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Blythe's Journal
The Other Ones
Downtime
Working and wondering
After our investigation into the doppleganger and the sea kraken, I'm back to working the night shift at the Waffle House. I meet interesting people, as usual, but some of the savor has gone out of it for me. After all, they're interesting, but they're not as interesting as a timeless sea serpent that demands that we sacrifice our young to the waves.
My regulars notice I'm distracted, but I do my best. I renew my bonds to locals who know me. I have a sort of social stable of people who come into the diner, I pick their brain for news, and I trade them tidbits they might find interesting.
I'm very skilled at not being the way when fights start (which is often). Maybe I am growing more bold? Hard to say for sure. On the one hand, my experience at sea was frightening, but then, it's hard to be frightened of diner brawls when you've faced a kraken and survived.
Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.