Questions/Question 255

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#1 wiki | comment Topics: Edit question: edit sighnari asked on Test Drive Meme - September 2025/Event FAQ at 2025-09-05 Answer date: 2025-09-05	If our characters would never offer themselves up to be studied by patho-gen, will the same compulsion that encouraged the augmented to investigate the bridge back in... june? be in place for the imprinting study? and if yes, at what point would the compulsion wear off — immediately after having reported to patho-gen and performing the test(/breaking the machine)? and if it would wear off inside... how much damage could an augmented's natural soul based water magic (in the hands of someone who was basically a water god in her world) do before pathogen kill switch her? (asking because I don't wanna break the setting, but she would flip her ever-loving shit and conjure a lot of water. she probably won't intentionally kill anyone, but... ice needle iron maidens up to their necks on all patho-gen staff present (which she will then freeze to them using any blood from them grazing against the needles) is a distinct possibility.) does being near someone she's nearly pair bonded with have any impact on the effectiveness of the kill switch and would they take pom down at the same time as her, just to be safe, or would he have to do something actionable? Did the doe-eyed individual look anything like the drawing of "Saran"? How does the feeling of being watched go in the new kelesis places? what would happen if the augmented ask pathogen staff about the fact that a) soilent green plant monster is people, b) plant monster is from the kelesis hell pit? If requested, would the patho-gen staff provide a copy of the video shown at the initiation? could they also provide copies of the other broadcasts? Edited 2025-09-05 01:24 am (local)	Characters who would never voluntarily turn up might just feel that odd inclination to comply, to see what their good friends at Patho-Gen want from them. Once they're there, it could start to wear off whenever the player would like- whether that means remaining vaguely tolerant through the whole experience, or whether they immediately want out once they're inside and the tests have started. That level of violence though... a character could certainly manage to do some harm if they're abrupt enough about it, but there will always be someone observing out of range to shut her down before she drowned all of Patho-Gen (and ruined their poor machines, which have done nothing wrong). But she could do a fair bit of damage before she was stopped if she was fast enough. Having Pom with her specifically might leave the scientists that much more cautious during the test- though their wariness would be focused more on him. Because it's Pom, they would definitely knock him out with her (though if he doesn't try to do anything violent in that time, it would be no additional mark against him... but they're not taking chances, given how he's nearly killed a scientist before). However, with the strength of a pair bond in play... it's not enough to negate being shut down entirely. Once the button is pressed, they will go unconscious, but it will take a few more seconds! This will certainly alarm everyone watching, and further underline that this is a different phenomena, related to but distinct from imprinting. (For later reference: this resistance to being shut down can occur even when the pair are at a physical distance from one another, but is more effective when they're within the same room/can see what's happening.) As for whether the Kelesis figure looks like Saran... sort of. It's not a perfect match, or even particularly close, but there might be some aspects that are a little familiar. Were characters to ask Patho-Gen staff about the plant monster, they would refuse (or be unable) to answer either question. The average low-level staff would be telling the truth that they don't know, for characters who are capable of discerning that sort of thing, but they might feel more uneasy about it, harboring their own personal suspicions. But they would be unable to confirm it, saying only that it was under investigation. Any mention of the Kelesis hell pit would be met with confusion. Were a character lucky enough to catch the right person (someone higher up in the food chain, but even then it's a bit hit-or-miss as to who knows what), they would also reiterate that it was being investigated. But it could be possible to pick up that there's some manner of discomfort in regards to any hell pits. But there would be no one willingly saying anything. Unfortunately, the staff would be unable to provide a copy of (any of the) videos shown during Initiation. They're likely to be somewhat apologetic about it, if bewildered at the request. They would suggest turning up for the next scheduled Initiation if they would like to see it again, but they don't have access to the recording themselves.