The Second Letter - Gatherings

My Dear Roachrock,

I was very much pleased when I heard of your new assignment. The Gathering has been operational for quite some time, and every now and again, a Follower comes through and gives us genuine trouble. It is a worthy endeavor, often easy, but far from mindless. You must keep watch, rounding on them when you can. Consult with your captains; I assume someone dispatched to you has some military experience.

Whenever someone is new to the Gathering, an often successful tactic is to prevent them from ‘sticking’. Concentrate your resources on keeping new arrivals distracted during their first few visits. Simultaneously, keep the other Followers bent on doing ‘other’ kinds of ‘good’. You see, sometimes we must willingly encourage good behavior, to secure the more important cargo. Provided you keep the Followers busy running around doing things for each other, offering them good questions to ask friends they already know, convincing them to better their appearance, etc, you should have little difficulty in ensuring the new arrival is unnoticed, not-cared for, and missed entirely. At this point you can leave it up to their own nature (and by all means feed it), to foster Loneliness, Depression, and, ultimately, Doubt.

Concerning your reply, a Changed is a formidable adversary for this express reason: they are wary to your existence, and if alerted to your presence, will have you (and anyone else) forcibly removed from the Area (with a caveat*).

-Shrapnel


*If this is the case, re-entry is only permissible (and possible), once the Host approves it. Messengers are rather slow, so act wisely.