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Does it describe those changes at all or the effects? That's pretty vague otherwise.

[Especially compared to his own notes about the colors. Granted, his research is still limited because he has only recorded what others have told him or he has witnessed himself.]

The shades or intensity of the colored lights vary, but so far we've seen Green, Red, and Blue. Green seems to be hallucinations or altered memories.
Red causes physical, often painful, changes to the body. Blue is the only one giving me trouble right now, as I haven't really interacted with anyone with a blue lantern and no one wrote about it when I asked for information. The most I could get was that it also seems to be some sort of psychological effect. People have experienced different colors, but never at the same time...at least so far. The length or duration can also vary.

That last part sort of matches up with what you're saying about them coming and going randomly, but I guess we'll have to see if this is a long term come-and-go or a short term one. I appreciate you telling me what you do know. I'm not as worried now that I've gotten information from you, though I would be lying if I said I wasn't concerned about what this means for us or our future here.

That name is familiar. That's the person who's a native here, right?

((ooc: So I wanted to be careful about IC/OCC bridge here. Both Dr. Solis and the name Maridel appear in the Beacon Log Book, but not in relation to each other -- I only just now realized they were the same person because of the tags on the Log Comm. While it's an assumption Maes could make (after all, they haven't been given a lot of names), I thought I would make sure that is okay by you/the mods first before doing that.))

[ooc: you're fine! <3]

Some of the other Keepers described the effects like they're temporary versions of how sometimes people don't come back quite right after Dr. Solis revives them? There aren't a lot of examples but I guess they mean stuff like how Winters' arm was all scaly and he lost all his memories of his kids, that kind of thing.

There's nothing in the archives about lanterns changing COLOR, but there are a bunch of mentions of psychological stuff kinda like what you're describing... There were some records of people having REALLY intense moodswings, like getting really manic or really depressed.

Oh!! Yeah that's Maridel. Dr. Maridel Solis if you wanna get technical.

[He's glad he's in the privacy of his cabin because reading that gives him a bit of a panic. Losing the memories of his family? The one thing that has kept him going this entire time? Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. A good motivator not to die, but Maes knows he won't be able to resist going out there and still exploring and digging into the mysteries of this place.

Dammit all.]

I haven't had the pleasure of being revived here. This process...how much do you know about it? Why does it eventually cause problems like that? Is it the lanterns themselves or something with us or the doctor?

I know a little bit! Maridel knows wayyyy more obviously, but apparently the reviving has to do with mechanically fixing the lanterns? So like, if you die, she puts your lantern back together, but the more times you try to fix something broken, the harder it gets. I guess the problems come from tiny mistakes or parts she can't fix... They tend to get worse each time you die.

Liiike with Winters, the thing with his arm happened way before he started losing memories. His memories went the very last time he died, before... Ok so the second to last time he died, I mean.

It's a bummer he didn't get to meet Maridel. :( I think she would've been able to maybe fix up some of his problems... She does that sometimes.

So our bodies aren't part of the process at all. Guess I'm still trying to process just how much influence these lanterns have on us, even beyond the side-effects we just experienced. I may need to chat with this doctor at some point. She sounds like the person to be asking these questions of at any rate.

Winters was gone before I got here, which sounds like a pity, I get the sense we would have gotten along pretty well.

Nope, no body involvement! I don't really know what happens to dead bodies around here, but they usually vanish not too long after people die.

Awww, yeah I bet you two would've really hit it off. :( He was a good guy. I miss him! There's still kiiiiiiind of a chance Dr. Solis will be able to bring him back at some point, but she's been busy with other projects lately.

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