Maybe the devil's advice isn't only what you're supposed to say to Daniel? Maybe your words have more power over these creatures than you realize and you can just tell scratchy to cut it out when it's mind control gets out of... control. Yelling "stop" at ol' golfball eyes worked, anyway.

Or maybe you just need something from the graveyard in general. What was the prof doing in the graveyard anyway? Isn't it usually locked and not officially part of the campus grounds? And how dangerous is it to take something from there? I think there might be a lot to consider about this particular mission. Maybe Daniel should be the one to retrieve the petrified wood.

Yeah! This is what I'm talking about!

That's true. But these things don't rely on the same kinds of rules and there seems to be a lot of trickery involved even amongst the monsters themselves. According to Laundry Mom's tactics, trickery almost seems encouraged.

Do you think you can all work together as long as Daniel is the one to kill it? He might be the only one with that power, but Maria was able to get close to it. And the fact that it ignores you all might work in your favor if you approach this as a team. Maybe?

I think if you're not careful, someone else is going to end up in the wall. I'm pretty sure she has possessed him. I don't even think you're dealing with him at all at this point.

Ashley, do you think acknowledgement of these things affecting their power over people might also be a clue about the reason for their existence and why they don't follow the normal rules? It seems as if your professor refuses to acknowledge them and therefore can't see them and they can't affect him. But a college campus breeds rumors easily in general, so any creatures affected by even the simplest beliefs or fears could easily grow in strength and overtake things. And considering that there are so many different beliefs surrounding urban legends, it makes sense that a single set of rules wouldn't apply to these things.

You already know dark and unnatural things exist so it was easy for you to believe in the creatures on campus too - and you're clearly affected strongly by their presence. But if you hadn't turned toward the stabbed student to confirm it was there, could it have ever harmed you? And when you escape the thing that eats students in the halfway place, by refusing to acknowledge it, isn't that the same thing as what the professor is doing?

Edit: And I meant to add that perhaps the Rain Chasers are funded because whoever is behind this needs the belief of the creatures and the rumors of them on campus to continue in order to give the creatures the power that they need.