Investigators must investigate. Otherwise, mysteries remain unresolved. Off to the warehouse everyone goes, after business hours because why not? For this, the Paranormalists brought along their only employee, Aiden Lockhart. Aidan is licensed as a private investigator as per Ontario regulations, though he mainly works as a bartender and bouncer. Kristi brough him on the team after Ayel saw that the business might cross over to the PI side of rules and regulations.
The break-in is to see how the walls fell. Ginger can do her magic while the rest of the team looks for mundane clues. The first problem is the alarm system. Alarms do have a delay so that the legitimate owners have time to prevent the system from going off. Of course, in a business, whoever arrives first for the day needs to shut down the alarm, and not everyone will remember the code. The weakest point in any security system is the human element.
Back in the unreleased first arc, Ginger had a nail that she used for self-defense. Since moving in with Kristi, she hasn't had it. Thus, any loose nail is hers, since she found it again. Object permanence is an iffy subject in Ginger's mind, as is possession. What's hers is hers, and if she says it is, it is.
The difficulty on finding legends on the Wee Folk and other supernatural and paranormal beings is hampered by today's pop culture. Supernatural isn't the worst; the writers for the show do their research, but fansites and other pop culture sources muddy the online searches. Cold iron, though, is a classic way to stop the Fair Folk. Salt works to stop ghosts. And Supernatural is a way that Ayel and Kristi can overcome their differences and work together. For the record, Ayel is a fan of Sam while Kristi wants them both.
Some more clues have been set out this chapter. Mysteries are hard to pants. There needs to be some planning to figure out whodunnit. At this point, I still hadn't worked out who Old Man Jenkins was going to be, but I wanted to get a few things set up in advance for the reveal. The events in the warehouse did force me to narrow down the suspects.
Friday, the home lives of the Paranormalists, in Hauntings Anonymous Chapter 5, "Home Bodies".
Also Friday, over at Psycho Drive-In, alternate sources for adaptations.
Saturday, over at The Seventh Sanctum, hiatus week to let me get ahead on my reading.
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