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Ester's Journal
San Ventura Tales 1: There's a Light...
Maikendo
Downtime
Founding of a cult
Day seemed to be a like-minded individual and quite a useful contact to get me better access to useful knowledge on the occult, that goes past the vague information one can find in most folklore.
She turned out to be quite determined in her quest to amass knowledge and is choosing the most reasonable way to go about it! We started a cult of knowledge together and already gathered a handful of followers of different degrees of loyalty and usefulness. Her teens in LA will most certainly be useful in scavenging the local flea markets, pawn shops and the likes for useful books. While my academics here will be the start of our source of income.
Liv is very persuasive and holds an astonishing amount of sway with people. Which is perfect for me since I somehow tend to scare them away just because I can be a tad too impulsive in what I say. She also has some more extreme agendas than Day. I think her plans can be a useful step in the direction of destabilizing governments, while Days goals will give use the knowledge we need.
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.