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Since you don't have a phone or a computer, you head for the nearest library. Forbes Library is a sprawling Romanesque building, a 19th century castle located on a hill across from Smith College. Cast iron railings flank a manicured walkway, now dusted with snow, that takes you inside. The interior is spacious, quiet, and cool but not cold. Once you have a library card, a brief self-tour familiarizes you with the circulation desk, the freely available computers, and the media library. You settle into the first open computer. Time to start searching. Werewolves are naturally secretive, but little words and phrases slip out sometimes. You try a few words that have dribbled into regular use, but that just brings you to various pop-occult sites talking about the Beast of Gévaudan or the Jersey Devil. Searching environmental forums doesn't yield anything, so you try a few Green Party and anarchoprimitivist Discords and Slack channels that Scarper used to frequent, asking careful questions and keeping a low profile using one of your more common handles—

SpikesBurstingThroughGrid

menacing_earthworks

rubblelandscape

4biddingBlocks

My usual handle is… [Enter text]

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You're careful with your questions, but insistent, and after hours of prodding and hinting, you get a private DM from someone who might know something…

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