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Aria Vulvokov's Journal
Downtime
After the nightmare on the island, I’ve finally returned home. It’s been a week of quiet, a strange kind of downtime after the chaos. It’s odd how silence can feel both comforting and unnerving after such an.. interesting day.
I’ve spent most of my days just sitting here, looking up at the sky. There’s something oddly soothing about the vast expanse above, a reminder of how small and insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things. It’s like the sky is a canvas, stretching out infinitely, holding secrets and mysteries of its own. It’s been a refuge, a place to clear my mind and try to make sense of what happened.
Every time I look up, I think about the island, the ritual, and the people we encountered. The vivid memories of those final moments haunt me, but there’s a certain clarity that comes with observing the sky. It’s as if, in its boundlessness, I find a semblance of peace, a place where the nightmares can’t reach.
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.