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Noah would be so happy to have malachi back, and the idea that someone could fix things. Make them how they used to be. It makes him feel so safe and happy. Healer would confort noah and even do a quest to clear all the bird ghouls out of the area for a time.

Aliza is skeptical of him, but i think it'd be interesting if she actually wittnesses healer doing his back alley addon surgery. She would chase him down after and ask him if he really believes his mission can be completed. She's been clinging to the idea things can be fixed for so long but never had the evidence to truely believe it.

Aliza would be there to help jadon as he recovers between healer doing zone/district business.

Malachi:

He'd want to go stargazing! Maybe even a midnight picnic. He might be a little awkward at first, not quite sure how to have a date but he'd realize pretty quick its just about hanging out and having a good time.

Jadon:

Probably a cafe, but he'd be happy to go wherever his date wants. I can also see him wanting to do something creative together? like pottery painting or like one of those dinner and painting classes! He's very shy at first, but in a situation like a painting class he'd be very helpful and love to talk about what you're making

Gaius:

Another situation where I can see him being more interested in what his date wants to do. But if he had to choose, a nice restaurant for a dirst date, but after that, he'd probably just ask them to come along on errands he has to run!

I think his behavior isn't super different with someone he'd be dating. His affections are subtle but once you notice them theyre very frequent.

Adam:

If he Wants to date someone, I can see him trying a bit harder to impress them. He would try to put something together, perhaps enlisting people he's close to to make it as nice as possible and might get pissy if it doesnt go his way.

Like a homemade candlelit dinner. and or like. urban exploration i think he'd like.

Abram: He'd want to take his date somewhere nice, but maybe not too fancy. Honestly? an applebees.

Hes more happy to get to know his date, learn about them and plan for a more personal outing together!

Zaphkiel: Come to his church and eat bread.

not really.

Noah in prison:

BAD. he barely has the backbone to deal with larger than average birds. Adam would probably be using him as surveillance on the prisoners. Noah isn't a tattle tail kind of person, the guilt would eat him alive. He's not sure if hes more afraid of telling adam he cant do it, or confessing to his fellow man.

Aliza in industry:

she wouldnt like it, but I imagine she would be good at it! the constant utilitarian activity isn't what she enjoys. but I can see her being selected because of her ability to stay calm with a lot of moving parts of a project. I don't think she could handle the things happening in the industry basement though, to the point she might actaully burn if she found out about it. She tries to get through to gaius. to get him to slow down, he's killing himself. But I dont think it would get through to him.

Francis in entertainment:

I think he would like it before jadon gets blowed up! He would enjoy singing and maybe arranging dances too! Him and jadon would've gotten along really well (jadon would've liked to try doing things with frans hair i bet)

After jadons accident, francis would be overwhelmed with managing things, and would feel even worse when other employees begin to dress and act strange. He wouldnt really be able to maintain a pristine appearance like Aliza can, but he CAN keep things running well enough. If a little. scarier on the outside than cannon may be. As for jadon, he doesn't have as much time to check on him, but would still try to do nice things, tell him how people are. but. as people become wary...maybe he can't even do that. He doesn't want to upset the guardian.

whaaat...a little extraaa....whaaat.

Roland in Residential:

Roland is the god of managing in a guardians place it seems, I can see him quickly organizing a way for the rebellion to move in, and to keep ghouls away as much as possible so no functionality of the district is lost.

"What becomes of Francis after the whole thing involving Adam being killed by The Batter and presumably also Roland (since it's possible to just ignore the Chop Shop)? Does it vary depending on whether or not Adam becomes the Basilisk or not/whether or not Roland had time to turn Magdalene into Lilithe, or is it the same regardless?"

Francis is down in the chopshop no matter what the player does, what happens to him doesnt change in a large way, he's pretty much burnt by the time the player/batter is able to run into him in the chopshop. However if you take the route of saving mags first then you'll also be able to "fight" fran, it wont be much of a fight because he's basically just waiting to die from such prolonged burning. If you fight adam first and come back after then you'd find frans body already dead ("body" I imagine. its just his clothes and a black stain all over the ground and walls)

this is subject to change because I do think I want francis to be "closer" to adam. In the sense that adam is interested in his suffering I think.

"Also, I would assume Noah, Aliza, and Francis would be able to be met and spoke to during The Batter's mission, so what do each of them think of him? Do they think any differently of him after he kills their respective Guardians, or do they not know (with exception of Francis)? What do the attendants think in general after the deaths of their Guardians as separate from The Batter (if they know he killed them)?"

"Have Aliza and Noah ever interacted?"

including both questions here because theyre related intrinsically.

Noah and Aliza are acquainted, they used to be closer before the corruption became a problem. Even then, "closer" was basically just they saw each other often while crossing over into the others respective district and often made friendly conversation. Francis hasn't really run into them much! Aliza and Noah are older than Fran by about a decade or so, he only saw the tail end of arbela's golden age I think, but has otherwise been enthralled in working at the factory, and then the prison. He's never had a lot of friends outside of work colleagues.

Noah is intimidated by the batter, but would really appreciate his help in clearing out the bird ghouls in the district. If he caught wind of the batter killing Malachi he wouldn't be sure of what to do. I think dread would overwhelm him and he'd give up and just stay inside. If Malachi is dead then surely the other guardians will follow. He's inconsequential in this greater scheme. Come to think of it, he'd probably fully give into the same kind of fear that consumes zone 2 residents.

Aliza isn't particularly phased by batter, he's strange but she has more things to worry about. Maybe he can clean up some of the ghouls and such.

That is till jadon takes an interest, he shuts her out completely so she can't interfere with any of the plans he has for batter. She gets worried when he won't let her anywhere near him whens he goes to check on him for the day, and puppetted employees begin to. disappear. She gets more worried.

Once the batter clears out from the zone she would find her way in and find jadon. Seeing how multilated his body is she would be horrified. The leader inside her wants to take action, to do something. But the fact he was able to kill jadon, when he's such a powerful guardian. She can sense something larger at play. She would probably try to talk to the rebellion about whats going on, but gets nothing from them. I think after that she would be the one to get the regular people working at the park, and just try to clean things up. She can't shake the image of his body in its mangled state.

"Given Lugosi's breadth of knowledge of the City, does he know of the attendants? Given he gets overwhelmed by the Corruption after completion of the Prison, anything he'd have to say regarding Francis would be impossible to see, but what do you think he feels about Noah and Aliza?"

interesting question! I think he does know of them, but I think most citizens do because of the positions of partial leadership aliza and noah have put themselves into. (Francis ahh. maybe, maybe not. It's interesting to think lugosi and fran have crossed paths as lab boys before though!). I think he would find their (noah and aliza's) dedication to their posts admirable. He might worry and feel bad for noah, because he's clearly not cut out for the things he wants to do to help others. He would probably be impressed by Aliza's resilience in the face of all the bad things happening in her district. If noah wasn't so afraid after malachi dies I could see him going to the city center to just sit and watch lugosi talk.

"What becomes of Noah and Aliza in a Blue route? What with Zaphkiel's influence growing so powerful the Gates can no longer impede him, having citizens of their Districts suddenly become different people and talking about God must be perturbing."

Noah would give in almost immediately to the promise of safety from corruption, it freaks him out to see these people changing and suddenly acting so differently. He's very well acquainted with everyone living in the residential district, but. If theyre giving into it, they seem so peaceful. It honestly shouldn't be so bad for him. Nothing could be worse than knowing its all going to end soon.

Anyway, I'm glad you noticed! Aliza and Noah are kind of supposed to be different takes on what malachi and jadon could be like if that makes sense!

Noah is very charming and stylish, a little vain. one might expect an entertainer to behave that way.

Aliza is very plan oriented, firmly grounded in reality, and very considerate of all factors at play, like any good caretaker should be. She is nothing if not patient. Even when things are hard, and she is tired.

they're acting as the things that the guardians are missing deeply about each other. But its important to remember, they aren't important people. they're just normal citizens who have happened to fall into more than they can handle.

Francis is supposed to be a direct parallel to roland in his burnt appearance (his hair also gets much longer as he burns) But, he is also succumbing to the intense amount of corruption in the prison district (his red scary eye aaah!!)

He's also subtly influenced by the ideas at play with the industry district, (because. IMO roland shares some traits with adam similar to how aliza and malachi do. Despite his actual resemblance to gaius) But moreso he's kind of meant to reflect the ciry of Arbela itself. slowly being eaten up and destroyed.