Geek-Out
Four ordinary geeks, who wanted to do nothing more than play video games (and maybe even design a few) have had their lives turned upside down when catastrophy after catastrophy changes them.
Tony Figliola: The defacto leader of the group owing to his ability to make decisions based on reality and not desire. He has very conservative Catholic parents who don't approve of his friends (especially Emma). He finds out that he is decended from the same bloodline as the Virgin Mary. In fact he is the first male born to his bloodline since His Great(However many times) Great Aunt Mary had her son, Jesus. He finds all of this out when Lilith tried to turn him, but her mouth was burned by his holy blood. it is unknown if Lilith's bite transferred vampiric powers at this time.
Emma Walsh: Emma is the token female of the group and knows it. She Once tried dating Jake, but it went so abysmally that she swore she wouldn't date a member of the group again. Her family has money, to say the least. She's studying to be a vetrinarian and used to help her mother train dogs. When she takes Jimmy to her eccentric, but brilliant, Uncle Waldo for help, she meets one of her Uncle's experiments, A blue great dane named "Tesla". Her uncle spliced the dog to allow it to emmit massive amounts of electricity. Tesla really likes Emma, but doesn't appear to like any of the other boys to well.
Jimmy Studebaker: Jimmy rocks software. He hacks any PC games he gets to put profane "Easter Eggs" on them. Though the whole crew enjoys gaming, he is the hardcore one of the group. His and Jake's parents died less than a year ago. To cope, Jimmy threw himself in to the binary world and hasn't surfaced to grieve much. When a bomb of unknown origins goes off in Tony's apartment, Jimmy is the only one seriously injured. In panic, Emma took him to her Uncle Waldo's (not far from Tony's apartment) for help. Uncle Waldo saved Jimmy's life by replacing any organs or appendages too heavily damaged with cutting edge cybernetics. Jimmy was bummed out until Uncle Waldo informed him that there were interchangable "Attatchments", including a chain-saw and a plasma-rifle.
Jake Studebaker: Jake is the Japan-o-phile of the crew. If it is from the land of the rising sun, Jake has seen it, used it, and knows all the secrets about it. Some times his enthusiasm gets on the nerves of his friends (his brother has threated on several occasions threated to slap him for posing). After his parents deaths he got more into his art. By now though, he's back to be a big goofy kid. While hoping his brother would survive the operation, he opened Uncle Waldo's fridge and drank a brown carbonated liquid he thought was pepsi... It was a gene-resequencer specifically designed to splice any mammal with a cephlopod. Jake always thought it would be cool to be part animal, but he never thought of being part Octopus. He's re-learned to breath air, and digs the Cthulu look. When he found out he had enough telepathy to communicate and command lesser minds (like fish) he about passed out.
Drake "Uncle Waldo" Emmerson: Emma's Mother's brother. Waldo is a genius, but also a bit crazy. He recieved his share of the family money, which he parlayed into enough money to run his experiments for the rest of his life (no one knows how). Why he decided to call himself Waldo is still a mystery. He is very protective of his neice, who is the only member of his family to take him seriously. That's why, when Tesla showed a liking for her, he gave the dog to her. Waldo has no special abilities aside from his intelligence. It is apparently enough to keep Jake out of his head. He doesn't believe in religion or magic.
Lilith D'Arc: A Vampire of undetermined age, she is the one who called Tony away from his apartment on the night of the bombing. While being rather well traveled and wise, she is mostly computer illiterate. She had a thrall order her computer, but killed the thrall before the computer arrived (he tried to run away). She called Tony hoping this would all be easy to understand, when seeing how smart he was, she decided he would be a perfect start to a coven, and perhaps even a good mate. She attempted to turn him, but burnt her mouth on his holy blood. She has decided that Tony is definately her mate, whether he agrees or not, and whether he's holy or not. She has agreed not to harm any of Tony's friends, in exchange he won't kill her (which would be easy for him considering he can bless whatever he touches).