A modern metropolitan police department is made up of a number of specialized units. The patrol division will be the largest and most visible, of course. Some of the others will be familiar from film and television, or brief mentions in the newspapers: homicide, property crimes, narcotics, vice. And then there’s the C-Squad. Nobody’s heard of it, and nobody talks about it. And that’s the way it has to be. Because the C stands for Crypto, and that doesn’t mean chasing stolen Bitcoin. You wish it did.

You’re ${character.name}, and you’re a cop, in the ${Your city: Ex, Los Angeles} Police Department. You did your time driving a cruiser, chasing speeders and drunks. Then you took a six hour written test, passed a psychological evaluation where the doctor asked all kind of strange questions about your deepest fears, and Deputy Chief Sullivan approved your transfer to the C-Squad.

It’s a tight, well run unit. The boss is Captain Elios. Everybody knows everyone else, and you go out in teams of two, chasing the things that go bump in the night. Your partner’s a veteran Creep chaser named ${Your partner’s name: Ex, John Smith}. Maybe a little rough around the edges, but a good cop.

Tonight, the two of you are investigating reports of “suspicious activity” in a neighborhood the locals call Dusktown: ten city blocks full of solid, upstanding citizens, criminal scum, and if you believe the rumor, a few actual monsters. You’re driving an unmarked car down Derleth Street when you see it.