>>33375660The "Portents" and "Signs" idea, using the previous picture's Threat as an example:
First Portent:
Things are getting balmy inside, and chilly outside. The patrons notice. [Requires interacting with unhappy customers]
Signs:
- An old, tape-patched note warns not to change the setting from 68 degrees.
- The warm air currents coming from vents rustle posters and papers around the store.
- Attendants tug subconsciously on their collars or fan themselves with handy items.
Second Portent:
The air vents start rattling, and smoke is leaking from a couple of them. [-1 ongoing to tasks requiring concentration]
Signs:
- An acrid, oily haze fills the Station before slowly dissipating.
- Attendants can see a snow-halo around the moon outside.
- A groaning, bumping, sputtering noise can be heard faintly behind the walls.
Third Portent:
Inside is getting very hot, outside is freezing. [-1 ongoing to all physical tasks unless Attendant's change attire appropriately.]
Signs:
- Condensation covers the freezer doors, front windows and any chilled surface.
- Attendants are now sweating profusely while inside
- The windshield wash buckets outside have frozen solid.
Fourth Portent:
Pumps no longer work because of ice, freezer no longer keeps things frozen. [-1 Management for losing the ice cream.]
Signs:
- The melted contents of the freezers run all over the floor.
- Flecks of snow begin to fall in the desert night.
- The internal thermometer has passed the highest temperature the thermostat can be set to.
