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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Falkus" data-source="post: 3156612" data-attributes="member: 22634">"Good, you're all here, we can begin," Mr. Smith said, ignoring any quips or Matrix jokes. He opened up a folder in front of him."Over the last two days, Department-3 of the Hoffmann Institute, my department, has been performing rather extensive background checks on all of you. Thanks to our resources, we can conduct these checks rather quickly. We checked the usual, employment records, criminal records, medical records, as well as a few other more esoteric sources that we have access to that you don't need to know about right now. It pleases me to tell you that you have all passed these checks, as per our criteria of what makes an acceptable field agent.""Before we go on, there is one thing I must make explicitly clear. Under no circumstances are you to reveal the true nature of the Hoffmann Institute or the exact nature of your new jobs to ANYBODY not cleared to know. This includes family members.""The Hoffmann Institute was founded in 1917 by Dr. Itohiro Nakami, and bankrolled by Thomas Hoffmann. Our ultimate goal is to research the supernatural and the arcane, and to understand the causes of paranormal activity. There is more to our goals, of course, but that will be explained to you as your clearance level within the Institute rises. Suffice it to say, the Institute's work can be said, without exaggeration, to be one of the most important endeavors in the entire history of the human race.""As for what your job will entail? You will be joining Department-7, part of our hidden Intelligence Division that the public doesn't know about. Your position will be field agents. Your goals are simple: To uncover the truth behind the paranormal, the supernatural and the preternatural in order to further our understanding of humanity and the universe it exists in. To this end, you will be dispatched on various assignments to research paranormal events, acquire arcane artifacts and uncover the truth behind myths and legends. We generally prefer to avoid violent action, but no make mistake, the malicious nature of many components of the supernatural and those who lust for power through it make violence a certainty in the lives of a field agent. You will be required, at times, to kill in the course of your duties. You will also be required to break the law, lie, cheat and hide the truth from those not capable of handling it yet. In return, you will be in a unique position to be one of the few human beings actually capable of learning the real truth of our existence.""Salaries for entry level field agents is forty-two thousand American dollars each year, paid in any currency you desire, and in any form you desire.""Are you still interested?" Smith concluded.</blockquote>

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