Scottish, yes, though there are versions in other cultures as well. The creature that lures travelers into the water to drown them is a pretty popular archetype.
[He nods and takes another slow sip of his shake, thinking on that.]
Money is a good starting place, considering how money translates to power of its own sort. And every organization needs funding to maintain its cover, no matter what the core of its existence is.
[He frowns as he rolls the thought over. He's definitely had too much experience in this field, to the point where it all has its own sort of awful logic.]
Financial records and cover stories, then. Which possibly brings us back to Smoke and Mirrors as a previous cover for this. An excuse to travel, to gather large numbers of people, to take their money...traveling by train and carnival culture in general makes it easier to conceal identities...
[He makes a small note on his notepad. Another box to check off later.]
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[He nods and takes another slow sip of his shake, thinking on that.]
Money is a good starting place, considering how money translates to power of its own sort. And every organization needs funding to maintain its cover, no matter what the core of its existence is.
[He frowns as he rolls the thought over. He's definitely had too much experience in this field, to the point where it all has its own sort of awful logic.]
Financial records and cover stories, then. Which possibly brings us back to Smoke and Mirrors as a previous cover for this. An excuse to travel, to gather large numbers of people, to take their money...traveling by train and carnival culture in general makes it easier to conceal identities...
[He makes a small note on his notepad. Another box to check off later.]