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PROJECT: Rifts & the Veil
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RIFTS & THE VEIL
Figuring out how to permanently strengthen the veil to prevent further tears, who and what rifters are, and how to prevent the anchors from eventually killing those who have them are all high priorities. Kirkwall's particularly thin Veil makes it a good—if slightly dangerous—testing ground for many of these efforts.

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In addition, I intend to ask for volunteers for regular monitoring regarding their anchors. Perhaps twice weekly? Volunteers can also be requested for tests, but I would prefer the nature of those be known to me beforehand. The safety of those participating is paramount.
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"When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial physical reaction persist? What was the severity?" Physical reaction sounds kind of vague to me. Like does it mean the pain, the sparking? How long until you're used to it? Mostly they seem to react to the rifts, or when under a lot of strain, or with magic. Severity also should have a scale like 1-10 least to most, something like that. You know someone is going to say 'it hurt like balls' which, while accurate, isn't going to prove scientifically useful.
"Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart?" Personally I've done a lot and haven't kept track, though I might be just a case of...really being into closing rifts and all, so I couldn't tell you how many or how long apart they were.
Rifter Church is an outlier and should not be counted.I'm just saying this one might be a bit more difficult to gauge for some people.Also: are there more maybe Fade-y symptoms than lucid dreaming? Is there anything else besides that to be aware of? I'm not sure if it's possible to succinctly clarify it or change the wording of it, but most Rifters aren't going to know much about the Fade to begin with, much less if they've had any changes to it.
And if you don't have any Rifter volunteers for monitoring, I'd be up for it.
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You're quite right, some of the wording was a bit vague, as I was uncertain how it ought to be phrased. I do like the 1-10 scale, that might help with clarity as well.
It's quite alright if you can't recall specifics regarding rift closure and shard usage, especially since you've been so active. I was curious if repeated/regular usage has had any broad effects on the shards and those who bear them. Do you think such extensive use explains your anchor's evolving abilities, or was it the other way around?
This is quite true, about the Fade. If they've nothing to compare it to, then gaining answers might be difficult. I'm not certain there are more side-effects other than the dreaming, though I'll take any notable change and see if a pattern emerges.
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Good question! This one might benefit from being a little broader/more vague then? Like I could give a ballpark of, dunno 15 spaced out every month or every other month, for example. None of the results are going to be accurate I guess but I see where you're going with it.
Maybe you could separate the Fade bit into two questions, one for natives and one for Rifters? Natives would know better, and Rifters might be able to more generally say if something's changed, esp about dreaming or sleeping patterns or weird otherworldly forces they're not used to.
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Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface?
What if someone has new symptoms that they didn't have when they first got it? Would this question cover that? Maybe include an additional line inquiring about new symptoms?
How did these new abilities manifest? How long did any physical symptoms persist?
This kind of goes for the other questions about "physical symptoms" too, but maybe list a few examples? Or ask to describe any pain and where they felt it? People can get pretty vague about that stuff unless prompted.
Have these abilities been battle-tested?
Would this include sparring or just going "hey dude look at what I can do!" and testing it out with other people?
Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in a less tangible sense? For dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream? For others: Have you found lucid dreaming easier/possible?
Might be hard for rifters to answer this since we're not that familiar with the Fade to begin with.
On an additional note, I've had an instance where I fell asleep and ended up remembering more things from home. Like, not just a few minutes or something I would have just easily forgotten. Like whole days' worth of stuff. Another rifter says it happened to him, too.
Sending Crystal, at some point
Would you be willing to describe your describe your 'dream' experience in more detail, either in another note or in person? And do you know if this other person would as well?
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Prompto's knocking on her office door.]
Inessa?
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Enter.
[Garahel is sprawled out on the floor, lightly snoring away and twitching in his sleep as Inessa has set out some fresh paper and quills.]
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Hey. Did you still want to talk to me?
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[Garahel stirs a little, but he's been worn out enough that he doesn't truly awaken.]
Would you like some tea?
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He's all right. I've heard way louder, anyway. [Noct and Gladio combined.] Sure, if you wouldn't mind!
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[She moves to pour. It's simple green tea this time, but there is a container of honey to go with it.]
I'm glad you brought this up, by the way. I had not previously heard about this phenomenon before.
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[He leans back in the chair as she pours.]
Doesn't seem to be real common, but I guess it's happened before.
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Tell me about yours. How long had you been here, when it took place?
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Where there any physical changes to you, after you had awoken? Changes that had happened during this 'dream'?
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You said a lot happened. Would you be comfortable sharing any of that with me?
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Ah... maybe some of it. But a lot of it involves stuff that Thedas doesn't have or know about. [It was all like something out of a sci-fi horror show.] The gist of it is I got separated from my friends and wound up collapsing. I got taken by the enemy into a facility of theirs and had to fight my way out. Got some help from a former enemy commander turned good guy.
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...that must have been quite an ordeal. I don't doubt your fighting ability, but I'm glad you had assistance, all the same.
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[Not to mention emotionally taxing, complete with an identity crisis and guns akimbo.]
I don't know what I would have done if Aranea wasn't there. She kicked my butt a few times to get me on my feet and moving.
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