#suck them into shitty contracts and throw them away when they become liabilities or stop doing the numbers

[emystic]

The Belle Agency's means of recruitment

The Belle Agency acts as a talent agency but secretly is a supernatural awareness foundation. They carefully use the most appealing and skilled members as agents by utilizing the most common talents or skills they might have to be able to be known for (for example Shanice is a model and actress, and Alasie is a teen idol) to give an excuse for them to be known all around thus granting them more access to more locations than just their main branch.

The recruitment tactics of the Belle Agency in recent decades versus when it first started are drastically different. At the end of the day, the agency's ultimate goal is to protect the supernatural and those with extraordinary abilities. However, the methods are built through calculated pragmatism such as often those recruited as agents are usually the most exploitable from vulnerability to foster loyalty. The unspoken agreement of being indebted to the Belle Agency creates a complex dynamic where loyalty is both a choice and a consequence.

This highly contrasts the genuine compassionate legacy of the original founders before the new head, Natasja Belle took over a decade ago (she's the oldest daughter of the original founders and a dhampir). The original magical human and vampire married pair (Wilma and Clavell Belle) that founded the Belle Agency and treated it for the abnormal and supernatural to have a safe environment to live in, building it to be a society or to eventually adjust to a human-run society (whichever they chose). They used Wilma's acting career as a way to help fund the foundation.

#focused; character development #i wouldn't go as far to say they're a cult but maybe a really fucked up mlm scheme #like they promise you all this great stuff but you have to complete so much stuff for anything #cause natasja the head lady in charge is just kinda of a bitch #like she got her own reasons but she still is #her mom though is a sweetheart like wilma cares about anyone #all the og belle agents are the biggest wilma stans they hate she retired #hell i am sure like most quick after they realized how unhinged natasja was #in a way they kinda represent how actual talent agencies swoop in to take young talents that no nothing about the entertainment industry #suck them into shitty contracts and throw them away when they become liabilities or stop doing the numbers #like they probably only keep shanice around because well she's good at what she does despite being a pain to higher ups #but as soon they get enough her they will instanstly replace her with alasie who is much more naive and just is happy to be a popstar #belle are legit manipulative fuckers lmao