An Infernal Knack for Finding Out, open

[K-Squared]

"I wasn't there first hand, who can really say what he found more than a hundred years ago? Genetic anomalies misunderstood by uneducated people, freaks made into monsters, or the real thing? It's tough to really say, but he documents a lot of pretty strange things, from wolf men, to poltergeists, often not under names we know. There are enough accounts of such things it could go either way, perhaps he was drawing on existing myths, or perhaps he really was onto something......."

[Gilaureloth]

"Oh," she said, thinking. He acted like he really knew what he was talking about, but then again if it was a code he could be just trying to throw her off.

"What do you think then?" she asked. "Was he on to something? Is there even something to be 'on to'?" This last she said more to herself than to him.

[K-Squared]

"There are too many corroborating stories down through the ages in different cultures, some of which rose and fell in complete isolation, for me to believe such matters to be merely coincidentaly folklore." He said.

[Gilaureloth]

"Mmm." She taps her fingers on the cover of the book.

"So, what exactly is your interest in these books?" she asks.

[K-Squared]

"Call me nostalgic for history. I'm a museum currator and a history lecturer." He tells her candidly.

[Gilaureloth]

"Really? What sort of history? Most historians specialize in something specific."

[K-Squared]

"Early American cultures, but I dabble." Because he can't say his real area of expertise openly, ancient magic can be potent stuff.

[Gilaureloth]

"Oh, that sounds interesting! But what does that have to do with - well, the supernatural? Did the Native Americans believe in werewolves and witches?"

[K-Squared]

"Shamans were witches of sorts, look at the powers attributed to them and medicine men. Werewolves and werebirds are very common in pre-colonial western civilizations though, as gods, their intermediaries, and other powerful beings. The Norse have Loki the trickster, and a lot of the tribes have Raven, who would seem to be a wereraven as an almost parallel figure." He answered her.

[Gilaureloth]

"Oh. Sounds very interesting," she said, even though it wasn't really. She looked at her watch and suddenly realized she was nearly fifteen minutes late for work.

"Um, I'd really love to continue this chat, but I'm kind of late. Lunch break was over about ten minutes ago. Is there- this may sound forward, but is there any ways I can contact you? If I have any questions of course?"

[K-Squared]

He smiles, "Oh yes, of coarse. Here." he hands her his card, with his number and credentials from the museum. "I'm sorry to have kept you."

[Gilaureloth]

"Oh no," she says, "It isn't your fault." This wasn't the first time she'd gotten caught up in her "research" and lost track of time.

[K-Squared]

"Perhaps not. Be careful where your curiosity leads you." He cautions.