Well, my tactical suggestion says to go with full on active surveillance. Since whatever's doing this is acting always just out of sight, physically and constantly observing everything should either stop it outright from happening, or allow us to figure out just what the hell it is.
I would however say that abandoning the highground is a bad idea. Unless your grandparent's house has all the same protections as Rainbow's End, moving there would just expose more weaknesses. And, apart from the sticks (which are creepy, I'll admit) and mussing with your traps, which is also creepy, what has this thing done? For the most part, it's harmless. It's fucking with you, and hoping you're going to trip up.
It's like TI, in basic. They deliberately screw with you, and try to get you to mess up. And when you do mess up, they capitalize on it. That's about the politest way to say it.
Probably the biggest difference here, is that this isn't being done with the same intent as a crucible. This is just them trying to get you to crack. I think.
I don't actually have any evidence for this theory. It's just that some of your reactions are similar to stories of really freaked trainees I've heard about. IE panic, hiding in a closet, poor sleep, mild paranoia.
Now, I actually don't have an answer that's really useful on how to deal with this. In basic, the TI went away (late) at night, and 8 1/2 weeks later, you went to tech school. All I can really suggest is trying to take a more proactive approach. Not just setting traps, not just running away. Organize a hunt for this little leprechaun. Have you tried tracing magic on those bundles of sticks? How about using a rotating night-watch system, with everyone sleeping in the same room? Camera's are a little bit expensive, especially seeing as you'll want them to record. Plus, if this thing could take apart your traps, it can probably try and alter the recordings they take. If they can even be caught on tape at all.
Yeah, now that I think of it, using a rotating sleep schedule with the person on watch keeping a log, should actually work really well. If nothing else, it'll help with making some deductions about this thing.
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Well, my tactical suggestion says to go with full on active surveillance. Since whatever's doing this is acting always just out of sight, physically and constantly observing everything should either stop it outright from happening, or allow us to figure out just what the hell it is.
I would however say that abandoning the highground is a bad idea. Unless your grandparent's house has all the same protections as Rainbow's End, moving there would just expose more weaknesses. And, apart from the sticks (which are creepy, I'll admit) and mussing with your traps, which is also creepy, what has this thing done? For the most part, it's harmless. It's fucking with you, and hoping you're going to trip up.
It's like TI, in basic. They deliberately screw with you, and try to get you to mess up. And when you do mess up, they capitalize on it. That's about the politest way to say it.
Probably the biggest difference here, is that this isn't being done with the same intent as a crucible. This is just them trying to get you to crack. I think.
I don't actually have any evidence for this theory. It's just that some of your reactions are similar to stories of really freaked trainees I've heard about. IE panic, hiding in a closet, poor sleep, mild paranoia.
Now, I actually don't have an answer that's really useful on how to deal with this. In basic, the TI went away (late) at night, and 8 1/2 weeks later, you went to tech school. All I can really suggest is trying to take a more proactive approach. Not just setting traps, not just running away. Organize a hunt for this little leprechaun. Have you tried tracing magic on those bundles of sticks? How about using a rotating night-watch system, with everyone sleeping in the same room? Camera's are a little bit expensive, especially seeing as you'll want them to record. Plus, if this thing could take apart your traps, it can probably try and alter the recordings they take. If they can even be caught on tape at all.
Yeah, now that I think of it, using a rotating sleep schedule with the person on watch keeping a log, should actually work really well. If nothing else, it'll help with making some deductions about this thing.