Since foxes will make him think kitsune, and he's already the kind of guy who follows stupid rumors of the supernatural literally anywhere, it's going to be his Mission To Figure Out What The Fox Heads Mean after this.

So if he can learn anything in the library beforehand, or by talking to Waver or NPCs, he doesn't exactly make it a secret that Hi I'm A Traveling Writer Who Wants To Learn Ghost Stories. Cults are a great cover for evil spirits, obviously. I can have him end up at the scene by chance to see it in person and be delightfully terrified but if he can follow any quests or trails of breadcrumbs that might give him some insight beforehand, that'd be pretty rad.