Editing Questions/Question 224

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	|QuestionFaqPage=Log - December 2025/Event FAQ
    |Link=https://enochlesis.dreamwidth.org/24981.html?thread=7809941#cmt7809941
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    |AskedBy=bloodypath
	|DateAsked=2025-12-06
	|QuestionText=<small>I was not expecting to mark 'Kelesis is Zanarkand' on my Kart conspiracy board</small> So many questions. Very sorry about this interrogator man.<br><br>3. Hubert meets blunt with blunt: so long as whatever Kelesis is doing is not harming/impeding him or his, they will have nothing to fear from him. He just wants to learn; the current Augmented have been abducted into this world and held in the dark.<br><br>He wants to understand what is happening to him [oocly, his gaining of the Peri-soul]; he wants to know if the doe-eyed figure is a former generation Augmented; he wants to understand <i>how</i> Kelesis protects its citizens from radiation in case that might be applied or adapted elsewhere; they once said 'Karteria has helped and hurt', can they confirm how; and it was them, wasn't it, that sheltered the Augmenteds' minds in the October dream carnival?<br><br>He will guard Kelesis' nature and only speak of it to truly trusted; Hubert acknowledges even outside of Patho-Gen, there are likely some Augmented that could do serious damage with this knowledge. He will also not dispel these dreams (barring anything like the hallucination prompt/sidebar in the event).<br><br>4. He will express a marvel for the dream world, but also, if he is becoming like the doe-eyed figure... would the doe-eyed figure tutor him in his Perissodactyla dream abilities? In exchange, <i>so long as it does not harm his own interests</i>, he will offer to protect Kelesis interests outside their borders. <b>Feel free to interpret this as a Pact offer</b>—Hubert is a baby Peri and unaware of the pact magic.<br><br>(Hubert definitely would utilize that knowledge to haunt the dreams of those who gravely wrong him.)
    |DateAnswered=2025-12-08
    |AnswerText=3. Hubert's forthright nature goes over well with them. But they are a little surprised at the idea that the doe-eyed figure is a former Augmented. This much they will easily refute; no, they are not and have never been an Augmented. They had never seen one before their arrival on Eparsis. As for whether they aided during the dream carnival: they will suggest yes, but some of that was specifically performed by <b>missing bretheren</b> of theirs. Their greatest sphere of influence is around Kelesis, but dreams know fewer boundaries. And the distress of those 'nearby' resonated fiercely enough for them to take notice of it. There is an unease about this too, a worry that churns wordlessly in the background. <br><br>As for Karteria's past actions:<br><br><tt>Karteria withdrew aid.<br><br>We came to help. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We were invited. We were</tt><br><br>The 'voice' abruptly shifts into a flash of imagery. It's drawn, in a crude storybook-like way, with the ground scratched out and the sky dark and simple figures collapsed in the streets. It's clear that this is a scene of mass death. <br><br>The text just as suddenly clips back in, as though the prior scene had never been there. <br><br><tt>We saved what Karteria would not. But our protection...<br><br>... No. It wouldn't work for you. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You don't need it.<br><br>If Karteria ever falls come and find us.</tt><br><br>They don't seem willing or able to help with barrier creation outside of Kelesis- or at least, not until Karteria itself is in dire straits, its dying throes. Perhaps as recompense for its treatment of Kelesis?<br><br>4. As for whether Hubert is becoming a doe-eyed figure... they have to mull it over. He is, and isn't like them. He is a human and an arachnid, concepts they view in equal regard. But he is also like them now. <br><br>But they will light up at the offer; once it's made, the surroundings of their dream bubble fade into haze and stillness. There's no sound left but the speech of the entity before him, the words etched into his soul. <tt>Promise to protect Kelesis from afar, and we'll show you how to use the part of us that we gave you.</tt><br><br>And they will make good on that offer, freely giving Hubert some pro tips on how to navigate dreams, how to create or modify them, how to speak in courier text, the kinds of dreams they think taste best... practical aid, encompassing the kinds of powers a Perissodactyla-type would possess.<br><br>(What Hubert does with his new abilities does not concern them so long as it doesn't run contrary to Kelesian interests.)
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