Poltergeists

Poltergeists are a recurring supernatural threat in the Checquy’s working world, and their incursions spike during the holiday season. The brief reference places them among the organization’s routine crises, even as the narrator distinguishes such external dangers from the pressures that weigh most heavily on its operatives.

Seasonal Incursions

During the holiday period, the Checquy begins to see its annual rise in poltergeist incursions. The passage groups them with chronological abductions: both recur often enough to form a seasonal pattern, though no details are given about their causes, victims, or resolution.

Place in Checquy Life

The narrator notes that these supernatural disturbances are not usually what drives Checquy operatives to suicide. Instead, the season’s emotional strain comes from remembering who they are and who they are not, particularly when ordinary life outside the organization becomes more visible. Poltergeists therefore belong to the Checquy’s persistent operational dangers, set apart from the private and institutional loneliness described in the same passage.