Editing Questions/Question 163

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|QuestionFaqPage=Log - October 2025/Event FAQ
|Link=https://enochlesis.dreamwidth.org/19927.html?thread=6687191#cmt6687191
|AskedBy=megatheorem
|DateAsked=2025-10-24
|QuestionText=howdyyy dropping this here so I can link it around when it's through, it's about [https://karteria.dreamwidth.org/20723.html?thread=3319283#cmt3319283 pal going to meet with "anon"]--<br><br>basically, was wondering if we could do a little handwave of how that exchange will go! pal of course does not lie, so he will be incredibly up front about what he remembers from being in the horrors; he won't diminish to protect anyone's feelings, but he also won't embellish just for dramatic effect. while he wouldn't share anyone else's presence/experience <i>by name</i>, from his own jaunt in the horrors he will at least tell her:<br><br>-the conditions and look of the place<br>-the content of the imprinting experiment<br>-the specialized power testing rooms, incl. about the angry augmented bone full of spite he got to touch<br>-the inhumane treatment overall re: food and so on<br>-the katalyth room/he will let her look at his corruption eyes if she keeps a polite distance<br><br>so re: the handwave, things I would love to know are:<br>-what's her vibe...how's her response<br>-does she have any other illicit information she'd slip him, on purpose or otherwise<br>-if he bothers her about who she's taking this to specifically, like for names, will she cough them up<br><br>and because he will Insist she Put His Name On It<br>-will there be any other npc response to pal about this, friendly or un. I'm going to slap the network thread on the reputation reporting eventually, so if that would come up then, please feel free to shuffle me off that way<br><br>I FORGOT ALSO....... would she meet with him like, day of the network post, or Another Date--<div class="edittime"><em>Edited <span class="datetime"><span class="comment-date-text"> </span> <span title="2025-10-23 06:07 pm (megatheorem's time)">2025-10-24 11:07 am (local)</span></span></em></div>
|DateAnswered=2025-10-27
|AnswerText=A handwave would be fantastic. It would keep things from getting messy..... especially since there will be Others Potentially Present. Celia <i>will</i> be by herself. There's very clearly an unease to her because welp this whole post was <i>a lot</i>, but she is not willing to relent due to discomfort. She's gotta know about Patho-Gen's crimes.<br><br>That said, she will remain as polite and accommodating as possible. Pal's refusal for of her aid during their conversation has made her very wary of overstepping, so she won't ask to poke around unless sincerely offered. Even then, re: his special eyes, she will only look and jot down notes; she offers that her field of expertise isn't whatever <i>this</i> is, but that it should be accounted for as a side-effect of the way Patho-Gen's treated him. There's no desire on her part to hungrily Learn Science from his condition.<br><br>... All to say that she appreciates this digest. (Sorry for the length... Celia wants to be OPEN, as much as possible.)<br><br><div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" overflow:auto;"> She dutifully takes notes. She needs to know these things, and will be presenting it to a collaborative group of government and Patho-Gen officials; she proposes further that an oversight must be made to see to the ethical concerns not only of Augmented Ones, but of Karterian citizens. If Augmented Ones have suffered so, what of their own citizens? She doesn't think that it's only the Augmented who have suffered, but rather, that they've been the only one who could survive to have a voice about it.<br><br><li>Her vibe is <b>concerned and rattled,</b> with a side of a heated determination to <i>do</i> something. But she is here to listen, true to her word. Celia is a bit of an optimistic sort, a woman who sees the good in things; to hear of the <i>bad</i>... She has to process all of this, but she's resolved to help find justice. ...There is very clearly a lot she is overwhelmed with, and it doesn't deal with only the treatment of the Augmented. That doesn't mean that she's not focusing wholly on the Augmented's current state of affairs, but that she's mentally comparing this treatment to anything she's ever seen in her life, as someone raised alongside Patho-Gen. (What other horrors have they committed in secret... She must find out.)</li><br><li><b>Names of recipients:</b> she will give the particular <i>department</i> that collaborates with government oversight. This department within Patho-Gen is called the "Commission of Official and Legal Enforcement", which works to enforce rules and bridge government interest with Patho-Gen's work. Taxpayer money and all. Bureaucracy. During this time, she will be requesting the presence of members from Karteria's Council. She believes it would be wise to rely on the government's board of ethics to oversee establishing some manner of special ethical oversight for <i>Patho-Gen</i> that could have positions filled by regular citizens <i>and</i> Augmented Ones... She doesn't know which council members will show, but surely they must mind the needs of their constituents. (She will give names that come to her mind, but none of them are particularly noteworthy at this point in time (read: we haven't settled on the names...))</li><br><li><b>Other information to give:</b> If it comes to Fun Information, Celia will be <i>intentional</i> about sharing. From the reception on her post, she is determined to be as transparent as possible; the Augmented deserve that, for being Patho-Gen's guinea pigs, their unwilling captives. And she truly views them as people who have the ability to save her home. So, what she tells Pal, she tells with purpose.<br><br>1. Celia has noticed a pattern amongst some of her colleagues. While most are focused on understanding the nature of Katalyth, or helping to cure arcane radiation poisoning, or doing literally <i>anything</i> of relevance to the city of Karteria's health and technology, she has noticed that about 1 of every 4 individuals has a weird slant towards <b>focusing on other worlds,</b> and sees the Augmented Ones as a mark of success in connecting to these other realms. She has had a colleague ask her once to <i>survey</i> the Augmented for details of their homeworlds, specifically to find out how habitable they might be. This colleague has been missing since the incident this month; probably died, and was probably involved in the Patho-Gen Holiday Hotel (TM).<br><br>This is what compels Celia to believe there is a division in the intentions of Patho-Gen, wherein their public face is for the well-being of the world, but some of its members have a distorted view of what that might be. The recent events, performed under the nose of so many staff members, continue to justify her suspicions that not all people are of the same mind. She knows little else beyond this, and is incredibly hushed about it.<br><br>2. She will also be candid: <b>nobody has seen Georges since before the Augmented showed up</b>. He's been missing. Entirely. There were early transmissions from him, but nothing else. Celia knows that Georges and a small team of his closest cohorts were tasked with interacting directly with a <i>tear</i> in the fabric of reality... It's dangerous work. Somehow, more Augmented Ones keep coming, so this suggests that he's still alive.<br><br>3. Celia was put to sleep just like the rest of the Augmented, and experienced a strange version of Kelesis rather than the circus-like horror show the Augmented were subjected to. She's come to learn that this Kelesis she saw is the one the Augmented get to visit in Eparsis... To her, it doesn't seem quite right. Celia doesn't know what it is, but <b>internally, Patho-Gen is very frustrated by the lack of control they have over Kelesis</b>, and they've been struggling to explain why all attempts to take control of its bounty (underground) have been thwarted. She is aware that they currently have a <b>special interest in the powers of Spectral-types</b>... but what's weirder is that <b>some force is influencing the government &amp; Patho-Gen alike to consider forceful and even militaristic action on Kelesis.</b> <i>Someone</i> is trying to sow the seeds of fear and discontent! Perhaps it's crucial that Spectral-types keep their guards up. If she learns anything else, she will try to disseminate it.<br><br>4. Lastly, of fun details she will try to divulge: Patho-Gen is a <i>massive</i> company. About a half of all of Karteria's people are somehow involved in it. But what's weird, is that <b>nobody knows who the head of Patho-Gen is.</b> Their name is obscured; attempts to find out more from highers-up are always thwarted. <i>"We are our own guiding hand,"</i> highers-up always claim, saying that there's nobody at the tippy-top. As though Patho-Gen is "Employee-Owned And Operated!". Celia thinks that knowing more about who is in control of Patho-Gen may yield more information about it as a whole... These are questions she's only started trying to delve into since the appearance of that plant monster in the city who is, undeniably, <i>augmented.</i> Scary.</li><br><br>As for other NPC interaction with Pal's name being slapped on things, throwing that on Reputation is the way to go. We're still assessing the general temperature from the government and Patho-Gen; if there are repercussions or other outcomes, that shall be the place they're mentioned.<br><br>Re: When Celia would meet Pal: she would either meet with him that day, or later. If she meets with him after the post, she will immediately offer to him a <b>complete copy of the post on a little SD card-like thing</b>; she saw some Augmented were panicked about it being deleted, but it had to be done. She figures giving a copy to the Augmented is fair, if it helps to demonstrate her intentions.</div>
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