"The Fear Community"

Our blog, finally, has updated with a variety of pages our clients may find useful for enlisting our services. I promised these pages quite some time ago, and regrettably found myself unmotivated to create them soon after, owing to a rather nasty bout of depression. I presume that this is something quite a few of our readers and potential clients can understand, however, in the future I will endeavor to keep up on my work in spite of this issue. I have a mission, as does the rest of my team, and I am not about to jeopardize it.

Within those pages, I frequently mention what I call the "Fear Community." This is by no means an attempt to normalize or belittle the circumstance of those of us ensnared in a world of supernatural horror none of us asked for. Rather, it is my hope that by referring to us all as one whole, I may encourage us to smash the walls that separate us into 'factions'. Proxies and other such Fear followers and so-called "Runners" alike suffer from the presence of Fear in their lives. It does not benefit us to fight each other, but working together, we can create a bond which will protect us from many of the worse horrors we face daily.

It may seem to those reading that I speak from a place of safety and comfort. But I assure you, my own predicament is as precarious as any of your's. Although certain arrangements have been made to protect my team and I, the being known as the "Slenderman" is still quite present in my life. I have seen him, frequently, staring in from the outer edges of our current grounds. Always seeming to be looking at me, despite that complete lack of a face. It seems to me that he is a symbol, a constant reminder of the pain and sorrow I have endured. Still endure, in some cases.

I anticipate resistance over the course of duty with Rain or Snow Services. Thus far, my fellow Couriers and I have been unimpeded, but there will be some who do not take kindly to our mission. Although I have declared us a neutral party, I suspect not all will honor that declaration. I am lucky enough to benefit from a partnership with Fracture, former head of the Free Market, as well as his successor Sloth. We have one of his agents among our ranks, and I am grateful for it. He brings valuable insight and connections to the team which we would otherwise have no access to. The Free Market is currently the largest remaining Proxy organization, and so it is in the spirit of peace that we ally with them for all of our sake's.

I hope those who might disagree with his partnership can see that. Thinking about it now, I should have made a statement on this earlier. That is my fault, and it is another in a long list of mistakes throughout my history. I bring Rain or Snow Services to our community, now, in the hopes that I can atone for those grave errors in judgement on my part. With any luck, our services can bring similar hope to the entire community to which I refer. It may not be much. But, it is something, and it's more than we've had in the past.

-Malcolm