"Knowledge is something that should always be desired." He looked around noting the man now hugging his little girl had the same kind of marks on his chest "I was not aware the effects were reversible. Similarities to reanimated dead were high enough that I did not believe the woman life functions were retrievable." He then starts to go in the direction of the drops of black blood. "I may have been rough but I didn't kill her or sought to do permanent harm." Glancing back "So are you miss judging me as I miss judge the woman?"

Should ALX-32 find more husks, their magical signature would be like a black void. the equivalent to something being ice cold on a thermal scope. The puddles and black markings themselves would however have a higher concentration. The source would have a concentration similar to the puddles, though obviously, moving time to time and a a larger profile outline.

The newly found Husk looked like the Groundskeeper for the park. Unlike most of the others, he had what looked like a bite wound rather than a claw puncture. He also has the most prolific blackening over his body.

"So....is everything under control or..." Jorortis asked confused as people argued around him.
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"Thanks Sam, I'll be back a little later today." Dennis Cain came lumbering out of of the butchers shop, ,with enough steaks to fill both of his gigantic hands as he walked his 8 foot 5 inch 700+ pound sumo like frame ,fat over pure muscle, as he walked down into town to his home, his Yellow and black sleeveless hooded sweat shirt was worn over his all blak shirt, with black jeans with yellow and black sneakers, his hood was down as he walked pass the heroes.

The Grounds keeper went down just as easily as the others. His human strength was not increased, nor was the amount of foreign blood covering his body a sign of increased power it seemed.

ALX-32's analysis would at first glance, indicate that the black oily substance was very chemically similar to congealed blood, though perhaps altered magically in some unknown manner.

Nodding, Kyukoda began rolling the Groundskeeper gently back to the police zone, turning back to Jeremy before inquring.

"How many do we have now? And what do you think of that AI?"

Jeremy dropped the shield as they arrived at the quarantine spot and the police took over. He looked away from Kyukoda while he thought about his answer, "Uhh, well, I've not come across too many sapients. Used to try avoiding them at all possible measures. Probably either doesn't understand violence or it's got some combat history. Either way, if he's helping I'm not gonna judge."

"I think there's three left?"Jeremy and Kyukoda had returned to the spot they retrieved the groundskeeper and started looking around. Jeremy was beginning to work his way back along the trail to see if he could find more clues.

Kyukoda nods, before beginning to eye around for any signs of the last three, hoping his slightly enhanced senses give him a boost in this area. Turning back to Jeremy in reply.

"That sounds about right..and what's your name. Your not dressed like a hero but you have the mettle and drive of one." He compliments.

Jeremy stopped searching while he thought of an answer. "Its um... uh, well, ....."

It was clear he hadn't even come up with a hero name, nor did he wish to reveal his identity.

He thought back to the books on ionization in natural sciences and chemistry. He wasn't sure if any of them felt right, but he picked one all the same. "Call me um... Galvanizer."

Immediately he wanted to change his response, but stuck to what he had said.

"It seems I had triggered the source of the condition Pride." He knelt down and picked up the destroyed personal teleport device. "Seems it saw through my attempt to trick it and capture it." Thought that wasn't quite a lie after all the teleporter would have sent him to a cell. Just not one in a police station.

"Yeah.. let's.. um, Let's follow this trail over to that direction."

About that time, one of the free-runners just did a flip down from a sculpture and landed near them. Calling out to Jeremy he said, "Hey bro! I think there's two of them over by the fountain."

The Two husks in question were seemingly mulling around, that is, until one of the freerunners hopped down from atop the fountain in question. The guy ran across the concrete path to the supers and ducked around behind them. "About time you guys showed up!" The Husks followed after him, slower, but closing the distance at a decent speed towards the heroes and the runner.

Rift was just about ready to get out of here. Things were getting interesting, but right now, his body couldn't handle interesting. He still had no lead of where to go from here, though perhaps a phonecall could Straighten that out... Where was that one guy's Card again? Somewhere in the void? Rift tracked down the Last Husk and quickly knocked it to the ground. He made sure to take the human husk's jacket, leaving behind just a t-shirt and pants. "This should at least help blend in" The striker thought aloud, throwing the stained coat on. Things were still rather awkward for him; still running around with nothing below the belt-line. The striker began to focus for a moment, trying to recall where in the void that business card was... The card for the entity known as Faceless.

ALX followed the others to the two remaining Husks. Risk assessment was high of being caught if he attempted to take one of the victims, nor could he seek out the teleporting creature without alerting someone.

Kyudoka covered Jeremy in this as he immediately fired as cryogenic arrow to freeze the husk solid but briefly, hoping that the rapid loss of heat and thawing sent it too the floor dazed and ready for Jeremy's field when he recovered.

"I shall carry that one." ALX went forward and lifted the frozen Husk hoisting it over his shoulder. "Unless of course this is too rough for you."

"I think it's fine so long as that one is kept from others while we move them to an arcanist," Jeremy said, spinning around and rolling the force field with the husk inside.

Luca lowered his force field around the one husk as it dropped in front of the druid. Looking around, he moved away from the cops as inconspicuously as he could. "Is that all of them?"

One of the mages paused to eye the robotic lifeform before him with genuine curiosity before offering a simple explanation. "Imagine that the essence is... An energy source. Now, humans obtain energy through chemical means, yes, but this is a separate energy source. Now, imagine if you yourself had low, to failing energy. You would probably reduce energy use by bypassing unnecessary processes, sub routines, that kind of thing, right?" The mage in question seemed to be explaining the situation rather well. "Now, imagine if essence were the energy directly responsible for reasoning and logic. It serves no other real purpose besides that. Once removed, the human body begins to act like a primal life form, existing purely on chemical urges rather than higher thought."

The mage paused and began to perform a transfusion. "Humans produce more essence than they need as a sort of safety threshold. By taking a piece of one's essence, we can basically jump-start the energy source, and return the husk to normal human function, albeit with a serious headache until they've recovered." The mage held his own head after performing the transfusion. "Does that help you understand, my mechanical friend?" The mage, despite his headache, asked with a genuine smile. He was happy to see a purely non-magical being interested in something so foreign. He only hoped he could educate the being before him. "While essence is not necessary in itself for use with magic, it does hold influence over one's thought processes, and can influence magic to a degree. Mostly, Mage's just have larger pools of Essence due to constant flexing of our thought and reasoning muscles." The mage gave a little animated flex as a sort of silly joke.

"So the essence isn't necessary the same as the magical force. But needed to guide the magical forces." ALX looked around analyzing all the magic users in the area. That would explain why even though the witch's body was still alive it wasn't producing any magical energies given now she's brain dead. "I wonder if one such as me will ever be able to use such magical forces."

Jeremy had finished his call in time to hear there was one last husk out there. Nodding to ALX and Kyukoda, Jeremy ran to find out what his now coalescing network of freerunner scouts had found. Perhaps one of them had a handle on where the last husks were.