1. Characters

Benny

This character is dead.
Taxi Driver
NPC

SUMMARY

A skeleton who drives a taxi. Refuses to not drive a taxi.

CONTAINMENT: 

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Benny in his suit

He refuses to be contained and given he is a perfectly sentient human (altered) who was deemed entirely harmless we humored him. He has regular check-ins with an agent and his taxi (driving for the Blueline taxi company has video surveillance equipment installed which is monitored in the event of any incidents. He has a perfect record thus far.

In order to hide his skeletal nature he wears a full-body silicone suit and glass eyes. To everyone's surprise the glass eyes move as normal when inserted into his socket. They are suspended in the middle where they would be positioned if he had sinew and muscle. He has no complaints about this and even commented he is excited to be able to order coffee again. (Note: he has no digestive tract so he does not drink the coffee, but apparently he has a sense of smell and enjoys its scent).

APPEARANCE/EXTRANATURAL EFFECT:

Benny (born Benjamin Clark) is an animated human skeleton. He was previously a normal and living human but crawled out of a grave 3 years after his death in his current form. Before burial he was embalmed and prepared as usual, so his emerging as a skeleton goes beyond normal decomposition. We attained a warrant to exhume his grave and found it spotless and empty, as if there was never a body in there. Records indicate there was a burial.

He has full bodily control and has the strength of a man at his prime. Tests indicated no issues lifting 100lbs with some effort. We attempted to have him do a bodybuilding routine for a while but his strength remained consistent throughout, indicating no ability to increase strength as well as a resistance to it atrophying. 

Despite having no sensory organs he is able to hear, smell, see, and feel as normal. He only seems to have lost his sense of taste with a lack of tongue. Even without this he is able to speak clearly and articulately. We are unable to determine the source, and he is able to speak in areas otherwise impossible including within sound-dampening fields and underwater.

Temperature does not seem to bother him. He can tell if temperatures reach uncomfortable or even painful levels for humans but is unaffected by them. Without any issues he held a block of ice for fifteen minutes, and put his hand in a fire for five. He carried on a conversation as normal. (Note: This is perfect for the silicon suit, as discomfort becomes a non-issue)

He is able to survive without basic human necessities such as water, food, and air. He demonstrated the ability to swim as well as let himself sink to the bottom of the water and walk along the floor. He can blow out candles, inflate balloons, and otherwise exhale despite never needing to inhale. Every tests revealed another confounding result.

We have not tested the regeneration capabilities of Benny, as he refused to consent to these. Given his full sentience we respected his wishes. He has said that he once had a fracture that healed, so we assume the bone can re-fuse as necessary.

Benny has a penchant for driving a taxi. He claims it was always his dream but he was never able to. After considerable deliberation he was allowed to do so. He is very agreeable when it comes to testing things he hasn't otherwise tried.