Chapter 2: Tough Talk

Operation Watchtower is set in the wake of 9/11. Follow Nicholas Grayson, a haunted FBI agent; Belle Flower, a runaway from a family of circus freaks; and Senator Bryce Wexley, a man replaced by a better version of himself. What begins as investigation becomes revelation. What is known cannot be unmade.

Wexley watches his doppelgänger on tv while the world burns. Homeless and hunted, he eats a meal at Wong’s diner, man. Conspiracies and visions gnaw at him, and he feels the eyes upon him. Belle flees the man in gray. She waits at a library ragged till Red finds her. They speak of years lost and the towers burning. Sirens rise. He hides her under the dash and drives her toward his trailer. Grayson comes to San Diego. Agent Guthrie meets him. He calls his sister, answers his shrink, speaks with fellow jarhead, Boyd, of Mercer the psychopath. At Belle’s place, he finds a doorman slain, a home invasion, the air thick with loss. A jade Bronco tears away into the sunlit street like a beast unchained. They are all unaware how deeply they’re entangled in something monstrous and occult.

Soundtrack generously provided by Dead Melodies.

WARNING

This podcast contains mature themes including psychological trauma, violence, religious extremism, suicide, body horror, and the breakdown of reality. It explores conspiracies, real historical tragedies, and occult imagery rooted in the horror role-playing game Kult: Divinity Lost. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Nothing in Operation Watchtower is suitable for children. Some content may be distressing for survivors of abuse, veterans, and those sensitive to depictions of state violence or ritualistic harm.

If you feel unsafe or overwhelmed at any point, we encourage you to pause, breathe, and return when you’re ready. Or not at all.

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