#Roxy doesn't have a lot of permanent contact with a lot of people yet

[monty-glasses-roxy]

How does the meteor itself work? And also because Roxy seems to be accepted without a lot of confusion in a public space, how does that work? Did the meteor affect everything really widely and so there’s a lot more various creatures (affectionate) roaming around? Or are they just a part of the setting normally?

Gonna answer this now before I dive into the SB CDs I've... just not looked at for some reason yet...

The Meteor is a large question mark in universe generally speaking. As it fell, it was only detected very shortly before the impact, and when it hit, the quake was huge.

It sends blue waves of energy out at seemingly random intervals, with the first one happening seconds after impact. These waves spread out around the entire planet. Scientists don't really know what it's doing, it freaks people out and all they're figuring is mostly inconsequential. They learn within about a month that the energy in the waves hones in on whatever's moving at the time, so new guidelines tell people to lie on the floor whenever it's possible to stay as still as possible. They've set up a detection system and can now send public alerts shortly before the waves hit, but this is about it. In terms of what it physically is, the general populace has no idea.

What it's doing is generally interesting. It starts off very much overlooked and unnoticed. It makes very tiny changes that would never be noticed by anyone but one or two individuals. A nudge here, an opening there, or maybe a little glimmer of hope and magic over there... it's not clear what it's doing exactly until the more obvious stuff starts to happen.

A man has a cat tail. A woman has a three headed dog. A child's teddy bear made sure they didn't get lost. There was a report of a unicorn sighting on Thursday and a carousel pony whinnied at it's cheerful rider. Most importantly to the story, animatronics previously thought to be mindless and glorified action figures, have started to come to life.

Now, as with everything, this isn't met with no resistance. People are of course, scared of the changes and scared of what could happen. The Meteor has not harmed, but what if it did? What could it do?? Where did it come from and how do we stop it??? There's pushback, because of course there is! This shit is scary!

But more and more, opinions are changing from the lack of people actually getting hurt and the overwhelming positives they're experiencing. By the time the story starts, it's been going on for a while now. People are irritated by the waves more than scared, and how they treat what they create and what changes is almost entirely individual. There are some protections and support for those that are changed by the meteorite, but its effectiveness, how it's applied, and the specific criteria to receive it is uh... kinda varied? The criteria is more solid but generally, it's a fragile support system that's been developed for the general human populace and is being applied onto people that are more often than not, not human.

All this to say, that the meteorite has not changed individuals or society on a large scale like that. It does effect people and the world, but it doesn't go into a sort of 'perfect world' kind of thing that forcibly makes the world better. What it does is generally small. It doesn't really effect anyone that isn't directly involved, hence how before big visual changes started happening, what it was doing went largely unnoticed.

So, when this story would start, things would be in a sort of normal. How Roxy is treated by general society after her change is largely based on who she's interacting with. I've not really spoken too much I don't think about what Roxy's experiences outside of Eddie and Cassie are, but they're fairly mixed? I haven't really put her in many situations yet where she would need to interact much with other people honestly, and the few times I have? It's been one of Eddie's friends, part of Cassie's family, Vanessa, Fazbear staff or a general employee somewhere that isn't paid enough to care anyway. The only other interactions of interest she has at the moment, are like... with animatronics that wouldn't care what she looks like and random animals like the neighbours collie dog she plays with at the park sometimes.

I suppose the long and the short is, there are some people that are used to this stuff by now, are enthusiastic about it, fear it enough to avoid it, wary about it, and some that are too busy writing angry Twotter threads about how the government doesn't just explode the meteorite and stop this nonsense or something. Roxy is accepted in public spaces, but her experiences vary depending on who she actually encounters and what not.

In terms of the Meteorite, I've told you about as much as the general populace knows in this setting. It's changing things, making things real and giving little nudges here and there. Ultimately, these changes effect no one but the individual, and many people have come to realise that now. The Meteorite is not a public threat, but it certainly could be, and a lot of people want it gone, while a lot of people don't. It effects the entire world and it's opposition and defence ranges from location to location, but largely, whether everyone likes it or not, this has become the new normal.

Whether it stays the new normal, is anyone's guess, but this is just what they have to deal with now.