"Who is the "Owl's Kiss"? The Owl's Kiss is a lost legend of folklore, just as terrifying as The Wolfman of Frankenstein's Monster. She is a woman who arrives at night through windows and locked doors, naked, except for her mask of taxidermied owl skin. She seduces men and women alike, killing them in their sleep. This beautiful scepter is responsible for dozens of deaths within the Los Angeles basin, though she has yet to be mentioned by mainstream media. Theories abound about her motives. This author believes she may be a member of a long-standing American cult, with origins in trade and finance. It is the unlucky soul who finds himself the recipient of an Owl's Kiss." What a bunch of horseshit. [Throws pamphlet on ground and chuckles] Oh... can't believe Jefferson Sevence is dead. Seems like every year, more and more celebrities and people I grew up with keep dying. Dick Clark, Elizabeth Taylor, Johnny Carson.
Sam
Everybody dies, even those people we think are gonna be here forever.
What were those pages on your nightstand? The one with all those scribbles?
Sam
No, it was nothing.
No, tell me. I want to know.
Sam
Well, have you ever heard about, um, old record albums, having Satanic messages in 'em if you play 'em backwards?
Sure.
Sam
Well, I was watching Wheel of Fortune, and I noticed Vanna White did this pattern of glances every so often. She would look straight ahead, to the right, to the left, and then back again. [The actress chuckles] I was like... I was just... I started to wonder. Is that random? Is there a reason? Like a pattern behind it? And if there is... if there is... maybe there's something meaningful in that pattern, so I started taking note of when it happened. Past seven months, I got a complete record. And just... I've been thinking. Why do we just assume that all this infrastructure and entertainment and open information and this beaming all over the place, all the time, and every single home on the planet is exactly what we're told it is? Maybe there're people out there who are more important than us, more powerful and wealthier than us, that are communicating things and seeing things in the world that are meant only for them, and not for us? I think it's **** ridiculous to assume that media has just one purpose, right?
Mmm-hmm, yeah.
Sam
Oh, you think that's weird.
A little
Sam
Okay. You don't ever think that maybe rich people know something that you and I don't?
Like... like, good restaurants, maybe.
Sam
Eh. [Chuckles]
Look, don't take this the wrong way, but you smell so bad.
Sam
Yeah.
And I- I think I should get going.
Sam
Okay. Thanks for the juice.
I'll be back when the smell goes away. [She walks away]
