Og archives team but they are teenagers that hunt cryptyds in their free time
Strap in, because this is a long one
Set in some small town in the woods (US cuz it suites best) - probably Appalachia
Jon is the one that drags them into danger because of his curiosity (Sasha is not helping)
Jon also carries an axe for self defence (or two even), Sasha has pocket knives (to many to not be suspicious), Tim has firecrackers, a can of deodorant and a lighter (because ofc) and Martin has a gun (no one knows where from, but they don't ask)
For me Sasha is the type with these realy pretty pocket knives, like you almost don't suspect her to know how to use them and then - bam! - you get stabbed in the shins or something.
Sasha also has a collection of bones she found in the woods (some look human)
She has made herself jewelery out of the teeth she found/pulled out of the things they hunted down. Her favourite is a necklace she wears all the time, but she also has earings. When she is lucky she manages to make herself a full set out of the same creature. She also makes some for the others
Tim is a cerified pyromaniac - he just loves to set shit on fire. The only reason no one knows and he hasn't been arrested for setting fire to the shool (twice) is his ability to sweet talk himself out of any situation. He uses it often.
Jon is just ferral, and it's visible. He doesn't even hide the axe. Has a custom belt to carry it or smth - And it's not even a short axe, like the throwing ones, it's one you can cut down a tree with.
Jon has like a notebook (think the journals from Gravitty Falls) where he has all the info they get about everything, and on the first page is a checklist of what they want to find (it's long).
At the end of it there is a glued in envelope titeled "corpse log" covered with those prison style countdown stripes marking the amount they found. In the envelope there are dozens of polaroid pictures of corpses they found with dates, locations and sometimes - if recognisible - names. Jon carries one of those cameras that develop photos instantly just for that reason, because the creatures in the notebooks are mostly drawn.
Whenever a new creature starts to cause havoc Martin only cares about the animals that die because of it, and doesn't give a shit when it is humans - Honetly, all of them are kinda the same in this matter
They once saved an organge cat for being eaten by some skinwalker. Jon takes it home and names The Admiral He sometimes joins them on their escapades
The gang have a treehouse-watchtower in the woods, near the wendigo hotspot. They sometimes do sleepovers there, watching everythig around with night vision goggles and binoculars (edytowane)
They have a giant map of the area pinned to the wall, covered with red string and adnotations about freequent singhting spots
The thing about the town they live in, is that all citizens know something is up and there are supernatural things going on, but no one knows what or where. There is just something sinnister in the air, strange sounds come from the woods and all the shadows seem to long, but no one talks about it. Everyone just prays it won't be them, that falls victim during the night, and pretend everything is fine during the day.
And this gang of ferral teens just roam the woods chasing shit.
They are the cryptids, for the cryptids
All the skinwalkers are running away when they hear them
I think the plot of a fic - if I were to make one of of this - would start with a string of murders that they can't pinpoint to a specific creature
I would eighter find a very unnown one, make an original one, or make it a cult or smth (or maybe just a human - they are the worse monsters after all)
One of the victims is Danny
Also, the reason Jon and the crew can roam the woods is because they are all neglacted. Jon and the grandmother that despised his existence, Martin with his mother, Tim is the older brother, and not the favourite one and Sasha is a kid of parents that should have divorced and spend all their time in work anyway.
[Can't have no angst in my ffs]