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 alogos asked on Log - April 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-04-05
Answer date: 2026-04-06
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**Preemptive FAQ**
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Is the decay/rampant growth of characters during the Anti-Gen test permanent?
It can be. For those characters who experienced an abrupt rejection of some aspect of their Natural Soul, the damaged part might linger in its wrecked state. It's possible they might shed the part entirely, with the area becoming scarred and strange—or if it regrows, that it does so poorly. (Or it could come back stubbornly and powerfully. Natural Souls who are already good at regrowing lost parts (such as Terras and Golems) are more likely to be able to fix what went wrong.)
For advanced growth—this is more likely to be permanent, as it's a reflection of what the Natural Soul would be doing anyway, only proceeding at an excruciating pace. It's possible that these traits also come in poorly, however, the body unable to properly build and transform itself so quickly. Scales might be flimsy and soft, fur patchy and prone to falling out, new bones disturbingly bendable. How this shakes out is also up to you, whether it manages to fix itself (possibly with some intermediate growth/shed stages), or is permanent. Or it might grow in properly the first time!
My character is already fully corrupted, does the rapid growth do anything to them?
It unfortunately might. The character's body is being told to grow something, and might react by duplicating existing traits. Another tail might grow next to the first (or as an offshoot of the first), wings might grow extra wings, mouths might become full of far too many teeth. Players can go as wild with this as they want, and it's also up to you what happens to these parts afterward (whether they're naturally shed, or need to be cut off, or whether they persist in some awkward way).
How does the Natural Soul feel about this experiment? Does it react?
If a character was on the receiving end of decay, those who are more attuned to their other self (or selves, for characters really packing them in there) could notice a flash of panic and distress (and/or fury, depending on the personality of the soul).
Whatever just happened, they didn't like it.
(For characters growing things in too quickly, there's no uniform feeling from the souls.)
Can I sneak around the Anti-Gen warehouse?
You can try, the staff is both everywhere but also busy setting up their rather makeshift surroundings. If you're caught, they'll usher you back into the testing side of things. There's nothing of particular interest to find through snooping at this time, but it seems to be in line with the information they are giving out.
How is Patho-Gen reacting to Anti-Gen? What's the current state of HQ?
It's still meaty, for one. But to talk to the remaining staff, there's a certain aura of depression. Bureaucracy is doing its best to hold things together, to account for the meat-based gaps in coverage along with everyone lost to their new rival. The future of the company feels uncertain, and between impending lawsuits, investigations, and this mass loss of personnel... it's sad days in there.
But there's no official statement from the company. While Georges was never the head of Patho-Gen (as Patho-Gen doesn't have a singular leader), he was a face everyone knew of, especially in recent years, as the struggle with arcane radiation became apparent, and the need to look outside Karteria for answers became inevitable. And now he's... both uncannily changed and unreachable.
Does having pacted (or not) with Kelesis change anything about the baku encounter?
Both pacted and unpacted characters (and those who never interacted with the dream eaters at all) will be offered a dream audience. The baku are likely to feel more friendly to those who have pacted, and more reserved to those who refused, or who they're unfamiliar with.
If the guardians are on good terms with your character, it's safe to assume that they would also show more concern towards them—and permit more personal questions, if you have something specific you'd want your character to ask.
So those pulses within the meat wall... anything to be gleaned from studying it? ARE there souls in there?
The pulses react by speeding up when the meat around them is touched, and the reaction takes time to slow down even when contact is removed. It is otherwise erratic, unstable. Were any of these pulses belonging to a person, they would not be a live one, given their intermittent nature. When touched and spoken to, the frenzied beat might slow back down, as if reassured, indicating that it has some capacity for hearing. It doesn't matter what's said, only that the tone is calm.
As for souls, there had always been souls beyond the wall, indicating some amount of life remaining trapped inside the fleshy barrier. There's still souls there, but more of them have come to be clustered close to the barrier itself. They don't correspond precisely to where the human-shaped patches are, though. Hard to say whether that's a good thing or not.
The Phenomena is a little different in its manifestation within Patho-Gen HQ. The pulses are there, the uncanny human shapes, but there's fewer souls stuck into the meat. There's still souls around, but they're deeper within the inaccessible parts of the building, same as before.
Edited 2026-04-05 11:56 pm (local)
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