Harmonic Resonance plot role info

[powersthatbe]

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[capital_asset]

Are there any signs that this could be a Waking World problem, and not (just) a nightmare (chiefly because I figure someone will probably ask him)?

[powersthatare]

Yes, almost certainly - you're looking dor the nightmare which is the root of the real-world behavioral shifts, but it came to yoir attention BECAUSE of Waking World issues.

[capital_asset]

I've got to admit I was worried this would come across as a What's my motivation-type demand, so thanks.

Are any of the Hecatites who've left Dreamers as well?

[powersthatare]

Not unless that's something other players choose for their character backstory!

[capital_asset]

Reading his role info again, and just to make it clearer in my head: Is it all of Aratta Skyhook that's feeling this, or just the Conditioned Diaphoron?

[powersthatare]

That's not necessarily clear - where he's seen the effect is in the Diaphoron, that being his own part of the community. Some degree of disaffection in the rest of Aratta's lower-class enclaves exists, but may or may not be related - it's hard to tell from speaking to spacefarers in the Xenodrome or locals in Aratta Adiaphoron, because they're part of many small communities and not one, unified froup with a strong self-identity.

If you wanted, you could look more into whether something similar is happening in the Alliance Diaphoron neighborhood, but it isn't clear from the outside, and to venture there yourself you'd have to secure a visa (which probably means looking for a job there).

[capital_asset]

I'm not sure whether he'd have the time and/or energy to do that, between his Waking and Dreaming existences.

[protect_and_serve]

Legit.

[capital_asset]

Where are those Conditioned who leave the Diaphoron going? Are the Hecatites returning to the Orthopraxy?

[powersthatare]

They have mostly gone to study in the Orthostroma (the cram school) in the Polyclinic Lattice neighborhood.

Some alien Conditioned have gone to Piraeus Xenodrome, Aratta Adiaphoron, or the Alliance Diaphoron.

[capital_asset]

Have all the people who have left been Dreamers? He's being asked if a Questing Country nightmare could affect people in the Waking World.

[powersthatare]

As far as you are aware, none of them have been Dreamers.

[capital_asset]

So a nightmare can affect non-Dreamers too?

[powersthatare]

Nightmares primarily affect non-Dreamers.

When humans have nightmares about nuclear war, Dreamers don't fight them because the nightmares are unpleasant for Dreamers - they fight them because the fearful preoccupation with nuclear war is dangerous to all of humanity.

You're literally shaping the collective unconsciousness of every dreaming species.

[capital_asset]

For some reason, that detail never quite gelled in my brain before now. Thanks.

[powersthatare]

You're very welcome!

[capital_asset]

Sorry for more questions, but - would a nightmare like this normally be this localized, or does it vary?

[powersthatare]

Please do not be sorry!

It varies. Some fears are individual, some regional, some universal.

[capital_asset]

Thanks again. (He's being asked this in an active thread, hence all the questions.)

[capital_asset]

Has there been an overall change in the way Hecatite Conditioned are being outwardly treated? I know the non-Hecatites have increasing bureaucratic obstacles to deal with...

[powersthatare]

No, not really - there are a few bureaucratic hurdles which have affected the Diaphoron as a whole, but nothing targeted at the Hecatites in particular, and they aren't facing the sorts of individual difficulties the aliens are.