was just the way that Talia liked it. She always preferred having something to do and that hadn’t changed. That day she had a shift and it had ended up being a particularly busy one. For some reason there seemed to be more callouts around town than normal and Talia had to restock the ambulance after she and her partner dropped off their last patient. A woman had gone into labour prematurely but the car she was in had crashed on the way to the hospital so it had been a bit of a challenge for the fire fighters to get her out of there but then it was over to Talia to check her over and get her to the hospital so she could give birth safely. She had worked in other places before that weren’t as busy as Mystic Falls was but here every call was different. Some were clearly supernatural as Asariel often pointed out to her but others were normal and Talia knew that all she could do was try her best with every one. Making her way out of the hospital with a bag of fresh supplies slung over her shoulder, Talia came to a stop as a man reached her and flashed a badge. “Not at all. I can’t promise I’ll be able to help but if I can I will,” she offered. She didn’t spend as much time at the hospital like the doctors and nurses did so she had a feeling they would be better for him to talk to than her but she knew that she would still help in any way she could. In the back of her mind Asariel was urging her to be careful, trying to pinpoint where she recognised the man from, but Talia knew that all she could do for the time being was go along with it. “I’m afraid I haven’t but thefts from hospitals aren’t unusual. What was taken?”BOBBY SINGER
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BOBBY SINGER
Hunter
Posts: 108
Played by:
ANGE
Last seen Mar 7, 2024 20:16:43 GMT
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Post by BOBBY SINGER on Sept 9, 2023 18:18:49 GMT
Small towns were hotbeds of supernatural activity – the absolute opposite to how most suspected it would go. Sure, there was anonymity and ways to hide in the mass of people in big cities, but they were also police departments that could be thick as fleas on a dog’s back on the streets. There were fewer ways of hiding the bodies you dropped, although it was easier to take their pick of the homeless, the unwanted. Mystic Falls was too picturesque, too perfect a spot to have bums clustered in alleyways and sleeping in basements. The Founders’ Council would have them shuffled out of sight in an instant, making sure they hid the fact that the town had a seedy underbelly.
That was probably why the blood thefts hadn’t been reported in the newspapers. People’s imaginations were already in overdrive thanks to the stories that did leak to the front page of the local newspapers – occasionally containing enough truth to had anybody with any knowhow sucking in a collective breath. Talk of blood thefts would undoubtedly pin the blame on teenagers or weirdos trying out strange rituals, but the truth was likely far simpler than that. Unfortunately that truth was entirely black and white – blood bags meant that someone was trying to stop themselves from feeding on folks. Trying didn’t always mean succeeding though. Plenty of bodies still showed up here missing more than a few pints.
Bobby had found himself playing this game before. Tracking down rural hospitals that’d been raided, some entirely unknowingly thanks to a little compulsion. Maybe this one would’ve gone the same, but after the nurse had been attacked whispers had started to get around. Then she’d gone and vanished and Sam had started fishing around with questions. He still didn’t know exactly why or who’d put the bee in his bonnet, but it’d never taken more than the slightest hum to get him digging into things.
The paramedic might not’ve proved half as useful when it came to this as a doc or nurse might, but they still spent a good chunk of their time in and out of the hospital. Even if she hadn’t noticed something herself there was a chance that hospital gossip – the sort that didn’t get shared without outsiders had reached her ears.
His grin was affable enough as she offered to help – it seemed to work better than the usual hatchet face government agent expression did, especially in places like this. Bobby flipped the badge shut, slipping it back into his pocket. ”That’s the motto for people workin’ in a place like this, ain’t it? Help where you can?” There was probably some official oath paramedics took, the same way that doctor’s did, but he couldn’t have reeled it off the top of his head.
Sighing heavily, Bobby slipped his hands into the pockets of his pants, the very picture of a man worn down by his job. His mouth pinched, losing that curve. Maybe the news hadn’t reached if her she hadn’t heard about the blood being taken. ”Blood,” Bobby said dryly. ”Stuff probably goes missin’ all the time in a busy hospital, but this has been on more than one occasion and from more than one hospital. Have you ever had anythin’ to do with the blood bank? You know, helped out at blood drives, donated yourself?” Most do-gooders in hospitals did, but those who used the blood for their own faintly nefarious purposes tended to avoid those things. Who wanted to accidentally out themselves when the temptation got too much?
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TALIA BORELLI
Angel
Possessed by Asariel
Posts: 41
Age:
31
Occupation:
Paramedic
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Raven
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Mar 31, 2024 19:00:20 GMT
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Post by TALIA BORELLI on Sept 30, 2023 21:04:37 GMT
Talia knew that she would have died if she hadn’t said yes to Asariel, that time Raven hadn’t been around to save her the way she had done so many times in the past and Talia knew that she wouldn’t have made it without help. She had turned her back on the gang she had found herself tangled up with and they had tried to kill her because of it. She hadn’t liked what they were doing and even now she still stood by her decision to leave. Stealing to survive was one thing but they had escalated to violence and that was something that Talia had known that she would never be okay with. Asariel had saved her and ever since then Talia had felt like she was in the angel’s debt. She knew she was fortunate that Asariel was happy to take a backseat most of the time as that meant that Talia was still able to work and live her life but now she had a constant companion with her and she couldn’t deny that she thought of the angel as a friend. They looked out for each other and even though they didn’t always see eye to eye, she knew that they would always have each other’s back. “You got it, it’s hardwired into our DNA,” Talia said, a smile forming on her face as she looked over at the man. There were some things that she wouldn’t do but if what he needed was something that she could help him with then she knew that she would. Talia had made a lot of mistakes over the course of her life so far and she had done some things that she wasn’t proud of so as far as she was concerned helping people was a way of making up for some of those mistakes. She knew that she and Asariel had that in common, she could feel the angel’s guilt over her past actions at times and she hoped that in time that would get better for both of them. The moment the man started asking about blood Asariel was there in her mind warning her to be careful although the question alone was enough to put Talia on edge anyway. “I’m a paramedic, we have to help out with blood drives all the time and I’ve donated myself but not recently,” she shrugged. “I haven’t heard anything about blood going missing, I’m sorry. We don’t carry it on the rig,” she added. “Do you have any idea who is responsible or why they would want it?” Even as she asked the question Asariel was there again warning her about vampires but Talia knew that she couldn’t draw too much attention to herself so it seemed like something she should ask. BOBBY SINGER
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BOBBY SINGER
Hunter
Posts: 108
Played by:
ANGE
Last seen Mar 7, 2024 20:16:43 GMT
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Post by BOBBY SINGER on Nov 15, 2023 19:34:26 GMT
Maybe some part of him had retreated after Karen had died. Holing up in the junk yard, slowly rotting his liver between hunts. Those first few he hadn’t cared enough if he was gonna actually make it through to the other side of things. He’d go out trying to do the right thing and maybe in the grand scheme of things that would even things out – saving a life for the ones he’d had no choice in taking. In his head Bobby had been sure that it would mean he got a trip upstairs instead of down when the time came. Things hadn’t ended there though and when his time had come it was about as far as smooth sailing straight into Heaven as it could possibly get. What had felt like centuries of torture in Hell should’ve slowly stripped the will to try and change things out of him, but even that hadn’t worked. Given the choice between a peaceful afterlife (well, as long as Heaven didn’t end up in a war they couldn’t win) and coming back down here to carry on doing what he had been doing, he’d made the leap. Once a hunter, always a damn hunter.
The corner of his mouth rose, his fingers tipping at his pocket. ”Don’t worry, I get it. We’re not that different that way.” As though that would’ve been a secret to anybody. The Feds might not’ve had the best reputation, but anybody working on the front lines knew their relentless work effort. Maybe vanishing blood supplies didn’t seem all that important in the grand scheme of things, but once you knew what it was being used for, it took on a different sense of urgency. For most blood bags would’ve been a way of avoiding feeding on humans – always just one slip away from killing the human you were feeding on – but sometimes they were a gateway to worse, like attacking one of the people trying to help others here, maybe killing her in the end too.
He’d been in the backs of ambulances often enough to know what they had on hand. The paramedic likely wouldn’t have had direct access to the blood bank, but word woulda got around to them all the same. Gossip flew at the speed of light after all. Bobby made a sound low in his throat and drew a notebook out of his other pocket to scribble notes he didn’t really need. ”Seems like blood would be easier to take from one of those blood drives. So many bags around, people comin’ and goin’.” Numbers were always gonna hide the more sinister things. Bobby gestured back towards the hospital with his notebook, his smile crinkling the corners of his eyes. ”Thought you might’ve heard about it in there. It’s one of the hospitals that’s reported losses.” His shoulders rose and fell, the notebook tapped lightly against his thigh. ”Sometimes folks go lookin’ for a little healin’ that don’t involve a doctor, if you get what I mean. So far we’ve got no suspects, but we think they maybe took more than blood. A nurse was attacked here a while back, disappeared some time afterwards. Sounds fishy, hmm? You heard anything about that either?” Alix still hadn’t provided too many details, but it was easy enough to put one and one together and come up with a sus story.
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TALIA BORELLI
Angel
Possessed by Asariel
Posts: 41
Age:
31
Occupation:
Paramedic
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Raven
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Mar 31, 2024 19:00:20 GMT
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Post by TALIA BORELLI on Jan 30, 2024 2:04:23 GMT
Talia knew that her life might have been less complicated if she had remained in the dark about the supernatural world but she also knew that there were a few times that she would have died had Raven and Asariel not intervened on her behalf. Now Talia had to keep secrets from those around her but the truth was that she’d had to do that anyway. She had been through so much over the years and she knew that people would never understand if she told them what she had been through so instead she fed them a lie that it was much easier for them to swallow. There were a few people she knew that she could trust with the truth but she knew that they would look at her differently if they found out and she really didn’t want that so instead she had decided to keep it to herself. In a way it was a little easier keeping the supernatural from those around her since she was already keeping the truth about her past from them but deep down she knew that she could do with someone other than Raven or Asariel to talk to who knew about all of this. She hadn’t yet come across anyone like that, though, so she was simply doing her best to get by as well as she could and she knew that she couldn’t do anything more than that. Of course she hadn’t counted on someone coming to the hospital and asking questions but she knew that she didn’t have anything to hide. She was getting used to dealing with angels and demons by now, not people who stole blood from the hospital, so she knew that she didn’t have to worry about that at least. As the man said they weren’t that different when it came to wanting to help people, Talia felt a smile touch her lips. “I can see that,” she nodded. She could see it in his eyes that he wanted to help people and she wanted to help if she could but she really wasn’t sure how much help she would be able to be. “It would be. A lot of people come and go from those, it wouldn’t be difficult for someone to slip out with a bag or two hidden away,” Talia shrugged. She hadn’t really thought much about it before because she hadn’t thought that anyone would have a reason to want to steal blood but it would be much easier to take from a blood drive than the hospital, that was for sure. “Really?” she asked as he said that this hospital was one of the ones that had reported a loss of blood. “I have a few friends who work here but they haven’t mentioned anything. We try not to talk about work too much though,” she admitted. Normally when she was with her friends they wanted to unwind and forget about everything that had happened at work so they had a rule not to talk about it after their shifts ended if they could help it. As the man spoke again, Talia frowned. Asariel was in the back of her mind warning her about vampires and the like but Talia wasn’t sure she was ready to believe in those on top of everything else yet so she did her best to ignore the angel for the moment. “I’m afraid I don’t know what you mean,” she said honestly. Asariel had healed her when she agreed to become her vessel but Talia wasn’t aware of other ways to heal. “I heard about the attack but as far as I know the woman moved away with her boyfriend after that.”BOBBY SINGER
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BOBBY SINGER
Hunter
Posts: 108
Played by:
ANGE
Last seen Mar 7, 2024 20:16:43 GMT
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Post by BOBBY SINGER on Mar 7, 2024 20:14:34 GMT
Those philosophers hadn’t been wrong about the road to Hell being pathed with good intentions. It wasn’t just assholes and evil sons of bitches that ended up rotting down there. People got themselves in over their heads, putting their own lives on the line to try and help others. If they were like him then it was to keep those they loved alive. It didn’t matter how noble the cause was, when your time came, you’d be just as dead, your options just as limited. Bobby knew that hanging on when he’d died trying to take down Dick Roman was dangerous, madness just around the damn corner, but given the choice he would’ve done it again to make sure his boys survived. Paramedics were just as bad. They didn’t sit around on their hands when they saw someone who needed help, they charged in, considering the risk to their own lives as just part of the job. There was a time when he’d have told the woman that she was blind, he was a selfish son of a bitch, but that bit of him had started to crumble the minute he’d buried Karen. After that his own life had almost become forfeit. The more things he took out before they got him the better.
Bobby’s smile curved genuinely, his head bobbing in acceptance at her before he shifted his weight again. Most hunters would probably say the same, including Alix. Her family weren’t the altruistic kind, but it looked like she was trying to move past their hard line. Whoever it was she was helping now had been dealt a seriously bum hand, what had happened at the hospital costing him more than just a wife. He probably could’ve asked the guy half these questions, he had sounded like the sort to care about his wife’s job after all. Not everything was shared over the dinner table, though, the little procedures, the details tended to fall through the cracks in most stories. Bobby posed the questions to the paramedic instead, his brows drawing together as she agreed with how easy it’d be for someone to slip away with a few bags of blood. ”I’m guessin’ they don’t monitor it the same way they do the meds, but does someone in there keep track of what blood they’ve got in stock? How easy would it be to doctor those records?” When you could compel your way past any human reluctance that part of things would be a piece of cake. Take what you want and leave ‘em all trying to figure it out later.
If a vamp had covered its tail well enough nobody would’ve known they’d been there in the first place, but something had definitely gone wrong on the night the nurse was attacked. His smile faded as he looked bac at her from the ER doors, his look far more serious now. ”On at least a handful of occasions,” he murmured. ”News got out, but I’m not sure if they’ve already investigated internally.” If they had then it didn’t seem to have stopped the situation. Bobby let out a low noise, something like agreement, although he could imagine himself not talking about work with the people he surrounded himself with. Almost all they had was hunting, Heaven and Hell had made sure of that.
The woman was already frowning. At least now she was aware of what had happened she might watch out for herself a little more. ”You don’t think one of your own getting attacked here was suspicious? Would someone looking for a bag of blood be freaked enough over being caught to almost kill a woman?” Most folks would’ve blamed it on narcotics, but there was something far more insidious than that was going on in Mystic Falls. ”She no longer works here,” Bobby confirmed. ”Have any other employees left since?” The nurse hadn’t just moved towns, the woman had disappeared, although he suspected that Alix knew more about that than she was letting on.
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