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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kookalouris" data-source="post: 4249065" data-attributes="member: 23872">A most peculiar obsession...Hey everyone...Let me correct or amend some previous posts on my part.  I've either not addressed a few points and/or mis-addressed some others (I've got to lay off of the plutonian space mead.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).First and foremost, I will start with the assumption that Sam is a member of the Witching Hour 'coven.'  She knows all of the PCs and is fond of them (for various reasons or just plain familiarity).  To Sam, these are her friends and she values them all more than anyone else here in this strange town (except maybe Auntie Keziah).As to why Sam would have an interest in the occult...Being of a curious and inquisitive nature, Sam might just have a natural interest in strange mysteries.Possibly having a little ichor in the blood, Sam might have an unnatural attraction for such mysteries (a sort of subconscious knowledge that her knowledge of the world is wrong, or the world is.  Think of the Matrix's Neo and his instinctive knowledge that the world was wrong somehow, even before the red pill.).It could be both of the above, although Sam would only be conscious of the first.Perhaps some of the odd discussions or pictures from mouldy old tomes tickle her memory.  Remember Sam has suffered from temporary (but not complete) amnesia from her time over Bermuda.  In a sense, she may be a sort of 'alien abductee.'  So, imagine being an abductee with very cloudy memory passing through a science-fiction convention at a hotel.  A group starts talking about UFOs and it rings true, but you don't yet know why.  All you know is that you are compelled to listen and participate.  Think of the main character from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Actually, Sam doesn't need an interest in the occult to be part of an occult group.  Let me explain.Sam has been saddled with trying to keep a bar afloat.  She needs to keep every loyal customer she can.  If she had found nothing but sports collectables at the Gilman's she would have opened a sports bar.  If she had found only rock music goodies, she would have opened a karaoke bar (well, a few decades later, maybe).Had she opened a sports bar, she would have to develop (or at least fake) an interest in sports and sports teams.Had she opened a karaoke bar, she would have to grit her teeth and become familiar with pop music.As it was, she found a dying bar she could only decorate with weird old tomes and bizarre figurines, so by Azathoth, she's learning about the occult.It might be that Sam herself is considered a minor mystery.  Although she (and the authorities) believe she simply cracked up in a sudden storm, others may think that Sam was at the center (or was the center) of some paranormal event.  She may be popular with mystery-hunters.  If the bar is barely keeping afloat, Sam may have to 'work' her mystery status.  Or curious folks may hover around her anyway.Think of the haunted look B-actors in struggling science-fiction series get when cornered by obsessive fans in sci-fi cons. (Doctor Lazarus from Galaxy Quest).  It could be she can't politely avoid these 'nuts.' <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It could simply be that Sam became friends with any one and them and later the group from that one first friend.  She may be a part of the occult-researching group simply out of loneliness, boredom, isolation and a terrible need to keep her mind from wandering.  Don't forget, a group that believes in 'alternate' possibilities might be the last folks to cast instant judgement on poor Sam (something she would value terribly).  Having been judged herself, she would no longer be so quick to judge eccentrics.Don't forget, Sam could be the group's Scully.  Scully's skepticism didn't stop her from getting into the same scrapes as Mulder, simply because she worked with her open-minded friend.  And having a 'doubting Thomas' might be a useful counterpoint for David's plans.Whew,  I hope that suggests a few ideas why Sam might now hang out with these eccentrics.  I can probably come up with more if David needs it.Feedback, as always, is welcome (and improves me).Next up, let me see if can correct my misunderstandings about Adam and Sam's past...Gerry</blockquote>

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