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After my parent's visit last week, I have spent the whole week feverish in bed unable to do anything productive, even reading. Feeling better now, still weak as a kitten tho. SO close to getting the puppet demo done, but it will go up next week instead of this one. So apologies for the slight lateness.

In the meantime, what are your questions for this month?

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Alizah

It's my first time sending one in so apologies if it's all over the place lol. How would have things gone if Ortega had not run into the MC at the diner?

Ghosty

1. Any change Sidestep can find out what Arde's unspoken plans are? Either Arde telling voluntarily or Sidestep discovering through their telepathy? 2. What did Ace consider their best/worst quality to be? 3. In earlier version of Retribution in the Anarchist path there was a choice to be able to "kill people in power" regardless whether Sidestep had or hadn't killed before, but now you can only choose that if Sidestep is a known killer, is there any particular reason for the change?

emelsi

Sorry about the infection, take it easy. I'd be interested in hearing about two things. We know a little about the Big One and the nanosurge and Heartbreak, but zooming out from Cali and going global, what is the biggest disaster caused by a single individual villain? In terms of death toll or economic damage or just impact on history. How about the biggest caused by a hero (accidentally, presumably)?

Ben L.

Would Themmy vs Catastrofiend have been a total stalemate or would one of them have the upper hand? Did the Farm know that Sidestep was their runaway cuckoo before recapturing them? If so, was part of their mission at HB to recover Sidestep, or was it just pure chance that it played out the way it did? Has Ortega ever had a discreet same sex romance, or would Sidestep/Puppet be the first? Does Dr. Mortum have a pretty friendly relationship with any of their other clients, or is the Puppet an exception? If the MC actually goes to the auction, it looks like the outcome ranges from chaotic to total bloodbath. What was the death toll during all of that? Anyone of note lost? If Sidestep brings the full weight of their mind to bear on a regular person, could they destroy it completely and send them into a vegetative state? Other than the Void, has Sidestep definitely killed anyone or is that player determined? What caused the Phoenix massacre? Like, did the Catastrofiend just lose it and go on a rampage or were there circumstances leading up to it?

All Blue

Ignoring everything else relating to things like security feeds and patrol sweeps, would Nocturne notice if one (or more) of her luxurious clothes/items was replaced with a perfect forgery, that’s nonetheless considered worthless in value to the original?

Warpotato

It’s kinda a dumb questions but it’s been bothering me since I thought about it Is the drug that stops telepaths from reading minds called Numbers (as in making you numb) or Numbers (as in 1 2 3) It’s goofy but I’m losing my mind Also, this is more of a retribution question, but does Hollow Ground always know Sidesteps secret identity? Or is there some variable I’m missing?

:)

What is Sunstream’s civilian name if it’s not too spoilery? My brain decided to hyperfixate on her and I’m running purely on hc

Edward Conner

Since Argent's a movie buff I need to know for my own personal judgement what is her stance on the Lord of the Rings trilogy theatrical or extended cut? Now that I think about it what is her opinion on all the smoldering crap remakes most of which are Disney movies? I think my opinion is plain to see. What's her opinion on Netflix death note? Sorry for reminding people that even exists.

Reed

how would ortega react to a low daring sidestep getting misgendered on purpose? i love protective ortega im sorry but its true

Chke

Question 1: Is Void blood only able/more likely to grant powers that are related to Void's own powers? Question 2: Would eating Catfiend flesh have similar Boosting properties as Void blood? Question 3: HG only cares about a few people, some Sidestep's only care about a few people. Just because they care about each other doesn't mean they care for each other's people, could that be a problem? Question 4: If Sidestep is super suspicious at the gala does part of Ortega already know who it is they are fighting, even if other parts try to deny it? Question 5: If Ortega knows who the villain is would they be more hurt/insulted by them going all out in a fight or holding back? Question 6: After Sidestep's nano and Void TBRs would people familiar with their telepathy be able to feel a difference when they're in their mind? Question 7: If Nocturne could safely be boosted again, but doing so would make her immune to threading, would she do it? Question 8: Are infants more or less likely to survive Boosting? Question 9: How good are the Rat King compared to dedicated armor control mods? Question 10: Do ReGenes, or maybe some cuckoos, have their fingerprints burnt off?

All Blue

What does the Handyman see in Owl to have fallen in love with her?

All Blue

Is Blaze at all good at baking? Given the needs of his boost. Does he have a sweet tooth?

M

The nanovore cage is in the left hand of the villain suit. Is Sidestep intended to be right-handed, with the nanovores as an off-hand? Is Hollow Ground getting enough sugar? They get tired from their telepathy often and don’t seem particularly inclined to sugary stuff How strict is border control between the FWT and the rest of the US? Would you be able to cross into a state outside of the FEZ without realizing it? Does Las Vegas exist (in a similar capacity/niche to today)? A question a while back about gaming consoles having updated hardware but not so much online compatibility made me consider: I know phones don’t have apps or internet and are mainly for calling/texting, but are they mostly touchscreen by now or are they still stuck in the Blackberry keyboard era? Are flip phones still in? Is there a set number of limbs the Catastrofiend has right now? Does the Catastrofiend eat things/people with its mouth (generous term) or does it use some other apparatus (such as a vacuum mod or something not traditionally mouth-y)? Does the Catastrofiend still wear clothes? What exactly is a scrambler? I believe I’ve seen them be mentioned in the context of disrupting both people and cameras before, so I’m not sure if “scrambler” is a catch-all term for different devices or if they are mechanistically related somehow but just act on different targets. To add onto that, how large are the radii on them? Do they have different main variants like dampeners do? There are files on Sidestep that exist in-world, like the Mitchell’s villain profile or the Farm barcode file. Will we ever get the opportunity to see these (or something in similar vein to these) in-game or would writing and/or programming something like that in be too unfitting or messy? How modded are Ortega’s bones? Have they had bones replaced entirely, or do their mods just add on to what they already have? We know Shroud finds boosts and people with interesting life experiences to be a tastier experience for her. Does the Catastrofiend find certain boosts tastier than others? Or does it not discriminate as much Would Hollow Ground watch American reality TV show Shark Tank or would it remind them of work too much Herald flies around in civilian clothes constantly. Does he actually get cold doing that? If he doesn't get cold, is that part of his boost or is he just good with cold temperatures? Lord Ember has a thing for Lady Argent; does he have some one-sided rivalry with Herald due to his media relationship with her? Would Herald’s past with fire affect how well he’s able to face pyrokinetics in a fight, or considering the rescue work he performed for the United California fire, has he managed to keep that part of his trauma under control? Argent’s nanovores don’t deal well with fire, but how about Steel’s armor? Are they built to be fire/heat resistant? How long between two doses of boost does it become two distinct boosts and not just an extension of the first one (such as in microdosing)? That is to say; what is the refractory period? I assume it's just "the first boost is fully metabolized before another dose is considered the second one" which then makes me wonder if microdosers have to be careful to not wait until it fully metabolizes before taking their subsequent doses. How exactly does the eye color variable continuity work (in terms of Heartbreak, Hollow Ground, etc) for Sidesteps that got green eyes after the Void encounter? Just a heads up, it seems like there’s a variable oversight for one of the anarchist path options. Even if you select the "Human lives mean nothing; I’ve killed many by now." option, the "nokill" variable is still set as true (since it only sets "kill" as true and doesn't set "nokill" as false) so you can’t select the option to eliminate people because "nokill" is still true. When writing wiki entries, are you alright with us making references to Patreon only posts? If there is contradictory information in any of the Q&A answers, should we assume the most recent answer is the most accurate?

All Blue

Does Nocturne actually care if her vision of justice actually lines up with what the majority of people affected would consider ‘fair’ or ‘right’?

All Blue

Given his heart accelerates to a worrying rate the more intensely he uses his powers, would it help if Blaze strengthened his heart via aerobic exercise and the like/be on a diet that helps with heart health?

weretoad

Glad you're feeling better! It's been mentioned that drugs like sedatives and painkillers inhibit telepathic ability -- are stimulants similarly disruptive? Or would they help in the short term? Will the location/circumstances that a car crash Step is in at the end of Retribution/beginning of Revelations have much of an impact on their recovery? Thanks!

Gorosaur

Will trans Sidesteps get to have any more unique interactions with ROs and other characters? I really loved how this was handled in Retribution.

K. Sanders

Have Herald and Vera ever run into each other (literally) when he was out flying and she was in pigeon form?

iam2137

Who is more obsessed with Sidestep, Ortega or Regina?

Melo

Will there be an opportunity for a Gender Questioning Sidestep to start actively transitioning in the story? I absolutely love how gender has been treated thus far, and would love to see even more of it!

bubgkes

When the Rangers eventually found out about Sidestep's telepathy, did Sidestep get any of the typical 'Oh yeah, what number am I thinking of right now?' questions?

weretoad

At the end of the Livestock dream when Step overhears Regina speaking to her assistant, is it significant that they are using gendered pronouns to refer to the subject of their conversation?