#;clarification

[tetheredhqs]

is there a local college/university? and did everyone stay in town or would it have been possible for them to leave in those 10 years?

there is not a local college or university in bellworth crossing, but you’re welcome to say a character went to school a town or two over if they stayed local but still sought out a degree. whether a character stayed in town or not over the last ten years is up to the applicant !

the two main things to account for if they left town: their gift would be become inactive, and they would feel a pull to come back to bellworth crossing.

[tetheredhqs]

are their gifts always active if they're in town or is it something they have to actively use? different answer for different gifts? same vein, do they have the inactive effects in town if they're not actively using them?

the best place to find the answer to your questions can be found here ! however, when it comes to being in town and not actively using them — applicants are welcome to deep dive on that aspect in their app, but their gifts would still be subtly active while in town, even if they’re not actively/consciously being used.

[tetheredhqs]

awesome! thank you for clarifying! can i just ask: what are our muses sure of?

they’re aware that fort hemlock is doing more than just weather and radar testing — they’re hiding something supernatural. ( aka the shimmer, and the entity )

[tetheredhqs]

so do our muses suspect/know of the sus activity at hemlock? sorry, i just want to make sure i get everything!

they were not privy to the shimmer, the entity or anything of that like before the incident in ‘78 — but would have witnessed the shimmer and also interacted with the entity that night. however, memories from that night are hazy, so they’re figuring things out as they go. as far as details of the nitty gritty research, they wouldn’t know specifics, just theories and things they’ve picked up over the years from sleuthing and their own experiences.

[tetheredhqs]

so our group of characters were also there (when the teens died at hemlock)? they also broke in? that's how they got their abilities?

yes ! all of the skeletons/characters were there that night at fort hemlock when the entity killed lisa, kenneth, and art, and teddy went missing. they all broke in together, searching for a missing classmate. they got their abilities that night, as well !