Nomadic:Sessions:20180324
At 1:15pm the group is driving from Bridgeport to Mammoth Lake. Vincente has Marcus pull into the tourist center, where Vincente asks a bubbly young woman, "Anything strange happening around here?" "Well... it's rumored that Collin Media is bringing ghosts here from Bodie." She presses a sheaf of travel brochures into Vincente's hands before he leaves.
Marcus points out, "That Chevy Impala has passed us three times." He performs some driving maneuvers that verify the Chevy is following us. At Vincente's prompting, Rick vocalizes about energy readings, particularly "at a few isolated spots at hotels." Valerie suggests sending up a camera drone to search for Collin Media vans; her search for production studios for rent indicates several along Commercial Drive.
Vincente and Marcus check out a motel where Rick indicates a signal from the second floor. Carmella reports to Valerie that the room in question is not occupied. Marcus easily picks the lock. Vincente opens a suitcase which contains male clothing. Marcus opens the combination lock on a briefcase belonging to Scott Velasquez, a reality show producer for Collin Media. Inside is a "rack" holding two "filaments" with slots for three more; Vincente apports the rack out. Beneath is a manila file folder containing diagrams and specifications for the tiki torches; the "filaments" are elements of the torches. Rick says the rack is the source of the signal he's getting.
At another hotel, Rick says there's a very faint signal from the rear quarter of the third floor. Vincente tells Carmella to take a look. Carmella in turn asks Valerie, who exclaims, "Carmella, I don't think for you!" Nothing noteworthy is found in any of the five rooms.
At a fourth hotel, Rick says there's a weak signal from Room 136. Vincente casts Glass Wall and sees the room is unoccupied, but there are men's clothes strewn over the twin beds.
Valerie reports that a Collin Media van is parked alongside two sedans in front of a studio with a Commercial Drive address. Vincente notices the Impala pulling out from a gas station a quarter-mile behind the Navigator.