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 ofmisfortune asked on Log - February 2026/Pre Event FAQ at 2026-02-03
Answer date: 2026-02-04
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Hello, hello! Doesn't this look like a good ol' time...
I'm curious to know, would Augmented-run businesses be under threat during this time? Would local citizens just steer far away from them in fear, or feel compelled to target them?
As for the guardians of Kelesis, would they be more inclined to listen to reason if a character has provided aid in the past? (Say, thoroughly torch the hellish experimentation tunnels?) Would they be more inclined to look the other way, if said character was on the guardians' side, but also verbalized discontent on behalf of Kelisian residents, and maybe even snuck a couple to freedom via Ereshkigal's underworld?
And, that said, how possible do you think it would be to locate Anh's parents?
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- First, I'll talk about businesses in general during the Spectral Event. Businesses won't be typically targeted by citizens as something to take agression out on, and may, in fact, be a safe haven for some citizens to step into and take a breather. With the artificial lights turned on and with inside warmth, it may help calm citizens down, generally speaking. This is in the case of any indoor area that has its lights on, its amenities intact.
The same is true for Augmented-run businesses: lights on and climate controlled, citizens may calm somewhat in these spaces. They may startle at the sight and panic, seeing Augmented Ones... but they might be more likely to retain their senses and apologize for their jumpiness, they just don't know what's getting into them. It's such a scary place out there!
However, with such a high amount of blind citizens, their general unease cannot be abated in any circumstance, but they aren't as reactionary as non-blind citizens. Non-blind citizens: will always respond negatively to Creatures, The Dark, and Intense Temperatures, but can be somewhat placated by steady artificial lights. Blind citizens: cannot respond to the sight of an Augmented One, but will respond with panic at the general Spectral-ness of the atmosphere, may respond more acutely to actual Spectral-types, and still respond to Intense Temperature.
- The guardians of Kelesis are unwilling to budge on the nature of their task. They will listen, but their explanation is that this is their duty. To take the souls that they believe they're entrusted to protect is directly an affront to their mission. They won't look the other way at having the souls taken from them: they seem duty-bound to view "keeping" them as "protecting" them.
Frankly, trying to explain that anything they're doing is bad seems foreign to them. They're surprised that this is frowned upon. The souls are being cared for and protected; no harm will visit them here. What is the problem? They were tasked to protect the city and to stop its suffering, and they've done just that. Any discussion from the angle of letting the souls Be Free and Move On doesn't seem to register to these entities as a more humane option at all. That is an utterly foreign notion to them.
- Anh's parents... They're among the souls, but the only real way to find them is to ask each individual soul if they know who Anh is. There are a lot of Kelesian citizens; it would be truly combing the haystack for that needle, to find them.
It is possible, however! But there won't be anything remarkable they have to say. They're currently happy; they miss Anh, but they don't remember dying, and don't remember sending the letter described in Anh's memory. They believe that Anh must be working hard in Karteria. Fears of death and disease no longer plague them, as if it were all a bad dream. If one wished to communicate to Anh's parents that they're dead now, well... please check out this question for how that goes.
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