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Lyle Jaxson's Journal
For the Dogs
Downtime
Locks, Locks, Locks!
After the last incident I would be a fool not to reassess the security on my apartment. I wouldn't look like such a fool taken from my own home again if I could do anything to avoid it.
I'm not master craftsman but it was a simple enough feat, ordering a new security door was quick enough and when it arrived it didn't take long to swap them over. It took a little longer for me to figure out how to attach the chain and deadbolt but by the end of it I felt like I was safe behind a mighty fortress!
With the door upgraded and all of my locks thoroughly checked I could finally feel safe at my home again. It would take some time before I was truly at peace but I could live with this, perhaps I could contact that Lance bloke again? He came all the way from America but I wouldn't mind getting a handy bodyguard.
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Eschatology
Downtime
Rest & Recovery
The days following that contract even I can't say I fully understood how I felt.
It was catatonic, like I had locked myself behind an iron wall to simply avoid reliving the events of that day.
In spite of it all I'd like to say I did something productive, channelling that anger and pain but I'd simply be lying. For the first couple days I simply sat there, lying in bed allowing the world to pass me by without a moments thought.
Taylor broke me out of that stupor, dragging me outside after I stopped replying to him for a day too many. I can't help but thank him as perhaps I'd still be there if he didn't but what happened still lies heavy in my heart.
I will carry that burden for the rest of my live, I and that team alone will know what happened that day and I must simply live on.
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.