Canon Q&A With Storytellers

[Azraeth]

For the most part, it's the second thing, though there may be more specific orders related to future chapters. On the whole, it can be assumed that they are mostly allowed to do what they want. Perhaps they have group texts or things like that to track zombie movement. Or maybe a personal site used to the same end like "Massive influx of undead in River Rock!" or that type of thing.

[Cliff Worthington]

Would a massive influx of spirits into the Shadow Realm in the Rift Zone all at once have any effects?

[Azraeth]

It would likely result in more zombies, assuming all of the bodies in Harper Rock were not totally incinerated (which would be super unlikely). Plus there would probably be some happy fadewalkers and realm-bound vampires. More spirits means more life energy to feed on, which means growing stronger. Some especially strong wraiths might escape the shadow realm under those circumstances.

I think that's about it.

[Amalea]

The description for the Liar, Liar curse reads:

You are incapable of lying or otherwise manipulating the truth.

How would one define manipulation under this curse?

For example, if my character has several names, would she be required to give them all or would one suffice?

What if she was asked something like where she lived? Which could be answered a myriad of ways like 'in an apartment', 'Canada', etc that are true but not the entirety of the truth.

[Bjorn]

The way I write it with Mackenzie, and I know I'm no Josh, but options! And I guess, curiosity too, since maybe I been doing it wrong... I play Mackenzie telling what she believes the truth to be. If she's trying to lie or downplay her anxiety, or her thoughts are going one way and her mouth is trying to go another? Yeah no, she can't manage to twist things and mask her true feelings or opinion. Lying's not going to happen. On the other hand, if she genuinely believes she is saying the truth, doing what is best in a circumstance where there could be other answers (not happened yet), and her sentiment aligns itself with her words, then she can speak them. While they might not be entirely true to others, they are to her and the matter is subjective. Objective stuff though? Universal truths... empirical things, yes no answers, and detail specificity is a push-pull she simply falls into. I don't have her uttering her every social security number and rattle off her full address when asked where she lives. But maybe that's how the curse is supposed to work? Curious now too.

[Dawn Chekov]

^ that is about the same way as I do it with Charlie too

[Azraeth]

The Liar, Liar curse is one of my favorites. The way I write it with Samson is that it wouldn't even occur to him to lie or obscure the truth, which admittedly is probably going to get him into some pretty hilarious situations at some point.

That being said, the curse is all about three things. First is intention. Is the cursed character trying to twist the truth to seem a particular way? They shouldn't be able to. They shouldn't be able to lie, add shades of nuance or complexity either. Liar, Liar isn't just about not lying, it's about being unable to engage in deceit (intentionally), and being forced into sincerity.

Which is why it's such a terrible curse. Imagine being a vampire and having to potentially admit to murder to your human friends and loved ones. If you're in a faction, you wouldn't be able to obfuscate it's intentions.

Mind you: Liar, Liar has no built in compulsion to reply to a question. Meaning that a character who wants to keep the truth close to their chest just doesn't have to respond. But then, that too comes with its share of problems.

Second is what the cursed character sees as the truth. They can obviously lie if they have been lied to. In this way, keeping information from a character with Liar, Liar may be a viable solution for people connected to them.

Third is what the character believes another person is asking. To use the example of asking where the cursed character lives, there are a ton of different ways to answer which are technically true. I could say "The States", "West Virginia", "A House", "A suburb", "Under a roof", etc. Like there are dozens of glib semi-answers I could employ, but if a person is asking where I live, they are clearly looking for a specific location or direction.

If a character has Liar, Liar (again, they wouldn't be compelled to answer), they would need to give an answer that legitimately gives a fulfilling, honest answer to the question. This could be an address or directions, or even a description that is clear enough for a person to find the location.

Where things get more complex is if the person asking the question has left their intentions ambiguous. For example, if a character is asked where they live and they have 5 properties, the cursed character could interpret that different ways. They might answer with all of their addresses. They might answer with the location they are at most frequently, etc. The important thing is that they are not deliberately withholding what they believe the other person is asking.

To add even MORE complexity (yay), a character with Liar, Liar would be unable to withhold an answer (or information) if it enters into the realm of lie by omission. Meaning that if a cursed character knows the truth, and the people around them are operating under the assumption of a lie or are being misdirected, then the cursed character would HAVE to say something to clarify, or ensure those around them know the truth.

More information about lies.

[Bjorn]

Following Chapter 6 fallout and the takeover of the facility outside of town. Is it fair to assume that any white-coat survivors of the first attack, and newcomers science-y personnel were brought in to continue the studies at another, undisclosed facility in or outside of town? Is the military / government is undertaking studies under a different guise, with a different range of expectations, elsewhere? And if so, what would a character involved in it know / be constrained by? Both military and scientists.

[Azraeth]

All of the information on the cure was totally destroyed, and the only samples of the cure were taken by the same character who slaughtered all of the scientists. At this point, any research related to the cure is either non-existent or under such tight lock and key that nobody knows about it.

There is a chance the person who took the cure could potentially get it assessed by a pharmaceutical company, or sell it to a private party for distribution, though that hasn't happened as of yet.

That being said, there are, I'm sure, lower level technicians and soldiers who worked at Longslade who survived the attack, and what exactly they have been doing since then would be up to the writer, if someone is playing one. Is that what you were asking?

[Aden-OCarrol]

So if a vampire takes a syringe of LSD/Meth/heroine and puts it into their veins that is not an Alurist. Like possibly like six times the normal limit. Then gets a blood thief to bite them? Would that particular blood thief start tripping balls while gaining vampire powers?