Fantastic is super cool! They love how he smiles when he gives interviews. They even have posters! (They probably don't have posters.)
Trying to bro up with the guards without being overly familiar is definitely a workable angle that Jason can take – in time, there will even be a few of them who are willing to nod at him, ask him how he's doing, whether he thinks summer is coming anytime soon, etc. It'll go from small talk to just talking. None of their lives are particularly interesting on the surface, with the exception of the elephant in the room (that they're guards for this particular project and their colleagues are traveling the country and causing mischief). Jason will get the sense that the guards on the grounds are newer to their gigs with little "combat" experience. They still have the same gear and training, but there's a reason why their boots aren't on the ground (and, incidentally, why Jason can bro up with them).
In time, one of the more obnoxious guards – he probably even calls Jason "bro" before long – will give a name about the sleepy cultists. They're the Willow Woman followers, or Tree Mothers, or something like that. (This is true disrespect – he's being funny in his own head, and he does know her actual name.) Jason will be able to perform a quick follow-up search to see that she's called the Willow Maiden and her people believe in free will.
As for getting in good with his advice, Jason will have to prove that he's any good at helping before they take him at his word. He's the only guy around here, unfortunately, and while they're eager and happy to see his face, it doesn't seem like anyone else is biting! What gives? They'd kill (ha) to live in a place like this.
Poking around Arcadia will lead Jason to see a lot of sun and light imagery. Near the bottom of Arcadia's fortress-like structure, these images are engraved and embedded with real gold (if Jason is willing to test it), showing their interest in going all the way in sprucing up … this particular part of Arcadia. There is a series of doors that are labeled in rather monotonous ways: "Maintenance, Do Not Enter" or "Authorized Personnel Only." Only a handful of the guards are able to enter either of these, and they're the ones who don't give Jason the time of day.
Looking into an architect or how this place was built will lead to a lot of mysterious dead ends given the proximity to a major city, the time it normally should have taken to put this together, and the money involved. Any government records will indicate that it was built via a private donation, and some commentary online insists that this was likely because the Alliance knew that they'd draw a lot of heat for using taxpayer money to house the Starfallen in such a state of the art structure. Whether this commentary was paid for to make the alliance look good – well, Jason's free to have his suspicions.
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Trying to bro up with the guards without being overly familiar is definitely a workable angle that Jason can take – in time, there will even be a few of them who are willing to nod at him, ask him how he's doing, whether he thinks summer is coming anytime soon, etc. It'll go from small talk to just talking. None of their lives are particularly interesting on the surface, with the exception of the elephant in the room (that they're guards for this particular project and their colleagues are traveling the country and causing mischief). Jason will get the sense that the guards on the grounds are newer to their gigs with little "combat" experience. They still have the same gear and training, but there's a reason why their boots aren't on the ground (and, incidentally, why Jason can bro up with them).
In time, one of the more obnoxious guards – he probably even calls Jason "bro" before long – will give a name about the sleepy cultists. They're the Willow Woman followers, or Tree Mothers, or something like that. (This is true disrespect – he's being funny in his own head, and he does know her actual name.) Jason will be able to perform a quick follow-up search to see that she's called the Willow Maiden and her people believe in free will.
As for getting in good with his advice, Jason will have to prove that he's any good at helping before they take him at his word. He's the only guy around here, unfortunately, and while they're eager and happy to see his face, it doesn't seem like anyone else is biting! What gives? They'd kill (ha) to live in a place like this.
Poking around Arcadia will lead Jason to see a lot of sun and light imagery. Near the bottom of Arcadia's fortress-like structure, these images are engraved and embedded with real gold (if Jason is willing to test it), showing their interest in going all the way in sprucing up … this particular part of Arcadia. There is a series of doors that are labeled in rather monotonous ways: "Maintenance, Do Not Enter" or "Authorized Personnel Only." Only a handful of the guards are able to enter either of these, and they're the ones who don't give Jason the time of day.
Looking into an architect or how this place was built will lead to a lot of mysterious dead ends given the proximity to a major city, the time it normally should have taken to put this together, and the money involved. Any government records will indicate that it was built via a private donation, and some commentary online insists that this was likely because the Alliance knew that they'd draw a lot of heat for using taxpayer money to house the Starfallen in such a state of the art structure. Whether this commentary was paid for to make the alliance look good – well, Jason's free to have his suspicions.