Modern Fae, Chapter 3: Siren-ara, Suckers SCENE 1 [The Fount] (sounds of shuffling papers, DIYA lets out a defeated sigh as she closes a big book.) DIYA Well, that was the last of the reference books I could find that even mentioned Encrucijada. I figured I’d start recording just to see if I can sort my ideas out, but honestly there’s not much to say yet. What’s up with that? I mean come on, you’d think that at least there’d be something interesting on the internet about this place, but nope! Nothing. (pauses) Nothing that explains any of the weird stuff that’s been happening around here, anyway. Yea, so I moved here quickly- but at least I checked the Wikipedia page for this town beforehand. There’s a disambiguation page to tell it apart from an Argentinian movie and some other town in Cuba, but other than that all it tells you is that it’s a normal town in South Texas, population 13,000, must be a relatively recent settlement because there’s basically no historical records. It just exists! Not a word or an article or even a frickin yelp review about the weird vibe here. (She sighs) Well, the store’s pretty sleepy today, so I might as well keep trying. There have to be some answers somewhere… (Theme fades in) DIYA Modern Fae, Chapter 3: Siren-ara, Suckers (Diya is typing something at the Fount’s computer) Now I’m starting to get a little creeped out. I just went on Facebook to see if I could find who else lives here, maybe find some events going on this weekend. But it’s like Encrucijada is entirely populated by old folks. Nobody has a Facebook! Well, nobody put Encrucijada as their hometown anyway. (pause) I’ve been looking through the books that the Fount- the books from the back room yesterday. One of the first chapters in the Encyclopedia of Mythology was about ancient Sumerian deities, and I saw somethingwell, weird would be putting it lightly. Apparently Enki and Isimud are the names of some knowledge god and his messenger. I mean, honestly it seems in character for Enki to change his name to an
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