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AnswerText:	<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="overflow:auto;"><div style="font-weight:bold" class="mw-collapsible-header"><span style="color: #000;">Preemptive FAQ</span></div><div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul> <li><p><b>Heh... My veteran Augmented One has been living in the Valentia this WHOLE TIME. You can't get rid of me!</b></p> <ul><li><p>Time to address this... No, the Valentia <i>won't</i> kick overstaying Augmented Ones out. But should they earn any kind of money, <b>they may request that Patho-Gen draw money from your character's NUM wallet!</b> If you're going to freeload off of the Valentia's generosity for too long, the least you could do is fund the venture!!</p> <p>They like the Augmented, they really do. But maybe use their amenities and free up some rooms for less established Augmented Ones? Come on. <b>Characters who overstay their welcome may start to receive solicitations to move in with random Augmented Ones...</b> which you are free to play with as you please!</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>What if my character causes more property damage to the Valentia?</b></p> <ul><li><p>Given the hiccup in Patho-Gen's paint formula, they'll be willing to permit <i>some</i> damage done to walls and floors. But too much, and they'll sic a ServiTon on your character, haul their butts to PG HQ, and prescribe them a healthy dose of "community service" in the form of fixing the Valentia's walls for real! Do it right! (You are, of course, free to have this happen as a means to force your character to participate.)</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>I hate pastel. Can my character get different colors?</b></p> <ul><li><p>If they want to pay for it out of their own pocket... sure. There are many paint colors available at the various hardware stores in Karteria.</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>The DIY repairing home-keeping prompt is about the Valentia, but can I have my established character carry over the spirit to their own homes/the homes of their CR?</b></p> <ul><li><p>Absolutely! This is all in the spirit of "spring cleaning," after a fashion. Making your house a home is the goal!</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>Free stuff???? What if my character takes some of these knickknacks but doesn't follow through with staging and photographing any of it for Busy Bachelors?</b></p> <ul><li><p>They will find themselves endlessly harassed with weekly bills sent via post, asking for payment for what they stole. Don't be rude...</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>Can I make up other weird knickknacks for my character to decorate at home with?</b></p> <ul><li><p>Yes! Think along the lines of decor rather than functional appliances or anything super expensive, and we're good. You can even have your character be burdened with strange goods that nobody even likes...</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>It seems that some of these goods might benefit from some bits and pieces from my Augmented One's Natural Soul. Is there a market for their feathers/rocks/carapace bits/etc?</b></p> <ul><li><p>Oh, indeed. <b>Arthropoda, Aves, and Golem</b>-types will be the ones most welcome to submit their bits, and makers of all sorts will be inclined to pay a pretty Numi for them. If your character's a crafter themselves, they may be able to get a foot in the door using some of these bodily bits if they please... They might have a future in the home goods department! Shareholders love it!</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>So how do I make my character participate in Patho-Gen's study if they don't want to participate?</b></p> <ul><li><p>Easy. As stated in the prompt by Patho-Gen staff, <tt>some of our ServiTons have been on the fritz. We apologize if they hassle you into attending, but please do your best not to damage them.</tt> These ServiTons may <b>manhandle characters into submission, or even drug your character</b> if that's what it takes to get them into the testing chamber. This is at your discretion.</p> <p>Characters can either walk into the testing chamber of their own accord, or simply... wake up there in a half-groggy state, as though they zombie-walked their way in there! Somehow, it was registered as "consensual."</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>I'm busting these ServiTons. I don't even care.</b></p> <ul><li><p>Truly, Patho-Gen Will Not Like That. It is a major expense to get ServiTons repaired or replaced; the government is already breathing down their necks at how much the Augmented Ones cost them monthly! <b>Characters who are found to have destroyed a ServiTon</b> will be [https://alogos.dreamwidth.org/8115.html punished as outlined under Laws]. Whether it's regarded as passionate or premeditated... That's the question of the hour.</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>Can my character earn their keep by just reporting people for destroying ServiTons?</b></p> <ul><li><p>Any valid complaint that can be verified will offer payout to any Augmented One who reports them, yes! They can continuously earn money in this way. Don't make some kind of weird scheme where a buddy of yours destroys ServiTons, does community service, then does it again, or else that'll start to sound pretty premeditated... and at that point, <b>Patho-Gen may ferry characters off to get "help" through "science."</b> (It's experiments.)</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>What is going on with the ServiTon who likes making memes? Can my character ask it to make more memes?</b></p> <ul><li><p>This ServiTon seems <b>free of any directives or authority,</b> and is somehow doing whatever it wants! And what it wants to do is peer into the remote files of Augmented Ones, and generate memes about them... This is a lot of fun! But it only really wants to do the meme thing a few times before it gets bored and wants to find a new target.</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>For being a robot, this ServiTon sure does "like" and "feel" and "want" a whole lot!</b></p> <ul><li><p>wow...... something happened, huh...</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>Can my character ask more questions of the smiling, memeing ServiTon? Can my character take it apart?</b></p> <ul><li><p>They may ask questions! Asking how it feels or when it started... all of <i>this</i> will yield some confusion: the ServiTon isn't entirely sure when <i>this</i> started, but it noticed that it wanted to "have fun" <b>about five months ago.</b> <i>"I used to work for a family in Basileios,"</i> the ServiTon will explain, pondering on this in a way that it hasn't allowed itself to in a while. <i>"But that's the old me. The new me talks to people."</i></p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>Is there anything strange about the smiling ServiTon that characters can take note of?</b></p> <ul><li><p><b>This model of ServiTon does seem to have a small sliver of a soul, for those who have soul sight as a power.</b> Just a smidge, and no more than any ServiTon that is tasked with more communicative, higher-ranking positions. Characters who can sense Katalyth will <b>feel something markedly present in this ServiTon.</b> If asked about its repair history, however, the ServiTon will tap into its logs and report honestly, <i>"BEEP! I was last repaired: ten months ago. Purpose: to recalibrate malfunctioning ambulatory capabilities."</i></p> <p>Aside from a sparking ear cap, there isn't much else visibly wrong with this ServiTon.</p></li></ul></li> <li><p><b>Can my character fix the ServiTon? It can't be good to spark like that...</b></p> <ul><li><p>The ServiTon may be amenable to this... if your character plays along with its games. The sparking is a loose wire beneath the ear cap. It will choose to allow characters to muck about in there if they promise they know what they're doing, and will protest if they do anything fishy. The ServiTon can be NPCed by players, and has a generally amicable demeanor, if with a bit of mischievousness now! With the wire fixed, the ServiTon is no longer a fire hazard. Nothing else changes about it.</p></li></ul></li> </ul> </div></div>

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