like, you want to find Dave. Dave is way more common than you would think. most enemy groups will have a good crop of Daves.

n.b. pay attention to Co-Conspirator 1's artistry here. it's *not*, as lots of people wrote online derisively, that Dave is somehow totally clueless. no, dear Dave is "my secret agent", "my special informant", he knows what's up—and then immediately after: how was your meeting? how's your important job? what do *you* think of this secret information, love? (you're such an expert! you have access to all this classified info, that proves you're special!)

Dave has this hot Russian agent all over him because his job is so real and important, he's living in a goddamn spy thriller right now; and how much more spiritually satisfying is that, compared to being a random mook barked at in the office room! life under capitalism is a void in the heart, of course he would try to stretch that fantasy life as long as he could, no matter what the critic in his head said. Co-Conspirator 1 is not a blunt instrument at all, she's finely crafted for the exact purpose. when you study her, compare her technique here to that of ASMR roleplay videos; the trick is to keep them in a suspended state like, I *know* she's just performing a role for the leaks/patreon rn, but also maybe she developed real feelings for me…?, but no she's just pretending to get the goods, but she's so nice to me specifically, what if… until they don't care anymore about whether the sugar is real or artificial, they're just craving the next hit of sweetness.

this is honeypotting but the same principle works for other forms of scamming, not necessarily *literally* seducing them, but also metaphorically with the promise of getting rich or strong or healthy or spiritually ascendant etc.