The Night Walker

Our story begins in Los Angeles, California. A young woman is surrounded by men in white lab coats wearing surgical masks and bandanas on their heads. Doctors. "Push Ms. Greening, you can do it!" With a yell, the young woman pushed, and cries filled the room. This was the beginning of Seth Greenings life.

10 years forward - the more exciting part of his life starts. Walking through the forest with his mother's boyfriend. Hiking had become a huge hobby between the two of them. "Alright, Seth. I'm gonna quick go over here and check something out." The older man said. Seth nodded and waited until Seth heard someone fall a little ways off the path. It sounded rough. So Seth quickly ran down to see if maybe he could help. There, he found a man. But he looked extremely pale. He was going to go get his companion, but then he saw a book on the ground. Something with scribbled writing on its cover. "The Monster Hunters Survival Guide." He looked around and shoved the book in his bag before calling for Dave.

Dave busted his way through the trees and found Seth trying to check the body. Finding small punctures in its neck. That day, Seth and his mother moved to Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. The Crawfish Capital of the World. Oh, this was an interesting point in young Seth's life. As this would be his first introduction to supernatural forces.

Breaux Bridge middle school was a breeze for young Seth, he excelled in most courses and had a couple friends. He had some issues in math, and he wasn't necessarily popular. But he wasn't unliked. As Seth walked through the halls on his 2nd year at the school. It was strange, he could've sworn that there were more kids at school in the last year. Going from a class of 60 to around 55. Perhaps they had moved away. His school year otherwise remained normal. Remaining quiet. However, the same trend had increased over the next couple of years. His 3rd year, 10 people went missing; presumably moving away overnight, and upon his freshman year in High School; he had noticed that around 15 of his former classmates had gone missing. At this point, he had become incredibly suspicious. So he stole one of his friends' crossbows and loaded them with arrows. His friend had modified it to fire multiple arrows over a short period.

What he found during the night, was utterly horrifying. A group of pale people was escorting a friend of his and his parents out of their house and ushering them into a van where he saw other people inside the van. Remembering something, he reached into his backpack and pulled out the old diary that he had found in the woods. He found the passage he was looking for and read silently as possible.

"Vampirus Aldencia. - These vampires are your standard horror movie types. Weak to sunlight, able to turn into bats, drink blood, and hypnotize prey. Don't get too close. Optimal hunting requires a crossbow and a perfect shot through the heart. Keep your distance."

He looked at the illustration and then through the scope on his crossbow. The example matched perfectly. Fucking hell… He didn't know how, but these were real vampires. He couldn't handle this alone, but when they closed the doors; he heard the people screaming for help. The vampires must've put the whole town to sleep so they could harvest their prey in secret. He quickly ran back home, where he saw a disturbing sight. His mother was still awake… But why was she still awake? That is when he saw another van arrive. That's when he knew what he had to do. It looked just like the one his friend had been taken in, and he knew that he was downwind. Thank god for his mother's Ex-Boyfriend teaching him how to hunt with a crossbow.

He looked through the scope, waited for a perfect shot… and watched the arrow sail cleanly through the vampire's chest. The feminine vampire exploded into ash. He didn't take any time to reconsider and quickly tried to line up another shot. Unfortunately, these things were much faster than he had thought and he had ended up shooting the side of the house. Fuck. He had missed his shot.

He ripped an arrow out just as the other vampire ran down the road at him. He quickly slipped in his earbuds and met the creature head-on. Ducking between her legs; he barely managed to slam the arrow in-between her ribs before she could grab at him.  She exploded into dust as well.

Thinking he'd won, he realized that his mothers' lights just went off and her car was gone. He had only recently gotten his learners permit, so hopefully, no one would stop him on the road. Seth thought as he got into the vampire van and drove until he found a van similar to the one he was driving. He had to find out where they were all going, and following them was probably the best way to do that. Seth followed the black van by a couple blocks away; thinking that if he was lucky; he wouldn't be seen. Luck seemed to be on his side, as he followed them out into the country. Where Seth saw many black vans and his mother's car already parked. He waited until the last van was unloaded and began walking towards the building with his crossbow ready. Seth took note of the guard, he looked vampiric; so he shot him through the heart. The arrow did its work, and the man was ash before he could raise the alarm. Unfortunately, Seth had managed to skip the passage where it explained that vampires could hear your blood rushing through your veins. And he saw that there were plenty of hungry vampires wanting a snack, but what really disturbed him was the fact that they were all the mothers of his classmates that had gone missing years and months before. Oh god. What the hell was happening?

He ran back to his van and peeled out; being pursued by an army of bloodthirsty soccer moms. Doing the only thing he could think of; he drove the van into the town tanning salon. A recent addition. He quickly flipped on the lights and opened all the tanning beds. He hoped this worked.

The soccer moms rushed in, and one by one fell to the ground in front of the ultraviolet rays. Completely unable to move as Seth ripped a piece of wood from the walls and staked them. He didn't know what else to do for them.

He felt helpless now. His only chance was to leave town. Maybe he should just go get help you know? This wasn't something he was prepared to handle. He just… Seth needed help. But Seth couldn't rely on Meta-Human assistance. He had to do this himself. Seth had to learn how to get rid of this infection in his town. Then he could return… goddammit, why couldn't he just save everyone?

He jumped into the van which was only slightly damaged. The storefront was mostly glass before he left, he returned home. He grabbed his mothers wallet and any money/valuables they had stashed around the house. He flipped on the porch light on the off chance his mother would come home and found something on the front porch. It was a blade, a sword that seemed to pull light into it. He threw it into the van, and he left Breaux Bridge. Knowing that when he left, he had already sealed his mother's fate to become one of the beasts.

Seth has no innate abilities outside of his training.

Reeses Pieces screw me up - Seth is very allergic to peanuts. If in contact with peanuts; Seth will begin to swell up and his airways will close. Without an epinephrine pen or medical help; Seth will pass out.

Human - Seth is just a human, he has no immunities or special abilities. He can die just like any other human. He's also young, and therefore inexperienced.

Hyperopia - Seth is very far-sighted and has trouble seeing things close up. He requires glasses to avoid hurting himself.

Photosensitive Epilepsy - Seth is sensitive to bright flashes of light and will sometimes go into a seizure when exposed to them.

Repeating Crossbow:

Weaknesses:

Trick arrows:

UV Grenade:

Weakness:

The Monster Hunters survival guide.:

Weaknesses:

Sun-Saber:

Weaknesses:

The Blade of Night:

 

Weaknesses:

Fire Retardent Clothing:

Weaknesses:

Crossbow:

Weakness:

Throwing Knives:

Weaknesses:

The Night Van:

This mask is created from the face of a real Oni. This wooden looking mask actually grants the night walker a few abilities he wouldn’t have otherwise.
Anger Empowerment - When Seth gets pissed off while wearing the mask, he gains the following abilities.
Super-Strength - The mask grants its user super strength. They can lift incredible amounts of weight, the true limit of which has not yet been reached.
Durability - The mask also grants the user durability that allows them to withstand anti-tank rifle fire.

In order to keep his strength up while wearing this mask; Seth requires a constant supply of both anger and alcohol. If he is not able to get any sort of alcohol into his system within 3 posts, Seth will lose the abilities the mask grants him until he is able to replenish his alcohol supply.
As the mask is created from, and has the abilities of an Oni, it is weak to beans. If a bean comes into contact with the mask, it will fall off; leaving Seth unconscious with a bean shaped burn where it touched.

Seth has an immunity to diseases such as vampirism, zombism, and lycanthropy. He also has a heavy resistance to curses in general.