dancing in the faerie ring

oh , well that just make heart pound .

in seasonal worker , there is cheer mechanic - each wrong answer will remove from this cheer level , until reach critical point . this is important to avoid , as one of new threats is twilight . this is northern lights esque phenomenon , but worldwide - and this twilight feed on fear and horrible feelings , while happiness and merriment will ward off . every wrong answer will drop cheer further , and there is no way to recover .
if cheer levels drop to critical , then simply put , twilight will consume everything . carol will drop everything to call rebecca and , in shaky voice , plead rebecca to go home and spend last moments of earth comfortable at home .

but this is not quite about that .
with this cheer mechanic , there is option to activate immunity . player can answer everything wrong , hit critical , and will not trigger this bad end . great if have trouble with mass extinction scenarios , or , if happen to purposefully seek out callbacks .
see , callbacks happen when player answer wrong - and is key part of home safety hotline , as both part of horror , and often hint for next playthrough . callbacks is where people die , scream about loss of children , about this pure agony , and occasionally through this , relay new information about situation .
 
no one else so far record all of DLC callbacks , so kossai want to , just to see - not that have anywhere to upload something like this , but fun to have around anyway .
well , get several more warnings than carol should regularly give - that must come from certain percentage of calls wrong per day , rather than overall accuracy level .
but something else very strange happen , and this was part which make heart pound :
on final day , for very last client call ( jana ) , screen glitch out again , and again , and again - exactly as during every wrong answer call before , but this did not stop . make seem almost as if attempt to trigger bad end , but just ... fail .
after this , hudson call , and then carol call to congratulate on survival - and christmas party . so ... will still get good end this way , but will catch off guard .

maybe should try to recompile theory and thought into something longer , but here is something else . why would carol fire player after too many wrong answers , if goal of home safety hotline is just to protect faeries and not necessarily save humans ?

think probably repetitive wrong answers would start to draw too much attention from human authorities .
look , at least if HSH operator say right things , can conclude that HSH try to do right thing , even if unfortunately fail to save from fate . but if those answers degrade , if operator is negligent , there might be reason to investigate . have to balance carefully between give enough to " help " , while not give so much as to reveal true nature of organisation - and faeriekind in general .

so , operator who consistently answer wrongly , is operator likely to throw whole organisation into suspicion . therefore , must be rid .

most callers in home safety hotline already have lives change for worse , honestly . like these threats already progress to sometimes worst conclusions , and this is why still firmly feel that home safety hotline is not really out to protect humans . rather , want to protect faeries and other creatures from humans - so that humans do not stop , do not hurt or kill .

very few entries have definite " stop at all costs " type of solutions , such as mouse king or the twilight . almost everything else is as harmless as possible - trust HSH pest removal , evacuate home - or else conflict with other advice . do not have filth , but do not keep soap . do not accept gifts from saint , but keep gifts from saint to ward off sinner . 

and these situations only get so bad because , well , no one know . no one in this world know that false rose bushes can snatch up children , that closets can become deadly labyrinths , or that weather might be much , much worse than mere snowstorm .

yes , upon failures , will have to hear people wail about deaths of children , scream in agony , lose houses - some die during these very calls , or take reckless actions which lead to death .
and will feel , inevitably , responsible for these deaths . but …
in very many cases , these people already have doom carve out . right answers can not save from fate , only give mild comfort in what might be final moments , maybe means to prolong life ever so slightly .

if people know these things , if home safety hotline really did intend on save humans , very many of these would not even happen - let alone escalate so badly .
but this is not really what want .

home safety hotline DLC was absolute blast !

more examples of safety advice which conflict , of course . and certain calls really , really stump - just not enough information to go by .
so , final results :

• 4 out of 6 correct on day 1
• 8 out of 8 correct on day 2
• 6 out of 10 correct on day 3
• 14 out of 15 correct on day 4

really want to play again and go for that 100% accuracy all days !

there is so far only one achievement for home safety hotline which kossai do not have - termination .

this is dilemma ! would love to have 100% , all achievements , but . do not actually want to go through with termination . want to be good faerie ! termination only happen when consistently give wrong answers , which means very bad indeed .
can not 100% without termination , but do not want termination . sigh sigh .

very proud of this !

just finish home safety hotline . very fun . :)