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Saint's Journal
Tree of the Shrike
Downtime
Rivulet visits Saint
As Saint finished writing, he heard a familiar noise behind him, turning around, he saw a familiar sight.
"whatcha doing?"
she signed.
"I was writing a log, but I'm finished, for now at least, what do you need Rivulet?"
he replied.
"Nothing much! just wanted to see what you'd found, when you returned to the gates you mentioned that you found something, but didn't say anything about what it was, so I'm curious!"
she signed quickly, as is normal for her.
"ah, well, I don't exactly know myself, so I can't tell you much, here, you can read my blog to know what all I know so far."
he hands her his logbook, already open to the first page.
"I know you can read faster than I can speak so this is-"
Rivulet interrupts him.
"all done! this is really neat! I hope you can figure out what's up with this thing! and those Kushima you mentioned, do you think you can sketch one? I know you aren't exactly an artist, but can you at least try? please? for me?"
Saint chuckles at Rivulet's behavior, as usual, she finishes the task before he even finishes signing.
"I can try, just don't expect much from me, as you said I'm not exactly an artist, not like you or Gourmand, at least."
Monster Hunter: Island
Epitaph
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.