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Johnny Towane's Journal
Beware the Assassin!
Downtime
A good book
I managed to shake down a few other prisoners for information on this Occult business. The concepts and theories are fascinating, with talk of outer realms and souls. it's giving me a lot more to think about, like truly unknowable fears and monsters. Things that could drive an old man to Madness or worse. it's a pillar of fear that I hadn't fully realized yet.
"If God is benevolent and almighty, why should there be so much suffering in the world?" is a quote I especially enjoy. As it's a question I have the answer to. Balance, there is no good without evil, safety without danger or God without the Devil. in essence there can be no Heroes without Villains, and so the world spins, people die, people are born, heroes save the day and villains aspire to ruin it. That's how it's been and how it'll always be. Amen
Maikendo
Downtime
No more books
Well there's good news and bad news.
Good news Connor won't be running his big mouth about my reading preferences anymore. I got word from some of the inmates that Connor was talking behind my back about the books I've been reading. Books about the dark magics of this world that I seem to have only scratched the surface of. he was trying to claim that I was crazy for believing in Witchcraft and Voodoo. But he hasn't seen what I've seen he hasn't read The Secret Teachings of All Ages, The Book of Shadows or, The Pineal Gland: The Eye of God!
Bad news the guards apprehended me while I was giving Connor an in-depth lesson in the Occult. I don't know if it was the forcing a book down Connors throat, or the incantations that I was attempting. But I got 3 months of solitary and I'm not allowed to any more books.
But I'm coming for you Connor soon very soon
The Thomas Clown Affair
The monster under the bed
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.