Questions/Question 233

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#1 wiki | comment Topics: Edit question: edit el5n asked on Test Drive Meme - September 2025/Event FAQ at 2025-09-13 Answer date: 2025-09-15	Awesommmme THANK YOU SO MUCH 🙏 (And yeah they sure are. But also maybe Four should've tried not having a natural soul that looks like a tasty snack to a bird of prey??) Follow up questions... This is normally the thing I'd just self-report for reputation stuff but, since it is also going to affect a couple of potential aftermath threads, I wanted to ask: 1. What consequences from official channels can Five expect for having.... (Sigh.) Partially eaten, another Augmented. (Obviously he was not in his right mind when he did it and he's going to be, horrified, to say the least, once he's back to normal.) 2. Lex and I were kind of hoping to force an interaction between them in the aftermath, once Five's not feral and Four's back to life. Is it OK to finagle them possibly being in the same room back at Patho-Gen HQ when they wake up? (I have ideas for extra reasons for why they might bring Five in if needed)	1. Eating anyone, even other Augmented (unless it's a bit of voluntary pruning of a Terra-type) is generally frowned upon by polite society. Patho-Gen staff, who'd been witness to either the gruesome outcome (or merely told about it by gossiping coworkers) would be considerably disturbed by Five's behavior. While they'll give him the benefit of the doubt as to it having not been a pre-meditated consumption, they're still... uncomfortable at this explicit demonstration of a predator/prey outcome, when both parties are still sort of human-shaped. At the same time, they're likely to recognize that this wasn't something Five would have done deliberately. And if his horror is notable in the aftermath, that will also count as a point in his favor. This was a tragic accident, and it raises some concerns over how best to temper these instincts in future, while not muzzling the predators completely. But they're still not going to be happy with him, or about this (why was he anywhere that this kind of psychosis could happen?). Consequences he can face will be as minor as the expected duration of a month's worth of community service (since this wasn't a premeditated crime; this matters somehow, even in cannibalization cases???), and as major as the dose of community service plus a required twice-a-month check-in with Patho-Gen staff where they... assess and treat him. This requirement would last about four months, or longer if Elan comes in with a temperament Patho-Gen doesn't like. If you wish to have him do the "check-ins," this would be something like being on probation where he has scheduled appointments with Patho-Gen (missing one is unacceptable and will incur more community service!!). They will assess his mental fitness to continue living in their society safely, and also continue... giving him different variants of the injectable drug featured in May's TDM, but more refined. In these cases, the drug is more likely to leave him exceedingly pliant and tame, subservient and easygoing. Besides this expected result, however, you're free to have the medication take on any of the effects described in categories 2-5 of the Volunteers Demanded promp. (At least Patho-Gen's figured out how to keep it from causing ferality...) You're free to choose either of these two options as you see fit for your fun purposes. 2. Patho-Gen would not deliberately or automatically room the pair together. It's as much for safety reasons, as it is for empathetic ones (imagine waking up, and the person who ate you is right there...). Which isn't to say that it's impossible for this to be overcome or changed, if you have a reason for why they might be brought together after all- Patho-Gen just wouldn't stick them together on their own accord. A feasible way you can thread this out is that, well... hospital intakes have been a bit high, especially after last month's events. Perhaps the two are in a room with... a curtain between them. That's privacy on a budget!