INTERVIEW WITH EDGAR JOB:
Edgar Job smelled of
cigarettes and mouthwash. Dr Keaton
granted Mr Job a crumpled, green packet of Lucky
Strikes (which we later learned are his favourites). He lit one and sat quietly before he
spoke.
Edgar referred to the cult
as “Echavarria’s people” (they didn’t really use the word “cult”
themselves). He met Echavarria at UCLA,
introduced by one George Avery. Echavarria thew the best parties, focused on
sex and drugs, and Mr Job claims he was basically high from 1923 through August
1924.
Echavarria gave them ideas
of things to say, things out of books.
He had a whole library of books – creepy books. He made them promises of power, said they
“would get whatever they wanted in the new time”, “when Golgarath was here” (“the Fisher from outside”).
It wasn’t what Edgar Job
wanted – he just wanted the sex and drugs.
But then “things got serious”. He
referred to the incident, that night
at the barn. He went on to describe
Vincent Stack’s assault upon the group with a shotgun, and his murder of
Echavarria (as a shotgun to the belly).
In retaliation, Mr Job “gutted” Mr Stack with Echavarria’s knife.
(He admits it, “knows it
was wrong”, but can’t undo it. Believes,
like the doctors say, he should just move on.)
Mr Job continued about
that night – saying the summoning worked, alright. Echavarria put spells on them, on him at
least (he assumes that meant he was important somehow), just before the Fisher
turned up. He described the creature as
having long arms, no head, but lots of mouths.
He couldn’t quite make it out, as he was too busy screaming. Whatever they summoned, it wasn’t what they
promised or what Echavarria expected.
He doesn’t know if anyone
got away that night. Except Mr Henslowe,
that is. Since he believed Mr Henslowe
wanted him dead, he came after him first.
(Following this, Dr Keaton
terminated the interview.)