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Hacklog: Horror Movie [Attn. Gingered People]
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It's a damn good thing that text does not take up much space, because Ginger has only the small amount to work with.

And Grace has a book's worth of information to deposit. She filters through all that stuff to put down the most relevant information upon the server with the sexy voice.

Joshua Keller -- Spokesperson and CEO of ShockDrop Films. She's got his Facebook posts, his Twitter tweets, his publicity posts on nearly every site she could find -- and the picture of this guy is not exactly friendly. Arrogant, perhaps a bit misogynist, evasive when asked where he found the film.

She's also got his emails, his company records, emails of his business associates, which paint an even worse picture. He's morally grey when it comes to obtaining those rare horror films, and his legal adviser is constantly worried, to which his response is "Don't worry. we're covered."

After the night of the screening, all emails, postings, and other internet activity have ceased entirely.

Matthew Gilbert -- CFO of ShockDrop Films, and Joshua's friend. These two are chummy, and Matthew tends to stick up for Joshua against the more straight-laced Carole.

Claims that Joshua is lying low since the riot, hiding out from the press.

Jane Carole -- Legal Counsel of ShockDrop Films. Worried about the legalities of obtaining and showing L'Ultimo Giorno, among other rare finds of Joshua's. Typically pushed back by Joshua and Matthew.

FracturedDawn -- In a chat log between someone named 'FracturedDawn' and Joshua, FracturedDawn claims to have a copy of the film, and provides proof, in the form of a picture of the tin, and a frame from the film (a shot of the man before he has his neck snapped). In forum posts, claims to have found the film in a vault in Vienna, and when asked how it was obtained, FracturedDown replies: "I have magic hands."

Speaks Italian, with poor English.

IP address tracked to an internet cafe in Vienna, email is FracturedDawn1435@gmail.com

L'Ultimo Giorno -- A general history of the film's acquisition by ShockDrop has been pieced together through financial and travel records, and the information above. FracturedDawn seemingly obtained the film in a vault in Vienna, traded forum posts and iChat messages with Joshua Keller, and Joshua met with this person in Vienna to trade for the film. There are no records of financial transactions or deliveries taking place, so likely this was traded for cash and in person.
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Ghul, n. Arabic base, synonymous with ghoul, ghost.
Ghūl, n. Arabic base, synonymous with demon.
Looks like the latter is what we're dealing with, though that was pretty obvious just that night at the theater. Books are confusing and don't differentiate very well - someone should fix that. Mine are better than the Chantry's, in this particular case. They're on [this shelf], if anyone wants to check. But I didn't translate them yet, so good luck!

Historically speaking, ghūls are supposed to be the result of humans finding their way into the underworld, a la Persephone (which means some ferryman somewhere isn't doing his/her job). Entropic spirit-creatures, demon children of Iblis Prince of Darkness, find them and eat them, gaining taste for human flesh. They're skilled shapeshifters that can assume any form, but will always have hooves, and I guess they can 'taste' the emotions in the flesh they consume. Most appear to like betrayal best, though they also like hatred, despair, and fear.

Usually, they stalk their victims for weeks, months, before dining, but our guy was probably starving from its trip, or maybe we stopped it from going hunting - I'm not sure. They're patient things, and go out of their way to know everything they can about their victims. (So watch out for strangers who are cozy-ing up to you!)

They're super resilient and regenerate. You have to kill them with one shot (or at least quickly), and burning the body sends the possessing demon screaming back to the underworld.

Necrophilia is a thing for them. They impregnate recently dead women, a new ghūl emerges and reaches maturity three days after. Any given ghūl can only reproduce once per century, so maybe we're lucky? I wouldn't count on it, though.
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