<div class="floatleft">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/JacksonHughes.jpg)</div><div class="floatright">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/SamanthaPickens.jpg)</div><div align="center"><strong>Name:</strong> Jackson Hughes (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132613.msg5897467#msg5897467)<br/>Samantha Pickens (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132613.msg5897467#msg5897467)<br/>Clark Monroe (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132613.msg5897467#msg5897467)<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Farmhouse, outside of Reedland<br/><strong>Time:</strong> Day 1, 7:25pm<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> Max Jerious</div><br/>Jackson stopped abruptly as he smelled vampire. His Sire was not forthcoming with a single bit of details and therefore Jackson was caught off guard. Luckily, his reaction can be written off as a play in the game of the Veil. At least, he hoped that's what this vampire was doing. He was awfully sure of himself asserting his authority, even when unneeded. If he wasn't acting under the guise of the Veil, Jackson wasn't going to be very happy about this treatment. For now, though, he'd play along.<br/><br/>He produced a fairly unforced snarl and stared Max directly in the eyes. "An efficient operation," Jackson enunciated each of those words. "Sir," he almost spit that last word. "Those," Jackson motioned at the cameraman and anchor woman, "are the news crew." Now the sarcasm was just blatant in his voice. "They intercepted the call. Others will be coming shortly," Jackon lied straight through his teeth. He knew no one else would be coming until they saw it on the news. He knew from past experiences that it was best to have the first spin on the story and his little piece of pretty putty gave him just that. However, he knew this new vampire had no idea that she was with him and could understand his trepidation. Jackson just wasn't really sure if the other vamp had any authoritative reason to hold such trepidity.<br/><br/>"You want the crime scene unit? Then here you go," Jackson motioned for the three other men wearing deputy outfits and holding somewhat antiquated equipment, to go on into the house. They obeyed promptly. "And as for the coroner," he motioned to the man and his assistant," that is indeed what these two men are and need to enter your precious crime scene here, to do their jobs. Wouldn't you<em>like</em>to know the times of death?"<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/ClarkMonroe2.jpg)</div>"Now just calm down, you two," Clark had long sense recovered from his bout of nausea and now stepped between the two men, holding out hands in a calming fashion. Jackson managed to hold back a smile, having known full well that the level headed sheriff would step in to mollify both vampires. Clark turned to Jackson, hand still outstretched pacifyingly.<br/><br/>"Listen, Son. Corporal Jerious has been assigned to this district to lend me a hand," Clark explained to Jackson. "He's with the State Patrol and has, thus far, done quite a superb job with this crime scene. He's even found the murder weapon, here."<br/><br/>"Isn't there a highway for you to patrol?" Jackson countered. "I'm pretty sure there's a hundred and five mile stretch not too far from here that will keep you quite busy..." Jackson's voice trailed off as Sheriff Monroe's words hit him. Murder weapon? But every vampire knew with any political worth would know exactly what they were dealing with. This was the exact M.O. of one Renair Malcovian. This Max wasn't working directly for their Lord or Sebastian would not have need to send in his Childer. But clearly Max knew enough to cover up the incident with the locals. Why then had his Sire sounded so perturbed? It really shouldn't surprise him. His Sire always sounded perturbed. Maybe Jackson had misinterpreted the tone of his voice.<br/><br/>"Well then. I guess you'd better give it to my crew. We'll need to take it in for processing of course," Jackson looked to both Clark and Max and nodded.<br/><br/>"So far," the anchorwoman could be heard recounting to the camera, "all we know is that there's been at least one murder. You could see that from the body inside. I'm overhearing that there is, in fact, a state patrolman present."