Stranger Liu
(Delta Green Shotgun Scenario by Dregarexter, Copertino and Bellucci)
BACKGROUNDLiu Zunyong and Jian Yunqing are two researchers at Shanghai University working in the fields of agro-food sciences, plant pathology, and crop biotechnology. In recent years, they have collaborated with a mysterious Chinese startup, Zhang-Yu, for which they developed Fusarium T10, a strain of biological fungus derived from the more well-known Fusarium graminearum. Officially, T10 was designed to regenerate deteriorated organic structures and repair fungal damage to crops. In reality, T10 is capable of much more: it can generate complex organic structures, even reconstructing entire humanoid bodies.
About a year ago, the Chinese government began showing interest in their research. Concerned about the potential consequences, Jian decided to expatriate and secured a position at the University of Michigan, collaborating with Liu remotely. Both are unaware that Zhang-Yu is actually controlled by the Mi-Go, who have overseen the entire project, manipulating data and protocols, and providing a special component. This element, integrated with Fusarium graminearum and properly treated, makes possible to grow humanoid entities: beings conceptually similar to the “Greys,” but aesthetically identical to the person from whom they derive.
On April 16, Zunyong Liu arrives in Detroit on flight CZ482 from Shanghai where Jian is waiting for him. After smoothly passing through passport control, Liu stops at customs. It is at this moment that the inexplicable happens: a second Liu appears in the corridor, identical in every detail, dressed the same way, and carrying what seems to be identical luggage. This second individual is also stopped. Four small sealed bags containing red powder—genuine Fusarium T10—are found on the authentic Liu. The second Liu also has four bags.
AGENT BRIEFINGThe Agents are urgently activated. A Program operative meets them in a private room of a VIP lounge and explains the situation: two almost identical men, both corresponding to the identity of Zunyong Liu, have been stopped by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One has regular documents and appears extremely thin, with clothes visibly too large for him; the other has crudely falsified documents and is an almost perfect copy of the man, but slightly shorter, though wearing exactly the same clothes and dragging an identical suitcase. Liu had a health episode after being detained and was treated with an intravenous rehydration drip. The other man, who lacked authentic documentation, was stopped because there was no explanation for his entry into the customs area, and he exhibited inconsistent and disturbed behavior.
WHAT HAPPENED
In an attempt to hide the bags in his socks to bypass customs checks, one of the containers broke, and some of the Fusarium T10 spilled, coming into direct contact with Liu’s skin and using his DNA as a replication base. The fungus immediately absorbed a significant amount of organic matter from his body (fat and muscle tissue), reducing Liu's weight by ten kilograms. The change was immediately visible: his clothes appeared too large, his pants were slipping off, and the sudden emaciation was impossible to explain.
As Liu continued unaware towards customs, behind him, a “mini-Liu” was formed. The creature, resembling a child but with features identical to Liu’s, wore a scaled version of his own clothes and dragged a tiny suitcase, also a biological replica of Liu's items.
The mini-Liu, unstable and still in the process of growth, touched a passerby to absorb more organic matter, suddenly taking about ten kilograms from him. In a few seconds, the replica reached 80% of the original’s size, gaining mass up to about sixty kilograms. At the same time, Fusarium T10 enlarged the items the replica carried.
Investigation: Liu and False Liu's Belongings
The belongings of Liu and his duplicate are stored in a TSA security room. On the table are eight sealed bags. Three of them contain the genuine Fusarium T10; a fourth, originally part of the same group, has broken, and the material that spilled out generated Liu's duplicate. The other four bags contain a replicated mass, externally similar to the contents of the real samples but lacking a functional structure: just applying about three kilograms of pressure causes it to collapse into an amorphous sludge.
If one of the bags containing genuine Fusarium T10 is opened and touched with bare hands, the material reacts immediately. Within seconds, it begins to absorb organic matter from the person who touched it, extracting between ten and fifteen kilograms of fat and muscle tissue. Within moments, the T10 regenerates this mass into an incomplete clone, child-sized and morphologically identical to the person who activated it. If the clone manages to touch someone else, it continues to grow by using additional biological material as a source.
All the belongings of the false Liu (clothes, shoes, personal effects, suitcase, documents) appear to be real at first glance, though slightly smaller than the corresponding items of the real Liu. However.
In Liu's seized computer, there is a technical document of about seventy pages detailing the process for obtaining Fusarium T10 and its purported applications, officially related to the regeneration of diseased plants. The text explicitly mentions the need to use metallic microparticles produced in a Zhang-Yu laboratory in China, provided as advanced experimental material.
A thorough analysis of the document, using expertise in the Occult, Science, or the Supernatural, reveals that the project can be read on multiple levels. A superficial reading seems like a complex biotechnology protocol; with greater awareness, however, a hidden structure emerges, suggesting that the T10 is not just an engineered fungus but an alien replicative system disguised as agricultural research.
Investigation: Liu and Liu’s Double, Jian, and an Incidental Traveler Touched by Liu’s Double
After a while Liu will share what he knows. He was simply smuggling Fusarium graminearum in order to continue his research in the US. He believes that the appearance of his double is the result of a plot orchestrated by some Chinese apparatus or, eventually, by North Korea, attempting to seize the fungal strain or use it against South Korean crops. He insists on speaking with Jian, confident that she can confirm his version.
The “second Liu” is held in a separate room. His behavior is abnormal: he has no memory of how he arrived at the airport, repeats phrases with a noticeable delay, imitates others' movements with a one-second lag, and does not fully comprehend the questions. This is clearly an incomplete replica. When asked who he is, he confidently claims to be the real Liu, but everything he carries is just a Fusarium T10 Copy lacking any internal structure. As long as no one touches him with bare hands (the TSA agents have always handled him with gloves), he cannot complete his form.
Jian confirms Liu’s version of the “repairing” Fusarium project. She can provide some preliminary studies signed by her and her professor, though they have never really been considered by the scientific community. She has with her a small Chihuahua named Osso, which she keeps in her lap and that intermittently barks, disturbing conversations and growling at almost anyone who comes close. Jian tries to calm it down, but the animal seems particularly agitated by the entire situation.
The involved traveler is named Jared Kessler, a German citizen. He now wears clothes that are enormously too large and cannot explain what happened to him. All he remembers is feeling a sudden malaise while walking, and now he finds himself debilitated, and with his clothes slipping off.
The Transformation of the Second Liu
Jian insists on seeing the second Liu, and the PCs may request a direct encounter. From this point, two distinct developments can occur, both dangerous.
If the second Liu comes into physical contact with one of the PCs or is touched by them without protection, an immediate biological reaction takes place. The PC suffers severe physical trauma, losing 1D8 WP, 1D6 HP, and 1/1D6 SAN as the clone absorbs part of their organic material. The effect on Liu 2 is radical: he becomes more substantial, complete, and stable at the bodily level, having now acquired enough material to reach a functional human form. If the contact occurs with Jian, or with a female PC, the clone may incorporate some of the person’s female traits, assuming a partially hermaphroditic morphology. The other possible development occurs when Jian enters the room with her Chihuahua, Osso. The animal instinctively barks furiously and charges toward the second Liu to bite him. A few moments later, the dog falls to the ground, completely shriveled. The clone has absorbed the animal’s organic mass, and almost immediately, an uncontrolled mutation occurs. The skin of the false Liu thickens, his bones elongate unnaturally, his body structure deforms, and within seconds, the replica takes the form of a monstrous creature resembling a Demogorgon (in the style of Stranger Things): a carnivorous predator made of an irregular and highly resilient organic mass.
ConclusionsThe T10 represents a threat: it must be seized or destroyed. The seventy-page technical document related to the research must be seized. The Clones have to be eliminated and they hav to silence everything!
STATS BLOCK
Liu Clone T10 (Full Version):STR 15, CON 14, DEX 12, INT 10, POW 8, HP 14. (CHA N/A, SAN N/A)It has a strike attack with a 50% chance to hit, dealing 1D6+1 damage.
Slightly more resilient than a human: the first 2 points of damage from impact or blunt force are ignored, and its accelerated metabolism allows it to recover 1 HP every combat turn, unless it is at 0 HP or below. Seeing it up close causes a SAN loss of 0/1.
Demogorgon T10 (Liu Clone Mutation with Dog DNA):STR 20, DEX 14, CON 18, INT 10, POW 18 HP 18.Claw attack 60% (1D8), bite attack 50% (Lethality 20%).
Slightly more resilient than a human: the first 2 points of damage from impact or blunt force are ignored, and its accelerated metabolism allows it to recover 1 HP every combat turn, unless it is at 0 HP or below. Seeing it up close causes a SAN loss of 1/1d8.
Liu (Authentic):STR 12, CON 14, DEX 14, INT 18, POW 14, CHA 12 HP 13, SAN 5
Unarmed attack 35%, Melee 35%, Science 80% (Biology, Genetics etc) Chinese (Native) English 60%
Jian:STR 12, CON 10, DEX 14, INT 18, POW 14, CHA 14 HP 11, SAN 53
Unarmed attack 35%. Melee 35% Science 80% (Biology, Genetics etc..) Chinese (Native) English 80%
Credits
Stranger Liu was written by Dregarexter for the 2025 Shotgun Scenario contest.
Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmT-5KqCqqxFBv0shcfWx4pHl5_X-OVdyE_35DbSxy0/edit