Sacrifice or save the mutant babies
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| Name | Sacrifice or save the mutant babies |
| Given by | Skidoo |
| Condition | Live in Cartier |
| Reward | Continue to live in Cartier |
| At | Cartier |
Skidoo asks the player to sacrifice the 3 babies born deformed in the community a few weeks before. Cette quête reads:
Sacrifice: Drop the babies in the fire or Dbl-Click on the babies in your bag
Save: Drive the babies to a community other than Capital and its suburbs
Context
When the player returns to Cartier after their first visit as a resident, they are informed that Skidoo, an important figure in the community, wishes to speak to them. The annual cremation ceremony is arriving, where babies born deformed are thrown into the fire, always by the last to join in Cartier. The event is followed by an orgy (the only time of the year when the inhabitants are allowed to have sex with each other) which can last up to several weeks. The player is invited to take with them the 3 deformed babies born a few weeks before, then bring them to the big fire where the cremation will take place. They then have the choice to sacrifice them to submit to the rule or run away with the babies, which will lead to the hostility of the group towards them. If the player runs away, they misses the annual orgy (with the gain of the associated perk Connoisseur) and the quest ends as soon as the babies are taken to another community (with the exception of Capital and its other fortified suburbs).
Inspiration
The narrative elements surrounding this quest are borrowed from Aldous Huxley's novel Ape and Essence (1948): child mutations, cremation and annual orgy).
