>>5719995So here you are, you quietly remark as you take in the sights, <span class="mu-s">HAUSER’S OFFICE…</span>
“Don’t worry, chief, I didn’t touch anything.” Explains Pepper as she hops off the desk.
“Whaddaya think the bossman’s got in here, huh?” Asks Raj as he flops into the <span class="mu-s">RED LEATHER CHAIR</span> behind the desk! “You check these <span class="mu-s">DRAWERS</span> yet, Pep?”
“Tried a few–pretty much all of ‘em are <span class="mu-s">LOCKED</span>.” She shrugs before waving the document she was reading in your face. “Found this on his desk, though.”
Eagerly taking it off her hands, you quickly read it to yourself and frown–seems like it’s a printed page from something…
‘<span class="mu-i">The native peoples of North America are known for their traditional beliefs in medicine, spirituality, and the land itself. Like Japanese Shinto, Aztec religion, and the beliefs shared by the Aboriginal people of Australia, these tribes each praise and fear countless distinct spirits. One such spirit is</span> <span class="mu-s">THE MASHENOMAK:</span><span class="mu-i"> an aquatic demon said to drag unfortunate souls to their watery grave.</span>’
“Any thoughts on why this’d be lying on his desk?” Asks Pepper as she gestures to the mess of earning reports, inventory sheets, and other errata forming small hills on Hauser’s desk. You shrug and keep reading.
‘<span class="mu-i">Though the legends present themselves in different ways, the Wampanoag Tribe is one of the more distinct: in their legends the Mashenomak was a curse bestowed upon enemies of the tribe by their fish god</span> <span class="mu-s">PAKIOKWIK</span><span class="mu-i">.
Local anthropologists including</span><span class="mu-s">DR. IGNACIO DOMINGUEZ</span><span class="mu-i"> have acquired several artifacts of the Wampanoag Tribe, chief among them were ritual details in appeasing Pakiokwik and bestowing the curse of the Mashenomak on an enemy.
Does the existence of this curse suggest the Wampanoag Tribe was xenophobic and vengeful–a testament to their isolated home cut off from other native people? Or did they, like many other Native American tribes, turn to their ancestors and legends for answers when beset by European Colonizers and other belligerent tribes?</span>’
>CONTD. 